Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 28, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music: 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 unio... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/14/20

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour for October 26, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Defend Democracy: Bill Resnick interviews Jeremy Breacher, a co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability. Brecher is an activist and has written many books and articles, including the labor classic, Strike! Today they discuss how mass movements can defend democrac... Read more

Politics and Secularism

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker reads from two recent and related articles. “The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Professor of secular studies explains why secularism doesn’t destroy moral order” is by Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies at Pitzer College and appeare... Read more

Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Jan Haaken talks with Andra Carrick, Interim Executive Director at NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon. Carrick served on the board for the NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation for two-and-a-half years, most recently as the Board Vice-President. Andra comes to this work with experience m... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour for January 13, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker hosts the Old Mole today and we hear: Green Jobs: Bill Resnick interviews Sam Gindin, who for fifty years has worked to build radical unions. Politics and Secularism: Readings on atheism, morality and politics. Reproductive Rights: Jan Haaken interviews Andra Ca... Read more

Green Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In the second part of a two-part interview, Bill Resnick speaks with Sam Gindin, who has spent nearly 50 years working to build radical unions. He is the former Research Director of the Canadian Autoworkers Union and Packer Visiting Chair in Social Justice at York Universit... Read more

Politics and Secularism

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker reads from two recent and related articles. “The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Professor of secular studies explains why secularism doesn’t destroy moral order” is by Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies at Pitzer College and appeare... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 9, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Today on the Old Mole we hear the following segments: Continuing Assault on Democracy: In the second of a two part interview Bill Resnick speaks with Judge Lynn Adelman on the Roberts Court and its threat to democracy. Portland's Climate Action Plan: Jan Haaken interviews ... Read more