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Rational in Portland — 130 episodes

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Joanna Perini-Abbott, running for Multnomah County Judge

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Hudson Tyler and Janis Jasinsky from the Alzheimer’s Association of Oregon and SW Washington

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Sgt. Aaron Schmautz

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Betsy Johnson and Alan Evans Video

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Betsy Johnson and Alan Evans

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Josh Marquis

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Dr. Sharon Meieran

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Scott Bradley and Mario Reyes

9

Lance Orton from CityTeam Portland

10

Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan

11

Dr. Eric Fruits, Ph.D.

12

Jill Souede

13

Juma Blaq

14

Portland's new James Beard Public Market Executive Director, Jessica Elkan

15

Damian Bunting: Working private security in Portland, Oregon

16

Hasaan Thomas, star of "Hasaan Hates Portland"

17

Laura Curry: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis

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Karen Chirre: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis

19

Mike Thelin: A vision for Portland

20

Autumn Sharp and Max Steele: Couch Park in NW Portland in crisis

21

Pete Colt: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis

22

Andy Chandler and Erica Gustavson: Election Breakdown (in every way)

23

Sandeep Bali for Portland City Council, District 3

24

Noah Ernst for Portland City Council, District 1

25

Tiffani Penson for Portland City Council, District 2

26

Dan Ryan for Portland City Council, District 2

27

Get your Oregon ballots out! 2024 Election Episode with Andy Chandler from NW Fresh

28

Kezia Wanner, for Portland City Council, District 3

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Harrison Kass for Portland City Council, District 3

30

Mariah Hudson for Portland City Council, District 2

31

Mischa Webley, Creator of "Hasaan Hates Portland"

32

Betsy Johnson and Angela Wilhelms: Vote No on Measure 118, the Newest Tax Measure

33

Eric Zimmerman for Portland City Council, District 4

34

Andrew Rowe on Transforming Government Performance Through Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

35

Bob Simril, for Portland City Council, District 2

36

Tony Morse for Portland City Council, District 4

37

George Carrillo from Progreso Latino and the Portland Mayoral Debate

38

Terrence Hayes for City Council, District 1: "Truth always makes people nervous."

39

Labor Day With Public Safety Union Leadership: Aaron Schmautz from the Portland Police Association and Isaac McLennan from the Portland Fire Fighters' Association

40

Political consultant Derek Clevenger on the presidential race

41

Terrence Hayes for Portland City Council, District 1

42

Eli Arnold: Local efforts to avoid the re-criminalization of drugs, a beautiful family moment at Portland Pride, city solutions for homelessness, and more

43

Andy Chandler

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Mike DiNapoli, running for Portland City Council, District 4

45

Daniel DeMelo for Portland City Council, District 3

46

Keith Wilson, President and CEO of TITAN Freight Systems, running for mayor of Portland

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Erica Gustavson on how to be an informed voter and an engaged citizen in Portland

48

May 2024 primary election

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Prof. Michael Weingrad, Ph.D., who started the Judaic Studies Department at Portland State University

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Future Portland and their Endorsements for the Multnomah County election in May, with Vikki Payne

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Jessie Burke for Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2

52

Vadim Mozyrsky for Multnomah County Commissioner, District One

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Pete Grabiel for Oregon State House of Representatives, District 33.

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Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP

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Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President

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Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4

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Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4

58

Betsy Johnson and Max Williams: Why we should fix Ballot Measure 110

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Why We Must Repeal Measure 110: Josh Marquis, Former Clatsop County District Attorney

60

Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West and Former Oregon Lawyer Don Courtney

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Sgt. Aaron Schmautz, President of the Portland Police Association, on Oregon's decriminalization of drugs, his trip to Portugal, and Portland's Police Accountability Commission

62

Derek Clevenger and Eric Post on how to unite Oregonians to tackle our myriad crises.

