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Poet Activist Sunni Patterson on V-Day in New Orleans

Airs at: Fri, 04/11/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Activist, poet and healer Sunni Patterson speaks with Bread & Roses from the Tenth Annual V-Day celebration in New Orleans. The annual V-Day event is an international celebration of ending violence against women and girls, and this year honors the women of New Orleans and ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program reviews the case for veganism with an animal rights activist and a vegan cookbook author. We also hear from a Seattle activist who works with homeless women, and from an Italian geographer about the resistance in Sardinia to privati... Read more

Working With Homeless Women

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Anitra Freeman of Women's Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL) about the work her organization does with homeless women in Seattle. She will be speaking at In Other Word Bookstore on Thursday, April 17 (call 503-232-6003 for info)... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 31, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This show is hosted by Luz María Gordillo and features discussions of the WTO (how it works and whom it favors), a novel about a tough childhood called Before Women Had Wings, and how drug and immigration policies lead to racial profiling. To hear the whole show, click o... Read more

"Before Women Had Wings"

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Larry Bowlden reviews Connie May Fowler's 1997 novel Before Women Had Wings. Read more

IWD Special: Examining Violence against Asian and APA women

Airs at: Thu, 03/06/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: APA Compass

In this special International Women's Day edition, APA Compass examined violence against Asian and APA women. Includes interviews with Sarita See, author of Trying Whiteness: Media Representations of the 1996 Okinawa Rape Trial; Fareen Ramji from New York's Gay and Lesbian ... Read more

Obama in PDX: a Review

Airs at: Sun, 03/23/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review Barack Obama's speech of Friday, March 21 at Portland's Memorial Coliseum. They discuss what's missing from his calls for solidarity. You can listen to the speech here. Read more

DIY, Portland: Art of Survival

Airs at: Wed, 03/19/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: DIY, Portland

Hear how artistic expression has helped people to deal with and overcome challenges such as homelessness, incarceration and physical disabilities. Funding for this episode was provided by a project grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. More photos and links at h... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 03/16/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

You can hear this program, hosted by Bill Resnick, in its entirety by clicking on the arrow above. Or you can go to any segment by clicking on its link below. 1. Bill Resnick talks with Bill Black as Black throws light on the world of finance capital as it faces econo... Read more

Politics & Sex: Spitzer in the Media

Airs at: Sun, 03/16/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

A round-table discussion with Jan Haaken, Denise Morris and Bill Resnick in which they analyze and debate the hysterical media treatment of the Spitzer sex scandal and others like it. Why this "perpetual surprise," these recurring "outbreaks of political virginity"? Read more