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Palestinian Bid for Statehood

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is asking the UN to recognize Palestine as an independent state.  Middle-eastern expert  Chris Toensing talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why this is happening now and what lies ahead for  Palestine.  Toensing w... Read more

The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews a collection of wonderful short stories by Beverly Jensen about two sisters, covering seventy years of their lives -- The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay.  More of  Larry's Reviews. Read more

Climate Action Festival this Saturday

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Two organizers of  the upcoming Climate Action Festival, Tamara Staton and Barbara Ford,  talk with Old Mole Bill Resnick about the family-friendly festival coming to the Portland  Colliseum this Saturday, September  24. For details, check out Moving Planet Portland's F... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 19

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris is our host, and we hear -- Bill Resnick and energy expert John Farrell in Part Two of their conversation about producing green  energy locally and democratically.  Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker exploring the future of the death penalty in light of ... Read more

Local Power

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 How can we break down the monopoly power of big energy companies and encourage the development of  locally produced wind and sun electical power?  Bill Resnick continues his discussion, begun last week,  with energy expert John Farrell.   Read more

Why Longshore Workers in Longview are so angry

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement reads an article by David Groves from The Stand explaining the issues between the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union (ILWU) and the corporation that was supposed to provide good local jobs but isn't.  The mainstream press has misrepresented ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 12th

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear:   Bill Resnick speaks with John Farrell about decentralized energy production. Clayton Morgareidge reads Doug Hendwood's essay "Headless Chickens" Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review "On The Waterfront". ... Read more

Democratic Energy Production

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and John Farrell talk about the importance of decentralization to realizing the potential and sustainability of alternative energy sources like wind and solar. Read more

Movie Moles: On the Waterfront

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Jan Haaken talk about the classic labor-oriented film, "On the Waterfront". Starring Marlan Brando, Terry Malloy is a dockworker who struggles with his received sense of "it's every man for himself" and his conscience and sense of duty to his fellow worke... Read more

Ten Years After 9/11, we are what we loath

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads Chris Hedge's Truthout.org essay: "A Decade After 9/11, We Are What We Loath." In it, Chris reflects on some of the responses he saw in New York that fateful day in 2001 and on the way that nationalism, chauvinism and a spirit of revenge infected the wou... Read more