Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks on them and the utopian potential of their sharing ethos.  We hear audio from Mariame Kaba on the podcast Death Panel speaking to how libra... Read more

Desiree Hellegers and Julian Ankney, Nimiipuu director of Native Programs at Washington State University Vancouver talk about WSU’s 5th annual SJCon social justice conference coming up on April 19 and 20, which is virtual, free, and open to the public. This year is focus... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Libraries – Grammar Schools for the Commons: Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attac... Read more

  Four years into the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19/SARS-Cov-2,  Long Covid continues disabling millions and the CDC continues to favor business interests over public health.   Frann Michel encourages supporting each other in reducing infection.    See also: Too Many ... Read more

  How I Learned to Breathe Through the Apocalypse is a serial play/web series written and performed by Desiree Hellegers, and directed and produced by Hellegers, along with Derya Ruggles and Melissa Salazar for air on Open Signalpdx. This black comedy is modeled on Hell... Read more

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: How I Learned to Breathe Through the Apocalypse: How I Learned to Breathe Through the Apocalypse is a serial play/web series written and performed by Desiree Hellegers, and directed an... Read more

  There are now 30 lawsuits against oil companies underway in cities and states around the US, including in California and here in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, a case was filed by  Multnomah County around damages from the 2021 heat wave and fires and a lawsuit was ... Read more

  Local economist Mary King de-bunks the business lobby talking point that we have the highest taxes in the country.  Actually, Oregon’s in the middle of the pack for state and local taxes that businesses pay.  For households, our taxes per person are well below the hig... Read more

  Library Labor, Literature, Lawsuits, and Lies about taxes: Frann Michel hosts this episode which features these segments: Fort Vancouver Regional Library Workers Struggle Joe Clement shares news about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library workers struggle for a living w... Read more

  Joe Clement reports on the struggle for a living wage at Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries (FVRL), connecting their issues to other library systems in the area and beyond. Show your support today today by signing the FVRL workers' petition. In the report, Joe reads f... Read more