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Amnesty Int'l and Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. Read more

Public Housing and Community

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Coming up this weekend, May 27th through May 30th, the Vanport Mosaic Festival is a commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the Vanport Flood. KBOO is a supporter of these four days of lectures, performances, screenings, exhibits, and other events. Built during W... Read more

Voices from Anacortes Protests

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In the first of a two-part series, this week Desiree Hellegers shares field recordings she made in Anacortes, WA where dozens of kayaktivists were arrested for protesting the Tesoro fossil fuel plant recently. You can find her article about recent protests, "'Energy ... Read more

Finance Smurf

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reviews Finance Smurf, the last of the original Smurf comics written by Pierre Gulliford (aka "Peyo"). Finance Smurf, written in 1992, is a sharp indictment of money, and shows the smurfs' world turned upside down when one of the smurfs institutes a human-lik... Read more

Generosity of the Workers

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick reads from Rebecca Solnit's book A Paradise Built in Hell about the generosity of ordinary working people compared to the calculating tight-fistedness of elites. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear these segments: • Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. • Frann Michel discusses the history of Vanport, the need for public h... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/16/16

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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The Old MoleVariety Hour for May 16, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick and Mark Weisbrot discuss how right wing parties and the business apparatus are trying to destabilize Brazil. Laurie Mercier speaks with Ron Verzuh Oregon Vice President of the Pacific NW Labor History Association (PNLHA). ... Read more

Voting No Confidence

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 9:45am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel reports on faculty votes of no confidence at the University of Wisconsin and many other places, and some of the issues to which these votes are responding. Just as workers have risen up to demand fifteen dollars an hour and a union, just as re... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 9

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Today on the Old Mole: - Historian David Horowitz discusses the Works Progress Administration, chief public employment program during the 1930s Great Depression. While the WPA had a class bias, much of its great work was designed and performed by ordinary... Read more