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Bribery a k a Lobbying: Clayton Morgareidge on David Graeber on capitalist democracy

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads from and comments on David Graeber's The Democracy Project, which argues that our whole political system functions by bribery, and that the corruption of government entails the corruption of language through euphemism. For instance, rape, torture, ... Read more

Max Richtman on defending and extending Social Security

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare , who clarifies that Social Security is an earned benefit, and the program is not broke or breaking. The current program can continue paying full benefits for... Read more

News You're Not Supposed to Know

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
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Presswatch

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discuss abortion, abortion protesting and aborthion rights Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 22, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour features Bill Resnick interviewing Chris Toensing about the ouster of the Morsi government in Egypt; Joe Clement talking with Adam and Daisy about starting a workers' cooperative pub in Portland; Larry Bowld... Read more

Yasmin Nair on ENDA

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and its limits. They discuss changes in the current version of the law and its assumptions about the innate nature of sexual identity and the kinds of trans* presentation it would protect. Nair... Read more

OSPIRG's Christine Meiffren talks about Oregon Law to Ban Offshore Tax Havens

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In June Oregon passed a law banning companies from using offshore tax havens. KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with OSPIRG representative Christine Meiffren about the implications of this decision for Oregonians, and for the United States. Read more

Linda Tamura, author of "Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River"

Airs at: Fri, 07/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Professor Linda Tamura, author of "Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River" explains the national notoriety which Hood River, Oregon received after WWII, and how and why she broke the code of silence surrounding the situation.  Tamura's related exhibit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 3 June 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Iven Hale hosts this episode, featuring a Left and the Law review of the latest edition of the psychiatric catalogue, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Bill Resnick talking with information activist Nancy Kranich about net neutrality and access to the internet, and a ... Read more

Nancy Kranich on the Information Commons

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with librarian and information activist Nancy Kranich about problems of information access, privacy, and freedom—the digital divide; questions of cost, speed, and content restrictions; the cost of databases; conflicts over SOPA and PIPA; private and gov... Read more