History

Deportation Nation

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer and activist Daniel Kanstroom about the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents of current US immigration policy, the racialization of immigration enforcement, and immigration policy through the lense... Read more

Derf - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 19, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Reverend Martin Luther King once said: "We may have all come on different ships, but now we're in the same boat." Were he alive, MLK would have been the first to condemn the state terror campaign currently inflicted on our immigrant communities. Surely he would ha... Read more

Derf: Remembering Kent State and Jeffrey Dahmer - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  With the deployment of National Guard troops once again in the news, we revisit our August 2021 conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf. Derf's graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.  Inspired by the ... Read more

Nuclear Bamboozles

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for next generation nuclear reactors, the Trump regime has aggressively expanded federal funding for nuclear energy under the guise of national security.  Jan Haa... Read more

Book Mole: Low April Sun

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt Witt, is set against that atrocity and show... Read more

Double Groove - Paul Hardcastle

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Double Groove
Tune in to explore Paul Hardcastles 1985, self titled album. The synth-pop dance album is paired with an accompaniment of smooth jazz to highlight the intersection of eighties and nineties synth music.  Read more

Beginnings 2026

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
This is our first show of the new year, and I’d like to ring in 2026 doing something I started for our first show in 2025. It’s an audio retrospective of last year’s interviews on Jonesy. Which I call Beginnings, for the beginning of the new year and the fact we’re playi... Read more

Interview with Author Jaime Ford

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Tune in to Between the Covers on Thursday, January 15th, for an interview with New York Times best-selling author Jamie Ford. His debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, explores a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of the internment of Japane... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 5, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Criticizing Capitalism : Since the global financial crisis, and even more over the last five years, capitalism’s popularity has fallen, while the fortunes of the capitalist class have risen steeply. Polls show that a majority of people under forty, of any political af... Read more