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Old Mole Variety Hour for August 18, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 08/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this program which features an explanation of what's going on between Russia and Georgia (and the US); a review of the documentary about a high wire exploit at the World Trade Center in 1974; and an introduction to Los Angeles's Thai Town.  Last week, Bil... Read more

Georgia & Russia: What's really going on?

Airs at: Sun, 08/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If you want a clear explanation of what's going on between Russia and Georgia (and the US), listen to this conversation between Middle-Eastern expert Stephen Zunes and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick as they lay out the background and the probable outcome.  See also his current... Read more

Abe and Joe Talk Radio - August 12

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2008 at 5:00pm
 Host Joe Uris leads a discusssion of environmental issues like water, air and energy with an emphasis on energy consumption in the U.S. and the world.  Of course, politics and history eek their way into the show.We do apologize, but due to technical difficulties recording ... Read more

Free Trade or Fair Trade?

Airs at: Tue, 08/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Laurie King of Portland Jobs with Justice and Arthur Stamoulis, director of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign join host Martha Odom to talk about the Trade Act of 2008 now in Congress. Read more

What's wrong with Off-Shore Oil Drilling?

Airs at: Tue, 08/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Host Barbara Bernstein (The Media Project) talks with Richard Charter, with Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, about the recent push for lifting moratoriums on off-shore oil drilling, why the idea seems to be winning public support, and what is wrong with the plan.Barbara B... Read more

2008 Election Racism, Offshore Drilling, and "New Capitalism"

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2008 at 5:00pm
Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris cover the entire political spectrum, with today's show centered around Racism in the 2008 Elections (and our culture in general), how off-shore drilling is more smokescreen than solution to our energy problems, and they introduce the concept o... Read more

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair

Mother Jones has the dirt on the Pentagon's abiding interest in history as a means to maintain American hegemony. Seems the Defense Department believes that studying the Macedonians, Romans, Mongols, and Napoleonic French can impart lessons as to how we can shore up our mil... Read more

What's Next in Iraq?

Airs at: Sun, 08/03/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Has the surge really reduced the level of violence in Iraq?  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with policy analyst, author and activist Antonia Juhasz whose  website The Bush Agenda  contains a wealth of information  and analysis.  She is the author of The Bu$h Agenda: Inva... Read more

Diagnosing the Crisis with Dr. Dollar

Airs at: Sun, 07/20/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dr. Dollar, aka economist Arthur McEwan, talks with Bill Resnick about the current economic crisis, how bad it might be, and how it should be resolved in the interests of working people.  McKewan writes for  Dollars & Sense, and his latest  book is  Neoliberalism or Democra... Read more

Ellen Brown, author of "Web of Debt"

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Per Fagereng speaks with Ellen Brown, who developed her research skills as an attorney practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles. In "Web of Debt", her latest book, she turns those skills to an analysis of the Federal Reserve and "the money trust." She shows how this priva... Read more