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Movie Moles: "How the Garcia Girls Spent the Summer"

Airs at: Sun, 08/03/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Frann Michel and Denise Morris discuss the film How the Garcia Girls Spent the Summer , directed by Georgina Garcia Riedel. What does female desire look like? And how do self-inflicted limitations and social expectations shade and color it? Read more

Racism Cloaked as Satire

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Is the New Yorker's Obama cover racism, or is it satire? Thabiti Lewis comments. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/28/08

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2008 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

What happens to victims when their assailants are given "guilty except for insanity" sentences, as in the Richard Gillmore case? Portland Attorney Mike Snedeker talks with Jan Haaken. Book Mole Larry Bowlden will discuss Elizabeth Berg’s novel The Art of Mending. And B... Read more

A Future for the Earth

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Global climate activist Guy Dauncy talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about available technologies and policies that could save the planet. Dauncy is with Earth Future. Read more

Victims' Rights

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Attorney Mike Snedeker talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about the role of crime victims in the trials, sentencing, and paroling of violent offenders, especially rapists. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Viable options for saving the planet and making life better; a novel about mending family ties; The New Yorker's Obama cartoon cover; and the history of victims' rights -- all these are discussed by the Old Moles on this show hosted by Tom Becker, who plays some of Billy B... Read more

Book Mole: "The Art of Mending"

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Elizabeth Berg's novel The Art of Mending. You can read Larry's other book reviews here. Read more

Socialism for the Rich

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick reads William Greider's piece "Wall Street's Great Deflation" from Greider's blog on the Nation's website. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/21/08

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2008 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

On the Old Mole Variety Hour, we will hear what’s ahead for the declining US economy, and how the welfare state for the rich socializes risks and privatizes profits: When corporations win, they win; when they lose, we all pay. The Moles will also talk with members of the... Read more