Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Larry Bowlden reviews The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa  A young Peruvian, Ricardo, falls in love with Lily on the basis of lies about her wealthy background. Her lies come to light and they part. When Ricardo moves to Europe to realize his dream to be a Parisian, he encoun... Read more

 From police-citizen confrontations on the streets of Portland to the nation-wide prison industrial complex, JoAnn Bowman and Bill Resnick discuss the violent realities of the criminal justice system.  JoAnn Bowman has been a long-time KBOO programmer (hear her now on Voice... Read more

 Half the world is hungry because they are too poor to buy increasingly expensive food, while agro-business corporations rake in profits  -- a worsening crisis capitalism cannot solve.  Clayton Morgareidge reads an edited excerpt from a recent book, From Food Crisis to Food... Read more

My Perestroika is a documentary film about how the end of the Soviet Union was experienced by several Russians during their teens.  Our Movie Moles Joe Clement and Wendy Webb discuss several issues the film raises, including the sense of social solidarity that was lost with... Read more

 Old Mole Bill Resnick surveys the several causes of the world food crisis and some of the possible solutions to it.   Read more

 Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole on which --  JoAnn Bowman and Bill Resnick discuss the many ways the criminal justice system practices and creates violence; Clayton Morgareidge reads a piece about efforts to remove food from the commodity system;... Read more

On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear about: The War on Drugs, the costs of its failure to everyone, and alternatives. Laurie Mercier talks with Dr. Garrett Adams, president of Physicians for a National Health Plan, about the threatened cuts to Medica... Read more

Helen Keller is a beloved bleeding-heart symbol of personal perseverance, an "unmitigated American folk-hero" even, but what we hardly hear in school is that she persevered against capitalism and in solidarity with the radical left movements of her time. This short essay, r... Read more

Frann comments on a number of animal attacks that demonstrate a form of resistance to abuse and exploitation. She then focuses making a case against Thaddeus Russell's dismissive review of a book about such acts of animal resistance. Read more

Tom Becker reads Bill McKibben's esssay "Obama Strikes Out on Global Warming," which tracks the unambiguous support the administration has given various carbon-intensive industries. It can be found at truth-out.org.   Read more