Civil Rights/Human Rights

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Larry Bowlden reviews Rene Denfeld’s novel, The Child Fin... Read more

King Killed 50 Years Ago

Airs at: Wed, 04/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Fifty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. William Pepper, a lawyer and peace activist, was a colleague and friend of King. He came to understand that government figures carried out the killing, and spent many years seeking the truth. Friday, Ma... Read more

Democracy: Michael Parenti

Airs at: Tue, 03/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Discussions about democracy probably start in Athens about 2500 years ago. A truism is society is democratic to the extent that its citizens play a meaningful role in managing public affairs. Democracy is located within the capitalist economic system infamous for produci... Read more

Perpetual Imprisonment at Guantánamo: Andy Worthington

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Andy Worthington is an investigative journalist, author, campaigner, commentator and public speaker. He joins Linda Olson-Ostrerlund on Political Perspectives to discuss all things Guantanamo and the Supreme Court's recent ruling that immigrants facing deportation can b... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 19, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker hosts this show containing these segments: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Treyven Layshon about gun violence and how to respond to it, 2. Book Mole Larry Bowlden explains the underestimated value of "women's" literature. 3. Tom Becker reads Thor Benson's piece fro... Read more

Spying on Employees

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

You’ve been fired. According to your employer’s data, your facial expressions showed you were insubordinate and not trustworthy. You also move your hands at a rate that is considered substandard. Other companies you may want to work for could receive this data, making it di... Read more

When They Call You A Terrorist: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of strength and resilience. In this conversation, hosted by long-time organizer Cat Brooks... Read more

This Is What Democracy Sounds Like

Airs at: Sun, 03/25/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we bring you voices from the March For Our Lives that took place in Washington, DC on March 24, including Sarah Chadwick from Parkland, FL, Edna Chavez from Los Angeles, CA, Alex Wind from Parkland, FL, Christopher Underwood from Brooklyn, NY, Jaclyn Corin, Parkla... Read more

This Land is Our Land

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Get ready, my friends, as Threshold Shift will be coming back on air in the wee hours between Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 with a VERY special episode featuring recordings by Dr. Bernie Krause recorded in Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the Arctic N... Read more

This Land Is Our Land

Airs at: Sat, 03/31/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host Nicole Martin. We have weathered the winter and now we are back on the air for every fifth Saturday of the year bringing you more long-form soundscape immersion. On this our first episode of 2018, we have a very spe... Read more