Women

Mothers' Day & the Peace Movement

Airs at: Sun, 05/11/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel as the Well-read Red shows how Mothers' Day began a century ago as an action for peace, and how that association is being revived by Code Pink. To read her commentary, complete with many links to things you can do and read, go to Frann's Kboo blog. Read more

Music in the Rice Fields 4

Airs at: Sun, 05/11/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Music and labor history: women rice workers and their songs. In this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick, Clarissa Clo relates the history of women's labor in the rice fields of Italy, their contribution to the rights of labor, and compares their songs with the ... Read more

Un poquito de tanta verdad II - Las Mujeres de PSU

Airs at: Thu, 05/01/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Final de la entrevista con Jill Freidberg sobre el documental Un poquito de tanta verdad y entrevista con dos componentes del grupo Las Mujeres de Portland Statre University. Read more

Food Crisis? Yes. Surprise? No.

Airs at: Tue, 04/29/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: People Rise Up

A converation with Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute, regarding the global food price increases. Read more

Real Wealth of Nations

Airs at: Thu, 03/06/2008 at 4:00pm

Interview with Rianne Eisler by Ani Hanes and interviews with people from Real Wealth of Portland by Barbara Gerke. Read more

Poet Activist Sunni Patterson on V-Day in New Orleans

Airs at: Fri, 04/11/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Activist, poet and healer Sunni Patterson speaks with Bread & Roses from the Tenth Annual V-Day celebration in New Orleans. The annual V-Day event is an international celebration of ending violence against women and girls, and this year honors the women of New Orleans and ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program reviews the case for veganism with an animal rights activist and a vegan cookbook author. We also hear from a Seattle activist who works with homeless women, and from an Italian geographer about the resistance in Sardinia to privati... Read more

Working With Homeless Women

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Anitra Freeman of Women's Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL) about the work her organization does with homeless women in Seattle. She will be speaking at In Other Word Bookstore on Thursday, April 17 (call 503-232-6003 for info)... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 31, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This show is hosted by Luz María Gordillo and features discussions of the WTO (how it works and whom it favors), a novel about a tough childhood called Before Women Had Wings, and how drug and immigration policies lead to racial profiling. To hear the whole show, click o... Read more

"Before Women Had Wings"

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Larry Bowlden reviews Connie May Fowler's 1997 novel Before Women Had Wings. Read more