Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

Climate and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker shares excerpts from two articles on climate change and capitalism: Climate change and capitalism: We can’t confront one without facing the other by Conor Lynch and Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us By Mark Hertsgaard. Then Thom and Bill play and com... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 16, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker hosts this episode, which features these segments: Bill Resnick interviews Bayla Ostrach about Catalonian independence from Spain  Movie Moles review Reds (1981) about the October 1917 Revolution Thom shares comments on Climate Change and Capitalism Listen ... Read more

Catalunya Against Austerity

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Bill Resnick interviews medical anthropologist Bayla Ostrach about Catalonian independence from Spain. Dr. Ostrach is author of Health Policy in a Time of Crisis: Abortion, Austerity, and Access, based in part on her research in Catalunya. They discuss the history of Cat... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 2, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker hosts this episode, which includes these segments:  Bill Resnick interviews Paul Street about regarding the significance of NFL athletes' recent protests  Discussion after the film First Daughter and the Black Snake about a proposed oil pipe line on sacred N... Read more

Paul Street on the Athlete's Revolt

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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    Bill Resnick interviews Paul Street regarding his recent Counterpunch article about the significance of athletes' protests against the criminal justice system, and the space it opens for reaching many who are alienated and withdrawn from politics.   image via wikime... Read more

Native Lives and the Black Snake

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  A recording of the discussion featuring Winona LaDuke following the showing of First Daughter and the Black Snake, a documentary film about a proposed oil pipe line set to invade sacred Native American ground.      Read more

Psychoanalyzing Mother! Earth

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jan Haaken talks with psychoanalyst Bob Samuels about Darren Aronofsky's new film Mother!  Aronofsky describes the film as a dreamscape as well as an allegorical story of destructive male narcissism.  Haaken and Samuels discuss the images in the film and how we might thi... Read more

Bill Resnick on the Vegas Shooting

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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    Bill Resnick comments on the Las Vegas shooting and how it is likely to be covered in mainstream media.     image via Wikimedia Read more

Climate Chaos and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Two powerful storms – Harvey and Irma – have been in the news. In both cases, it's obvious how the priorities of capitalism made these natural disasters so much worse. But what can be done about it? Old Mole Tom Becker reads from a speech by Paul Fleckenstein given last wee... Read more

A Future Beyond Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker reads from an article entitled "A Future Beyond Capitalism or No Future At All" by Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk.  Image via wikimedia.   Read more