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In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Today’s program also includes a memorial tribute to two recently deceased members of our world-wide community, Julia Reichert, path-breaking documentary filmmaker, and Pablo Milanés, Cuban songwriter and performer. Music for this morning’s show comes from Bruce Springsteen ... Read more

Unions and Social Change

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

A crucial set of questions toward the possibility of a very much better society revolve around the potential role of unions. Questions like can unions mobilize their members on issues that go beyond the workplace? How should we as workers relate to the constraints of labor ... Read more

Justice—No Hate

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

When jobs and small businesses in a hard-working white community were being destroyed by corporate pollution, many residents blamed recent immigrants instead – even bringing in the Ku Klux Klan who provoked a campaign of violence against the new arrivals. Writer and photogr... Read more

IT'S WAY BACK - 2 TWO THOUSAND FORE

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

"DAZED 12 DAYS AT A TIME !" Join "Halley", as she takes you back to a show that was only ever heard LIVE on KBOO, December 21st, 2004. (As a side note: This was well before WE THREE KINGS PRODUCTIONS™ took over the VPP holiday shows) Read more

Putting Government in its Place

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews David Riemer about his latest book, Putting Government in its Place, the Case for a new Deal 3.0. But don’t be fooled. He sees state policy as crucial for controlling capitalism, and he attributes our current crises of inequality, homelessness, and g... Read more

Stolen Children

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978 following over 100 years of federal policies that separated Native children from their families and frequently placed them in non-Native homes. A pending decision before the US Supreme Court centers on the legalit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 19, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

It's KBOO's end-of-year pledge drive and the first person who pledges $250 to KBOO during our show on Monday, December 19, will receive the gift of a reversible felted and beaded purple shawl, handmade from a mix of merino wool and silk by Fiber Mole Desiree Hellegers. T... Read more

Making sense of the war in Ukraine, with Medea Benjamin

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Though it's easy for most of us in the United States to not pay close attention to what's happening in Ukraine, the consequences of the war raging there are massive and far-reaching. If you really want to know what led up to the war and what the possiblities are for e... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 12, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this epsiode of the Old Mole about the meaning and de-meaning of routine work. In a re-broadcast from Against the Grain, Sasha Lilley interviews author Barbara Garson in a show that originally aired on April 27, 2022. We spend much of our lives at work ... Read more