Movement for Racial Justice

Old Mole Variety Hour July 5th 2021

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris host this episode of the Old Mole and includes   Portland Committee on Community Based Policing. Bill Resnick talks to Elliott Young, co-chair of the Portland Committee on Community Based Policing (PCCEP). They Discuss the PCCEP Report to the City Counci... Read more

Police Accountability and Criminal Legal Reform: a Legislative Recap

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Juan Chavez, attorney with Oregon Justice Resource Center’s Civil Rights Project.  The Oregon legislature has ended its 2021 session and while there were some disappointing defeats, legislation was passed transforming Oregon’s criminal legal system a... Read more

An evening with Brian Granse: Radio Premiere of "Broken Glass", dedicated to George Floyd.

Airs at: Fri, 06/25/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 06/26/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
We will review some of Brian Granse's singer, sonwriter's career, from his American Nobody era to his most recent single releases from 2020 and his most recent, Broken Glass, radio premiere of this composition dedicated to George Floyd. Join us and enjoy this selection of l... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 21, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts today program which includes the following segments: Radical Re-envisioning of Life on a Hot Planet: Bill Resnick interviews Richard A. Smith, a historian of modern China, and also an environmentalist activist who co-founded the organization System Cha... Read more

Race-norming

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Our well-read red, Patricia Kullberg, shares a piece by Dave Zirin on the National Football League’s race-norming of cognitive testing, which has meant that Black players must be more cognitively impaired than their white counterparts to qualify for the same compensation fo... Read more

Times Like Now

Airs at: Tue, 06/15/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Times Like Now
Renee Roman Nose is a native of the Cheyenne and Arapaho People. She is an Anthropologist, an international speaker, a poet, an actress, comedian and more. Her book of poetry, Sweet Grass Talking was nominated Oregon's Book of The Year in 2017. She's now working on a new bo... Read more

Inside Washington Co: Racism (part 2)

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2021 at 9:00am - 9:30am
This week, we offer part two of our discussion on racism in Washington County, with community activist Hector Hinojosa and an expert panel. In part two, we focus on the pandemic uncovering racist inequities, issues of social justice, activism, and consider what lies ahead. ... Read more

Climate Action Movements

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Climate Action Movements. Bill Resnick talks to an old Portland friend, Patrick Mazza, once editor of the dear departed Portland Alliance, has been front line fighter in the Climate Action movements from the beginning, with two notable arrests in mass direct action, o... Read more

Psychedelic-enhanced Therapy

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    In November, Oregon became the first state to legalize the use of psilocybin, the main active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” for mental health treatment in supervised settings. The field of psychedelic-enhanced therapy has gained particular momentum as a promising a... Read more

The College for All Act

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The College for All Act would make tuition free for students with household income under $125,000. It’s reportedly “the most substantial federal investment in higher education in the modern history of the United States,” with “transformative potential… on par with Presid... Read more