Women

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Chi Yvonne Leina says to all women "You are a special being!"

Airs at: Sat, 03/08/2014 at 12:00am
On International Women Day 2014, Saturday March 8th, we heard a message of hope and strength from Cameroonian activist Chi Yvonne Leina. "Chi Yvonne Leina is a Cameroonian journalist, community leader, and digital media change agent dedicated to shining a light on the unhea... 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

Mom Baby God

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Madeline Burrows about her one-woman performance coming to Portland March 5 & 6. The product of two years of immersive research, MOM BABY GOD follows Jessica Beth Giffords, a peppy, Justin Bieber-obsessed 15-year-old and zealous anti-abortion video blo... Read more

Movie Moles on Orgasm, Inc

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the 2009 documentary Orgasm, Inc, on attempts to medicalize women's sexuality. The film is available at the Multnomah County Library. More information here. Read more

Orgasm, Inc., and more resources

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 3 March 2014;    reviewed with Denise Morris Orgasm, Inc. movie A New View Campaign (Leonore Tiefer; Challenging the Medicalization of Sex) The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm (1970 classic by Anne Koedt) The Vibrator Museum Our Bodies... Read more

Betsy Close Interview

Airs at: Fri, 02/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Betsy Close is a Republican running for re-election in the Oregon Senate.  She talked with Don Merrill about equal pay for Oregon's women, funding for Oregon's schools and Cover Oregon among many topics.  *These interviews are part of a project to invite all Oregon candidat... Read more

Book Mole: the work of Anita Brookner

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am
Larry Bowlden surveys the many great works of English novelist, Anita Brookner (available at your public library). Most of her main characters are intellectual middle-class women who are isolated on account of failed love, but she eschews being called a feminist. He praises... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear a double report from Portland Public School teachers and student activists, a review of the fiction of Anita Brookner, as well as a discussion about the politics of Pete Seeger and his music. Bill Resnick talks with Elizabe... Read more

Spokane Residents Boycott Bar for Its "Date Grape Koolaid"

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The boycott of a Spokane bar has gone national, after the owner, Jamie Pendleton, refused to rename a drink named "Date Grape Koolaid." KBOO's Erin J. Bernard spoke to Taylor Malone, a Spokane resident who organized the boycott. Read more

Movie Moles: Her

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Frann Michel review  Spike Jonze new  (quasi science fiction) romantic comedy "Her". Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore, an introverted man who goes through a divorce with his child-hood sweetheart, only to fall curiously in love with his new, hyperintelligent... Read more