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Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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Realistic Hopes for Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick examines the good things that could come out of the current healthcare debate short of the public option, and what we need to do to push matters in the direction of our ultimate goal -- single payer health care.     (Image from Raising Women's Voices 08) Read more

August 24 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
   As always, the Moles dig where few others dare to tread, this week taking on the commercialization of unhappiness, the American  tradition of bombing civilians, and our common fear of death.  Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) is your host.   For information about our ... Read more

Medicalizing Unhappiness

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  How therapists and drug companies take our ways of being unhappy -- worry, anxiety, depression, grief, impotence, self-criticism, frustration, anger, forbidden hungers – and turn them into illnesses and syndromes for which they can sell us expensive treatments.  Bill Resn... Read more

Getting Over Death

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Why are we so afraid of death, and how does that fear affect us, individually and collectively?   How can we get beyond that fear?   Clayton Morgareidge comments.  You can read the text of this commentary here. Read more

Bombing Civilians: The Book

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 How and why has the aerial bombing of civilian populations become standard military procedure?  Jay Thiemeyer reviews a new book  of essays on the history and problems raised by wars waged, not just against opposing armies, against peoples.   The book is Bombing Civilians:... Read more

Bombing Civilians: The Interview

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Following up on Jay Thiemeyer's review of Bombing Civilians, the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier talks with one of the book's editors Marilyn Young, Professor of History at New York University.   They discuss the origins of this strategy as well as its ongoing use in Afghanistan... Read more

Prospects for Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  What  is the minimum healtcare reform we need now, and what do we have to do to make it much better tomorrow?  Bill Resnick comments.   Read more

The Incarcerated Society

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
   The US is "the most incarcerated society on earth," according to Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of a Prison Empire.  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with Perkinson about how we got this way.  An excellent companion article in Dissident Voiceon this ... Read more

August 17 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris (pictured here) hosts this show focusing on prisons, healthcare reform, and labor issues;  and featuring music from Tom Waits's CD Blood Money. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can follow us on Twitter, and see... Read more

Labor and the Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about the role of that publication in putting the movement back in the labor movement, and about the role of labor in the fight for healtcare reform.    Read more