Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

October 12 is Indigenous People's Day -- formerly known as "Columbus Day." The show, hosted this week by Tom Becker, features an interview about native Americans joining forces with white ranchers to deal with climate change issues that affect them all. We also hear othe... Read more

Bill Resnick interviews Bob Dixson, the mayor of Greensberg, Kansas,  a small, white, Republican-voting farming town.  After a tornado devastated 95% of the city, they decided to rebuild to be a carbon free city using only renewable energy -- a small wind farm that fed i... Read more

Tod Sloan interviews Sandy Polishuk, oral historian and long-time activist, on the importance of historical memory in social movements, both for inspiration and for the lessons that can be learned. Polishuk is divestment lead coordinator for 350PDX. Read more

Tod Sloan interviews Sandy Polishuk, oral historian and long-time activist, on the importance of historical memory in social movements, both for inspiration and for the lessons that can be learned. Polishuk is divestment lead coordinator for 350PDX. Read more

On The Left and the Law: Richard Glossip was scheduled to be put to death on October 3rd in Oklahoma but his execution was stayed because the state got  the wrong cocktail of drugs to kill him. Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about the importance of this case, includi... Read more

Bill Resnick will be our host and we will hear --    an interview with Joe Uehlein (pronounced U-line) on building a labor-environmental movement to curb global warming and save the planet; challenges to the death penalty; A remembrance of the l... Read more

Joe Uehlein talks with Bill Resnick about building a labor-environmental movement to curb global warming and save the planet. Uehlein's music is featured in the full length version of this episode of the Old Mole. He will be speaking and playing his music this Saturday, ... Read more

Frann Michel remembers the work of filmmaker, free-speech advocate, and sex-positive feminist Candida Royalle. Best known as the pioneering founder of Femme Productions, the first successful production company for feminist and couples-oriented erotic films, Royalle should be r... Read more

In the wake of the shootings in Roseburg, Oregon, Bill Resnick considers various reactions from pundits and how the left should understand these events. Read more

Bill Resnick hosts this show. It features up-to-date versions of old labor songs by Joe Uehlein and the U-Liners, which you can hear by listening to the whole show (use the play button below). Joe is also the first guest on the show, and he'll be singing and speaking abo... Read more