History

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Tribal Recognition

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Lakota-Cheyenne Mole Roben White speaks with Chinook tribal council member Rachel Cushman about the devastating impact of the 2002 decision under George W. Bush to rescind the Chinook tribe's federal recognition and about the tribe's long struggle for justice. Flag of Chin... Read more

Zinn Centennial

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
We play selections from the recent celebration of the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth. First a humorous clip from Zinn himself on the US government’s advice for how to spot a communist. Then Martin Espada offers a poem based on his friendship with Zinn.  Howard Zi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 3, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Rural Organizing Project: To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s hist... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 26, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  For today's show the Moles bring you an episode from our archive, which originally aired on July 14, 2014. Hosted by Frann Michel, the Moles explore debates over left strategies. The show includes musical selections from Bitch Magazine's mixtape of American Protest Music... Read more

Leanne Grabel's Brontosaurus

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Leanne Grabel is an Portland-based author, illustrator, and poet who has also run a café and performance space and taught in public schools and treatment centers.  She’s written books and produced spoken-word shows, including The Lighter Side of Chronic Depression and An... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 09/18/22

Airs at: Sun, 09/18/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  Music for this moment as summer ends, autumn begins while we remember Alonzo Tucker and that every child is deserving of love.     Resources Taylor Stewart's full talk can be found here https://youtu.be/nRjsWCaPrNw     Read more

History of Women in The Blues

Airs at: Sat, 09/10/2022 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Blues Junction

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 12, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The National Security Tour: Laurie Mercier speaks with Miriam Pemberton about her new book, Six Stops on the National Security Tour: Rethinking Warfare Economies. Pemberton has stu... Read more

Rise Up!

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Jeremy Brecher, labor activist, writer and historian, who has extensively studied popular upheavals through U.S history. In the 1930s and again in the ‘60s very few predicted the explosive uprisings from below, which profoundly changed this country. ... Read more