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Old Mole Variety Hour July 1st 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with UO sociologist and editor of Monthly review, John Bellamy Foster, about leftist strategy in the context of ecological crisesCara Dugas reviews "Blacking Up: hip-hop's remixing of race and identity", a d... Read more

Monsanto and other corporations profiting off death

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads excerpts by a Truth-Out article by Brian Moench titled "Mankind: death by corporation". The article looks at Monsanto and contextualizes its evil behavior in a history of corporate zombie death-industries from tabacco, lead, and asbestos. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 22, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On this special Earth Day Old Mole Variety Hour, Joe Clement hosts, and we hear- Joe talks with Jeff Shantz about Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision- Bill Resnick talks with Robert Dietz about Advancing a Steady State Economy- Tom Becker reads from Dav... Read more

Just Give Everyone Food Stamps

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads from Matt Breunig's blog on why we should just give everyone food stamps. In the latter half, he comments on how giving food stamps to everyone can bring us closer to a basic income, administratively and culturally. Reference to otherwise unexplained na... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 25 March 2013

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts and talks with Radical Musicologist Brad Duncan about Black Power and Soul music; Bill Resnick talks with media analyst Robert McChesney about the dangers corporate internet monopolies pose for democracy; and movie moles Denise Morris and Frann ... Read more

A Place at the Table: movie moles review

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the documentary A Place at the Table, currently playing in Portland at the Hollywood Theatre, about the serious problem of food insecurity. The film makes vivid the struggles of some of the 50 million Americans who are food insecure... Read more

Pascal Sauton Interview

Airs at: Thu, 03/21/2013 at 12:00am
Pascal Sauton is many things; chef, connoisseur, bon vivant, traditionalist, teacher.  And now, sex symbol.  Don Merrill talks with this French transplant about winning the title of America's Hottest Chef and Portland food culture as well as what diners should be able to... Read more

Curt Ellis Speaks at Organicology

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2013 at 12:00am
This is the unedited version of Curt Ellis' talk about King Corn and FoodCorp at the recent Organicology conference.  Read more

Unconditional Basic Income & the Politics of Work

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
 Old Mole Joe Clement, and Kathryn Sackinger talk with sociology grad-student and Jacobin Magzine editor Peter Frase, about the idea of an unconditional and universal basic income. Because basic income often stirs strong feelings about people deserving their livelihood, ... Read more

"Plastic Free: How I kicked the Plastic Habit and How You can Too" with author Beth Terry

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Millions of us consider our use of plastic a perfectly normal part of everyday life. We purchase and toss out our plastic products and packaging without giving it a second thought. But Beth Terry began thinking about it in 2007, and when she learned about the toxicity an... Read more