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Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Sarah Chivers, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Sharon Grant, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Chelsea Ratzlaff, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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Blinded by the Bubble of Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
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 Why is it so easy to forget, or deny, that a hundred million Americans are poor or near-poor?  In this commentary, Clayton Morgareidge suggests it's because our consumer culture represents us all as willing and able buyers of commodities.   You can read this commentary her... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/19/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which will include -- Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss the role of psychology in the military; Jan is is the director of Mind Zone, a film about the work of psychologists with troops in Afghanistan.  Jan was recently... Read more

Michael Moore on Kitzhaber's healthcare plan

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick talks with local activist Michael Moore (not the documentary film-maker) about Governor Kitzhaber's new healthcare plan, community care organizations (CCOs) and the on-going struggle for single-payer or something like it. Michael Moore works with Sisters of th... Read more

Well-read Red: 15 Ways the Bible is Used to Control and Malign Women

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker reads Valerie Tarico's Alter-Net article "15 Ways the Bible is Used by Christians and the GOP to Control and Malign Women". Tarico examines over a dozen ways that the Bible subtends a misogynistic and patriarchical rationale that conservatives are using to fuel a... Read more

Book Mole: How It All Began

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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 Larry Bowlden, our Book Mole, reviews Penelope Lively's new book, "How It All Began.". Larry focuses on the web of causation triggered by a chance mugging of one of the characters and the way these developments eschew any independent force or directive guiding our lives, b... Read more

Mind-Zone: a documentary about psychology and therapy in the military

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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 Denise Morris interviews fellow Mole, Jan Haaken. In addition to working with the Old Mole, Jan is a clinical psychologist and documentary film-maker. Her most recent film, "Mind Zone: therapists behind the front lines", has received national attention and she's appeared r... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 19th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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     Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with local healthcare activist and worker at Sisters of the Road Michael Moore about Governor Kitzhaber's recently enacted healthcare plan. Tom Becker reads an article about how the B... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/12/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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 Denise Morris will be your host and  Movie Moles Joe Clement and Iven Hale review The Lorax, based on the Dr. Seuss book. Well-read Red Frann Michel comments on the "theft" of education by parents enrolling their kids in the wrong schools. Clayton Morgareidg... Read more

Speculators and the Price of Gas

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
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 Financial institutions and wealthy individuals can make lots of money buying options on oil, driving up the price, so that we drive on $4+ gas.  Mark Cooper is  Director of Research at the Consumer Federation of America where he has responsibility for analysis and advocacy... Read more

Stealing Education

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
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 Well-read Red Frann Michel  discusses the case of Tanya McDowell, a homeless, Black single mother, sentenced to 12 years in prison in Connecticut for using her babysitter's address to enroll her son in a Norwalk school.  Frann details the many ways in which governments and... Read more