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 responders to the problems of
houselessness, mental health emergencies, school disorder, minor drug use...
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is moving ahead with the criminal
investigation of Donald Trump for unlawful business practices. Jan Haaken and
Mike Snedeker talk about the case and why it’s important for the government
to prosecute Trump, as well as what can be le...
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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 Alliance,...
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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 Opportunity C...
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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” is ...
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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 formal...
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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 relevan...
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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 Rav...
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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 preva...
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