Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show and we hear: Dan Handelman of Cop Watch talks about recent trends in police violence in Portland Clayton Morgareidge comments on property, space, and homelessness in Portland Alan Wieder discusses his new book about Studs Terkel La... Read more

  Thom reads from reporting on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and Simon Fischer's recent follow-up article in New Internationalist, "Post-Paris Climate Talks: implementation at any price": The euphoria that surrounded the conclusion to the Paris Climate Conferen... Read more

A couple of weeks ago here on the Old Mole Variety Hour  I offered a round-up of some left commentary arguing against the project of voting for the presidential candidate who seems to be the lesser evil.  In reply, I've heard many good questions and comments from friends,... Read more

  Thom Becker hosts this episode and Thom reads about not being socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Bill Resnick interviews Hilary Wainwright about the UK left. Frann Michel comments again on lesser evil voting. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Americanah. Thom re... Read more

  Thom Becker reads from Greta Christina's "7 Things People Who Say They're 'Fiscally Conservative But Socially Liberal' Don't Understand: Social and economic issues are deeply intertwined."  Christina argues fiscal conservatism of low taxes,small government, and reduce... Read more

  Bill Resnick talks with  Hilary Wainwright, currently editor of the UK left magazine Red Pepper, about responses to Corbyn, the Labour Party, left politics in the UK today. They discuss the recent mutiny of the 99%, Corbyn in England, Sanders and Trump in the U.S, and... Read more

    Larry Bowlden reviews a novel by a Nigerian woman author who came to the U.S. as an academic and who then returned home having acquired American ways, American tastes, and an American-eye view of the world. The book is entitled Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi... Read more

Today on the Old Mole: A show about love romantic love that teenagers think will last for all eternity. the deep feelings of love for humanity and human capacity that Che Guevara said characterizes all true revolutionaries.  the love shown by the people protecting undoc... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Amy Schalet, the author of "Not Under My Roof", which compares attitudes and other norms surrounding teenage sexualities in the United States and the Netherlands. Amy explains how the Dutch bring up their teenagers to be ready not just for sex, bu... Read more

Jan Haaken talks with activist Sophie Smith about the realities of life in communities along the U.S. Mexico border, in counter to the rhetoric coming from the far right via Trump. Smith is an organizer with People Helping People in Aravaca, Arizona. They also talking ab... Read more