Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Patricia Kullberg, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour
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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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Activism, Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Labor, Legislation, Environment/Climate, Government/Politics, Energy/Natural Resources, Economy, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Arts/Culture, Fiction, Film, Movement for Racial Justice, Indigenous, Housing/Homelessness, Health, Disability, COVID19, Education, Community Building
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Power of Community Radio

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The history of community radio in the US has a long history going back to the late 1940s, and is woven into the political context of its changing times -- from the Cold War and McCarthyism to Berkeley Free Speech Movement,  the anti-nuke movement of the 1970s and the Occ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 29, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Mole, dealing with the upcoming US sponsored Israeli-Palistinian talks, what's happening in Portland to confront "the new Jim Crow," and some history of community radio including KBOO.To hear the whole show, use the play button below. ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/22/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Frann Michel hosts the July 22, 2013 episode of the Mole, and we hear fromBill Resnick talking with an expert on Egypt and left responsesBook mole Larry Bowlden reviewing Susanna Moore's novel, The Life of Objects (first published in 2012)Joe Clement interviewing wobblie... Read more

Chris Toensing on Egypt's Democratic Coup

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Chris Toensing of the Middle East Report talks with Bill Resnick about the recent overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood government elected a year ago in Egypt. Arguing that Morsi's government continued a number of Mubarak's neoliberal economic policies that are repressive ... Read more

Putting the Pub in Public and the Public in the Pub: A Worker-Controlled Venture

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement discusses a movie mole review of the documentary Shift Change on worker-owned cooperatives, and talks with Adam and Daisy about their plans for a collectively-owned and -run pub in Portland.For more information or to make suggestions, attend a potluck in Laur... Read more

Book Mole: The Life of Objects

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Susanna Moore's novel The Life of Objects. It's about WWII seen through the eyes of a poor young Irish woman who is invited to the home of a wealthy German family to make lace. It begins in 1938. The family (though previously politically i... Read more

Yasmin Nair on ENDA

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and its limits. They discuss changes in the current version of the law and its assumptions about the innate nature of sexual identity and the kinds of trans* presentation it would protect. N... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 22, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour features Bill Resnick interviewing Chris Toensing about the ouster of the Morsi government in Egypt; Joe Clement talking with Adam and Daisy about starting a workers' cooperative pub in Portland; Larry Bo... Read more

Movie Moles: Augustine

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and Jan Haaken reviews Augustine, a new film written and directed by Alice Winocour. The film tells the semi-historical story of Augustine, a 19th Century French maid, who is struck with a neurological condition that gives her seizures, and how she is receiv... Read more

Bruce Gagnon on Weapons and Other Junk in Space

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Bruce Gagnon about nuclear and other weapons in space, as well as the dangerous accumulation of "space junk". Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. They also talk about the formation of the N... Read more