The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 22nd, 2018

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces:

Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new Saudi Crown Prince, and about what might be done (and is happening) across the planet to save the Middle East and ourselves.

Frann Michel reports on climate change and authoritarian states, and how both are consequences of capitalism.

Laurie Mercier discusses with Mary Wood, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, the Juliana case, the "trial of the century" held in Eugene beginning October 29, about the youth plaintiffs who on behalf of future generations are holding the United States government responsible for climate change and demand that it and governments worldwide reduce carbon pollution within their jurisdictions.

Larry Bowlden reviews Tana French’s brand new mystery novel, The Witch Elm.

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