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The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart on their new book "A People's Curriculum for the Earth". Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile about the controversy over Planned Parenthood clinics and the sale of fetal... Read more

Drought Prompts Action at All Levels of Government

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

The town of Banks, Oregon, located in western Washington County northwest of Hillsboro, recently implemented water use restrictions on businesses, partly in response to drought conditions across the state. For more on Oregon’s driest year in decades and government responses ... Read more

ONS Veteran Farm

Airs at: Tue, 07/14/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

0714 OR ONS VETERANS FARM TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 CDRW# __ RUNS 1:55 W/LOCKOUT KILL DATE/TIME __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A SENSE OF PURPOSE FOR RETURNING V... Read more

Monsanto Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

It seems there’s been nothing but bad news in America lately. The death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail, the House passing a bill that prohibits the labeling of GMO foods. However, what most of us consider bad news can, for a select few, be the stuff dreams are made of. Wr... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 3, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts and we hear music from Anne Feeney, variations on the Old Mole theme song, and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch about police violence and militarization. Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss democracy and its contra... Read more

Kayaktivists and rope-sitters block Shell's icebreaker rig

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: News In Depth

Thirteen activists are suspended from ropes hanging from the Saint John’s bridge, more than fourteen hours after they rappelled down from the bridge early this morning. They are supported by around 150 ‘kayaktivists’, who gathered Tuesday night in Saint Johns’ Cathedral Pa... Read more

The Promise of Agroecology

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Frédéric Mousseau about agroecology: farming, ecology, and food. Mousseau is the Policy Director at the Oakland Institute where he coordinates the Institute’s research and advocacy activities on land investment, food security and agriculture... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 6, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Norm Diamond interview the Low Tide Drifters, who also perform live in studio. Joe talks with Ryan Wisnor, of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, about remembering "Blood Wednesday" Joe also talks with S... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 29, 2015

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this show dealing with issues of imprisonment, injustice, oil terminals and Native Americans, and the "freedom to marry" as a way of domesticating the LGBT movement. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual segments, follo... Read more

Oil Terminals and the Quinault Nation

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Quinault fisherman Junior Goodell about the battle to stop the construction of two oil export terminals slated for Grays Harbor, WA. A hearing on the draft environmental impact statement on the terminals will be held later in July, with more in... Read more