Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 In this conversation from their series The Left and the Law, attorney Mike Snedeker and psychologist Jan  Haaken explore the enormous economic and human costs of the prison system and some of the reasons why we continue to bear those costs.  Mike and Jan earlier discussed ... Read more

 Investigative film maker Joe Berlinger talks with the Old Mole's Wendy Webb about his new film Crude. The film details the Amazon oil disaster that is the subject of the largest environmental law suit in history.  Berlinger has made many award-winning documentary films.   Read more

This edition of the Mole is hosted by Tom Becker, and its topics include the future of Social Security, Israel's  impunity from the law, problems of the prison system and what can be done about them, and the havoc wreaked upon the forests and the people by Texaco-Chevron in... Read more

Tom Becker reads from "A Hell of Their Own Creation: Does the Ruling Class Really Want to Commit Suicide," by Charles M. Young. Young's essay that pursues just that question, and goes a step further with a murder-suicide analogy drawn from the Godfather II. The ruling-class... Read more

Today's show, hosted by Laurie Mercier, focuses on the challenges to organized labor; the need for and possibility of a new, cooperative world order; and a special piece that asks the question "does the ruling class really want to commit suicide?" There are also two brief m... Read more

Bill talks with Mark Weisbrot about his recent op-ed, "A New World Order is Possible and Needed." Specifically, Mark explores the rising affluence of middle-powers in Latin America, and how their engagement in world politics goes beyond narrowly defined self-interests. Mar... Read more

Laurie outlines recent challenges to the labor movement, including unresponsive politicians and attacks to the Employee Free-Choice Act, which would shield employees from employer intimidation if they tried to unionize. Returning to an interview in May with Les Leopold, Lau... Read more

Bill talks with Maggie Long, Director of Property Services with SEIU Local 49, about Metro's decision to switch to non-union janitors, and the Justice for Janitors march happening on Tuesday the 15th. Click here for more information about Justice for Janitors. Read more

Hosted by new Mole Joe Clement (pictured here), this  show is part of  KBOO's special all-day programing about the Gulf oil disaster.   We hear from Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil, who argues that deep water oil drilling is just one of the many "extreme" technologie... Read more

 Michael Klare, writer for the Nation and author of several books, including Blood and Oil, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about deep water oil drilling as just one of the many "extreme" technologies that enrich the oil companies while endangering our lives and envi... Read more