Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Our host on this episode of the Mole is Frann Michel, and the show will include What do libertarians really think about work and liberty? Joe Clement reads a commentary provoked by the coming take over of the libertarian Cato Institute by the Koch Brothers; Well-... Read more

 Does it make sense for a libertarian writer to complain about having to conform to a narrow editorial line laid down by his or her publication?  Blogger and political scientist Corey Robin explores the hidden contradictions in libertarian thinking about individual freedom ... Read more

 Frann Michele hosts this edition of the Old Mole, featuring discussions of Wisconsin's recall election, the legend of Robin Hood and its continuing resonance today, the so-called "obesity epidemic," and what happens when libertarians think about (their own) working conditi... Read more

What does the story of Robin Hood from medieval England have to do with American politics today?  Quite a lot, as we learn from historian Paul Buhle in this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. Buhle has written a graphic novel about Robin Hood and is co-editor of... Read more

On the eve of the recall election in Wisconsin, Old Mole Denise Morris talks with Wisconsin baker, activist, and journalist Andrew Sernatinger about the struggles between Governor Scott Walker and public service workers that have led up to this event. Sernatinger has writte... Read more

Is capitalism's latest fix for the problems of overproduction and overaccumulation to put the excess into our poor bodies?  The new HBO series "The Weight of the Nation" explores the "epidemic" of obesity in the US without making some important connections.  They are made h... Read more

 Joe Clement talks with Old Mole radical musicologist, Brad Duncan, about music heard through out the May 28th Old Mole. We hear from Amiri Baraka ("Come Back Pharoah"), Joe McPhee ("Nation Time"), Sun Ra ("Astro Black"), and Artie Shepp ("Blues For Brother George Jackson")... Read more

 Well-read Red, Denise Morris, challenges the way that marriage (not to mention participation in the military) has become the center-piece of the LGBT movement and what it means for how we think of equality for all groups. She argues that whether proponents of gay marriage ... Read more

Larry Bowlden reviews the signifance of Wallace Stegner's wide-ranging vocation as a writer and teacher. Stegner wrote short-stories, biographies, novels, literary and environmental criticism. Stegner was a creative writing teacher to many powerful writers, such as Ken Kese... Read more

 Bill Resnick talks with John Miller about the financialization of the economy. John summarizes the transformation in the economy that was going on when Mitt Romney co-founded private equity firm, Bain Capital, in the 1980. Bill asks John to summarize and speak to the argum... Read more