Global Affairs

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 23, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole Variety Hour is pleased to present Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland: The Activist Photography of Bette Lee. Follow the link to view a collection of Bette's photos with her reflections. 2012 Occupy Portland, Not Afghanistan: Photo by Bette Lee Patri... Read more

Who Created the Taliban?

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes, who teaches, writes, and agitates, specializing in U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, and the virtues of strategic nonviolent action. They discuss the roots of the Afghanistan debacle, in particular the CIA’s creation of the Taliban... Read more

Oregon pension funds are now the largest investment in NSO Group spyware company

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System, or PERS, is now the largest shareholder in the NSO Group – an Israeli spyware company. NSO’s software Pegasus has been used by oppressive regimes to hack the phones of fifty-thousand journalists and foreign officials, including... Read more

Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland! The Activist Photography of Bette Lee

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bette Lee Photo Giveaway! If you’ve been to a protest during the past three decades, you’ve probably seen Bette Lee, the short, slight woman behind the camera, always in the thick of things, documenting the resistance that Portland is famous for. From the 1990 march to... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 9, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Photo by Bette Lee (see below) Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Everyday Democracy: Bill speaks with Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government emerita,... Read more

Dispatch from Venezuela

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Luisa Martinez reports on her recent stay in Venezuela. In particular, she takes up the consequences of the US blockade of resources and its implications for how we understand and relate to the Venezuelan socialist project. In the midst of hard living conditions, she found ... Read more

Spain Rodriguez - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Spain Rodriguez was one of the most prolific and visionary members of the underground cartoonist movement in the 1960’s and 70’s. He covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention for the newspaper The East Village Other, he ran with the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club, ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 26, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Portland Police on the 100th Night of BLM Protest: Photo by Bette Lee (see below) Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes the following segments: The Abuse of Outer Space: Bill Resnick interviews Bruce Gagnon, co-founder and coordinator of the Gl... Read more

The Animal Beings

Airs at: Fri, 07/23/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Squirrels Know

On this episode, we focus on the value of our fellow beings that inhabit our planet with us. With a heavy heart, filled with optimism and enthusiasm, but also pain and disappointment, we remind you that the global situation we are in is reaching emergency proportions, and ... Read more

"Woke Capitalism"

Airs at: Fri, 07/16/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: The Gap