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The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman talk about America's Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in light of Obama's recent visit to Cuba. Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a ... Read more

Well-read Red: Black Study, Black Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel points listeners to a forum in Boston Review on "Black Study, Black Struggle," featuring statements by Robin D.G. Kelley and responses by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor and others. She recommends the conversation to anyone interested in student Black Lives Matter  a... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 29, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Leap Day edition of the Old Mole. Here are the topics: 1.  Bill Resnick talks with Matt Karpp about the complicated politics of the American public and how they relate to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. 2.  Well-read Red Frann Mi... Read more

Changing Schools for Private Profit

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Well-Read Red shares extracts from John Bellamy Foster's Introduction to the March 2016  Monthly Review, a special issue on the Opt-Out movement against standardized testing and for the democratizing of US public schools.  Bellamy Foster highlights the real agenda of... Read more

Bob Neimeyer Interview

Airs at: Sun, 02/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Robert Neimeyer is a Republican who wants to fill the seat that was vacated by former Governor Kitzhaber. He's critical of what he calls "stupidity" on the part of Democrats both locally and federally, and he had some strong ideas about how to bring balance to governmen... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host on today's show and we hear --  1. Educator and writer Jodi Sokolower talks with Bill about sex positive and LGBTQ friendly sex education. 2.  Laurie Mercier talks with Native American artists about a new art exhibit about the Sand Creek Mass... Read more

Sex Ed Done Right

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jodi Sokolower is an activist, educator, and writer. She edited and contributed to the book Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality. In this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick, she describes a sex-postitive way of teaching young people about healthy and respe... Read more

Stephen Johnson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Stephen Johnson is a home care specialist and a democrat who is running for Oregon Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for guns in Oregon schools, why the state can't afford to pass up jobs that have been previously called a bad fit for the state's "ch... Read more

Teaching the Real Martin Luther King

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On this day commemorating the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., Old Mole Bill Resnick is joined by Jesse Hagopian to talk about how King has been made into a harmless campaigner against racial injustices that are no longer with us. Hagopian teaches at Garfield Hig... Read more

PSU Student Union Protesters Threatened with Discipline

Airs at: Fri, 01/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Alyssa Pagan, member of the Portland State University Student Union, received a letter of warning from the Dean of Student Life, her second warning, for disruption of the Board of Trustees and University President.  Pagan is one of many student protesters receiving warni... Read more