Environment/Climate

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Bill Resnick & Tom Athanasiou on global action against climate change

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou following his recent trip to Lima for the United Nations climate change conference. They discuss the "global commons" and international cooperation around reducing emmission, but also creating equity. They consider the history of pr... Read more

Should we pipe fracked gas through Oregon to a terminal in Coos Bay and export it to Asia?

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Paul Roland talks with Ted Gleichman of the Sierra Club by phone from Roseburg, where he participated in a public hearing on the Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas export facility and pipeline yesterday.. He is the editor of a new report called "Climate Impacts of Na... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 8, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this edition of Old Mole. You can hear the whole show by clicking on the play button below. To hear individual segments, follow these links: 1.  Bill Resnick talks with journalst Steve Early about progressive victories in Richmond and better policing th... Read more

Book Review: "Eating Stones"

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews  Ellen Meloy's 2004 book, Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild. Meloy tracks a rare species of desert big horn sheep in the high Mountain deserts of Utah. Sleeping, camping, and living with sheep much of the year, Meloy d... Read more

Thanksgiving Special - Winona LaDuke

Airs at: Thu, 11/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks but for many the problematic history of the creation of this holiday casts a shadow on what Thanksgiving is supposed to represent.  On Thanksgiving morning, on KBOO, we bring you Indigenous voices on a Colonial Holiday. This Audio i... Read more

Thanksgiving Special - David Lewis

Airs at: Thu, 11/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks but for many the problematic history of the creation of this holiday casts a shadow on what Thanksgiving is supposed to represent.  On Thanksgiving morning, on KBOO, we bring you Indigenous voices on a Colonial Holiday. This Audio i... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 1, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this week's episode of The Old Mole Variety Hour which includes these segments: • Bill Resnick interviews PCUN co-founder Larry Kleinman about immigration politics. • Frann Michel reads an article by Robin D.G. Kelley • Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker ... Read more

Move over Keynes, Make Room for Marx

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads an article by Carl Finamore,"Move over Keynes, Make Room for Marx: Radical Ideas for Radical Times." [Image from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Karl_Marx.jpg] Read more

Interview with Cathy McMullen, Denton Drilling Awareness Group

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 12:00am
The city of Denton Texas passed a ban against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on November 4th. Despite being overspent 10 to 1 in campaign funding, the anti-fracking initiative passed by a wide margin of 18%, which included a majority of both Democratic and Republican vo... Read more

"Gaia Rising: Earth Day Special, 1989," produced by Paul Roland

Airs at: Wed, 11/05/2014 at 12:00am
In this recently-rediscovered "Treasure from the KBOO Archives" from 25 years ago, a much younger Paul Roland offers a glimpse into the ecological consciousness and resistance movement, which emerged particularly strong in the Pacific Northwest, also known as Cascadia. M... Read more