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Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Crypto and Fraud: After the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last November, federal prosecutors charged the company's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, with fraud and what ... Read more

Middle East in Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the last month after Hamas’s savage murderous and senseless attack, Israel has revealed itself as just as murderous and far more lethal in its drive to ethnically cleanse the entire territory that before 1948 was peacefully inhabited by majority Palestinian minority Jewi... Read more

Portland Palestinians and Jews Share Grief and Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Portland Jews and Palestinians whose families in Israel and Gaza have been and continue to be impacted by the current escalation gathered for a press conference October 30th, 2023 at the Portland office of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. This follows last week's release of a j... Read more

The Brave New World of Renewable Diesel

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
There is no question that we need to cut our carbon emissions substantially and quickly in order to prevent our planet from becoming uninhabitable. While the move to electrify transportation is an obvious step toward decarbonization, the fossil fuel industry has other ideas... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 6, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Water Wars: Water wastage, access to water, and water packaging are key issues in world-wide struggles around equity and climate change. Laurie Mercier interviews Daniel Jaffee, prof... Read more

The Other 9/11

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On our September 11 program, we examined the 1973 coup in Chile that overthrew a democratically elected socialist government. Old Mole Luisa Martinez was in Chile for the 50-year commemoration. She talks with Norm Diamond about what it was like to participate in the events ... Read more

#FreeDULF

Airs at: Wed, 11/01/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #FreeDULF. On October 25, police in Vancouver, British Columbia, raided the office of the Drug User Liberation Front. Plus, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs held an intersessional meeting to discuss progress in international drug control.... Read more

Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023 Highlights Part Two

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023 Highlights Part Two. The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2023 biennial international Reform conference over the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Over a thousand activists, advocates, organizers, researchers, and oth... Read more

A 'Kinder, Gentler' Drug War And Other Lies: #Reform2023 Highlights Part One

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this week's edition of Prison Pipeline: A 'Kinder, Gentler' Drug War And Other Lies: #Reform2023 Highlights Part One. The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2023 biennial international Reform conference over the weekend of Oct. 19-22. Over a thousand activists, advocates, or... Read more

Neighborhood Bully--a discussion on Israel and Palestine with Jewish Palestine solidarity activist David Rovics

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land He's wandered the earth an exiled man Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn He's always on trial for just being born He's the neighborhood bully This is one of the many verses in Bob Dylan's explicitly... Read more