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Old Mole Variety Hour for June 16, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In this week's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier speaks to Ussama Makdisi, a professor of history and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, whose research focuses on the cultural and political history of the modern Middle East. T... Read more

Entertainment

Airs at: Fri, 06/13/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
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The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 06/10/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: analyzing the Trump-Xi phone conversation, in which Xi exacted concessions. Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This episode features Trump's tariff problems in courts and the economy; Trump's growing impatience with Putin and Netanyahu; Palestinians starve while Gaza talks continue Read more

Digital Disconnect by Robert McChesney (archive)

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In recognition of the recent passing of media scholar and progressive journalist Robert McChesney (1952-2025), we share archive audio of McChesney talking in 2013 with Bill Resnick about his still-timely book Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet ... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode, several news items that reveal a government and President out of control--on South African "genocide," tariffs, foreign aid, and cryptocurrency. Read more

U of O hunger strikes in support of Gaza

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Since early May, students on university campuses across the US have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have suffered starvation after two months of Israel blocking food from entering the Strip. Strikers are using their bodies as a tactic... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode, "Trump's 'Golden Age" Will Have to Wait" as negative results in his tariff war pile up. Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 05/22/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 Featured in this episode: Israel's crimes in Gaza,and its international isolation, continue; Where are Trump's new trade deals?; the brief India-Pakistan war Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 26, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On this week's show, hosted by Desiree Hellegers, we bring you: Genocide in Gaza: On May 2, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded public hearings into what Israel’s obligations are regarding allowing United Nations agencies to work in the Palestinian ... Read more