Economy

Al Weinrub on Clean Energy Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This is the second half of Bill Resnick's talk with clean energy activist, Al Weinrub. The first half played last week. They discussed community energy, which are networks of small scale networked solar and wind installations all over the city and connected by the existing ... Read more

Washington County Board Votes to Close Clinics

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

On Tuesday, February 24, the Washington County Board of Commissioners votes unanimously to proceed with a plan to close the last two public health clinics in the county and move those services to non-governmental providers. Health and Human Services director Marni Kuyl says... Read more

Stop the TPP! protest outside Senator Ron Wyden's house

Airs at: Fri, 02/20/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Labor, environmental, and community rights groups across the country, including here in Portland, are in the midst of a week of activism to bring attention to efforts by some U.S. senators to fast-track the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership through Congress. The Trans-Pa... Read more

Climate Change and Social Dislocation

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Christian Parenti talks with Bill Resnick about his latest book Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. It traces · the collapse of many countries under the pressures of neo-colonialism and neo-liberalism that extract resources and keep t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 9, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode dealing with the crushing debt owed by poor nations to wealthy financial institutions; a new novel about a Chinese-American girl; and how ideas of child rearing intersect with ideas about social welfare. We also hear a discussion of KBOO's ... Read more

Debt and the Exploitation of Poor Countries

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jubilee USA is an organization working to expose and reverse the debt loads that cripple the economies of many poor nations. The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with Jubilee's director Eric LeCompte about how this debt was incurred and how Jubilee works to challenge the big l... Read more

Jill Stein explores bid for Presidency 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: News In Depth

Jill Stein, who ran for President on the Green party ticket in 2012, is considering running again. Stein, of the Green Party USA, announced Friday that she is forming an exploratory committee to look into a bid for the presidency in 2016. She granted KBOO an exclusive interv... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 26, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Old Mole, with segments on Greek elections, the campaign for single-payer health care in Oregon, anarchist poetry, and challenging state legal preemptions of local attempts to raise the minimum wage or demand affordable housing in new d... Read more

Bill Resnick with Leo Pantich on electoral vistory of Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the electoral victory in Greece of the anti-austerity party Syriza. Although they will likely fulfill their promises to restore health care, to reinstate collective bargaining and workers’ basic rights, to raise the minimum wage, an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Due to technical difficulties, there will not be a "whole show" file until parts can be re-recorded. You can still listen to individual segments below. Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Alan Weider's second documentary on Studs Turkel, this time following him to Montgomery... Read more