Animator Nina Paley is one of the most independent of filmmakers. Her two
feature films, Sita Sings the Blues and Seder Masochism, tackle patriarchal
themes in religious narratives, and reimagine them from a feminist point of
view.
A fierce advocate of copyright abo...
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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.
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In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempts to revive Big Coal, we
rerun a 2018 dialogue between Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement about
John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan. The interview aired in the wake of the 2018
West Virginia Teachers strike, during which...
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A discussion with Portland's union rank-and-file.
Kristian Williams, author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in
America" and forthcoming "Policing the Progressive City" about Portland,
leads the discussion.
The cops are worried about Portland City Council. The...
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On today's show, we welcome Elaine Pagels, author of the new book Miracles
and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus from Doubleday. Elaine is the
Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton
University. Her previous books include Why Religion? ...
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Dan Nadel is an author and curator whose books include It’s Life As a I See
It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980; The Collected Hairy Who
Publications; and the recently published Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life,
which follows the career and personal life of undergro...
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Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, is a veteran and activist who has faced
arrest at numerous protest actions in Portland dating back to 2018. In this
interview, she discusses some of those incidents and the actions of police
and prosecutors, including violent arrest ...
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Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the
following segments:
Assault on the Environment: One of the first executive orders issued by Trump
in January was a Whitehouse paper titled "Unleashing American Energy." It
promises to restore Am...
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Luisa Martinez pursues a wide-ranging discussion with immigration lawyer
Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of
immigration in the United States. In part one, they take up the political
economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents...
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For well over a century, Oscar Wilde's Salome has been the subject of
controversy. Banned from the British stage for decades, the play has gone
on to inspire a wild array of stage and screen adaptations.
Now, Imago Theatre Artistic Co-Director Jerry Mouawad is bringin...
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