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Prisons, Psychiatry, and Solitary

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In their continuing series The Left and the Law, psychologist Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss how psychological studies confirm what has been known for a long time: that solitary confinement drives people crazy.  They also discuss the extent of its use.   Read more

Of Ruth First and Joe Slovo: Let Us Now Remember Past Activists

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Weider discusses the work and legacy of Ruth First and Joe Slovo, lifelong activists who fought for an end to apartheid in South Africa, and for a democratic and socialist world. Read more

Left & The Law: what's the risk in releasing Oregon's low-risk offenders?

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Continuing the Left and the Law, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about reactions to the release of 850 low-risk offenders from Oregon State Prisons. They talk about Govenor Kitzhaber's Public Safety Commission's recommendation, how the risk of these offenders is assesse... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 15th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour, about 20 minutes shorter because of the membership-drive. Through-out the show we hear some of the music of local hip-hop activist-artist, Mic Crenshaw. Jan mentioned his appearance at the Paid Sick Days Now rall... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 24 September 2012

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode and reads a selection from the work of Chris Hedges about the implications of environmental and economic collapse. Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau of Why Hunger? about how neoliberalism contributes to hunger and organic agric... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 27 August 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts and we hear about German socialist history, the novel Sense of an Ending, Political Aspects of Full Employment, and The Living Death of Solitary Confinement: Bill Resnick continues his Interview with Historian Bill Smaldone about the German Social Democratic... Read more

Juvenile Justice: Issues, Trends, and Alternative Programs for Youth Facing Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez speaks to Shay Bilchik, Research Professor and Center Director at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute and head of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform out of Georgetown University. Prior to these current positions, Shay Bilchik was an Assistant Sta... Read more

Prison Pipeline, July 30, 2012 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner: Mental Illness & Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews a psychiatric nurse practitioner about how lack of mental health treatment, institutionalization and the trauma of reentry keeps her brother behind bars.   Read more

Prison Pipeline 7/16/12 w/ Shannon White hosted by Patty Katz

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patty Katz interviews Shannon White a vetren in the criminal justice system.  The topic revolves around youth and the effect of the criminal justice sytem has on them. Read more

The Gender Entrapment of Black Women and How VIolence in the Lives of Black Women is Ignored

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Beth Richie, Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, Professor of African American Studies and Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her new book is Arrested Justice:... Read more