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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode features segments on African films, on public schools in the the making of Black masculinity, and more.   Moussa Sène Absa at the Cascade Festival of African Films This is the 35th year of the Cascade Festival of African Films hosted... Read more

Book Mole: Bad Boys

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bad Boys: Public education for Black boys is often characterized as a school-to-prison pipeline. Why is it that these kids are so poorly served by our schools? Book Mole, Patricia Kullberg, reviews the ethnography, Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculin... Read more

Vanport Mosaic presents event honoring vision of Black Panther Party

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  "10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace and people’s community control of modern technology." On Sunday, February 2nd, Vanport Mosaic presents an event called "All Power to the People – The Legacy of the 10-Point Platform." It's the first e... Read more

La Toya Hampson, aka The Lady Rose

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader – La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday, February 9. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 3, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Defending the Resistors: On January 23, 2025, Salem Younes, a first-generation Palestinian-American college student, and K Anton, a Lebanese-American human rights activist, were found ... Read more

Ryan Alexander-Tanner on Muhammad Ali

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Ryan Alexander-Tanner is a comics artist and illustrator who’s led comics workshops for kids and adults, and worked with writers and non-profit organizations for projects that he calls “illustrated narratives.”  He's collaborated with professor and activist Bill Ayers on... Read more

Former Albina Residents Sue for Compensation

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In December 2023, a team of civil rights lawyers, including Albies, Stark & Guerriero, LLC, Oregon Law Center and Legal Aid Services of Oregon brought a suit against the City of Portland, Emanuel Hospital, and Prosper Portland on behalf of Emanuel Displaced Persons Associat... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 20, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Public domain image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr_.svg Patricia Kullberg hosts this Martin Luther King Day episode of the Old Mole, featuring the following segments: Whites Would Not Like the Real MLK: Our Well-Read Red, Patricia Kullbe... Read more

The Fort Showalter Blues

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Birdsong is a man perpetually out of place. He’s at once too Black and not Black enough. His skin is too dark and his hair too kinky. But he is also teased for talking like a White man. He’s at once color blind and acutely aware of color in a way that penetrates to his ... Read more

Whites Would Not Like the Real MLK

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Our Well-Read Red, Patricia Kullberg, reads excerpts from an article by Michael Harriot in which he argues that the real Martin Luther King Jr. made White people uncomfortable and intended to do so. And if MLK were not white-washed, White folks wouldn’t like him today. The ... Read more