Civil Liberties

Revolutionary Non-Violent Direct Action in the 21st Century

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Mark Engler, co-author with Paul Engler of "This Is an Uprising: How Non-Violent Revolt Is Shaping the 21st Century". Read more

Century Of Lies for March 13 2016

Airs at: Sun, 03/13/2016 at 12:00am

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This week on Century Of Lies, host Doug McVay interviews Tyler Williams, Outreach Coordinator for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting March... Read more

Spotlight on Spotlight

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2016 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about Spotlight--the film that won Best Picture at the Oscars. They put a "spotlight" on the film's portrayal of the priest sexual abuse cases of the 1980s and 90s, taking up the parts of that story that were not covered in the film's valor... Read more

Century Of Lies for March 6 2016

Airs at: Sun, 03/06/2016 at 12:00am

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This week in preparation for the upcoming UNGASS on the world drug problem, we listen to a debate on whether nations should have alternatives to incarceration for simple possession of drugs, featuring legislators from Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sudan. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 29, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this Leap Day edition of the Old Mole. Here are the topics: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Matt Karpp about the complicated politics of the American public and how they relate to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. 2. Well-read Red Frann Mich... Read more

The iPhone and the FBI

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement talks with Max Parmer, a local information security professional, about the politics and social relevance of encryption. In particular, they consider a case between the FBI and Apple. The FBI wants Apple to develop a version of the software used to operate iPhon... Read more

Century Of Lies for February 28 2016

Airs at: Sun, 02/28/2016 at 12:00am

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This week: we hear a debate on global drug policy before the International Parliamentary Union, featuring Dr. Kasia Malinowska of the Open Society Institute and Professor Kevin Sabet, in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem comin... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 22, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am

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Denise Morris hosts this show, largely about the struggle and culture of Africans and African Americans, and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. ... Read more

Michelle Alexander for Supreme Court Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am

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Denise Morris considers the likelihood that Michelle Alexander could be our next Supreme Court Justice. Alexander is the author of the critically acclaimed "The New Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of color-blindness" (which Old Moles have covered HERE and HERE and H... Read more

Century Of Lies for February 21 2016

Airs at: Sun, 02/21/2016 at 12:00am

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Earlier this month the United Nations held an interactive stakeholder consultation in support of the preparatory process towards the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. This week on Century Of Lies, we hear part of a roundtable on Drugs, Human Rig... Read more