Civil Liberties

The iPhone and the FBI

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Max Parmer, a local information security professional, about the politics and social relevance of encryption. In particular, they consider a case between the FBI and Apple. The FBI wants Apple to develop a version of the software used to operate iP... Read more

Century Of Lies for February 28 2016

Airs at: Sun, 02/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: we hear a debate on global drug policy before the International Parliamentary Union, featuring Dr. Kasia Malinowska of the Open Society Institute and Professor Kevin Sabet, in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem co... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 22, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this show, largely about the struggle and culture of Africans and African Americans, and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. ... Read more

Michelle Alexander for Supreme Court Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris considers the likelihood that Michelle Alexander could be our next Supreme Court Justice. Alexander is the author of the critically acclaimed "The New Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of color-blindness" (which Old Moles have covered HERE and HERE an... Read more

Century Of Lies for February 21 2016

Airs at: Sun, 02/21/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Earlier this month the United Nations held an interactive stakeholder consultation in support of the preparatory process towards the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. This week on Century Of Lies, we hear part of a roundtable on Drugs, Human ... Read more

Century Of Lies for February 14 2016

Airs at: Sun, 02/14/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk medical marijuana with Mike Liszewski, Government Affairs Director for American for Safe Access, plus we speak with Chip Lazenby and James Morris about diversity in the cannabis industry. Read more

Citizens Try to Stop Sale of Gladstone Nature Park

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In the city of Gladstone, Oregon, south of Portland in Clackamas County, a group of citizens continues its frustrating attempts to keep the city from selling a popular park. The ten-and-a-half acre Gladstone Nature Park contains a hiking trail and is an example of the wh... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 8, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Tod Sloan interviews Mary Watkins, liberation psychologist and co-author of Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the US-Mexico Border.   Bill Resnick talks to Maria Svart, national director of the Democratic Socialists ... Read more

Sex Workers: what hurts, what helps?

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left and the Law with Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker examine sex work, and whether prosecuting sex workers and shutting down websites increases the dangers of sex work. [Image Credit: www.hivgaps.org] Read more

Re-Imagining the US-Mexico Border

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan interviews Mary Watkins, liberation psychologist and co-author of Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the US-Mexico Border.     Mary Watkins teaches at Pacific Graduate Institute.   [Image Credit: www.wikipedia.org] Read more