Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

With the surge of brutal attacks by Trump Inc on government programs and existing laws, many pundits argue that the courts are the only institutions with the power to check the administration's authoritarian impulses. In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike ... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Michael Klare, Five College professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, who serves on the board of the Arms Control Association and advises other organizations in the field. Klare has written widely on U.S. mili... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The New Military-Industrial Complex: Laurie Mercier speaks with Michael Klare, Five College professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, who serves o... Read more

  The Portland Rising Committee of Portland Jobs with Justice, a labor-community organizing coalition, will be holding a workshop on lessons from the Minnesota Community-Labor Movement.  Tyler Fellini, Executive Director of Portland Jobs with Justice, joins Frann Michel... Read more

  This segment shares material from the Municipal Eco Resiliency Project. Yolotli X Interview about MERP An interview of the founder of MERP (Municipal Eco Resiliency Movement), Yolotli X. They discuss their journey from street kid to direct actionist to urban farmer. Th... Read more

  This episode is hosted by Desiree Hellegers and features these segments: The Municipal Eco-Resiliency Project (MERP): We feature an interview with MERP organizer Yolotli X speaking about their personal journey from street kid to urban farmer and about the work of this ... Read more

  We revisit Laurie Mercier's 2020 interview with historian Joe Trotter about his important book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America (2020).  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Cente... Read more

We feature excerpts from a February 2025 reading at Washington State University. Said Shaiye is an  Autistic + ADHD (AuHD) Somali Writer, Photographer & Filmmaker in Minneapolis. He is a 2024 MacDowell Fellow & was awarded a 2024 MN State Arts Education Grant to lead a B... Read more

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. Black parents worry about racism’s impact on their children. Jennifer C. Nash is interested in both the nature of racialized anxiety and the way it’s rendered visible t... Read more

  In the aftermath of the midair crash over D.C on January 29, and Trump's racist response, Frann Michel looks back at the 1981 strike by PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.  This commentary considers the problems faced then and now by Air Traf... Read more