Health

Century Of Lies for January 10 2016

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we discuss new data on youth drug use, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin's support for marijuana legalization, and Maine Governor Paul LePage's racist comments about the drug war. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 25, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show and this is what it covers: 1.  Desiree Hellegers talks with Cowlitz Tribal members about the threat to their ancentral lands from a mining company. 2. Laurie Mercier and Joe Clement discuss the purpose, strategy and actions of the Portland Te... Read more

Water, Pesticides, and Flint, Michigan

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dangerous water -- dangerous to our health -- has been in the news lately because of what happened in Flint, Michigan. Major polutants of water include pesticides from industrial agriculture. Jeremy Olsen is Assistant Director at the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pes... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 11, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom hosts this episode, with music by Bob Dylan and Creedence Clearwater Revival, and discussions of China, Malheur, and Portland. Like us on Facebook!  To listen to the whole show, use the play or download buttons below.  To hear individual segments and find out more, foll... Read more

Occupy Malheur Psychology

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan discuss the occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They consider the largely progressive history of occupation, often as a response to exhaustion of other attempts at redress, and usually entailing personal risk, as in occupations of se... Read more

Deregulatory Bills Pass House of Representatives

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Two anti-regulatory bills were approved in House yesterday and today along strongly bipartisan lines. The HB 1155, known as the SCRUB Act, and HB 712, known as the Sunshine for Deregulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, were approved by the Republican majority en-route to a ... Read more

Ten Good Things in 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Looking back at 2015, Medea Benjamin found ten good things to celebrate -- ten wins for the left. Tom Becker reads from her piece in Huffington Post.  Read more

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Takes Effect Tomorrow

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On January first a law will go into place assigning certain protections and benefits to domestic workers in the State of Oregon, called the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.  For more KBOO reporter Jared Dancler spoke with Tom Breedlove, an expert on household labor and taxe... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts the last Old Mole episode of 2015, which features segments on climate, economy, housing, insanity, and music by Helly Luv, Nina Simone, and the Pretenders, as well as poetry by Marge Piercy. This week the theme song is performed by Jerron Blind Boy Paxt... Read more

Mass Shootings and Insanity Pleas

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel talks with Jan Haaken, director of the documentary Guilty Except for Insanity,  about questions around competency and the insanity plea in the Robert Lewis Dear case, the shooting that left three dead at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs in Nove... Read more