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The Case for Veganism

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

There are more reasons than you may have dreamed of why a vegan diet is good for you and the planet. Matt Rosell and Isa Chandra Moskowitz tell the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about some of them. Matt works with In Defense of Animals. Isa is the author of several vegan ... Read more

Picturing Popular Resistance in Sardinia

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole's Brooke Jacobson interviews Angela Cacciarru about popular resistance to privatization in Sardinia, Italy. Read more

Working With Homeless Women

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Anitra Freeman of Women's Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL) about the work her organization does with homeless women in Seattle. She will be speaking at In Other Word Bookstore on Thursday, April 17 (call 503-232-6003 for info)... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program reviews the case for veganism with an animal rights activist and a vegan cookbook author. We also hear from a Seattle activist who works with homeless women, and from an Italian geographer about the resistance in Sardinia to privati... Read more

Drug Policy and Racial Profiling

Airs at: Tue, 04/01/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Mosher talks with Luz María Gordillo about how the war on drugs immigration policies and police work contribute to racial profiling at all levels of society. Mosher is the co-author (with Scott Akins) of Drugs andDrug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alterat... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 31, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This show is hosted by Luz María Gordillo and features discussions of the WTO (how it works and whom it favors), a novel about a tough childhood called Before Women Had Wings, and how drug and immigration policies lead to racial profiling. To hear the whole show, click o... Read more

All About the WTO

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Unclear about exactly what the WTO (World Trade Organization) does and how it uses its powers? Mary Bottari, Director of Global Trade Watch's Harmonization Project, lays it all out in this lucid interview with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. Read more

"Before Women Had Wings"

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Larry Bowlden reviews Connie May Fowler's 1997 novel Before Women Had Wings. Read more

A Radical for Obama

Airs at: Sun, 03/23/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Radical black labor activist Malik Miah talks with Bill Resnick about his reasons for supporting Barack Obama while not expecting real change from an Obama presidency. Malik writes for Against the Current. Read more