Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.
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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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The Left and the Law: History & Conversations on Oregon's Death Penalty

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
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The Left & the Law: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss Governor Kitzhaber's "conversations" about the death penalty following his issuing a stay of execution for convicted murderer Gary Haugen. Jan and Mike discuss the shifts in attitudes toward capital punishment,... Read more

Civil Rights and Rock 'n' Roll: Radical Musicology with Brad Duncan

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement and Brad Duncan discuss the shared roots of Rock n Roll and the Civil Rights movement in the deep South and in the mid-to-late 1950s. Segregationists feared the cultural race mixing they saw when Rhythm & Blues broke out of the black community and was rebra... Read more

comments on young white men with guns

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel offers some comments on recent gun violence, with links here. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/10/12

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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 Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Janet Redman, an environmental agitator who has been at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar. Joe Clement interviews Fabian Romero about "Self Preservation In Times Of Oppressi... Read more

Prospects for Egypt

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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 Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with middle-east expert Stephen Zunes about the forces struggling for the future of Egypt as the political turmoil there continues.  What are the prospects for a genuinely democratic society? Bill and Stephen discuss the roles of the Muslim B... Read more

Book Mole: "When Nietzsche Wept"

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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"History is fiction that did happen; fiction is history that might have happened."  This thought guided the author of When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession, Irvin D. Yalom, as he imagines an encounter between the iconoclastic philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and psych... Read more

Self-preservation in Times of Oppression

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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 Fabian Romero, queer Chicano poet, performance artist and community organizer, helped to found several writing and performance groups including Hijas de Su Madre, Las Mamalogues and Mixed Messages: Stories by People of Color.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Joe Clement... Read more

Studs Terkel, the FBI and HUAC

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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 In the 1950s, Studs Terkel was confronted for his leftist sympathies by the FBI and the notorious House Unamerican Activities Committee.  Commemorating the centenary of Studs Terkel's birth, Old Mole Alan Wieder recalls some of that history as our nation is again obsess... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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  Hosted by Denise Morris, this episode covers a wide variety of topics: the current situation in Egypt, an imaginary encounter between Nietzsche and Freud in Vienna, an upcoming workshop on surviving and thriving in oppressive times, and how Studs Terkel dealt with agen... Read more

Kathi Weeks: The Problem With Work

Airs at: Tue, 12/04/2012 at 12:00am
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 Joe Clement talks with Kathi Weeks about her book "The Problem with Work: feminism, marxism, antiwork politics and postwork imaginaries". They discuss the work ethic and why it promises more than it delivers. They also consider the tradition of antiwork politics and how... Read more