Rational in Portland

By Kristin Olson

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Portland native. Trial lawyer. Founding member of North America Recovers. https://www.northamericarecovers.org

Resisting extremism through long form conversations.


Episode Date
Noah Ernst for Portland City Council, District 1
Oct 18, 2024
Tiffani Penson for Portland City Council, District 2
Oct 18, 2024
Dan Ryan for Portland City Council, District 2
Oct 16, 2024
Get your Oregon ballots out! 2024 Election Episode with Andy Chandler from NW Fresh
Oct 16, 2024
Kezia Wanner, for Portland City Council, District 3
Oct 12, 2024
Will Lathrop, Running for Attorney General of Oregon
Oct 10, 2024
Harrison Kass for Portland City Council, District 3
Oct 08, 2024
Mariah Hudson for Portland City Council, District 2
Oct 08, 2024
Mischa Webley, Creator of "Hasaan Hates Portland"
Oct 04, 2024
Betsy Johnson and Angela Wilhelms: Vote No on Measure 118, the Newest Tax Measure
Oct 02, 2024
Eric Zimmerman for Portland City Council, District 4
Sep 28, 2024
Andrew Rowe on Transforming Government Performance Through Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Sep 27, 2024
Bob Simril, for Portland City Council, District 2
Sep 20, 2024
Tony Morse for Portland City Council, District 4
Sep 07, 2024
George Carrillo from Progreso Latino and the Portland Mayoral Debate
Sep 06, 2024
Terrence Hayes for City Council, District 1: "Truth always makes people nervous."
Sep 05, 2024
Labor Day With Public Safety Union Leadership: Aaron Schmautz from the Portland Police Association and Isaac McLennan from the Portland Fire Fighters' Association
Sep 03, 2024
Political consultant Derek Clevenger on the presidential race
Jul 21, 2024
Terrence Hayes for Portland City Council, District 1
Jul 20, 2024
Eli Arnold: Local efforts to avoid the re-criminalization of drugs, a beautiful family moment at Portland Pride, city solutions for homelessness, and more
Jun 25, 2024
Andy Chandler
Jun 18, 2024
Mike DiNapoli, running for Portland City Council, District 4
Jun 14, 2024
Daniel DeMelo for Portland City Council, District 3
Jun 04, 2024
Keith Wilson, President and CEO of TITAN Freight Systems, running for mayor of Portland
Jun 03, 2024
Erica Gustavson on how to be an informed voter and an engaged citizen in Portland
May 31, 2024
May 2024 primary election
May 20, 2024
Prof. Michael Weingrad, Ph.D., who started the Judaic Studies Department at Portland State University
Apr 17, 2024
Future Portland and their Endorsements for the Multnomah County election in May, with Vikki Payne
Apr 10, 2024
Jessie Burke for Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2
Apr 10, 2024
Vadim Mozyrsky for Multnomah County Commissioner, District One
Apr 03, 2024
Pete Grabiel for Oregon State House of Representatives, District 33.
Mar 11, 2024
Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP
Mar 11, 2024
Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President
Mar 01, 2024
Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4
Feb 29, 2024
Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4
Feb 04, 2024
Betsy Johnson and Max Williams: Why we should fix Ballot Measure 110
Feb 03, 2024
Why We Must Repeal Measure 110: Josh Marquis, Former Clatsop County District Attorney
Feb 03, 2024
Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West and Former Oregon Lawyer Don Courtney
Jan 28, 2024
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
Dec 27, 2023
Derek Clevenger and Eric Post on how to unite Oregonians to tackle our myriad crises.
Dec 21, 2023
Vadim Mozyrsky on Measure 110, Portland's new form of government, and the power of neighborhood associations
Dec 21, 2023
Charles Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute: This is Your City on Fentanyl
Dec 02, 2023
Dr. Kevin Sabet: Reform/repeal Measure 110, which decriminalized drugs
Nov 04, 2023
TV News Reporter Jenny Young
Oct 25, 2023
Derek Clevenger: Why we need open primaries
Oct 05, 2023
Don Courtney
Oct 03, 2023
Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center
Sep 14, 2023
Nancy Rommelmann
Aug 22, 2023
Female MD suffers violent attack in SW Portland on July 28, 2023
Aug 02, 2023
Tiana Tozer
Aug 01, 2023
Aaliyah Mays - Living across the street from an open air drug market
Jul 11, 2023
