Government/Politics

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A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays by Marc Bookman

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy." -- Martin Luther King On today's episode, we welcome Marc Bookman, author of the new book A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays from T... Read more

2022 - It's Just like 2000 ? (Part 2) {With Super Secret Bonus Show}

Airs at: Tue, 01/18/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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The Gap: Following the Latest COVID News and Debating Debates

Airs at: Fri, 01/14/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the lastest COVID news, like the Supreme Court blocking the large employer vaccine mandate, the Oregon Department of Justice investigating a for-profit COVID testing center, and new research from OSU that suggests c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this Martin Luther King Jr. Day special which includes music by artists Farrell Williams, Noname, and Ambrose Akinmusire, plus the following segments: Critical Race Theory: Bill Resnick talks to Malik Miah who made a living as an aviation mechanic a... Read more

A Legal Retrospective of 2021

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker look back on the legal terrain of 2021, taking up gains and losses around social justice reforms. They start with a short civics lesson on the three branches of lawmaking governing our lives:  the Executive, Ju... Read more

Critical Race Theory

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Malik Miah who made a living as an aviation mechanic and spent most of his life fighting racism in the unions. He has written several books and hundreds of magazine pieces. Bill and Malik discuss Critical Race Theory – what it is, the complex ways raci... Read more

Reclaiming the Radical Legacy of MLK

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Our Well Read Red, Patricia Kullberg, reads an excerpt from an article by Jenn M. Jackson published January 18, 2021 in Al-Jazeera, entitled Martin Luther King, Jr was Radical: We Must Reclaim That Legacy. In the piece Jackson argues that too much of what white America cele... Read more

Only in Oregon - the Political Cartoons of Jesse Springer

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Only in Oregon: 26 Years of Oregon Political Cartoons is the new collection from cartoonist and graphic designer Jesse Springer, who’s been chronicling the unique foibles of statewide politics for over a quarter of a century from his drawing board in Eugene. Jesse joins... Read more

The Challenge to Neoliberalism in Chile

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Luisa Martinez interviews Antonia Mardones Marshall on the recent presidential win in Chile by leftist and former student activist Gabriel Boric. Maradones is a member of the Central Committee of the Convergencia Social party and was the international campaign coordinator f... Read more

Social Democracy in Germany

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone discuss the rise and fall of the German Social Democratic Party since its beginning in 1863. In September of 2021 it rose again to form a government with a chance of dealing with the multiple crises of our time: pandemics, climate change, grow... Read more