Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Well-read Red: Trans-Pacific Partnership

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
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Well-read Red, Frann Michel, points out that there are a lot of things that won't get discussed in the presidential debates because both of the major candidates actually agree on them. After a litany of silent pacts, including Iran, campaign contributions, ignoring globa... Read more

Peter Rachleff, labor historian, on NFL Referee Lockout

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick and Peter Rachleff discuss the NFL referee lockout and dispute over pensions vs. 401K. Peter explains the difference between pensions and 401K plans, the missed opportunity to speak out the working-class, connecting workplace with consumer-activism.   Peter ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 09/24/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Hunger and Agroecology

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator for the Global Movements Program of Why Hunger?. They discuss how the problem of hunger is affected by long-standing issues of commodity speculation, demand for biofuels, so-called ... Read more

Movie Moles on Samsara

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
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Movie Moles Iven Hale and Jan Haaken discuss Samsara by the maker of the film Baraka. They agree the film has beautiful and compelling imagery, and offers a critique of commodity culture. Jan & Iven debate whether Samsara endorses a quietistic response to the dangers ... Read more

Global Collapse, American Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker reads from an essay on the collapse of the environment and economy by Chris Hedges, Why the Revolution must Start in America. Read more

The Left and the Law: Open Borders

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
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Appellate lawyer Mike Snedeker and psychologist Jan Haaken, who recently returned from a Fulbright study of asylum seekers in the UK, discuss the arguments for open borders. They note that although the idea may sound radical, it was the US policy regarding immigration a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 24 September 2012

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
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  Tom Becker hosts this episode and reads a selection from the work of Chris Hedges about the implications of environmental and economic collapse. Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau of Why Hunger? about how neoliberalism contributes to hunger and organic ag... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 09/17/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Book Mole: The Lacuna by Barbara King Solver

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2012 at 12:00am
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 Larry Bowlden reviews Barbara Kingsolver's widely acclaimed "The Lacuna: a novel". Part thought-experiment and part historical fiction, Kingsolver writes a story set in 1930s Mexico City about the struggle of artists during war-time and under the pressure of revolution ... Read more