Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

The Trump - Kim Jong Un Summit

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Martin Hart-Landsberg, Lewis & Clark College professor emeritus and board member of the Korea Policy Institute, talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about the meaning of the recent Trump-Kim Jong Un summit. They discusses what the mainstream liberal media has missed, ho... Read more

Left & the Law: Children at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On June 6th, a federal judge ruled in support of an ACLU lawsuit going forward against the Justice Department's policy of separating children and parents at the U.S. border. Our team of legal moles, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker, take up this lawsuit and what is driving Jeff... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/04/18

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The Need to Work Less

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker reads from an article by David Spencer, entitled “The Need to Work Less is a Matter of Life and Death,” about the impossible demands on workers’ time extracted by the capitalist economy. David Spencer is a Professor of Economics and Political Economy at  Universi... Read more

Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Cully

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Carolina Iraheta and Tony DeFalco of the organization Verde which is organizing in the Cully neighborhood to increase affordable housing, stop displacement, and make Cully a model in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming.   Phot... Read more

Civilization and Our Discontents

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In a piece called "Civilization and Our Discontents," Clayton Morgareidge shows that the glories of Civilization have always required the coerced labor of forgotten masses, and the same is true of the comforts of modern life: they are manufactured by the poor for the enjoym... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 28, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker hosts this episode  of the Old Mole: Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Cully: Bill Resnick interviews Carolina Iraheta and Tony DeFalco of the organization Verde. Civilization and Our Discontents: Clayton Morgareidge comments about how the comforts of modern li... Read more

Mosquito Fleet Protests Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Field Mole Desiree Hellegers speaks with canoe families and kayaktivists who were in Seattle on May 20 for an Indigenous-led day of resistance to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, which would carry oil from the Alberta Tar Sands to tankers in the port of Burnaby, B... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/14/18

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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