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Portland native. Trial lawyer. Founding member of North America Recovers. https://www.northamericarecovers.org
Resisting extremism through long form conversations.

Rational in Portland Kristin Olson

    • Government
    • 4.3 • 78 Ratings

Portland native. Trial lawyer. Founding member of North America Recovers. https://www.northamericarecovers.org
Resisting extremism through long form conversations.

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

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

    Pete Grabiel is a Portland lawyer and a Democratic candidate for the Oregon State House of Representatives in District 33.

    https://www.petegrabiel.comhttp://www.pitzerlaw.net/attorneys.htmlhttps://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_aid_indigent_defense/indigent_defense_systems_improvement/publications/or-project/https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/08/national-embarrassment-judge-sets-10-day-deadline-to-release-people-held-in-jail-without-lawyer.htmlhttps://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/oregon-worst-in-nation-for-addiction-treatments-locals-rally-in-salem/283-b2e5b42b-218e-4b2c-9ec5-f3ce9fca8c74'https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2024/02/students-nationwide-have-rebounded-after-pandemic-but-not-in-oregon-consequences-could-be-severe.htmlhttps://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/oregon-students-fall-further-math-reading/283-78a61f5a-c3ff-471b-9004-f2285de9b9ff

    • 54 min
    Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP

    Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP

    Derek Clevenger is a political consultant who was the mayor of Aumsville and attempted a run for the Oregon State Legislature as an Independent.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/01/oregon-supreme-court-gop-walkout-00139079https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/28/three-oregon-lawmakers-wont-run-reelection-citing-low-pay-growing-job-demands/?outputType=amphttps://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/17/oregon-us-house-sixth-congressional-district/?outputType=amphttps://apnews.com/article/nonchristians-unfit-elected-office-oregon-lawmaker-f25ce01bc0c3106522b02b46effdbe56https://theoregonway.substack.com/p/veterans-see-open-primaries-ashttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/31/us/pandemic-learning-loss-recovery.htmlhttps://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/05/22/heres-what-oregons-controversial-abortion-gender-affirming-care-bill-would-do/https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2021/06/11/oregon-house-expels-rep-mike-nearman-who-allowed-armed-protesters-to-breach-state-capitol/https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/28/three-oregon-lawmakers-wont-run-reelection-citing-low-pay-growing-job-demands/?outputType=amp

    • 2 hr 14 min
    Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President

    Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President

    https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/01/31/fired-state-trooper-files-lawsuit-accusing-oregon-state-police-of-covering-up-widespread-misconduct/https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/02/20/state-records-suggest-multnomah-county-deputies-let-hoover-gang-members-beat-up-jailhouse-rivals/https://nw-rrc.orghttps://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/gun-violence/portland-shootings-homicides-report-analysis-gangs/283-273aedf1-4908-4cfd-ad0c-21c2d9272f01https://www.koin.com/news/crime/portlands-homicide-rate-nearly-double-other-west-coast-cities/amp/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/08/11/black-portlanders-are-more-likely-to-be-murdered-than-their-peers-in-cities-better-known-for-crime/https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1666861880630214656?s=46https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1653986649649586178?s=46https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-misdemeanor-theft-shoplifting-prosecutions/283-f787c79b-a70c-4cb6-b48a-fb22cafbc15dhttps://www.wweek.com/news/2023/03/08/no-matter-how-violently-he-behaves-the-state-hospital-keeps-expelling-this-mentally-ill-portlander-back-to-town/https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1703940073107128805?s=46https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/02/why-multnomah-countys-plan-to-move-hundreds-of-homeless-campers-into-apartments-utterly-failed-to-meet-its-goals.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-fentanyl-portland-oregon-94d880c06809bc5248d8c14f34a92a64

