All of written human history and the rise of civilization has taken place
within the Holocene Age, which commenced at the end of the last ice age. It
was an age of relatively stable climate and comparatively little geological
upheaval. Geological scientists are now sugge...
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Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear:
1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of
fatal medical errors.
2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike.
3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political ...
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Bill Resnick interviews John T. James who discusses the tragic toll and how
to avoid medical errors.areas. James is the author of A Sea of Broken
Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous, Profit-Driven Health Care System.
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In the 1950s and 60s, political and economic commentary was about the
struggle between labor and capital. Not now. Why? Thom Becker reads from Rob
Urie’s article in CounterPunch arguing that that capitalism has attempted
and largely succeeded in co-opting and compromisin...
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Larry Bowlden reviews Hyeonseo Lee’s The Girl With Seven Names, a memoir
about the author's young life in North Korea, which she was taught to regard
as the best and most prosperous country in the world. Almost by accident, she
found herself in China and then began a ...
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Bill Resnick congratulates the Oregonian for its expose of the Oregon Dept of
Environmental Quality, the Oregon Legislature, and the companies who
successfully demand the right to bathe us in dangerous pollution. He disputes
that this happens mostly as a product of campa...
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Thom Becker hosts this episode and we hear:
Bill Resnick and Howie Hawkins talk about campaigning for a Green New
Deal in New York
Clayton Morgareidge comments on how capitalism and white supremacy sustain
each other
Denise Morris and Victoria discuss Roma, a new film f...
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Tom Becker hosts this episode which includes:
Is China Destined to Become the New World Hegemon? An interview with China
Scholar Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political
power.
Speaking Truth about the Dead: How to talk truthfully about the recent...
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In the first of a three part interview Bill Resnick interviews China scholar
Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political power, able
to challenge U.S. world supremacy, and thus fulfill its historical destiny as
they see it--to lead the world. For mo...
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