Jon Nelson

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Host of Some Assembly Required.

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 3, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode fo the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Making Peace with China: Several top military officials and many pundit “experts” are predicting that mutual U.S. and China provocations by warships and fighter planes on and over t... Read more

Making Peace with China

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Several top military officials and many pundit “experts” are predicting that mutual U.S. and China provocations by warships and fighter planes on and over the South China Sea will devolve into full scale war within the next two years. And U.S./China conflicts are not jus... Read more

Student Debt

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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"My Imaginary Commencement Address at Milgram State University on the Topic of Student Debt."  Desiree Hellegers reads an excerpt from her recent commentary in Counterpunch magazine, arguing for comprehensive student debt cancellation. Photo by WSUV alum Ellah Allman. Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 296

Airs at: Sun, 06/18/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by Noah Creshevsky, Dunproofin, DJ Faust, Pierre Henry, LiveHuman, Christian Marclay, Phil Milstein, People Like Us, The Rev Ted, DJ Schmolli, Think Tank and DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestra. Read more

Mourning, resilience, and resistance: The Story of the Celilo Wy’am

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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As a follow up to our May 22 show, we hear the second half of a reading by Celilo Wy-am activist Lana Jack, Celilo Wyam activist from her short memoir “We are Here: The Story of the Celilo Wy-am is one of mourning, resilience and resistance,” which appears in the Spring ... Read more

The Attack on Education

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  In part two of a two part interview, Bill Resnick discusses with Harry Feder the radical right’s attack on the public schools that is succeeding in conservatizing textbooks and teaching (especially on racism, sex ed, and U.S. History), as well as tightening school dis... Read more

Another World is Possible

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Norm Diamond finds surprisingly interesting politics in two major productions in the Portland arts scene: a dance performance and a Shakespeare play. From a recognition of racism and the horrors of late capitalism in Petrushka to a new take on sexual politics in A Midsum... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 12, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Freedom of Expression/Limitations/Censorship: Image courtesy of Max Pixel and licensed under Creative Commons Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features the following segments: Mourning, resilience, and resistance: The Story of the Celilo Wy’am: As a ... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 295

Airs at: Sun, 05/21/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by Ant, Cassetteboy, Daft Punk, DJs From Mars, Happy Cat Disco, Laso Halo, Pablo, pluffaduff & KryptoDigital, DJ Revolution, RIAA and DJ Vadim. Read more

The Meaning of May Day

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The Meaning of May Day: Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss the origins of May Day in the Chicago Riot of 1886 and its enduring if transformed significance today. This segment originally aired on 4/27/2015 and can be found at https://kboo.fm/media/17026-meaning-may-day-20... Read more