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Middle East in Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In the last month after Hamas’s savage murderous and senseless attack, Israel has revealed itself as just as murderous and far more lethal in its drive to ethnically cleanse the entire territory that before 1948 was peacefully inhabited by majority Palestinian minority Jewi... Read more

The Man who Marches to War

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Patricia Kullberg reviews the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, March, by Geraldine Brooks. In a searing Civil War story of a man of conviction who marches off to war, Brooks explores in horrific and haunting detail the consequences of acting, or failing to act on one... Read more

Portland Palestinians and Jews Share Grief and Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for Radiozine
Portland Jews and Palestinians whose families in Israel and Gaza have been and continue to be impacted by the current escalation gathered for a press conference October 30th, 2023 at the Portland office of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. This follows last week's release of a j... Read more

Well-Read Red: Violence in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg looks at the story behind the story of the devastating violence unfolding in the Middle East. Some analysts argue the conflict is fueled by the neo-colonial strategy of suppressing progressive voices in favor of extremist regimes that the US (or its pro... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 10/30/23

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and includes these segments: Assaults on Public Education, Part Two Bill Resnick talks to Jennifer Berkshire, a teacher of journalism, her specialty education and the right’s continuing attack on public education, to replace it wit... Read more

Neighborhood Bully--a discussion on Israel and Palestine with Jewish Palestine solidarity activist David Rovics

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land He's wandered the earth an exiled man Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn He's always on trial for just being born He's the neighborhood bully This is one of the many verses in Bob Dylan's explicitly... Read more

Where's it all going to end? Two guests from Code Pink address forever war and the climate apocalypse

Airs at: Wed, 09/27/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  We welcome back Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-imperialist peace organization Code Pink, to talk about next week's days of advocacy and action for peace in Ukraine (www.peaceinukraine.org). To lead off the show, we'll have her fellow Code Pink activist Melissa Ga... Read more

Forgiveness Is a Choice

Airs at: Sun, 09/03/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Dr. Robert Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science within the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin- Madison. He is a licensed psychologist, and founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, a non-profit organization ... Read more

The Bomb

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Last week was the 77th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more later died of radiation exposure. On... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 14, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 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: The Bomb: Last week was the 77th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The explosion... Read more