Health

Old Mole Variety Hour July 15 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this show and, in addition to historical audio-clips related to nulcear war and the weaponization of space, we hear:Bill Resnick and Bruce Gagnon about nuclear weapons and other junk in space.Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the film "Augustine".Tom Becke... Read more

Rich Mackin: Zen, Mindfulness, and Santa

Airs at: Thu, 07/11/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Experience Points

Host Ren Green talks to Soto Zen Buddhist and self-described Mayhem Consultant Rich Mackin about his path to Buddhism, spiritual practices vs. religion, the value of mindful meditation, and Santacon.For more, check out Portland's Dharma Rain Zen Center or the Portland Cacop... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 1st 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with UO sociologist and editor of Monthly review, John Bellamy Foster, about leftist strategy in the context of ecological crisesCara Dugas reviews "Blacking Up: hip-hop's remixing of race and identity", a docu... Read more

Monsanto and other corporations profiting off death

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads excerpts by a Truth-Out article by Brian Moench titled "Mankind: death by corporation". The article looks at Monsanto and contextualizes its evil behavior in a history of corporate zombie death-industries from tabacco, lead, and asbestos. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 3 June 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this episode, featuring a Left and the Law review of the latest edition of the psychiatric catalogue, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Bill Resnick talking with information activist Nancy Kranich about net neutrality and access to the internet, and a ... Read more

Left & the Law review the DSM-5

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Psychologist Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss the latest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and some of the critiques of it . They discuss the benefits of having a common language and destigmatiing mental disorders, the proliferation of new cate... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 27, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts and shares a reading on exporting fundamentalism; also we hear Gerald Markowitz with Bill Resnick on Biohazards; Iven Hale on the horror of the US incarceration system; and the movie moles Jan and Joe on The Great Gatsby.Resnick and Markowitz on Untested C... Read more

Gerald Markowitz on Untested New Chemicals

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Gerald Markowitz of John Jay College, author of "You Are a Guinea Pig: How Americans Became Exposed to Biohazards in the Greatest Uncontrolled Experiment Ever Launched" as well as numerous other articles and books. They discuss the pervasive use of... Read more

New information could have impact on May 21 fluoridation vote

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

New information has come out this week that could have an impact on the upcoming May twenty-first vote on water fluoridation in Portland.A lab test of the fluoridation compound proposed for Portland’s water supply found high levels of arsenic in the compound. The test was c... Read more

Just Give Everyone Food Stamps

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads from Matt Breunig's blog on why we should just give everyone food stamps. In the latter half, he comments on how giving food stamps to everyone can bring us closer to a basic income, administratively and culturally. Reference to otherwise unexplained names... Read more