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Old Mole Variety Hour June 17th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 12:00am
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode and we hear:  Bill Resnick talk with Charles Derber about changing attitudes toward consumerism among youthLeft and the Law Moles talk about recent controversy over leaked NSA secrets and whistle-blowersIven Hale reads an article by Gl... Read more

Book Mole: A Radical Line - from the labor movement to the weatherunderground

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder reviews Thai Jone's part family history and part cultural history, "A Radical Line: from the labor movement and weatherunderground". Thai Jones writes about his parents life underground and radical activities.  Read more

Author CP Chang on interracial relationships

Airs at: Fri, 06/07/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Author and storyteller CP Chang speaks about the challenges of interracial relationships and the challenges of telling those stories.  CP is with the Chicago storytelling collective, 2nd Story, and a contributor to the anthology, "Briefly Knocked Unconscious By A Low Flying... Read more

Movie Moles: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken discuss Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and the reluctance of many US reviewers to praise a compelling film that is critical of capitalism and the post-9/11 USA. Read more

Maya Angelou, "Mom & Me & Mom"

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Legendary author Maya Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother in her new book, Mom & Me & Mom.    Angelou's mother, Vivian Baxter, was an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence abs... Read more

"Why are there so few black people in Oregon?" Walidah Imarisha leads discussion

Airs at: Tue, 05/28/2013 at 12:00am
This is a discussion with local activists about the history of race relations in Oregon. Read more

Interview with Vanport flood survivor Ed Washington

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2013 at 12:00am
Ed Washington was a child living in Vanport, Oregon, in 1948, when the Columbia River flooded into the largest public housing project in the U-S at the time, leaving 18,500 people homeless, a large number of whom were black. The event changed race relations in Portland fore... Read more

Interview with Portland Copwatch's Dan Handleman about Portland cops using racial profiling

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2012 at 12:00am
KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with Portland Copwatch's Dan Handleman about racial profiling by the Portland Police. Handleman says that the Portland Police search African American and Hispanic people at disproportinately high rates, despite statistics showing that white people... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 20th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode and we hear:Bill Resnick talks with Bruce Popdobnik about climate change activismAlan Wieder comments on the Rovina Raids and nonviolent struggle in South AfricaClayton Morgareidge comments on waking up to the amazing existence of this... Read more

Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder remembers the Rivonia Raid 50 years after it happened. The South African government in the early 1960s attacked the Rovonia farm, then occupied by the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. These two groups, from which Nelson Mandela an... Read more