Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

Iraq, Portland Police and the Feds

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Handelman of Peace and Justice Works and Portland Copwatch about the 18th anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq  and the ongoing struggle to get the City of Portland to withdraw from the Joint Terrorism Task Force.  Image courtesy of the A... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Tom Becker hosts today’s show which includes the following segments: Community-Engaged Policing: Bill Resnick interviews Elliott Smith and Taji Chesimet co-chairs of the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing. They’ll be discussing replacing police as first r... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, featuring the following segments: Clean Energy and Beyond: Bill Resnick interviews newly elected Representative Khanh Pham (Oregon Assembly District 46). She’s been an activist leader of the Oregon Just Transition Allian... Read more

Clean Energy and Beyond

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews newly elected Representative Khanh Pham (Oregon Assembly District 46). She’s been an activist leader of the Oregon Just Transition Alliance, that developed its proposal Oregon Needs a Green New Deal, and convened the Oregon Clean Energy Opportunit... Read more

Ways of Trying

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Chelsea Ratzlaff talks with playwright Tara Hopebringer on their new play, "Ways of Trying,” a solo show about queer love and liberation with original music. This project is a selection of Fertile Ground Festival 2021 and will premiere on Feb 3 at 7 pm. “Ways of Trying” ... Read more

Activism is not Terrorism

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In the aftermath of the assault on the capital on January 6th, a number of leading Democrats have called for expansion of domestic surveillance and anti-terrorism laws in response to threats from the far-right. Last week, nine progressive Congress members submitted a for... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 01/25/21

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Unleashing the Erotic

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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We end the year this morning where we began, with a commentary from the archive by our dear friend and comrade Clayton Morgareidge who passed away on January 30, 2020. Written in October 2018 for the Old Mole, “UNLEASHING THE EROTIC AFTER CAPITALISM,”is perhaps more rele... Read more

Living and Dying on the Streets

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In the wake of National Homeless Person's Memorial Day, Desiree Hellegers speaks with Kaitlyn Dey and Benjamin Donlon from the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) about the impact of sweeps on people struggling to survive on the streets. Chelsea Ratzlaff talks with ... Read more

Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Dean Hubbs, historian, musicologist and cultural critic at the University of Michigan. Her book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music examined the progressive currents in country music. Coming from a working union family, she came to critique the pr... Read more