War/Peace

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Well-read Red: Black Study, Black Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel points listeners to a forum in Boston Review on "Black Study, Black Struggle," featuring statements by Robin D.G. Kelley and responses by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor and others. She recommends the conversation to anyone interested in student Black Lives Matter  acti... Read more

Amy Goodman & Democracy Now! A Benefit for KBOO Community Radio & Street Roots

Amy Goodman & Democracy Now! A Benefit for KBOO Community Radio & Street Roots Sunday, May 8th, 2016 Doors: 7 pm / Show: 7:30 pm — Aladdin Theater Portland, OR $15 general admission // $200 private reception event beforehand @ 5:30pm* *contact Becky Meiers for more i... Read more

#History by Hillary

In a matter of a few days, Hillary Clinton grossly mischaracterized Nancy and Ronald Reagan’s record on HIV/AIDS, apologized briefly on twitter, and then apologized at greater length, less badly, on Medium. First, as reported on Truthdig (among other places), she praised t... Read more

History by Hillary

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red Frann Michel shares reports from TruthDig, Twitter and Al Jazeera America about Hillary Clinton's historical revisionism on Nancy Reagan, AIDS activism, and Honduras.  Read more

A Palestine Mystery

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken interviews Kate Raphael about her new novel set in Palestine, titled Murder Under The Bridge: A Palestine Mystery.  For more and to buy the book see  www.kateraphael.com. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host on today's show and we hear --  1. Educator and writer Jodi Sokolower talks with Bill about sex positive and LGBTQ friendly sex education. 2.  Laurie Mercier talks with Native American artists about a new art exhibit about the Sand Creek Massac... Read more

Art Exhibit: The Sand Creek Massacre

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
George Levi (Cheyenne artist), Brent Learned (Arapaho artist),and Katie Anderson (director of Clark County Historical Museum in Vancouver) join the Old Mole’s Laurie Mercier to discuss the exhibition, “One November Morning — the Sand Creek Massacre,” now at the Clark Co His... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and David Finkle, talking about a recent Syrian Peace Summit. Clayton Morgareidge offers a reading about "snow days under socialism" Larry Bowlden reviews Terra Konklins, "The House Girl". Norm offers s... Read more

History of Portland's Loyal Legion

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole and labor historian, Norm Diamond, offers some critical history surrounding the namesake of a hip new bar in Portland, Loyal Legon. Rather than a union in any good faith sense of that word, the Loyal Legon of Loggers and Lumbermen were a creation of the US military... Read more

Syrian Peace Summit

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with David Finkle about the history and various contexts surrounding the violent conflicts in Syria, including the prospects of peace suggested by summit in Syria. Finkle edits "Against the Current" and writes about the Middle East Read more