Jon Nelson

Frann Michel discusses two recent books, Health Communism and Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, which offer counterarguments to the abandonment of public health, calling for more expansive understandings of human well-being and its interconnection wit... Read more

Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by The Bran Flakes, Ellipse Elkshow, Emperor Penguins, Klarc Qent, Ingrid De Lambre/Eddie Def, Livehuman, Presage, Professor Brian Oblivion, Tom Recchion, Substandard Baking Soda, Sweet Robots ... Read more

Bill Resnick talks to Jesse Hagopian, the second part of an interview examining the right wing effort across the country, led by Florida, to sanitize school curriculums – from pre-K through higher ed – of anything that offends them, particularly examinations of Black His... Read more

On March 23rd, Portland's beloved Darcelle XV, the world's oldest working drag performer, died at 92 years of age.  Darcelle was an activist, author, playwright, actor, costume designer, and owner and headliner of the Darcelle XV Showplace. Jan Haaken pays tribute to Dar... Read more

Eviction Representation for All: Economist Mary King speaks with Colleen Carroll, spokesperson for the Eviction Representation for All ballot measure campaign coalition, about how destructive evictions are for families and the community and how the proposed ballot measur... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Attack on Educators: Bill Resnick talks to Jesse Hagopian, the second part of an interview examining the right wing effort across the country, led by Florida, to sanitize school cur... Read more

In his review of Barbara Kingsolver’s 2022 novel, Demon Copperhead, Book Mole Larry Bowlden notes that Kingsolver displays her genius once again. You need not reread Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield to understand how Kingsolver adapts that tale to modern times, writin... Read more

Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by The Avalanches, Wayne Butane, Cassetteboy, Instamatic, iWillBattle, Ergo Phizmiz, DJ Signify, Smija, The Soft Pink Truth, Splatt, DJ Swamp and James Tenney. For full playlist, visit: http... Read more

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Attack on Educators: Bill Resnick talks to Jesse Hagopian about the recent Florida law, led by Led by Governor Ronald DeSantis, the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” that is aimed at criminalizing t... Read more

Joy Castro is a great writer of historical fiction. One Brilliant Flame is a story about Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain, and the role that Key West played in that struggle. With a fiercely feminist side to it, the reader is introduced to the many cigar factorie... Read more