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Mass Shootings and Insanity Pleas

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel talks with Jan Haaken, director of the documentary Guilty Except for Insanity,  about questions around competency and the insanity plea in the Robert Lewis Dear case, the shooting that left three dead at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs in Nove... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 21, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes Christmas songs by Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as segments on the climate impacts of the TPP,  the politics of the Peanuts' Christmas cartoon, and the impacts of the women's movement on family life... Read more

Kathleen Gerson on the Unfinished Women's Movement

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Kathleen Gerson. Gerson teaches at NYU in the Department of Sociology, and is the author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work and Family. They discuss the revolution in US life triggered by the women’s movement. Read more

Climate Impacts of the TPP

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers hosts a round table discussion on the climate impacts of the Transpacific Partnership, featuring Miya Reback, development and campaign coordinator for 350.org Portland, Kristen Sheeran, Oregon Director for Climate Solutions, and Michael Shannon, Executive ... Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

First Day of Retail Pot Sales in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Today was the first day of legal retail pot sales in Oregon, and spirits were high at dispensaries across the Portland area. In this piece, KBOO reporter Jim Thompson speaks with customers lines up outside Shango's, a dispensary in Hillsboro, followed by KBOO reporter Doug ... Read more

The Psychology of Mass Shootings

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After a mass shooting claimed ten lives this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, President Obama adressed the nation with visible frustration, saying, "[Thoughts and prayers do] not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does noth... Read more

Taking on a corporate behemoth

Airs at: Sun, 09/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest Aurora del Val of Local Water Alliance announces new ballot measure to ban commercial water bottling facilities in Hood River County, which was launched Wednesday, September 23 in Hood River. Nestle is one of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world, and ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 14, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this membership drive episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour, with segments on Social Security, historical fiction and reproductive justice, and rights of workers in sexual services. Bill Resnick talks with Eric Laursen about Social Security. This version ... Read more

Eric Laursen on Social Security

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension: The War Against Social Security, from Reagan to Obama, available from AK Press. They discuss how and why Social Security survived in the face of elite attacks since its inception. Laursen is part of the m... Read more