Jon Nelson

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Host of Some Assembly Required.

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 3, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The San Onofre Syndrome: The Nuclear Free Team of the Sierra Club Grassroots Network is offering a series of three films to watch online without charge, with the second of the films... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 304

Airs at: Sun, 05/19/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by artists such as Aggro1, The Avalanches, CCC, DNA (and Suzanne Vega), Double Dee & Steinski, Forss, DJ Krush, Madlib, Orchid Spangiafora, Public Works and Wagon Christ. Read more

The Contradictions of Immigration, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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How is it that 1,000,000 undocumented immigrants from across the world entered the U.S. each year from starting in 2019 and filtered across the country, found work, and built stable lives in stable communities? That despite the increase in border police and physical barr... Read more

The Trouble with "Genocide Joe"

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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A movement is growing to vote in Democratic primaries for “none of the above” or “uncommitted” as a strategy to put Joe Biden on notice that voters may abandon him next fall if he persists with his unconditional support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. This strategy, ... Read more

Indigenous and Palestinian Solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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“We need to dismantle settler colonialism in the United States. What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank shows the world that settler colonialism only speaks the language of violence,” observes Diné (Navajo) Prof. Melanie Yazzie, in excerpts from a ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 6, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments:   The Contradictions of Immigration, Part Two: How is it that 1,000,000 undocumented immigrants from across the world entered the U.S. each year from starting in 2019 and filtered ... Read more

Some Assembly Required, 264

Airs at: Sun, 04/21/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Sound Collage. Or Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by Aggro1, Attica Blues, Beastie Boys, Noah Creshevsky, Double Dee & Steinski, Christoph Heemann, MF Doom, The Slammin One, Susumu Yokota, Tipsy and Raymond Scott. Originally scheduled,... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 1, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: How I Learned to Breathe Through the Apocalypse: How I Learned to Breathe Through the Apocalypse is a serial play/web series written and performed by Desiree Hellegers, and directed an... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 303

Airs at: Sun, 03/17/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring collages by Danger Mouse, Christopher DeLaurenti, dzsefi, Steev Hise, The Inverse Beatles, DJ Jay-R, Lobsterdust, New Beat Less, Soundhog and a live collaboration between The Evolution Control Committee, Phineas Narco & Wobbly. Read more

What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now?

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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 In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, with Stephen Maher. The book argues that the Left has shifted its focus from protest in the streets to participating ... Read more