    • 1 hr 23 min
    Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4

    Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4

    https://www.bobforportland.comhttps://x.com/bob4portland?s=21https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/10/05/we-tried-to-imagine-how-voting-would-work-under-portlands-proposed-charter-reforms/https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/08/03/a-polling-result-never-seen-by-the-citys-charter-commission-show-portlanders-overwhelmingly-favored-placing-three-reforms-on-the-ballot-separately/https://www.portland.gov/transition/documents/july-public-comment-report/downloadhttps://www.portland.gov/bhr/class-comp/language-pay-differential-overviewhttps://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1755673364184920355?s=46https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/portlands-police-staffing-crisis.pdfhttps://www.portland.gov/wheeler/homelessnesshttps://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/02/07/internal-documents-show-multnomah-county-believes-it-cant-fund-free-preschool-for-all-kids-unless-it-raises-its-tax-by-08/?mc_cid=918eb72b72&mc_eid=6e4c39d97ahttps://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1685542859058094081?s=46

    • 1 hr 37 min
    Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4

    Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4

    Eli Arnold is a former wartime military helicopter pilot and is now a member of Portland Police Bureau's Central Bike Squad. Eli is running for Portland City Council in District 4.
    https://www.eliforportland.comhttps://www.instagram.com/eliforportland?igsh=djRxcGYydHdjNDZuhttps://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html?outputType=amphttps://www.instagram.com/ppbcentralbikesquad/https://abcnews.go.com/US/oregon-officials-declare-state-emergency-address-fentanyl-crisis/story?id=106826829#:~:text=Overdose%20deaths%20from%20synthetic%20opioids,to%20the%20county%27s%20health%20department.https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/portland-teen-stabbed-max-train-update/283-ace79520-c950-4ba4-a778-ea53a3ae4ba4https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.htmlhttps://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/04/portland-approves-up-to-50-million-for-urban-alchemy-to-run-mass-shelter-sites.html

    • 1 hr 26 min
    Betsy Johnson and Max Williams: Why we should fix Ballot Measure 110

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

    Betsy Johnson is a former Oregon Senator and Oregon gubernatorial candidate. Max Williams is the former Chair of the Oregon House Judiciary Committee and former head of the Oregon Department of Corrections. They are working to pass a bill in the legislature that would amend Ballot Measure 110, which decriminalized all drugs in Oregon.
    https://fixballotmeasure110.comhttps://fixballotmeasure110.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VERSION-C.pdfhttps://x.com/senbetsyjohnson?s=20https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-ranks-worst-in-the-country-for-drug-problems-report/https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023I1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/278599https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1745871725093683328?s=20https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/12/07/with-youth-overdose-death-rates-soaring-state-offers-free-opioid-reversal-medication-to-schools/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/portland-fentanyl-emergency.htmlhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2809867https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503245231167407https://www.kptv.com/2023/09/26/oregon-washington-see-largest-increases-fentanyl-deaths-since-last-year/https://www.thelundreport.org/content/opinion-oregon-lawmakers-must-include-youth-prevention-drug-policy-proposalshttps://gooddrugpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ECP_OR-exec-summarypollcrosstabs.pdf

    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
78 Ratings

78 Ratings

Diane zhi ,

Happy I found this through Reddit,

I am listening to my first episode and am happy with the way host is laying everything out. The issues are relevant. The only problem so far is the sound , I needed to put this in max and still it’s hard to hear . Please fix the sound .

Curious about why you would , at this point, not vote republicans? What is it that people are afraid of? Do you still think that all these visits to boards meetings will fix things or is it stopping to vote the same every time , hoping for a different result?

The Republican Party in oregon would not be the same Republican Party as in Texas . They will necessarily be more center than right just because of the demographics.

People need to open up their minds a bit and start looking at the issues not a party label to get things changed. If you look at a candidates platform and the first line is : I will focus on crime and homelessness vs another whose line is : I will focus on climate change and equity . What candidate do you need to vote for in order to see change in the very issues that are dragging this city future and future down ?

yopyopyop ,

Much needed discussion about Portland

I don’t always agree, but I never miss a show. Rational in Portland is asking the right questions, and has an incredible array of guests and discussions. If you are concerned about the state of Portland whatever your politics may be, you need to listen to Rational in Portland.

name hee haw ,

Don’t listen to this if you’re planning to move to Portland!

Or you will be able to see the real underbelly of what makes it so hard to live here! Keep living in Austin or Nashville, or Boston or anywhere that has reasonable civil structures. It didn’t use to be this way and Kristen knows this. She is speaking truth to power. Thank god for this podcast. I hope it gets better.

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