Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Laurie Mercier talks with Margaret Butler, director and co-founder of the Portland-area labor coalition, Jobs with Justice, which just turned 20 years old. Butler talks a little about what JwJ does in general and recent actions, advocacy and campaigns they've done. Read more

  Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this episode features Bill Resnick talks with Janet Redman of the Institute for Policy Studies about how to spread knowledge and concern about climate change at the local level. What's being done in Portland to confront global warming... Read more

 What could be done to bring energy production into line with the survival of life on this planet?  This is both a political and a technology question, and both are discussed here by Janet Redman and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick.  Redman is with the Institute for Policy S... Read more

 Featuring Chris Hedges and many others, the new film Capitalism Is the Crisis argues forcefully that the current financial crisis is not just a temporary glitch in capitalism, but is part of the way the system works.  Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken lay out the ... Read more

Laurie Mercier is our host on this show dealing with climate change, renewable energy, and capitalism. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page To hear the whole show, use the play button below.  To hear individual pieces and find more in... Read more

Two local activists on climate and energy talk about what's going on in Portland and elswhere in Oregon around these issues. Noah Hochman is part of Rising Tide of Portland and of Occupy Portland. John Roschke is with Oregonians for a Renewable Energy Program. Read more

Denise Morris hosts the show today, featuring Discussion of a new documentary film The Freedom Riders, to be shown at In Other Words Bookstore next Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7:00;  Jan Haaken commenting on the psychology of the anti-abortion movement; An interview ... Read more

 Accusations of "vulture capitalism" and corporate lobbying are flying among the Republican candidates for president.  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with economist Arthur MacEwan about what this new moment in public discourse might mean.  MacEwan is the co-author of ... Read more

 The book Sybil, published in 1973, purported to be the true story of a woman with multiple personalities acting independently of one another.  It was later exposed as a hoax.  In Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case, Debbie ... Read more

 Roe v. Wade established a woman's right to an abortion, but did nothing to ensure that the service was available.  Jan Haaken reviews the history of abortion and abortion law and argues for more access. Read more