March 15 Old Mole Variety Hour

Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 12:00am
The future of Alternative Energy, "Undercover Bosses," the Morass in Afghanistan, and Mavis Staples

 Hosted by Bill Resnick and featuring the powerful protest music of Mavis Staples, this show includes a discussion of the real feasibility of replacing coal and nuclear power with wind and solar; a conversation critical of the "reality" show "Undercover Bosses"; and an analysis of the quagmire in Afghanistan.  

 

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1.  Economist John Blackman explains how massive coal and nuclear plants can be replaced by locally controlled wind and solar production.

2.  Old Mole Denise Morris and Labor activist Mark Brenner discuss what's unreal about "Undercover Bossses."

3.  The Old Mole's Clayton Morgareidge reads from a piece by Todd Gitlin on what's wrong with the Afghanistan war.

4.  Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the career and music of Mavis Staples.  

 

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