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The Psychology of Political Activism

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan, psychologists and activists, talk about the emotional demands of social movement work, and what we can learn from the history of groups organizing for fundamental social change. Sloan talks about an organization he helped found in Portland, Cascadi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 3, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: BIll Resnick talk with Patrick Mazza about how capitalism still haunts Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything: capitalism vs. the climate" Iven Hale reads a story about a client failed by the mental healthcare system o... Read more

Arresting Power - A Documentary Film about Police violence and resistance in Portland OR

Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon uses archival materials, documentary footage and interviews with community members, activists and organizers to uncover Portland’s unique history of policing and race relations, emphasizing its rich history of r... Read more

Debate on Portland Mercury's (and other papers') postion on Measure 92

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Mercury, along with the Willamette Week and the Oregonian, took a position against Measure 92, the ballot measure which would require labeling of genetically modified foods.  On Monday, Oct. 27, KBOO's Paul Roland spoke with Dennis Theriault, News Editor of the... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 20, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2014 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick hosts this episode, which features discussions of the movie Gone Girl, making elections more democratic, the ebola crisis, and raising the minimum wage, as well as the music of Ry Cooder.   Jan Haaken talks with Mimi Shippers about feminist debates about the mov... Read more

Ebola, Public Health, and Neoliberalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick reads from Horace Campbell in Counterpunch on "Ebola, the African Union, and Bioeconomic Warfare," and summarizes and comments on other accounts of the Ebola Crisis. He concentrates on the neo-liberal defunding of public health agencies and the exploitation of ... Read more

Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In mid-September, Dr. Lisa Brosseau and Dr. Rachael Jones wrote a commentary for CIDRAP News, a service of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and policy at the University of Minnesota, titled “Health Workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola.” Brosseau a... Read more

Public Health and Social Spending

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Dr. Walter Tsou about the importance of public health. They consider  how our social spending priorities, over determined by war and market competition, and in that vein the private medical insurance regime, undermine our public health and leave us v... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 13, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode about public health and our vulnerability to epidemics like Ebola, gentrification as colonialist legacy, and racial perceptions of crime. Musical selections from Hazel Dickens, Leon Rosselson, James Talley, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Bill... Read more

Dr. Mica Carew and Dr. Josie Schmidt talk about the importance of balanced hormones

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  New Visions for Peace
Dr. Mica Carew, and Dr. Josie Schmidt talk about their upcoming workshop: Still the Mind, Stabilizing the Hormones, An Introduction to Hormone Balancing and the Mind/Body Connection October 25th and 26th which will be held at Cannon Beach Yoga Arts on the Oregon coast. Hor... Read more