Old Mole Variety Hour December 9th 2013

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Air date: 
Mon, 12/09/2013 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Nelson Mandela, Slavery in the US, poverty, South Africa, Apartheid

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes
  • Bill Resnick interviews John S. Saul, a historian of South Africa, on why, 10 years after defeating racist Apartheid, most blacks are poorer and less secure. 
  • Well-Read Red Alan Wieder digs past the Hallmark Card Eulogies following the death of Nelson Mandela to reveal the complexities and contradictions of the man and the struggle.
  • Movie Mole Frann Michel and her guest Lynn Makau review 12 Years a Slave
  • Jay Thiemeyer reviews Sasha Abramsky's book The American Way of Poverty:How the Other Half Still Lives


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