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DIY, Portland: Art in Strange Places

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Culture/Arts

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Wed, 04/16/2008

This episode explores the benefits and challenges of showing art in unusual spaces and walking the line between vandalism and public art. Guests include Scott Wayne Indiana, the artist behind the horses you see attached to rings in the sidewalk all around Portland and Chris Haberman, who has shown his work in convenience stores and sold paintings out of the trunk of his car. This show will also take listeners inside the tiniest gallery in town. Just three and a half feet high, Core Gallery is a popular gallery space in Anna Todaro's Everett Station loft apartment.

28:32 minutes (39.19 MB)

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 14, 2008

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 04/13/2008

Bill Resnick hosts this show as the Old Moles root out the underlying issues regarding taxes, the courage it takes to keep hope alive in hard times, labor struggles in Colorado and Colombia, and inequities in human health. Listen to the whole show by clicking on the arrow on this page, or listen to individual pieces by clicking on their links below.

1. Why do we hate taxes? Mike Leachman talks with Bill Resnick about what's wrong with the tax system.

2. Well-read Red Frann Michel comments on the past, present and future of the "communist hypothesis."

52:59 minutes (24.26 MB)

Inequities in Human Health

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Health

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 04/13/2008

How does social inequality affect people's health? Two health activists, Desiree Hellegers and Tricia Tillman, talk with Bill Resnick. They are part of a major conference on Friday, April 18 at Washington State University in Vancouver. It's called "Health Disparities and Inequities: Mobilizing a Regional Response," and it's open to the public. For information, go here.

12:16 minutes (5.62 MB)

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The Internationale

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 04/13/2008

Bill Resnick talks about the great socialist anthem "The Internationale" and its history.

2:15 minutes (1.03 MB)

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From Ludlow to Colombia

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Tue, 04/15/2008

Replaying the events in Ludlow in 1914, the government of Colombia and its paramilitaries attack agricultural workers who try to organize for better pay and working conditions. Dan Jaffee reads from an article by David Sirota.

4:00 minutes (1.84 MB)

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The Ludlow Massacre

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Old Mole Variety Hour

program date:

Tue, 04/15/2008

Ninety-four years ago this week, there was war in Colorado between coal miners and a Rockefeller mining company backed by the US government and the State of Colorado. It ended in the Ludlow Massacre. Tom Becker reads Howard Zinn's account from his People's History of the United States.

7:02 minutes (3.22 MB)

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Renewing the Communist Hypothesis

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Sun, 04/13/2008

Well-read Red Frann Michel discusses the history and the future of what French philosopher Alain Badiou calls "the Communist Hypothesis". You can read her remarks and find links to her sources here.

9:00 minutes (4.13 MB)

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Why We Hate Taxes

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 04/13/2008

Taxes are due this week, so Bill Resnick and Mike Leachman discuss why people hate paying taxes even though we wall need services they pay for. Michael Leachman is a policy analyst at the Oregon Center for Public Policy, which does in-depth research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues with the goal to improve decision making and generate more opportunities for all Oregonians. You can read more by him here.

15:05 minutes (6.91 MB)

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People Rise Up - News Wrap

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Tue, 04/15/2008

28:37 minutes (9.83 MB)

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Joe Uris says "Things ARE Winnable!"

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The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

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Mon, 04/14/2008

Joe Uris hosts today. His topic is "Things Are Winnable." The issues include fighting the LNG terminals in Oregon, the many sins of John McNasty, and more.

83:50 minutes (38.38 MB)

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The DirtBag on Beneficial Insects

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The Dirtbag

program date:

Sun, 04/13/2008

Host Glen Andresen discusses food for beneficial insects including pollen, nectar...and aphids!

28:39 minutes (26.24 MB)

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Our Daily Meds - Melody Petersen

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Healthwatch

program date:

Sun, 04/13/2008

Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) interviews Melody Petersen, (New York Times) the author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs.