Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

 

Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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March 8 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 For International  Women's Day, the women of the Old Mole Collective, led by host Denise Morris, take up issues confronting women in the building trades and their creative ways of dealing with them; women in the movie industry and a current film written and directed by a w... Read more

Women in the Trades

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 What's it like to be a woman in the construction trades?   Johnanna Brenner talks with an electrician and a steam fitter about about the challenges facing women trying to break into and stay in the construction trades. They discuss how women support each other to meet tho... Read more

Movie Moles: "Shutter Island"

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Shutter Island is a film about madness and sanity, the power of psychiatry, and paranoia about government.  Hear why our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Jimena Alvarado call it "bulimic film-making." Read more

Building on Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
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 Is the healthcare proposal coming from Obama and the Congress worthy of support or rejection?  Does it lay the groundwork for continuing on to real universal healthcare, or does it block the path?  Kathleen Stoll, Director of Health Policy at Families USA, lays out the rea... Read more

March 1 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show focuses on the healthcare debate, Shutter Island, a movie about mental health (among other things), and features the music of the late Alistair Hulett.For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can fol... Read more

Music & Politics of Alistair Hulett

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
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 An "incendiary mix of punk rock, Celtic folk music, and anti-imperialist, working-class, left-wing politics" ---that's how our radical musicologist Brad Duncan describes Alistair Hulett and Roaring Jack, the band he formed.  This segment contains excerpts of his songs and ... Read more

Issues in the Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick provides us with an overview of the issues in the Healthcare Debate: the cruel and glaring failures in the current healthcare system, the advantages of singlepayer (Medicare for All), and whether the current proposals from Obama and the Congress are worth supp... Read more

Real Socialized Medicine

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
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A successful government-run medical system is already up and running right here in the USA.  Tom Becker reads an op-ed by Nicholas Kristof.    Read more

Energy Self-reliance

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am
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Will the transition to Clean Energy lead to decentralized, worker and community controlled energy production? Or will it be centralized under corporate and state control and promote high usage and consumerism?  John Farrell works with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance w... Read more

Book Mole: "Too Much Happiness"

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am
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 "The best living writer anywhere," is how our Book Mole Larry Bowlden describes Alice Munro.  Here is Larry reviewing her most recent book of stories.   Larry's past reviews are here.  Read more