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The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 13, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker is our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we learn why education and job training are not the solution to unemployment, how US tax law benefits corporate tax evasion, and how and why the American Psychological Association condoned torture during the G.W. ... Read more

Education: No Cure for Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Gordon Lafer talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about why education and training programs will not put a dent in the unemployment rate.  Lafer is a political economist at the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center and the author of The Job Training C... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 6, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Norm Diamond interview the Low Tide Drifters, who also perform live in studio. Joe talks with Ryan Wisnor, of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, about remembering "Blood Wednesday" Joe also talks with S... Read more

Remembering Bloody Wednesday in Pier Park

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Joe Clement talks with Ryan Wisnor about Blood Wednesday, a labor battle fought during the auspicious year of 1934, when general strikes erupted in Portland and other West Coast port cities. In particular, striking longshoreworkers blocked the train that runs near Pier Park... Read more

Low Tide Drifters: underdog folk music

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond talks with the Low Tide Drifters, whose "music for the rest of us" draws on growing up in coastal oregon, wobbly didacticism, environmental as well as socially conscious themes, and phenomenal performances all around. They talk about their backgrounds and the i... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 15, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which reflects on the value of history, the limits of old views, and the need for new visions. Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the situation of Greece's Syriza and the Eurozone. Tom Becker reads from Pete Dolack about why Keynesiani... Read more

Looking back with Pride, forward with visionary hope

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel discusses the film Pride (2014) and the value of visionary fiction. For the text of her remarks with links to more information, go here. Read more

Keynesianism will not save us

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Pete Dolack about why Keynesianism will not save the world. Image at left by Edwardx. Read more

solidarity: looking back with pride & forward with hope & vision

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 15 June 2015 This past weekend Portland Pride Northwest coordinated a series of events--including the trans and dyke marches, the pride parade, a festival at waterfront park, and more. As KBOO listeners probably know, pride celebrations usuall... Read more

Theory & Practice

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan talks with Lara Messersmith-Glavin of the Institute for Anarchist Studies about theory and practice. They consider how theory helps illuminate individually lived experiences as part of larger systems, while also stressing the priority of lived experience in genera... Read more