Kevin Barton, Washington County District Attorney
Jun 12, 2023
Brian Ferriso (Portland Art Museum) and Scott Showalter (Oregon Symphony)
Jun 06, 2023
TJ Browning on community policing
Jun 02, 2023
Nathan Vasquez, running to unseat District Attorney Mike Schmidt
Jun 01, 2023
Patrick Patterson
May 27, 2023
Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran returns
May 02, 2023
Julia Brim Edwards for Multnomah County Commissioner
Apr 28, 2023
Don Courtney: The lawyer who advocated for the Lents neighborhood
Apr 27, 2023
Derrick Peterson for Portland Public School Board
Apr 24, 2023
Dr. Leslie Bienen on COVID
Apr 11, 2023
Josh Marquis, former Clatsop County DA, on the death penalty, murder trials and Oregon politics
Apr 08, 2023
Susan Griffin returns after her appearance in a documentary featuring Portland
Apr 07, 2023
Grant Denton: drug prevention messaging for kids, homeless pods, and a journey out of meth addiction into recovery.
Apr 06, 2023
Capital Gains Tax/"Tenant Eviction" Ballot Measure With Alisa Pyszka
Mar 30, 2023
Richard Cheverton on the death of investigative journalism in Portland
Feb 02, 2023
Breon Gardner on being Black in Portland, working as a personal trainer, and health and fitness
Jan 28, 2023
Chris Gottshall on severe mental illness, addiction, and thriving in a "thruple"
Jan 27, 2023
Jonathan Choe on homelessness and the status of Seattle
Jan 06, 2023
Tom Wolf on Oregon's drug decriminalization measure and the status of San Francisco
Dec 14, 2022
Terrance Moses: working with the homeless and solutions for homelessness in Portland
Dec 14, 2022
Aaron Schmautz on Portland policing
Nov 11, 2022
Jessie Burke, Owner of The Society Hotel in the Old Town neighborhood
Nov 09, 2022
Dr. Karyn Lewis: How students have been impacted by school closures and remote learning
Nov 06, 2022
Phillip Tobias, who confronted Commissioner Hardesty about her military records at city council
Nov 06, 2022
Ben West for Clackamas County Commissioner
Nov 06, 2022
Our ballot picks and endorsements for the November 2022 general election
Nov 02, 2022
Portland Firefighters in Crisis: Isaac McLennan and Mariya Fuge
Nov 01, 2022
Sonia Montalbano: Mingus Mapps's Ulysses PAC alternative charter reform plan
Oct 22, 2022
Sharon Meieran for Multnomah County Chair
Sep 23, 2022
The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Char Pennie and David Potts
Sep 22, 2022
Vadim Mozyrsky
Sep 21, 2022
The Portland Party
Aug 28, 2022
Bev: What is it like to be a trans woman of color?
Aug 23, 2022
Fleeing Portland, with Bruce Garrett
Aug 18, 2022
The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Juanita Swartwood and Todd Littlefield
Aug 10, 2022
TJ Browning: The Laurelhurst neighborhood and homelessness
Jul 20, 2022
Mark: What's it like to be a gay conservative in Portland?
Jun 17, 2022
The homeless industrial complex, with Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez
Jun 12, 2022
Where is all the "treatment" money from Oregon's drug decriminalization measure? Mike Marshall from Oregon Recovers is our guest
May 27, 2022
Kim McGair: please thank her for having an open public school during Covid
May 24, 2022
Teri Anderson, whose homeless son died of a drug overdose on the streets of Portland
May 19, 2022
Check Your Bias
May 17, 2022
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
May 10, 2022
Our PDX Primary Endorsements
May 04, 2022
Rene Gonzalez, running to unseat Jo Ann Hardesty on Portland City Council
May 04, 2022
Steven Cox, running to unseat Dan Ryan for Portland City Council
Apr 27, 2022
Sharia Mayfield, candidate for Multnomah County Chair
Apr 10, 2022
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
Mar 31, 2022
Rosie, a two-time Trump voter in Portland
Mar 30, 2022
Part 2: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur
Mar 06, 2022
Part 1: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur
Mar 06, 2022
Nancy Rommelmann comes on the show!!!!
Mar 01, 2022
Oregon has a GOP gubernatorial candidate who was a swinger
Feb 19, 2022
Cancel culture in the literary and publishing world
Feb 07, 2022
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.
Jan 19, 2022
20-year-old Portlander comes out as conservative for the first time ever
Dec 30, 2021
Nurse practitioner Nurse Betty on mental health, addiction, COVID and more
Sep 22, 2021