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Old Mole Variety Hour for September 30, 2024

Sep 25, 2024 | kboo.fm | Russ Feingold

This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments:How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian FreedomIsraeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as bastions of liberal democracy even as Israel continues to bomb schools in Gaza in its genocidal war.
Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity

Sep 19, 2024 | kboo.fm | Paul O'Brien

Author David Jay Brown speaks with host Paul O'BrienDavid Jay Brown is the author of the new book, Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity. David holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Dreaming Wide Awake, Women of Visionary Art, and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness.
Ecstasy as Medicine

Aug 22, 2024 | kboo.fm | Paul O'Brien

Century Of Lies A Look Back at Seattle HempfestPastures of Plenty Remembering Toumani Diabate on Pastures of PlentyWho Goes There? with Lady Voltaire Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire on 08/22/24Rise When the Rooster Crows Rise When the Rooster Crows - Good Time, Old TimeDemocracy Now! Democracy Now! on 08/22/24Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving on 08/22/24
Confidence

Aug 9, 2024 | kboo.fm | Paul O'Brien

Author Ethan Nichtern speaks with host Paul O'BrienEthan Nichtern is the author of the book, CONFIDENCE: Holding Your Seat Through Life's Eight Worldly Winds. A renowned contemporary Buddhist teacher and the host of The Road Home Podcast, Ethan has offered meditation and Buddhist psychology classes at conferences, meditation centers, yoga studios, and universities, including Brown, Yale, and NYU.
Sex, Time and Power

Jul 12, 2024 | kboo.fm | Paul O'Brien

Author Leonard Schlain speaks with host Paul O'BrienLeonard Shlain discusses his book, Sex, Time and Power: How Women’s Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution. Dr. Shlain is the author of several books including, The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image and Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time & Light. He is the chief of laparoscopic surgery at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and lives in the Bay Area.
Which way for the pro-Palestinian, anti-war movement? With David Rovics

Apr 30, 2024 | kboo.fm | Paul Roland

Back from a recurrence of a back injury that laid him up for several weeks, host Paul Roland welcomes back Portland-based singer-songwriter and pro-Palestinian (and himself Jewish) activist David Rovics. They will look at the sudden surge of student activism against the genocidal Israeli onslaught against Gaza and how we all might fan the flames toward a genuine large-scale anti-war, anti-militarist and anti-imperialist movement.
Mabel Normand- Pioneer Filmaker

Apr 10, 2024 | kboo.fm | Dana Stevens

Excerpts from Camera Man by Dana StevensAn evening of non-fiction as Fortunato reads a chapter from Dana Stevens' biography of Buster Keaton, Camera Man 2022. Tonight's chapter focuses on the career of Mabel Normand, who was already an established star and director by the time Charlie Chaplin arrived in California. And while Buster Keaton was still a child prodigy in Vaudville. Stevens gives a detailed account of Normand and other pioneering women filmmakers in early Hollywood.
The World of Jazz on 03/06/24

Mar 6, 2024 | kboo.fm | Donald Byrd

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Talking Earth: Emily Ransdell, Brian S. Ellis, Dan Raphael

Feb 18, 2024 | kboo.fm | Brian Ellis

This month's featured poets are Emily Ransdell, Brian Stephen Ellis, and your host, dan raphael. dan will probably read another poet or two. Emily Ransdell is the author of One Finch Singing, winner of the 2022 Lewis Award from Concrete Wolf Press. Her work has appeared in Rattle, New Letters, Poetry Northwest, Poet Lore, CAYLX, and elsewhere. Emily divides her time between Camas, Washington and Manzanita, Oregon, where she teaches poetry classes. Learn more about Emily at http://emilyransdell.com.
An Evening of Afrotainment on 02/10/24

Feb 10, 2024 | kboo.fm | Donald Byrd

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