Government/Politics

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The Authoritarian Trend

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As part of our continuing series Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond looks at the world-wide trend toward increasing authoritarianism in the institutions of the State. Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny and some of the work of Pippa Norris on cultural backlash provide insights... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 4, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today’s show is hosted by Norm Diamond and includes the following segments: In Memoriam: Denise Morris introduces this interview from the Old Mole archive in which Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the 2008 crisis of capitalism and what opportunities for socialism c... Read more

In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In this interview from the Old Mole archive, Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the 2008 crisis of capitalism and what opportunities for socialism could be found. Leo Panitch was a Marxist political scientist at York University and the author of many books and articl... Read more

Pepe the Frog's Wild Ride - Matt Furie and the film Feels Good Man

Airs at: Thu, 12/31/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The 2016 U.S. presidential election was the first to showcase the power of internet memes, and no meme was more powerful than Pepe the Frog.  Created by Bay-area artist Matt Furie for the 2006 cartoon collection Boy's Club, Pepe suddenly found himself in the midst of a b... Read more

Eviction Moratorium Updates

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Recent days have seen several measures move forward at the federal, state and local levels to address the looming housing crisis related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This time last week, Portland renters were looking at a moratorium that ended on January 8, 2021. Even... Read more

Not A Nation of Immigrants w/ Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz - Part 1 - Ep 89

Airs at: Thu, 12/24/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz returns to the podcast, discussing the premise of her new book, "NOT "A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS" Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion", coming soon from Beacon Press. Let me guess.  You're enjoying the show so much,... Read more

Covid-19, Recession, and Drug Use

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction has been holding a series of panel discussions on the impact of Covid-19 on drug markets and on people who use drugs. EMCDDA’s most recent webinar was entitled “Covid-19 induced recession and drug related problems. ... Read more

Karen Kwiatkowski - Ep 88

Airs at: Sun, 12/20/2020 at 6:30am - Sun, 01/03/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF Lieutenant Colonel (retired), writer at LewRockwell.com, and senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Center, stops by the podcast for an in-depth discussion of her career, to include serving at the height of the Cold War, the huge collection of persona... Read more

The Gap: Does this guy know what a doctorate is? Keep on learning, I guess

Airs at: Fri, 12/18/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss future First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden and a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece that argues she shouldn't call herself "Dr." In spite of well-earned criticism for being sexist and misogynistic, the editors doubled dow... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 21, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts the Old Mole today, which includes the following segments: All I want for Christmas is Immigration Reform: Bill Resnick speaks with Larry Kleinman in the second of a two part interview. Larry Kleinman, one of the founders of PCUN, Oregon’s farmworke... Read more