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If Sharks Were Men...

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
After an amusing reading of Bertolt Brecht's short-story "If Sharks Were Men", Joe Clement comments on the unfortunately enduring message it imparts about class-exploitation and imperial war. The original video from which the audio has been used can be found here. Read more

Michael Zweig: US Labor Against The War

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Michael Zweig about US Labor Against The War, a reform-coalition of hundreds of unions, central labor councils and state federations who are united in opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are organizing  workers to put pressure o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 1st 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole and we hear about the NFL referee lockout, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and organizing the working-class against imperial war.   Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Peter Rachleff about the NFL referee lockout. Frann ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 17th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Iven Hale hosts this show and we hear about the Chicago Teachers Strike, Cuban reform and policies, a book review of Barbara King Solver's "Lacuna" and a movie-review of Branded. Bill Resnick talks with Samuel Farber about top-down and bottom-up socialism in Cuba ... Read more

Book Mole: The Lacuna by Barbara King Solver

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Larry Bowlden reviews Barbara Kingsolver's widely acclaimed "The Lacuna: a novel". Part thought-experiment and part historical fiction, Kingsolver writes a story set in 1930s Mexico City about the struggle of artists during war-time and under the pressure of revolution ... Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 8/29/12

In this episode we take a look back at some of our favorite pieces, stitching them together to entice you, yes...you, to listen to out archive of past shows. They don't suck. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 13 August 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this week's show and we hear these segments: --> Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring and its implications for the West. (Part One of their conversation is here.) --> Joe and Iven Hale review the Canadian film The... Read more

Chris Toensing on the Arab Spring Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring and its implications for the West. You can find Part One here. In this audio, they briefly review their earlier conversation, and they discuss the destabilizing effects of competition for oil re... Read more

Rachel Corrie's parents head to Israel for verdict

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
An Israeli court is expected to issue a verdict in the case of the late Rachel Corrie next week. Corrie was killed by a U-S-made Israeli armored bulldozer in 2003 when she stood in front of the bulldozer to protest the demolition of a Palestinian doctor’s home. Her paren... Read more

Aria Minu-Sepehr on "We Heard the Heavens Then", his memoir of a boy in revolutionary Iran

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Aria Minu-Sepehr about his book We Heard the Heavens Then, a memoir of a boy in revolutionary Iran.  Seen through the eyes of a ten year old with unusual access to the two poles of his society – modern and traditional – the tale recou... Read more