Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  There are now 30 lawsuits against oil companies underway in cities and states around the US, including in California and here in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, a case was filed by  Multnomah County around damages from the 2021 heat wave and fires and a lawsuit was rec... Read more

  Local economist Mary King de-bunks the business lobby talking point that we have the highest taxes in the country.  Actually, Oregon’s in the middle of the pack for state and local taxes that businesses pay.  For households, our taxes per person are well below the highes... Read more

  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which is a re-broadcast from the archives of Against the Grain: America’s Drug Binge. Americans as a population have an unusually large appetite for psychoactive drugs, whether legal or illegal. And American history has be... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Nishant Shahani about "Pinkwashing," in the context of Israel/Palestine. Shahani is Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of English at Washington State University Vancouver. He is author of the books Pink Revoluti... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Growing up Jewish and Zionist: On March 18th, a documentary created by a team of Jewish filmmakers titled "ISRAELISM" screens at the Clinton Street Theater. The Portland chapter... Read more

Barbie the doll is a social hieroglyph and a corporate brand; Barbie the movie is a commercial juggernaut of liberal-individualist girlbossing.  Is the movie funny, inspiring, infuriating?  Yes; yes, it is.  Frann Michel shares comments. Tithi Bhattacharya, “Barbie” Lets U... Read more

 In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, with Stephen Maher. The book argues that the Left has shifted its focus from protest in the streets to participating in ... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now? In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch ... Read more

Portland Street Response has proven itself very successful as first responders with interventions and assistance for the destitute, houseless, and people in mental health crisis. But the Portland police want to return unchallenged to their role as first responders, employin... Read more

In this debut "Field Notes" segment, co-authors Sophie Smith and Parker Deighan of the No More Deaths Abuse Documentation Team discuss the original findings of their recent report, Separate & Deadly: 911 System Segregation in the Arizona Borderlands. The discussion explores... Read more