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 enco... Read more

In The Beginners Oliver's (Ewan McGregor) father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), has died. Before that Hal came out as gay after his wife of 46 years dies. Through flashbacks we also learn about Oliver's 1950s childhood and his view of his parents' marriage.   Jan and Frann ... Read more

 Bill and Brad discuss Ewan McColl, the radical folk-singer/song-writer from England and the impact of his ballads on raising political awareness around the world. Before that, Brad reflects on the last three years he's been doing these segments with the Old Mole and the... Read more

Laurie Mercier hosts today's Old Mole Variety Hour, and we hear:     Bill and Brian Terrell talk about drone warfare. Larry Bowlden reviews "The Bad Girl" by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa Jan and Frann talk about the film, "The Beginners" Bill talks... 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 Vo... 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 F... 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 w... 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 syste... 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 Medic... Read more