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In the next week or so we will find out whether or not the United States will remain a democracy. The suspense and stress cannot be more intense. But on the day before Election Day we will try to cut through the anxiety and focus on how we must protect and strengthen our de... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Middle East in Crisis: Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on coll... Read more

In their commentary on the presidential elections, moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the 1998 film, PRIMARY COLORS. In 1996, an anonymous author (later revealed to be Joe Klein) published Primary Colors, a political satire inspired by the events of Bill Clinton's f... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on college campuses. Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan and s... Read more

If we are to save our planet from rapidly approaching climate catastrophe, business as usual is no longer an option. Outgrow the System is a new documentary about transitioning to a more sustainable economic system, by co-directors Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nillson. Extin... Read more

If you’re following the polls obsessively, you’re putting your faith in a phenomenon that does more to undermine democracy than enhance it. So argues Samuel Earle in his recent review of a book by G. Elliott Morris, called Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need... Read more

Susan Plunket is an author, psychologist and Jungian expert. She received her doctorate at The New School for Social Research in 1989 and for many years has had a private practice in New York City. Susan served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jung Foundation. Cu... Read more

The Parsing Sound Crew explores the ancient wisdom that the tongue carries power equal to any sword. Examining how a single word, like a blade, can either protect or destroy. Through ancient parables and warrior wisdom, we discover why masters taught that changing 'sword' t... Read more

  We are joined by Ben Garbellano, to discuss the films and legacy of the James Bond series.   Read more

We lost our good friend Sam A. Mowry a few months ago. Sam was a towering figure here in Portland, as an actor, both on stage and behind the microphone, a director, and a giant of radio theater, especially in his role as Artistic Director of the group he founded, Willamette... Read more