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The Psychology of Mass Shootings

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After a mass shooting claimed ten lives this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, President Obama adressed the nation with visible frustration, saying, "[Thoughts and prayers do] not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does n... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode on documentaries, dictatorships, the Middle East, and Marx. These are the individual segments:  Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentar... Read more

Ismael Hossein-zadeh on Middle East Politics

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Hossein-zadeh is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Drake University and an expert on Middle East issues. He describes the legacy of the cold war, when "Arab socialism" was supported by the USS... Read more

Report: Stifling Dissent: How Israel’s Defenders Use False Charges of Anti-Semitism to Limit the Debate over Israel on Campus

Airs at: Wed, 09/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Two new reports were released today documenting a widespread campaign on college campuses across the U-S to stifle free speech on the issue of Israel and Palestine. The first report, co-authored by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the group Palestine Legal, exam... Read more

Colman McCarthy speaks with KBOO about Pope Francis' visit to Washington

Airs at: Fri, 09/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The head of the Catholic church worldwide, Pope Francis, spoke in front of the U-S Congress today. He said that the U-S should abolish the death penalty, but did not call on the U-S to reduce or eliminate its militarism. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with former Washington ... Read more

Taxpayers will pay KBR $30 million in legal fees after lawsuit from poisoned vets

Airs at: Fri, 09/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
U.S. taxpayers will have to pay at least $30 million to cover attorney fees incurred by defense contractor K-B-R.  The company, a subcontractor of the infamous Halliburton corporation, was found guilty of wrongly exposing U.S. and British soldiers to toxic chemicals whil... Read more

Analysis on Iran's nuclear deal and the Jewish community in Iran

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The U-S Congress is on a deadline to vote on a nuclear deal with Iran by September seventeenth.  Freelance foreign correspondent Erlich is recently back from Iran on assignment for GlobalPost.  He has reported from Iran six times and has covered the Middle East since 198... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 24, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode with segments featuring Jeremy Brecher on Climate Insurgency, Denise & Joe on Housing Justice, and readings on the cost of low wages and the radical promise of Reconstruction. Bill talks with Jeremy Brecher about Climate Insurgency. Tom read... Read more

Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads from a piece by Alex Gourevitch in the current issue of Jacobin "Our Forgotten Labor Revolution" arguing that the Reconstruction of the South following the Civil War was ended because its promise of freedom was threatening to go beyond the aboli... Read more

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... Read more