Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

 

Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Frann Michel, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

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Inside the Oregon State Hospital: a history of tragedy and triumph

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
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Jan Haaken talks with Oregon author and historian, Diane Goeres-Gardner about her new book "Inside the Oregon State Hospital: a history of tragedy and triumph". They delve into the ideas and motivations behind the book, some of the cases of hospitalized people she looks ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: Bill talks with Bob Peterson of Rethinking Schools about the corporate agenda against public education, and how advocates for real education are and must continue to resist it. Joe Clement talks with Anna Coote of the Ne... Read more

Toward a 30 Hour Work Week

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement and Anna Coote talk about an article she wrote for the NYTimes advocating a reduction of the work week to 30 hours*. They consider not just the reduction of the work-week, but different ways of appreciating our limited time. The fundamental issue is that the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Clayton Morgareidge will host this episode of the Old Mole, featuring Nueva Canción -- the beautiful music that accompanied the uprising of people's movements in Chile and Argentina in the 1960s and 70s and beyond.  We will hear-- Latin American historian Kim Davis ... Read more

Chile: Music of the Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
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Nueva Canción, the music that accompanied the social movement that led to Salvador Allende's socialist government in Chile in the early 1970s, included Victor Jarra, Violeta Parra, Inti-Illimani and many others.  Pete Seeger spoke and sang for them both here and in South... Read more

Getting to Carbon-free

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
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Clean Energy Action of Boulder, Colorado has been working to establish a municipal public utility commtted to clean and locally produced energy. Their work is opposed by the local investor-owned electric company that relies heavily on coal.  Leslie Glostrum, a biochemist... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show featuring revolutionary music from Chile, the musical and political history of the Allende years in Chile, the struggle for carbon-free and democratic control of energy, and the impact of wealth on school closures.   To hear the whole... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 10

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On the Old Mole for Monday March 10th, hosted  by Tom Becker: - A Bill Resnick interview on why high stakes testing is being used to destroy U.S. education, and how we can build really engaging stimulating schools in which kids not only learn facts but learn how to think a... Read more

Bill Resnick on making sense of the crisis in Ukraine

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick offers a news analysis on the political crisis in the Ukraine and its reverberation in world politics. Read more

Left and the Law: fighting junk science in court

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am
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Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker bring another installment of the Left and the Law. Today they focus on legislation in Texas that allows innocent people to get their convictions overturned. In particular, drawing on a case of purported child-abuse, it allows defendants to c... Read more