Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  Wealth, Inequality, and “The Great Gatsby” (an Against the Grain rebroadcast) F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about rich people. Does his work also offer a critique of wealth and inequality? According to John Marsh, we can learn a lot about class, power, privilege, and imp... Read more

  Portland is again in the national news now that an Oregon U.S. District Judge has been asked to remove her second restraining order blocking federal control of any National Guard troops in Portland.  In a 2-1 ruling on October 20th, a panel from the 9th Circuit Court ... Read more

  Laurie Mercier speaks with Olivia Katbi, co-chair of the Portland Democratic Socialists of America, about the recent  action by six Portland city councilors to launch a nationwide pledge of city councilors to investigate whether within city limits there is any manufac... Read more

  Left & the Law & the National Guard: Portland is again in the national news now that an Oregon U.S. District Judge has been asked to remove her second restraining order blocking federal control of any National Guard troops in Portland.  In a 2-1 ruling on October 20th... Read more

  Image by Ken Huey Patricia Kullberg speaks with Dr. Travis Meleen, Portland anesthesiologist and two time medical volunteer in Gaza. They discuss what a genocidal war looks like on the ground, the charge against Israel of medicide in Gaza, which includes wholesale an... Read more

With the ceasefire agreement in the Trump 20-point plan underway and Hamas's return of hostages and the release of close to 2000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, displays of joy and tenuous hope abound. For the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, however, ... Read more

  Image by Ken Huey Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Targeting Doctors in Gaza: Breaking the Silence: Patricia Kullberg speaks with Dr. Travis Meleen, Portland anesthesiologist and two time medical volunteer ... Read more

On this week's show, we bring you an Indigenous Peoples' Day Program produced by students with WSU Vancouver's Documentary Arts Initiative (DocArts), and featuring the following segments:  Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIPs), "Man Camps," and Fossil Fuels: ... Read more

  The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub is a six-mile stretch of industrial land in northwest Portland between the Willamette River and Forest Park, where millions of gallons of  toxic and explosive liquids are stored in hundred-year-old tanks atop unstable land ... Read more

  This episode is hosted by Jon Nelson and features these segments: CEI Hub: Portland’s Ticking Time Bomb:  The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub is a six-mile stretch of industrial land in northwest Portland between the Willamette River and Forest Park, where mil... Read more