Jon Nelson

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Host of Some Assembly Required.

Attitudes Exposed

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Jan Haaken talks with Prerna Gupta, contributing author to  Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure—a newly released collection of essays. The editors of the volume, Jacob Darwin Hamblin and Linda Richards, are faculty at Oreg... Read more

Jewish Resistance to War on Gaza

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Laurie Mercier speaks with Julia Ford of Portland Jewish Voice for Peace about actions to protest Israel's war on Gaza/Palestine and how to build a lasting peace. The national Jewish Voice for Peace can be found here: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 1, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this New Year’s episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Just, Orderly and Equitable: The United Nations agency, the UNFCCC  (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change( has been charged with developing a plan to sto... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 301

Airs at: Sun, 12/17/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring XMAS themed Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by DJ BC, Brian Borcherdt, Chocomang, Josh Christie, The Found Sound Orchestra, Titus Jones, Jonwayne, Martinn, Mojochronic, People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz, team9, Dorian Wallace and ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 4, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features a re-broadcast from the radio show Against the Grain. The pandemic highlighted the vital importance of care work—whether childcare, nursing home care, medical care or schooling – and the struggles many peo... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 300

Airs at: Sun, 11/19/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by Alien Army, The Avalanches, The Bins, Ros Bobos, DoM, Igorrr, Language Removal Services, Laso Halo, Lecture on Nothing, Michmash, John Oswald, Saint Pepsi, Sweet Robots Against the Machine... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 299

Airs at: Sun, 10/15/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by 310, DJs From Mars, Jason Forrest, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Jay-R, Lobsterdust, Bill McClintock, No Luck Club, John Oswald, Rum & Black, DJ Shadow, The Slew, DJ Squid Viscus and stAllio!. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 18, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day Special of the Old Mole, which was postponed from September 4 due to unexpected problems with production. Today's show includes the following segments: A Lifetime of Labor Struggle: Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley who has fought ... Read more

A Lifetime of Labor Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley who has fought her whole life for worker power, not just for a bigger piece of the pie, but for real participation and decision making in a society in which democracy is not confined to occasional elections but is nourished in daily ... Read more

Lessons from Labor History

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On this Labor Day program Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies and Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Hofstra University, about the inspirational early-20th century anti-capitalist radical, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and her s... Read more