Jon Nelson

  Why is it that so many schools fail at teaching their students critical thinking skills that could help them understand the world? Political scientist Agustina Paglayan argues that mass primary education from its origins was set up not to raise children’s prospects — but... Read more

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If you’re following the polls obsessively, you’re putting your faith in a phenomenon that does more to undermine democracy than enhance it. So argues Samuel Earle in his recent review of a book by G. Elliott Morris, called Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need... Read more

If we are to save our planet from rapidly approaching climate catastrophe, business as usual is no longer an option. Outgrow the System is a new documentary about transitioning to a more sustainable economic system, by co-directors Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nillson. Extin... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on college campuses. Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan and s... Read more

In their commentary on the presidential elections, moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the 1998 film, PRIMARY COLORS. In 1996, an anonymous author (later revealed to be Joe Klein) published Primary Colors, a political satire inspired by the events of Bill Clinton's f... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Middle East in Crisis: Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on coll... Read more

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  This episode about events in Palestine is hosted by Jon Nelson and includes segments from the Old Mole archive as well as news about an upcoming film screening.   Juan Cole on Gaza in 2014 During Israel's 2014 war on Gaza, Laurie Mercier talked with historian and Midd... Read more