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Middle East Meltdown

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dave Finkel and Bill Resnick discuss the latest phase of the battle for control of the middle east. Have Israel and Saudi Arabia formed an Alliance to help Sunni Jihadists, seeing a victory of Al Qaeda and the ISIS as the lesser evil as compared to a victory of Iran and ... Read more

Progressive Spirit

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world.  Download or subscribe via iTunes! Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 27, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: Jan Haaken and Todd Sloan talk about psychology and perceptions of class and inequality. Bill Resnick finishes his conversation Michael Armstrong of Portland' Bureau of Planning and Sustainability with... Read more

Interview with Chris Gunness of UNRWA about Yarmouk refugees

Airs at: Fri, 04/17/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
The Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in Syria, remains under the control of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’, known by its Arabic acronym Da’esh for the second straight week. Aid groups have been unable to gain access to the camp, and are concerned th... Read more

Alleged Killer of Chilean Folksinger Victor Jara to be Tried in USA

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The former Chilean army officer who allegedly murdered folksinger Victor Jara in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup is the subject of a civil lawsuit in the United States. Pedro Barrientes Nunez currently lives in Deltona, Florida, despite an extradition request mad... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2015

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features discusssion of Iran, Climate Crisis, and Rosa Luxemburg To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the separate segments, follow the links below. And to keep up with the Mole, check out our Fac... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the Iran Negotiations

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the Iran Negotiations, the history of western involvemnt in Iran since the 1953 CIA coup, the current political conflicts in the middle east as about resources and power rather than religious ideology, the strange bedfellows of... Read more

Oregon activists succeed in getting Sodastream labeling changed

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2015 at 12:00am
A group of Oregon activists have succeeded in forcing an Israeli company to change the labeling on its products. The company is called Sodastream, and it sells a soda-making machine that is popular among do-it-yourselfers. But the Sodastream factory is located on Palestini... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 23, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts and we hear:   Bill Resnick and Robert Naimon talk about Israel and Palestine Desiree Hellegers talks with Dan Serres about the environmental and safety risks of oil-by-train facilities Joe Clement reads a tongue-in-cheeck commentary about the P... Read more

Dan Serres on oil-by-train dangers

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2015 at 12:00am
Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Serres, Conservation Director of the Columbia River Keeper, about the potential environmental and safety impacts of a proposal to site the largest oil-by-rail storage facility in the United States right here in our own backyard in Vancouv... Read more