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Book Review: "The Laws of Harmony"

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews The Laws  of Harmony, a novel by Judith Ryan Hendricks about the hazards of growing up on a 1970s hippie commune.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 4, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Is human nature good or evil? Can you move beyond your past if you were raised on a commune?  Does industrial livestock farming of pigs and poultry lead to  new diseases?  These are the questions raised on this program, hosted by the Old Mole's Denise Morris.   This pro... Read more

Political Energy from Casey Neill

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Casey Neill's music is about anti-war and anti-globalization issues. Bill Resnick talks with radical musicologist Brad Duncan about how Casey Neill sets political protest action to music. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 27, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This program hosted by Bill Resnick deals with the incarceration of immigrants, prosecuting those responsible for torture, the secular resistance in Iraq, and organizing Trimet riders, and features the music of Casey Neill. To hear the entire program, click on the arrow... Read more

Transit Riders' Union

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Who represents the interests of Trimet riders? The Portland Transit Riders Union, that's who! Bill Resnick speaks with Alexandria Bradbury about this grass roots organization's efforts to contest cuts to Trimet service. Read more

Holding Torturers Responsible

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Should former members of the Bush Administration be prosecuted for war crimes in connection with authorizing torture? Bill Resnick reads from Steve Weissman's article, in truthout. Read more

Secular Resistance in Iraq

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 There is a secular (non-sectarian) resistance gong on in Iraq. The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with New York radio producer Bill Weinberg about acknowledging and allying with the Iraqi civil resistance. Weinberg is the National Co-chair of the National Organization fo... Read more

Local Immigration Raids

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Do concentration camps exist right here in the Pacific Northwest? Luz María Gordillo and Laura Philpott talk with Rosa Linda Guillen about the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and detention of migrant workers, and their impact on workers' families. Rosa L... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/20/09

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts on this Monday after tax day. The moles discuss who controls the wealth and how it can be redistributed more fairly to insure participatory democracy and social justice.  Along with reviews and commentaries they’ll speak with Jo Comerford, Execut... Read more

Less Militarism, More Security

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What else could we get for the may billions of dollars already spent on two wars? Laurie Mercier talks with Jo Comerford, Executive Director, National Priorities Project about redirecting massive military expenditures to our real security needs namely education, health c... Read more