War/Peace

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction. Read more

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 9, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode dealing with the crushing debt owed by poor nations to wealthy financial institutions; a new novel about a Chinese-American girl; and how ideas of child rearing intersect with ideas about social welfare. We also hear a discussion of KBOO... Read more

Atrocities and KBOO's Political Therapy

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

KBOO's current membership drive inspires Bill Resnick and host Denise Morris to discuss a recent article by Glen Greenwald that responds to media coverage of recent atrocities by ISIS by reminding us of less publicized ongoing atrocities by the US and its allies. KBOO no... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Due to technical difficulties, there will not be a "whole show" file until parts can be re-recorded. You can still listen to individual segments below. Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Alan Weider's second documentary on Studs Turkel, this time following him to Montgome... Read more

Movie Moles: Selma

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement and Iven Hale review Selma, the widely acclaimed biopic about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Selma to Montgomery marches he helped organize in 1965, which aimed to draw attention to racial domination still alive after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. David Oyelo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this episode, with the music of Phil Ochs, and segments on Charlie Hebdo, the Greek left, Teach for America, Studs Terkel, Property and the police state. Find us on Facebook or Twitter, and friend or follow us for updates and other stuff we like to sh... Read more

Charlie Hebdo and the Clash of Barbarisms

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with David Finkel about the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the clash of barbarisms. They note that free speech is not a western value (as evidenced by the attacks on Julian Assange and James Risen); that the US has been complicit in journalists's deaths in... Read more

The Speciesism Podcast 1: Roots of sexism, classism, and racism.

Airs at: Sat, 01/10/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Speciesism Podcast

This podcast explores human oppression of non-human beings and how it preceeds and enables the development of human oppression of other humans in various forms. Read more

Presswatch on 12/18/2014

Airs at: Thu, 12/18/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch