Economy

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Well-read Red: Culinary Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red. Today, she considers "culinary capitalism" and the political economy of our food system. You can read the blog- and link-ified version HERE. Read more

Pat O'Herron on Climate Change and Public Health

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Pat O'Herron about climate change and public health. They consider how changing weather patterns, rising oceans, acidification and desertification, as well as pollution, change the conditions for illness and death. They address collapse in both "the ... Read more

Mike Montchalin Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Mike Montchalin is a Libertarian candidate for US Senate in Oregon. He talked with Don Merrill about the necessity of individual action versus government action, why he supports the marijuana ballot initiative and why he thinks Measure 90 is a bad idea for Oregon's third p... Read more

WRR Feast and Famine, or Culinary Capitalism

For the Old Mole Variety Hour September 15, 2014 Coming to Portland this week is the series of food and drink events called Feast Portland.  It starts Thursday with  something called a "sandwich invitational," for which tickets cost $95, and  the weekend includes tastings,... Read more

Environmentalists React to Port of Portland's Propane Export Deal

Airs at: Thu, 09/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Port of Portland has approved a new propane gas export terminal at the port. This project is the largest single private capital investment in the city’s history. The Mayor of Portland, Charlie Hales, applauded the new terminal, which he says will bring jobs to the city.... Read more

Smart ALEC Oregon: KBOO Reporters Investigate ALEC Conference in Kansas City

Airs at: Thu, 09/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Smart ALEC Oregon
The sixth piece examines the ALEC conferences themselves in terms of what gets accomplished.  Annual spring and winter conferences are events where legislators discuss potential model legislation with business leaders.  The annual summer conference is more of a public relat... Read more

Todd Moss Interview

Airs at: Thu, 09/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Todd Moss is the author of his first novel The Golden Hour, a fictional tale about international intrigue in the Horn of Africa. But he's also an expert on real life foreign policy as a Senior Fellow and CEO for the Center for Global Development, a Washington DC Think tank... Read more

Ed Pilkington Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Ed Pilkington is the Chief Correspondent in New York for London's "The Guardian" newspaper. He has done a substantial amount of reporting on the American Legislative Exchange Council, a free market organization that promotes the interests of big business over those of smal... Read more

Kathi Weeks: debunking utopianism's critics

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement brings Kathi Weeks back on the show to talk about another chapter in her book The Problem With Work: marxism, feminism, antiwork politics, and postwork imaginaries: utopianism. Kathi describes both realistic and deliberately unrealistic invocations of the utopia... Read more

Raising Expectations, and Raising Hell: Jane McAlevey's book on rank-and-file unionism

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Moles Bill Resnick and Norm Diamond talk about union organizing by way of a mutual review of Jane McAlevey's book "Raising Expecations, and Raising Hell: my decade fighting for the labor movement". They consider the official and cynical meaning of labor day, but also th... Read more