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Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The corporate media likes to start the history of the US-Iran relationship with the overthrow of the Shah Rezi Pahlavi in 1979, which conveniently renders the animosity of Iranians toward America as something mysterious. But if you go back further in time, you will find ... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2026 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Trump's Next Target: Cuba" Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Top stores in this episode: death and dollar tolls in the Iran war; peace is not at hand; the fight for oil. Read more

Kathy joins All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Kathy is a colleague and friend of Xan and shares about her experience living abroad for a few decades in various countries around the world and how it shaped her path towards becoming a therapist.   To find counseling services from Kathy go to:   @foragewellnesscollec... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2026 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump's War" Read more

Remembering Eleni Varikas

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This Women’s History Month, the Old Mole celebrates the life and mourns the January death of Eleni Varikas. Eleni was a leading theoretician exploring the concept of “gender” when it was relatively unfamiliar in European feminist thought and focusing on those excluded... Read more

The Work of PIRC

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On this Day Without an Immigrant broadcast, Laurie Mercier speaks with  Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) coordinator Alyssa Walker Keller about the work of PIRC to support immigrants’ rights through direct assistance, education, legal support and advocacy an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 23, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Claudia Ortu about Italian organizing for Palestine, philosopher Sally Markowitz explains the racial-gender binary-ideal, and host Frann Michel notes that March is Long Covid Awareness month.  Italy for Palestine:   Claudia Ortu is a senior resear... Read more

Claudia Ortu on Palestine and Italy

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Claudia Ortu is a senior researcher in English Language and Translation at the University of Cagliari, Italy.  Her research interests include Critical Discourse Analysis and the interplay of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic discourses, with a focus on Neoliberalism and... Read more

The Gender Binary and the Invention of Race

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In her book The Gender Binary and the Invention of Race (Routledge, 2024), philosopher Sally Markowitz argues that "the practice of first dividing people into the sharply binary categories of male and female, and then judging how well they conform to those categories,... Read more