Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  Promise Li discusses the response in Los Angeles to the militarized federal ramping up of ICE detentions.  He discusses the role of the LAPD, the complicity of Democratic politicians, and the popular response that built on networks generated through mask blocs and oth... Read more

  Dianne Feeley discusses Trump's brutal immigration policies and ways that those of us with citizenship can support our neighbors and build opposition to deportations.   This July 2025  talk is an earlier version of her discussion available in the September-October 202... Read more

  This episode focuses on solidarities, alliances, and connections. Hosted by Frann Michel, it features these segments: Critical Pedagogy Against Genocide:  Jan Haaken talks with Portland-area teachers Stephen Siegel and Ellen R  about the movement among educators to r... Read more

  This Labor Day episode celebrates the labor of moles and other radio-makers. Hosted by Jon Nelson, it features these segments: KBOO Out Loud with Nathan Vandiver Laurie Mercier talks with KBOO Station manager Nathan Vandiver about the impacts of the Corporation for Pub... Read more

  Laurie Mercier talks with KBOO Station manager Nathan Vandiver about the impacts of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) cuts on KBOO and other community radio stations. In addition to the financial challenges these cuts present, they also threaten the abilit... Read more

  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 grew out of the civil rights movement and its demands for legal protections at the federal level around practices of racial discrimination.  Jan Haaken discusses with Jennifer Ruth how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act has become the primar... Read more

  Community Radio and Civil Rights: This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments: KBOO Strong:  Laurie Mercier talks with Eugene Bradley, long-time KBOO volunteer and former board and finance committee member, about the recent Corporation for Publ... Read more

  Laurie Mercier talks with Eugene Bradley, long-time KBOO volunteer and former board and finance committee member, about the recent Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) cuts and how KBOO has historically navigated similar financial challenges and persevered to su... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features a re-broadcast from Against the Grain, titled Driving out Immigrants. The United States has often been celebrated as a nation of immigrants. Yet over the last century, the U.S. government expelled mor... Read more

  Frann Michel recommends, summarizes, and reads excerpts from the essay "The Rise of End Times Fascism" by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, published in April in The Guardian. See also Margaret Killjoy, Live Like the World is Dying and Birds Before the Storm Let’s Learn ... Read more