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Rational in Portland — 135 episodes
Elise Haas: Former KOIN TV reporter, now working to fund police
Billy Williams, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon
Hasaan Hates Portland: The Movie
Joe Hagedorn, running for Multnomah County family law judge
Noah Ernst for Metro Council
Joanna Perini-Abbott, running for Multnomah County Judge
Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Hudson Tyler and Janis Jasinsky from the Alzheimer’s Association of Oregon and SW Washington
Sgt. Aaron Schmautz
Betsy Johnson and Alan Evans Video
Betsy Johnson and Alan Evans
Josh Marquis
Dr. Sharon Meieran
Scott Bradley and Mario Reyes
Lance Orton from CityTeam Portland
Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan
Dr. Eric Fruits, Ph.D.
Jill Souede
Juma Blaq
Portland's new James Beard Public Market Executive Director, Jessica Elkan
Damian Bunting: Working private security in Portland, Oregon
Hasaan Thomas, star of "Hasaan Hates Portland"
Laura Curry: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis
Karen Chirre: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis
Mike Thelin: A vision for Portland
Autumn Sharp and Max Steele: Couch Park in NW Portland in crisis
Pete Colt: Portland stadium neighborhood in crisis
Andy Chandler and Erica Gustavson: Election Breakdown (in every way)
Sandeep Bali for Portland City Council, District 3
Noah Ernst for Portland City Council, District 1
Tiffani Penson for Portland City Council, District 2
Dan Ryan for Portland City Council, District 2
Get your Oregon ballots out! 2024 Election Episode with Andy Chandler from NW Fresh
Kezia Wanner, for Portland City Council, District 3
Harrison Kass for Portland City Council, District 3
Mariah Hudson for Portland City Council, District 2
Mischa Webley, Creator of "Hasaan Hates Portland"
Betsy Johnson and Angela Wilhelms: Vote No on Measure 118, the Newest Tax Measure
Eric Zimmerman for Portland City Council, District 4
Andrew Rowe on Transforming Government Performance Through Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Bob Simril, for Portland City Council, District 2
Tony Morse for Portland City Council, District 4
George Carrillo from Progreso Latino and the Portland Mayoral Debate
Terrence Hayes for City Council, District 1: "Truth always makes people nervous."
Labor Day With Public Safety Union Leadership: Aaron Schmautz from the Portland Police Association and Isaac McLennan from the Portland Fire Fighters' Association
Political consultant Derek Clevenger on the presidential race
Terrence Hayes for Portland City Council, District 1
Eli Arnold: Local efforts to avoid the re-criminalization of drugs, a beautiful family moment at Portland Pride, city solutions for homelessness, and more
Andy Chandler
Mike DiNapoli, running for Portland City Council, District 4
Daniel DeMelo for Portland City Council, District 3
Keith Wilson, President and CEO of TITAN Freight Systems, running for mayor of Portland
Erica Gustavson on how to be an informed voter and an engaged citizen in Portland
May 2024 primary election
Prof. Michael Weingrad, Ph.D., who started the Judaic Studies Department at Portland State University
Future Portland and their Endorsements for the Multnomah County election in May, with Vikki Payne
Jessie Burke for Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2
Vadim Mozyrsky for Multnomah County Commissioner, District One
Pete Grabiel for Oregon State House of Representatives, District 33.
Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP
Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President
Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4
Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4
Betsy Johnson and Max Williams: Why we should fix Ballot Measure 110
Why We Must Repeal Measure 110: Josh Marquis, Former Clatsop County District Attorney
Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West and Former Oregon Lawyer Don Courtney
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
Derek Clevenger and Eric Post on how to unite Oregonians to tackle our myriad crises.
Vadim Mozyrsky on Measure 110, Portland's new form of government, and the power of neighborhood associations
Charles Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute: This is Your City on Fentanyl
Dr. Kevin Sabet: Reform/repeal Measure 110, which decriminalized drugs
TV News Reporter Jenny Young
Derek Clevenger: Why we need open primaries
Don Courtney
Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center
Nancy Rommelmann
Female MD suffers violent attack in SW Portland on July 28, 2023
Tiana Tozer
Aaliyah Mays - Living across the street from an open air drug market
Kevin Barton, Washington County District Attorney
Brian Ferriso (Portland Art Museum) and Scott Showalter (Oregon Symphony)
TJ Browning on community policing
Nathan Vasquez, running to unseat District Attorney Mike Schmidt
Patrick Patterson
Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran returns
Julia Brim Edwards for Multnomah County Commissioner
Don Courtney: The lawyer who advocated for the Lents neighborhood
Derrick Peterson for Portland Public School Board
Dr. Leslie Bienen on COVID
Josh Marquis, former Clatsop County DA, on the death penalty, murder trials and Oregon politics
Susan Griffin returns after her appearance in a documentary featuring Portland
Grant Denton: drug prevention messaging for kids, homeless pods, and a journey out of meth addiction into recovery.
Capital Gains Tax/"Tenant Eviction" Ballot Measure With Alisa Pyszka
Richard Cheverton on the death of investigative journalism in Portland
Breon Gardner on being Black in Portland, working as a personal trainer, and health and fitness
Chris Gottshall on severe mental illness, addiction, and thriving in a "thruple"
Jonathan Choe on homelessness and the status of Seattle
Tom Wolf on Oregon's drug decriminalization measure and the status of San Francisco
Terrance Moses: working with the homeless and solutions for homelessness in Portland
Aaron Schmautz on Portland policing
Jessie Burke, Owner of The Society Hotel in the Old Town neighborhood
Dr. Karyn Lewis: How students have been impacted by school closures and remote learning
Phillip Tobias, who confronted Commissioner Hardesty about her military records at city council
Ben West for Clackamas County Commissioner
Our ballot picks and endorsements for the November 2022 general election
Portland Firefighters in Crisis: Isaac McLennan and Mariya Fuge
Sonia Montalbano: Mingus Mapps's Ulysses PAC alternative charter reform plan
Sharon Meieran for Multnomah County Chair
The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Char Pennie and David Potts
Vadim Mozyrsky
The Portland Party
Bev: What is it like to be a trans woman of color?
Fleeing Portland, with Bruce Garrett
The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Juanita Swartwood and Todd Littlefield
TJ Browning: The Laurelhurst neighborhood and homelessness
Mark: What's it like to be a gay conservative in Portland?
The homeless industrial complex, with Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez
Where is all the "treatment" money from Oregon's drug decriminalization measure? Mike Marshall from Oregon Recovers is our guest
Kim McGair: please thank her for having an open public school during Covid
Teri Anderson, whose homeless son died of a drug overdose on the streets of Portland
Check Your Bias
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
Our PDX Primary Endorsements
Rene Gonzalez, running to unseat Jo Ann Hardesty on Portland City Council
Steven Cox, running to unseat Dan Ryan for Portland City Council
Sharia Mayfield, candidate for Multnomah County Chair
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
Rosie, a two-time Trump voter in Portland
Part 2: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur
Part 1: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur
Nancy Rommelmann comes on the show!!!!
Oregon has a GOP gubernatorial candidate who was a swinger
Cancel culture in the literary and publishing world
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.
20-year-old Portlander comes out as conservative for the first time ever
Nurse practitioner Nurse Betty on mental health, addiction, COVID and more