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Fall Membership Drive Music Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns once again to help raise meembership with a music filled two hours. Also featured, an excerpt from tonight's Gremlin Time later this evening at 11pm on KBOO, which will present a chapter from Kliff Nestoroff's History of American Comedy. Featured musical a... Read more

A History of American Comedy:the origins of Las Vegas

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/17/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
More excerpts form Kliph Nesteroff's History of American Comedy, The Comedians:: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy. This month we return to Kliff Nestoroff's exstensive history of American comey with a  look at the rise of Las Vegas as a center ... Read more

Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire on 09/12/24

Airs at: Thu, 09/12/2024 at 3:00am - 5:30am
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Revolutions Per Movie

Airs at: Thu, 09/12/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Revolutions Per Movie host Chris Slusarenko calls his weekly podcast “your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide." Chris invites musicians, actors, and filmmakers to choose a favorite music documentary, video, or musical, and tease apart th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 16, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Libraries as Grammar Schools of the Commons: Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks ... Read more

Woman of Light

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews the 2024 novel titled Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, about Luz Lopez and five generations of a Chicano family. The story, set in Denver in the 1930’s, explores how the racism and colonialism of the past haunts the present and shapes ... Read more

What is Genocide?

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The word “genocide” was coined by secular Jew and Polish attorney Raphael Lemkin in 1948. To him the term meant not only physical obliteration of a certain group of people, but their cultural annihilation as well. The legal concept that emerged from the 1948 UN Convention o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 2, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Lessons from Labor History: Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies and Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Hofstra University, a... Read more

Capitalism and Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In order to prevent climate catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, global leaders have looked to market forces to effect the transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. But market forces, argues economist Marty Hart-Landsberg, aren’t working. Hart-Landsberg looks bac... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 26, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Justice and Palestine: On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its opinion that Israel’s occupation and annexation of the Palestinian territories are u... Read more