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Old Mole Variety Hour for May 12, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 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: Copaganda: News media, public officials, and the police themselves keep telling us that public safety requires ever more policing, despite all evidence to the contrary. In Co... Read more

Bad Air

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
According to the 2025 Annual Report of the American Lung Association, fifty-five years after the passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, nearly half of US residents breathe unhealthy air. One significant contribution to this problem is the inadequacy of the regulatory app... Read more

The Youth Collective Takes On Nature

Airs at: Wed, 04/23/2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for The Underground
The Youth Collective talks poisonous animals, the best trees, blue-ringed octopi, St Teresa Marso, Steve Irwin, and, of course, Ric "Nature Boy" Flair. This is all rounded out with some nature-themed music sets and nature sounds. Read more

Zuriel Van Belle and Karen Kraus of Coyote Crew PDX

Airs at: Thu, 04/10/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Coyote Crew PDX is a new community-powered program of The Portland Urban Coyote Project. They like to say: It takes the whole community to keep everyone safe and healthy—people, pets, and coyotes. On May 31, they present CoyotePalooza at Portland Saturday Market.  Read more

Willie Levenson of the Human Access Project

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Willie Levenson of the Human Access Project. HAP is a volunteer-driven, grassroots advocacy group dedicated to helping people “get into their river”.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain. Our world is replete with problems, calling out for repair and change. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have solutions at the ready – tech fixes and innovation... Read more

Breaking It All Down with Jordan Fink from BuildSoil

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Jordan is our resident genius thinker about global sustainability, community organizing, and how not to get lost in the current chaotic moment. You can read more about his work here on his website. Read more

Joe Liebezeit on the Bird Alliance of Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 02/20/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Bird Alliance of Oregon is encouraging people to comment on the Northwest Forest Plan, and also hosting Hawks and Hot Chocolate Feb 22 from 10 to 2pm on the Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 27, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with these segments: Big Tech and Big War: Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s... Read more

Big Tech and Big War

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s recent books include American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the ... Read more