Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Larry Bowlden review a new novel by Sara Boame, Spill Simmer Falter Wither. He says it's an endearing and insightful novel about two beings cast out of society, one a self-taught man with few social skills, the other a dog, with even less social skills. Larry thinks tha... Read more

Clayton Morgareidge explains the narcissism of capital and how capitalism produces narcissists to be in charge.  You can read this piece by going here. Read more

  Bill Resnick continues his conversation with political scientist Stephen Zunes about Iran and its relations with the USA. Among his other accomplishments, Zunes is a senior policy analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus.  You can find the first part of this conversation a... Read more

  Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the wave of progressives running for District Attorney across the US, including Tiffany Caban in New York,  the change this wave marks from the usual alliance of DAs with policing, and the overreach of a New Orleans DA who is now b... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers hosts a roundtable on what’s been happening at St Francis Dining Hall in Southeast Portland, with concerned long-term members of the St. Francis community Joe Rastatter, Dianna Schaffer, Albert Alter, and Melinda Pittman.   Lisa Loving also recently... Read more

  Frann Michel hosts this episode in which Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Dr. Stephen Zunes about Iran and US-Iran relations. The Left and the Law consider the role of District Attorneys including Kamala Harris. Desiree Hellegers hosts a roundtable on the... Read more

  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole  Tom Becker reads an essay by Tom Engelhardt entitled "We're Not the Good Guys."  Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes on the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran. Joe Clement and MK talk about artificial scarcity as the... Read more

Joe Clement talks with MK, local socialist and housing rights data activist sometimes heard on Wednesday Talk Radio, about artificial scarcity, capitalist over-production, market myths, and other false narratives regarding the housing system. What will it take for us to ... Read more

Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes on the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran, comparing Iran’s politics to Saudi Arabia, our “great ally”. Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he serves as coordi... Read more

Tom Becker reads an essay by Tom Engelhardt entitled "We're Not the Good Guys." Engelhardt highlights the hypocrisy of the U.S. Military, the U.S. Government and the news media in there portrayal of the U.S. military's mission as a benevolent-counter force to the aggress... Read more