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The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 2, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this first episode of the Old Mole for 2017 and we hear: 1. Carrie Cantrell talks about her experience as an Intersex person and the work she does around the issue. 2. Frann Michel shares an article about sustainable activism that can prevent despair. 3.... Read more

Left & the Law: "13th"

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In this Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the powerful new film "13th", directed by Ava DuVernay. It deals with the post-Reconstruction enslavement of African-americans through exploitation of the langauge of the 13th Amendment to the US Constit... Read more

Disability Solidarity with TL Lewis

Airs at: Fri, 01/06/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

This week we're talking to social justice engineer, activist-attorney, and founder of HEARD (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities), Talila "TL" Lewis. We talk about deafness and disability in relation to the school-to-prison pipeline, disability solida... Read more

Things That Annoy Us

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2017 at 10:15am - Sun, 01/08/2017 at 10:15am

Produced for: This Is How We See It

Tune in to this hilarious episode as Tanae and I count down the many things that annoy us. Read more

Migrations Art Special

Airs at: Tue, 01/03/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae presents profiles of West African guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale, Bhutanese poet Dilip Sunar with interpreter Suprina Koirala and the Tongan Sewing Circle led by Kato Kakala Kavapalu and Kolini Fusitua. All were featured in Dmae's special yearlong project Migrat... Read more

A Look Back on 2016

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

To close out the year, we'll play some memorable moments from 2016 episodes, including Danica Brown on transformative direct action at Standing Rock, Leslie Gregory on racism as a public health threat, Kiki Nicole with Unchaste Readers on erasure with their blackout poetry ... Read more

Marshall "Eddie" Conway on Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today, we broadcast our one-hour, in-studio special with former Black Panther Party leader, decades-long political prisoner, and The Real News Executive Producer Marshall "Eddie" Conway. Marshall "Eddie" Conway (born April 23, 1946) was the Minister of Defense of the ... Read more

Black Power at 50 in D.C.

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Part 4 of our series, Black Power: 50 Years in DC, Nineteen Sixty-Six to Two Thousand Sixteen, marking the half century anniversary of the call for Black Power in this country in 1966. Today, a wide-ranging conversation with educator and activist Tom Porter about his vie... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 26, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This episode is hosted by Frann Michel, with music from Sharon Jones, Billy Bragg, and Chumbawumba. The Mole recommends Pluginpdx.com for resource information. The show also includes these segments: Bill Resnick talks with David Riemer about anti-poverty policies. Fra... Read more

Goodbye 2016

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae says goodbye to 2016 with an end-of-year special. In 2016, we presented and produced 52 shows. We'll revisit some of the best moments of Stage & Studio and we say goodbye to our longtime engineer Janet Anderson! (Airs 11am LIVE on Dec. 27th on KBOO 90.7 FM or always ... Read more