Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 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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Criminalizing Environmental Activism

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2013 at 12:00am
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Two bills which impose increased penalties on those who take direct action to save trees and endangered species have passed the Oregon House and are on their way to the Senate -- HB 2595 and HB 2596.  Well-read Red Cara Dugas explains what's in them, what's wrong with th... Read more

Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2013 at 12:00am
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Film maker Deb Tullman, co-director of Born This Way, talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about her film and Q-Doc -- Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival which is happening this weekend.  Here is all the relelvant festival info.  Born This Way  takes place in Ca... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 13, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2013 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement hosts this episode, which includes:Bill Resnick talks with Megan Hise and Shamus Cooke about the People's Budget Project for Portland.Larry Bowlden reviews Elizabeth Strout's new novel The Burgess Boys.Well-read Red Cara Dugas discusses Oregon bills that woul... Read more

Jason Collins and coming out in the NBA: a discussion with Yasmin Nair

Airs at: Wed, 05/08/2013 at 12:00am
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Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about NBA player Jason Collins coming out. They use the situation as an opportunity to relfect on what it means to come out and the particular expectations built into this process, about who can come out about what.   Yasmin Nair is a... Read more

Movie Moles: Shift Change

Airs at: Wed, 05/08/2013 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel and Joe Clement review the documentary "Shift Change", directed/produced by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young. The documentary surveys several cooperatively owned and managed businesses, mostly in the United States but also Spain's famous Mondragon. We hear fro... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/06/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Barbara Miner about the neoliberalization of education generally and school-voucher programs in particular.  Barbara argues against even talking about "school choice" and defends her abolition of the phrase becaue of the way it obfuscates the aban... Read more

The Vagina Monologues: whose monologues?

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 12:00am
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Iven Hale reads from different blog-posts on the Eve Ensler, famous producer of The Vagina Monologues. They are critical of the way that Eve represents other women's voices in her monologues and draw attention to the ways they advance colonialism within feminism. The fea... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 6th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 12:00am
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 Alan Wieder hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about NBA player Jeffrey Collins and coming outJoe Clement and Frann Michel review the worker-owned co-op documentary "Shift Change"Bill Resnick talks with Barbara Miner, former editor of ... Read more

Bruce Podobnik on Climate Change Activism

Airs at: Wed, 05/01/2013 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Bruce Podobnik about climate change activism and his research into where people are engaging in it. He notes that protests are increasing globally, radical, and coordinated. They also talk about local, dispersed energy systems.Bruce Podobnik is a ... Read more