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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective
Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective
Hosted by: 
Patricia Kullberg, Bill Resnick, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Larry Bowlden, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour
Produced by: 
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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

 

Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Frann Michel, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

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Topic tags: 
Activism, Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Labor, Legislation, Environment/Climate, Government/Politics, Energy/Natural Resources, Economy, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Arts/Culture, Fiction, Film, Movement for Racial Justice, Indigenous, Housing/Homelessness, Health, Disability, COVID19, Education, Community Building
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Who Really Runs This Country?

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What keeps us at war -- and without universal healthcare -- is not the moral  failings of politicians but the system within which politicians -- including presidents -- are forced to act.  That's the argument of  investigative journalist Russ Baker in this conversation with... Read more

Antichrist & Wild Things

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Our Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken give their psychoanalytic take on two current  films dealing with the  theme of mothers and sons: Antichrist, by the Danish director Lars von Trier; and Where the Wild Things  Are, directed by Spike Jonze.  Find out here which on... Read more

Is Hell Other People?

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit" is playing at Imago Theater, across the street  from KBOO, through November 15.  Here are Clayton Morgareidge's thoughts about what we can learn from it and it's famous line, "Hell is other people."  You can read the text of this  commentar... Read more

Queer Activism in Maine

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Voters in Maine just repealed a law that legalized gay marriage -- but is that the issue LGBT people should be organizing around?  Maine queer activist Ryan Conrad says the marriage equality campaign is a distraction from improving the lives of gay people.  He tells why in... Read more

November 9 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This Old Mole episode is hosted by Denise Morris (pictured here), and features discussions of how the system limits the actions of Presidents; two movies about mothers and sons; whether "Hell is other people" (as a  line in Sartre's play No Exit has it); and whether the ri... Read more

Dams and Native Peoples

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tina Loo studies the impact of  hydropower projects on native people in Canada, and here she talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about how the techno-perspective of policy makers blinds them to the impacts of their projects on life in the areas where they are  located... Read more

Towards a Car-free City

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 How could our cities get rid of cars?  What would city life be like without them?  J.H. Crawford writes about these questions, and he talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about a future of car-free cities. Read more

Too Late for Privacy?

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In this Well-read Red segment, Clayton Morgareidge reviews some of the  ways our digital activity is recorded and is increasingly being sorted and reviewed by both industry and government.  He asks whether  privacy is a lost cause, and if so, what kind of world would be sa... Read more

Obama and the Generals

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 President Obama is caught between his base wanting withdrawal from Afghanistan, and his generals, wanting escalation, according to this article in Rolling Stone by Robert Dreyfus, excerpted and discussed here by Bill Resnick.    Read more

November 2 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This show, hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, raises questions about the impact of dams on native peoples in Canada; how to get automobiles out of our cities; Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help about black servants in Jackson, Missississippi in the '60s; is  it too late to prot... Read more