Old Mole Variety Hour

camp_kboo_banner.png
2025_board_banner.png

 

Coming Soon

Neofeudalism, from Against the Grain
Produced by: 
KBOO
Subscribe to podcast
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, Frann Michel, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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

For individual segments and more content: View more Old Mole content

Check out our Program Blog

Subscribe to our podcast (see above; search the show name on iTunes; also available on Googleplay)

Old Mole on Facebook

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 by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Real Education Reform

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 There is much to criticize in the Bush administration's education program "No Child Left Behind," a program what has been continued under Obama and Secretary of Education  Arne Duncan.   But what would a truly progressive  education policy be like? What would be the goa... Read more

An Anti-war Easter Message

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 What's wrong with Easter as celebrated in the US?  "Easter… for most Christians, is about individual salvation not interpersonal solidarity. It is about personal resurrection from the dead not community restoration for the living. It is about an “open” tomb that is re... Read more

Defending Academic Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
What undermines academic freedom and intellectual inquiry in the University today and what can be done to defend them?  Professor Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors, talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about untenured faculty... Read more

After the Cuckoo's Nest: OR State Hospital Now

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Psychologist, Film Maker, and Old Mole Jan Haaken talks with Tom Becker about the Oregon State Hospital where she has been making a film, "Guilty Except for Insanity".  How has the institution changed since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was filmed there?  Who winds ... Read more

April 5 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 What should policies and goals should replace the test-and-punish approach of "No Child Left Behind"?  How can academic freedom in the University be defended from what threatens it today?  What does the story of Easter mean for the US at war in the Middle East?  What's ... Read more

Power of the Peace Movement

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Activism has consequences.  The peace and anti-nukes movements of the '50s and beyond were the major reason nuclear weapons were never used in war after  1945, according to historian Lawrence Wittner.  In this interview, he talks with Clayton Morgareidge about his resear... Read more

March 29 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program deals with the role of the peace movement in preventing nuclear war, the new wave of sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church, the Obama administration's version of No Child Left Behind; and Jean Thompson's short story collecti... Read more

Sex Abuse and the Church

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In our continuing series The Left and the Law, attorney Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken ask why many are so surprised by this new round of sexual abuse cases when it's no longer news that it's people  with moral authority, like priests and boy scout leaders, who abuse child... Read more

Obama's Disappointing Education Policy

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Educator and activist Stan Karp talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how the administration’s education policies are, in spite of Obama’s campaign promises, just a continuation of worst parts of the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind program -- a program ... Read more

Book Mole: "Throws Like a Girl"

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Throws Like a Girl by Jean Thompson.   It's a great collection of stories about urban characters who sometimes feel "as if there were a pinhole at the bottom of the world and all the best things were leaking out of it." For more of Larry'... Read more