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The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 20, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts, and we hear  Joshua Holland on how to get to Universal Health Care in the US  Cecelia Towner of BLM on responding to race & gender violence in Clark County Movie Moles on Family, Gender, & Capitalism in Miracle on 34th St (1947) Musical excerpts:... Read more

Indian Women Biker Rebels

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Ruban Lawrence interviews Leena Biswas in India.  She is part of a growing movement of women in India who are taking to two wheels in order to take their fair share of space. from the Times of India: "Leena Biswas, a doctor and also a resident of Delhi came for the bike... Read more

The Broken Country

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  The Broken Country is a book-length essay on cultural trauma and the inter-generational legacies of war. In 2012, a young Vietnamese man named Kiet Thanh Ly walked into a downtown Salt Lake City megastore, purchased a knife, and began stabbing white male passersby in the... Read more

Happy Women in Apprenticeship Day!

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This week is National Apprenticeship Week, established by President Obama in 2015. Today, November 16, is Women in Apprenticeship Day in Oregon as declared by Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. In Portland, one of the primary organizations working wi... Read more

The Case of Michelle Wright

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo interviews Kelly Simon from the ACLU concerning the case of Michele Wright. Michelle Wright is a transgender female prisoner incarcerated in a men’s prison in the state of Oregon who recently won a lawsuit regarding adequate medical care and requesting a bi-monthl... Read more

Natural Remedies for Menopause with Dana LaVoie

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Uncontrollable weight gain and boiling hot flashes, crying one minute and angry the next... Menopause (or peri-menopause) is here - it's taking over your life - and you're seriously ready to get some relief and feel like yourself again.  Did you know that in a recent stu... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear-- 1. Christian Appy explains what's missing from the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. 2. Preview of an upcoming panel about the fight for reproductive justice in Oregon. 3. Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling w... Read more

Book Review: "Manhattan Beach"

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews a new work by Jennifer Egan, who is usually edgy and anything but a traditional novelist. But her new book is a very straight-forward and well researched historical novel, Manhattan Beach. Starting in the ‘30s and taking the reader to the ‘60s of the ... Read more

Native Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Guest hosts Cary Watters & Amory Zschach welcome Denise Wickert to speak about mental health in the Native community & Traci Price to discuss the intersection of environmental justice and environmental education. NAYA FAMILY CENTER IN 2061 Guided by our elders and trust... Read more

"I Am Wrestling with Despair"

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Old Mole's Frann Michel reads Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling with Despair" about the malice of men, militaristic and misogynous. It appeared in the November, 2017 issue of Monthly Review. Read more