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Patricia Schechter on Possible PSU Faculty Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with History Professor Patricia Schechter of Portland State University's faculty union, the American Association of University Professors, about why faculty are ready to strike after 10 months of bargaining. They discuss faculty stability, pay equity, and... Read more

KBOO Panel Discussion: The Inconvenient Truth Behind 'Waiting For Superman' - Part 1

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Listen to Part 1 of our March 13th event, KBOO at the Clinton: The Inconvenient Truth Behind "Waiting for Superman" of our panel discussion on Portland's troubled education landscape. Host: Bill Resnick, Old Mole Variety Hour Guest Speakers: Gwen Sullivan, Middle Schoo... Read more

KBOO Panel Discussion: The Inconvenient Truth Behind 'Waiting For Superman' - Part 2

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Listen to Part 2 of our March 13th event, KBOO at the Clinton: The Inconvenient Truth Behind "Waiting for Superman" of our panel discussion on Portland's troubled education landscape. Host: Bill Resnick, Old Mole Variety Hour Guest Speakers: Gwen Sullivan, Middle Schoo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: Bill talks with Bob Peterson of Rethinking Schools about the corporate agenda against public education, and how advocates for real education are and must continue to resist it. Joe Clement talks with Anna Coote of the New ... Read more

Toward a 30 Hour Work Week

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Anna Coote talk about an article she wrote for the NYTimes advocating a reduction of the work week to 30 hours*. They consider not just the reduction of the work-week, but different ways of appreciating our limited time. The fundamental issue is that the mor... Read more

Bob Peterson on rethinking schools, debunking the privatizing agenda, and fighting for education

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Bob Peterson of Rethinking Schools. They discuss the capitalist agenda to remake education into a business and why it isn't working. They consider ways that teaching has to connect to children's real lives, which standardized testing makes impossible... Read more

Stagnant Wages, Rising Productivity, and Unemployment as Ideological Problem

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads a CounterPunch article by Geoffrey MacDonald, "The Revolving Door of Unemployment". MacDonald argues against the fallicious logic that tries to solve problems created by economic growth, like stagnating wages and unemployment, with MORE economic growth. Ge... Read more

High Stakes Testing As Class War Strategy

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with local education activist Hyung Nam about high stakes testing in US schools. Hyung talks about how he was threatened with firing from Wilson High School for asking critical questions about high stakes testing, but also for raising other critical quest... Read more

March1014finalforair

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Interviews with students and teachers at Portland State University, fighting for a fair contract. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 3 March 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear about recent events in Venezuela, a 2009 documentary about pharmeceutical profits and female sexual dissatisfaction, a discussion of the meanings of work beyond waged labor, and an upcoming performance about young women negotiating... Read more