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Century Of Lies for September 13 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we hear more of that interview with Johann Hari, author of Chasing The Scream, and also from Molly Gill, Government Affairs Counsel for Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 10, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of the Mole featuring segments on Bernie Sanders, Psychoanalysis and Politics on the Stanford Prison Experiment, The Donald, and Hiroshima, as well as election-related songs. Bill talks with political scientist Joseph Schwartz about the Sande... Read more

Psychoanalysis and Politics: The Stanford Prison Experiment

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan discuss Phillip Zimbardo’s famous Stanford Prison Experiment, in which participants played the roles of guards and prisoners. The inspiration for several films, the study is usually remembered as showing that normal people can quickly become sadis... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 27, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts the show and we learn about how agroecology can help save the planet and feed the people; about the life of early Chinese immigrants to Canada; why socialism, far from being boring, will unleash human creativity; and about the history and politics of parole... Read more

Left & the Law: Parole Politics

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On their Left and the Law segment today, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about the politics of parole boards in the U.S.. They discuss a case taken up by the Post-conviction Justice Project in California around denial of parole rights--and they look at how parole boards o... Read more

The BOO sent me to the Untied States Social Justice Forum, and I got an amazing tee shirt!

Listeners, members and future listeners and members,  Thank you KBOO board members for having the foresight to send someone (lucky me) to the USSJFSJ.  From the moment I stepped into Adam (Oregon Jericho)'s car until three days later when I said goodbye to Michael (Strike ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 29, 2015

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show dealing with issues of imprisonment, injustice, oil terminals and Native Americans, and the "freedom to marry" as a way of domesticating the LGBT movement. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual segments, follo... Read more

Orange Revisited

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With the release of the third season of "Orange Is the New Black," Densise Morris reviews some commentary about what the show gets right and wrong -- in particular about "compassionate release". (Photo: Orange Is the New Black/Youtube) Read more

Police, Courts, and Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Victoria Law talks with Bill Resnick about solitary confinement and the lawlessness of the criminal justice system. Victoria Law is a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, which won the 2009 PASS (Prev... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more