Movement for Racial Justice

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The Long Shadow

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sasha Lilly plays audio segments from the film The Long Shadow by Frances Causey. The history of slavery in the United States casts a pall over our present. The film illustrates how and why in a compelling and personal work, that traces four centuries of racial oppression i... Read more

The Jazz Great You Never Heard Of

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg takes a look back at a famous Black entertainer whose career was ruined and her legacy pretty much erased from history after she stood up to the House Un-American Committee. Patricia reads from an essay about piano prodigy and jazz musician Hazel Scott, en... Read more

Memory Activism: The Panther Platform, Police & Prisons

Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Damaris Webb, Bruce Poinsette and Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. from The Vanport Mosaic, a local organization celebrating Black History Month with special community discussions on prisons and policing.   The community organizing event  featured th... Read more

Black History and Future Month

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Special Programming for Black History Month. Produced in 2022 by Tammy Habteyes.         Read more

Do We Have a Choice?

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Led by Governor Ronald DeSantis the Florida legislature enacted the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” that forbids teaching “the state-sanctioned racism that is critical race theory,” and subjects any accurate exploration of racial issues to harsh punishments. The Florida school system, ... Read more

FBI up to its old tricks, with guest Trevor Aaronson

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Today's guest, Trevor Aaronson, is the host of the "Alphabet Boys" podcast, which " reveals the secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies." Aaronson was on Democracy Now recently, talking about the first episode of the podcast, about t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On this episode of The Old Mole we rebroadcast Du Bois on Race and Class hosted by CS Soong for Against the Grain. ATG is a syndicated radio program about progressive and radical theory and activism on KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley Ca. Originally aired on February 14, ... Read more

Black History and Future Month

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Special Programming for Black History Month. Produced in 2022 by Tammy Habteyes.     Read more

Interview with Jesse Nevel

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, January 30th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Jesse Nevel who is the National Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the mass organization of the African People's Solidarity Committee. Jesse met the Uhuru Mov... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 30, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Zero Fare: While other cities, like Kansas City and Olympia, have abolished fares on public transport, TriMet is poised to approve a substantial fare hike in the Portland metro ... Read more