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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show dealing with an effort to (sort of ) rewrite Marx's Capital for the 21st Century; the illusion that the American Dream can be restored to "the middle class"; the latest science on climate change and what it demands of us; and community ga... Read more

Climate Change: Latest IPCC Report

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out, and it predicts a catastrophic future for the planet and those who live on it.  In this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick,  economist Robin Hahnel explains what the report says and w... Read more

Eric Squires Interview

Airs at: Sat, 04/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Eric Squires is a Democrat running for the seat in Oregon House District 26.  He talked with Don Merrill about how his pragmatism lets him seriously consider the work of libertarian think tanks, how he's "hard-wired" for politics and how, if he voted to support marijuana le... Read more

Lester Begay on Human Beings with 5 Fingers

Airs at: Wed, 03/26/2014 at 12:00am
Welcome to the first episode of Dine' a-la' ashla'ii Radio Podcast! We interviewed Lester Begay about his efforts to address corruption within the Navajo Nation Government and to introduce alternative and environmentally friendly economic opportunities. Dine'-a-la' ashla'i... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: Bill talks with Bob Peterson of Rethinking Schools about the corporate agenda against public education, and how advocates for real education are and must continue to resist it. Joe Clement talks with Anna Coote of the New ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show featuring revolutionary music from Chile, the musical and political history of the Allende years in Chile, the struggle for carbon-free and democratic control of energy, and the impact of wealth on school closures.   To hear the whole sh... Read more

Getting to Carbon-free

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clean Energy Action of Boulder, Colorado has been working to establish a municipal public utility commtted to clean and locally produced energy. Their work is opposed by the local investor-owned electric company that relies heavily on coal.  Leslie Glostrum, a biochemist an... Read more

Survey Analyzes Possibilities for "Co-Existence" Between GMO and Non-GMO Crops

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
 The USDA Committee on 21st Century Biotechnology has released policy recommendations for what they call the “co-existence” of genetically modified (GMO) and non-GMO crops.  The policies were necessitated by a lack of data regarding GMO crop contamination and its effect on ... Read more

Charles Eisenstein: "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible"

Airs at: Fri, 02/14/2014 at 12:00am
In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? In his The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, Charles Eisenstein submits that the old worldview of Separation must fall away, to be replaced by a new wo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 10, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement is our host for this Membership Drive special for the Old Mole, playing music from the late Pete Seeger.  We hear  Norm Diamond and labor journalist Steve Early discuss the need to revitalize Union movement with democracy. Frances Moore Lappé talks with ... Read more