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Vadim Mozyrsky on Measure 110, Portland's new form of government, and the power of neighborhood associations

64

Charles Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute: This is Your City on Fentanyl

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Dr. Kevin Sabet: Reform/repeal Measure 110, which decriminalized drugs

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TV News Reporter Jenny Young

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Derek Clevenger: Why we need open primaries

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Don Courtney

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Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center

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Nancy Rommelmann

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Female MD suffers violent attack in SW Portland on July 28, 2023

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Tiana Tozer

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Aaliyah Mays - Living across the street from an open air drug market

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Kevin Barton, Washington County District Attorney

75

Brian Ferriso (Portland Art Museum) and Scott Showalter (Oregon Symphony)

76

TJ Browning on community policing

77

Nathan Vasquez, running to unseat District Attorney Mike Schmidt

78

Patrick Patterson

79

Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran returns

80

Julia Brim Edwards for Multnomah County Commissioner

81

Don Courtney: The lawyer who advocated for the Lents neighborhood

82

Derrick Peterson for Portland Public School Board

83

Dr. Leslie Bienen on COVID

84

Josh Marquis, former Clatsop County DA, on the death penalty, murder trials and Oregon politics

85

Susan Griffin returns after her appearance in a documentary featuring Portland

86

Grant Denton: drug prevention messaging for kids, homeless pods, and a journey out of meth addiction into recovery.

87

Capital Gains Tax/"Tenant Eviction" Ballot Measure With Alisa Pyszka

88

Richard Cheverton on the death of investigative journalism in Portland

89

Breon Gardner on being Black in Portland, working as a personal trainer, and health and fitness

90

Chris Gottshall on severe mental illness, addiction, and thriving in a "thruple"

91

Jonathan Choe on homelessness and the status of Seattle

92

Tom Wolf on Oregon's drug decriminalization measure and the status of San Francisco

93

Terrance Moses: working with the homeless and solutions for homelessness in Portland

94

Aaron Schmautz on Portland policing

95

Jessie Burke, Owner of The Society Hotel in the Old Town neighborhood

96

Dr. Karyn Lewis: How students have been impacted by school closures and remote learning

97

Phillip Tobias, who confronted Commissioner Hardesty about her military records at city council

98

Ben West for Clackamas County Commissioner

99

Our ballot picks and endorsements for the November 2022 general election

100

Portland Firefighters in Crisis: Isaac McLennan and Mariya Fuge

101

Sonia Montalbano: Mingus Mapps's Ulysses PAC alternative charter reform plan

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Sharon Meieran for Multnomah County Chair

103

The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Char Pennie and David Potts

104

Vadim Mozyrsky

105

The Portland Party

106

Bev: What is it like to be a trans woman of color?

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Fleeing Portland, with Bruce Garrett

108

The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Juanita Swartwood and Todd Littlefield

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TJ Browning: The Laurelhurst neighborhood and homelessness

110

Mark: What's it like to be a gay conservative in Portland?

111

The homeless industrial complex, with Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez

112

Where is all the "treatment" money from Oregon's drug decriminalization measure? Mike Marshall from Oregon Recovers is our guest

113

Kim McGair: please thank her for having an open public school during Covid

114

Teri Anderson, whose homeless son died of a drug overdose on the streets of Portland

115

Check Your Bias

116

Where is the "Homeless Tax" money going? Terri Preeg-Riggsby is a physically disabled mother running to unseat Duncan Hwang for Metro Council District 6

117

Our PDX Primary Endorsements

118

Rene Gonzalez, running to unseat Jo Ann Hardesty on Portland City Council

119

Steven Cox, running to unseat Dan Ryan for Portland City Council

120

Sharia Mayfield, candidate for Multnomah County Chair

121

Lionel Irving: the inspiring story of a Black Portland native who committed homicide, but turned his life around and is now serving on the City of Portland's gun violence Community Oversight Group

122

Rosie, a two-time Trump voter in Portland

123

Part 2: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur

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Part 1: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur

125

Nancy Rommelmann comes on the show!!!!

126

Oregon has a GOP gubernatorial candidate who was a swinger

127

Cancel culture in the literary and publishing world

128

Living on the Edge: How a lesbian Portlander has survived riots, poverty, physical disability, addiction, mental illness, and why she wants out of Portland forever.

129

20-year-old Portlander comes out as conservative for the first time ever

130

Nurse practitioner Nurse Betty on mental health, addiction, COVID and more