Economy

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Andrew Geller Interviews Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute.

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Anuradha Mittal Is also the former Co Director, Food First; Contributor, "The Status of International Food Aid Negotiations: An Update to Food Aid or Food Sovereignty?  Ending World Hunger In Our Time"  (April2008); economic globalization, loss of American farms, effects of... Read more

Ol Mole Interview - George Ritzer on the McDonalization of Society

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Since 1955 McDonald's has grown to over 31,000 outlets worldwide (2003).The central concepts employed in the fast-food industry have spread to all types of restaurants. Everything from pizza to lobster, from ice cream to bread, from alcohol to fried chicken and even the funer... Read more

Obama and McCain on the Economy

Airs at: Sun, 06/15/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Where do John McCain and Barack Obama  stand on issues affecting jobs, health care, and income inequality?  Economist Arthur MacEwan talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick  about what's wrong with the economy, what needs to be done, and how likely the main presidential cont... Read more

Jim Hightower interview: "Jim Hightower interview"

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Jim Hightower interview What's happened to the family farm? Bankruptcies, broken hearts, families and homes destroyed, and suicides to name a few. This interview was facilitated by KBOO's Marliese Franklin, in an interview with radio personality Jim Hightower:   Read more

Carol Adams, "The Sexual Politics of Food"

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Carol Adams is the author of "Sexual Politics of Meat." draws a correlation  between meat based diet and patriarchy.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 9, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 06/08/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show features, for the second time, the music of Portland band Pink Martini and concludes with a discussion of the implicit politics of their work.   Also discussed on the show are world hunger and the cost of food, the relations between being queer and being an imm... Read more

Ending Hunger

Airs at: Sun, 06/08/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On a planet where two billion people are already hungry, an additional 100 million will be plunged into poverty because of the world-wide food crisis.  Deborah James, Director of the Center for Economic Policy Research, talks with Bill Resnick about the reasons for this and... Read more

Radiozine on 6/05/08

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Per Fagereng interviews John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. He'll talk about his latest book, The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption, an exposé of international corruption — and wha... Read more

British Media Reveals US Plan to Occupy Iraq Indefinitely

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A British newspaper revealed today that Bush is secretly brokering a deal to continue US military occupation of Iraq indefinitely. KBOO’s jacob anderson-minshall has more:   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 2, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This program, hosted by Denise Morris, has musical breaks from Pink Martini and features a  discussion with Thomas Lauderdale, the band's co-founder.   We also hear from widely-published writer Michael T. Klare about oil and its potential to provoke wars in the future; a re... Read more