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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 16, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole dealing with the "Islamic State," the history of lynchings, climate change, and "House of Cards".  To hear the whole show, use the play button below. For individual segments, follow the numbered links.  You can become th... Read more

ISIS PR Strategy

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What does ISIS hope to gain from their videos of their beheadings of innocent people? Bill Resnick talks with Amanda Rogers who writes on the middle east and studies media representations in the current struggles. Hey discuss the genius of ISIS media. One genre is meant for... Read more

ISIS PR Strategy

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What does ISIS hope to gain from their videos of their beheadings of innocent people? Bill Resnick talks with Amanda Rogers who writes on the middle east and studies media representations in the current struggles. Hey discuss the genius of ISIS media. One genre is meant for... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this episode featuring discussions of carbon free energy; Portland and the Joint Terrorism Taskforce; war, peace and the US Civil War; and the myth of the recovering economy. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual pieces, fo... Read more

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction.  Read more

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 9, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode dealing with the crushing debt owed by poor nations to wealthy financial institutions; a new novel about a Chinese-American girl; and how ideas of child rearing intersect with ideas about social welfare. We also hear a discussion of KBOO's ... Read more

Atrocities and KBOO's Political Therapy

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
KBOO's current membership drive inspires Bill Resnick and host Denise Morris to discuss a recent article by Glen Greenwald that responds to media coverage of recent atrocities by ISIS by reminding us of less publicized ongoing atrocities by the US and its allies. KBOO not o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Due to technical difficulties, there will not be a "whole show" file until parts can be re-recorded. You can still listen to individual segments below. Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Alan Weider's second documentary on Studs Turkel, this time following him to Montgomery... Read more

Movie Moles: Selma

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Iven Hale review Selma, the widely acclaimed biopic about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Selma to Montgomery marches he helped organize in 1965, which aimed to draw attention to racial domination still alive after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. David Oyelowo ... Read more