Economy

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Sunkara and Socialist Manifesto

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Bhaskar Sunkara, who founded and is now editor of Jacobin magazine, "a leading voice of the American left."  Sunkara will be speaking Tuesday at Powell's City of Books, introducing his just published book: Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 13, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts. Bill Resnick interviews Bhaskar Sunkara about his Socialist Manifesto We hear excerpts from testimony at the May 9 Portland city budget forum. Dan Jaffee interviews Michael Mehaffy about Finance and the Housing Crisis.   Please also note the event T... Read more

Supporting Portland Parks and Recreation

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Christina Harris, SEIU organizer for Portland Park and Recreation workers, on the importance of city parks and community centers, and the absurdity of such a wealthy city not spending the resources it has on the well-being of its residents. There... Read more

Oregon Teachers Walk Out May 8

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Elizabeth Theil, vice-president of the Portland Association of Teachers, on the state-wide teachers’ walkout Wednesday, May 8th, to protest chronic underfunding and demand adequate resources. Local actions in Portland begin at 8:30 am and converge... Read more

BroadBand Episode 12 - May 2019

Airs at: Wed, 05/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  BroadBand
Hello and welcome to BroadBand – a segment that is part feed your soul and part food for thought… it features personal reflection and information about some great things going on in the community because you need to take care of yourself before you can take care of the worl... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 27

Airs at: Wed, 05/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
All feedback, comments and suggestions can be emailed to: TPOL@KBOO.ORG The Politics of Living show is currently looking for contributors and guests. For more information, please email: TPOL@KBOO.ORG Hosted by: Vicky Mazzone LINKS AND RESOURCES May Day History of May D... Read more

Music, Language, Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Music, Language, and Capitalism[*] I was thinking about  how music and language are alike and yet different, and this is the train of thought that came to me. We might think of music as structuring time. Music exists in time, and moves through time by changing pitch, volum... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 22nd, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts. Bill Resnick interviews Joanna Misnik about Chicago and the DSA's success in their recent election winning six seats in the 50 person city council. Clayton Morgareidge discusses Music, Language, and Capitalism.  Jan Haaken talks with Anais Tuepker... Read more

Bright Spark #5: In The Darknets

Airs at: Thu, 04/18/2019 at 7:00am - 8:00am
Produced for:  Bright Spark
In this episode we feature Michael Gilbert-  a public health technologist with specializations in epidemiology, health informatics, and harm reduction. Michael’s past work in these fields includes design and implementation of public health informatics tools, research on the... Read more

Taxes and the Public Good

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about  why we should, in principle, be glad to pay our taxes, and how much good our taxes could be doing in a fully democratic society. You can subscribe to Chuck Collins's newsletter here. Read more