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Book Mole: Balls

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews a 1998 novel by Nancy Kincaid titled "Balls."  The novel takes a look at college football, its excesses and corruption, as seen through the eyes of sixteen women, all of whom are either married to coaches or raising sons who are prospective football p... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart on their new book "A People's Curriculum for the Earth". Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile about the controversy over Planned Parenthood clinics and the sale of fetal... Read more

Pro-Iran Deal Groups to Hold Rally on August 15

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's Sam Bouman speaks with Maxine Fookson of Jewish Voices for Peace-PDX about the Iran deal, the role of the Israeli lobby in Congressional opposition to the deal, and an upcoming rally at Pioneer Square in Portland this Saturday at noon. The rally was organized by Jewi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 10, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of the Mole featuring segments on Bernie Sanders, Psychoanalysis and Politics on the Stanford Prison Experiment, The Donald, and Hiroshima, as well as election-related songs. Bill talks with political scientist Joseph Schwartz about the Sande... Read more

WRR: Hiroshima: Did the US win WWII by using nuclear weapons?

Airs at: Tue, 08/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Gar Alperovitz's article "The War Was Won Before Hiroshima—And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It" from the Nation magazine: Why did the US really drop the bombs? And seventy years after the bombing, will Americans face the brutal truth? images... Read more

Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch on Police Violence & Militarism

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch. They consider two aspects of police conduct -- their use of violence and shooting, and their militarization -- and the extent to which the police have responded to criticism by community reform groups as well as lo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 13, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker is our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we learn why education and job training are not the solution to unemployment, how US tax law benefits corporate tax evasion, and how and why the American Psychological Association condoned torture during the G.W. ... Read more

Psychology, Torture, and the Military

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In Part Two of their Psychology and Politics segment, Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan talk about the report this past week on the involvement of the American Psychological Association in CIA administered torture practices of the Bush era. They also take up the history of psycholog... Read more

Max Blumenthal speaks to KBOO about 'The 51-Day war'

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2015 at 12:00am
Last summer, during the 51 days of conflict that began when Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, journalist Max Blumenthal was embedded on the ground. His reportage followed the fighting and the deaths of more than 2,000 people, most of whom were Palestinia... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more