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Old Mole Variety Hour for January 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 01/06/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Today's show is hosted by Tom Becker.  It begins with a Bill Resnick interview with Anita Weiss about what's going on in Pakistan and why the US should not engage in military action there.  Larry Bowlden reviews Alice McDermott's novel At Weddings and Wakes--a "quiet novel... Read more

Prospects for Pakistan

Airs at: Sun, 01/06/2008 at 4:00pm
 Antita Weiss talks with The Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the current situation in Pakistan, nuclear weapons,  and the consequences of possible US military action there.  Weiss is Professor of International Studies at the University of Oregon and the author of several book... Read more

Conn Hallinan - Assessing Iraq

Airs at: Thu, 01/03/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Per Fagereng interviews Conn Hallinan, columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus, about two of his recent articles. In "Death at a Distance: The U.S. Air War," Hallinan says "an enormous intensification of U.S. bombardments" in Iraq and Afghanistan entails an "increasing ... Read more

Quakers Speak about Issues at Palestine-Israel Peace Talks

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
As George Bush hastily made his entrance and exit at a one-day Israel-Palestine peace talk in Annapolis Maryland yesterday, others in the area were organizing events to bring attention to issues that weren’t addressed in the summit.Phil Karoum is with the Annapolis Friends ... Read more

Bombs tested on Hawaiian army base w/depleted uranium

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Hawaii’s Big Island, U-S Air Force planes are dropping unarmed bombs the size of a small automobile.The first fear was of a bomb missing its target and hitting a school or hospital.But now, as we reported yesterday on KBOO News, the army base where the practice bombs are... Read more

Interview w/Bonnie Tinker at Recruiting Center

Airs at: Thu, 12/27/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Seriously Pissed-Off Grannies staged a protest in front of the Broadway Military Recruiting Center today, with the theme 'Peace on Earth means No to War'. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Bonnie Tinker, one of the grannies who participated:  Read more

Pakistan's role in the world(Interview w/Stephen Zunes)

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
As President Pervez Musharraf steps down as the head of the military in Pakistan, KBOO took the opportunity to speak with Professor Stephen Zunes about what this means:  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 17, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 12/16/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show, hosted by Frann Michel, opens  with Bill Resnick talking with Portland attorney Steven Goldberg about the government's use of the "State Secrets" defense to prevent prisoners in the "war on terror" from getting a hearing.  Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Frann Mich... Read more

KBOO Reporter Interviews Guantanamo Lawyer

Airs at: Sun, 12/16/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
As the trial date for several key cases of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay draws near, KBOO reporter Marliese Franklin spoke today with lawyer Pardiss (par-DEES)  Kebriaei (keh-BRAH-ee) of the Center for Constitutional Rights: Read more

Human Rights Groups Question Fibre Lasers

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The advanced research wing of the Department of Defense has announced the construction of several new weapons that have human rights groups worried about their potential impacts. KBOO's Ethan Scarl has more:   Read more