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Rational in Portland

A podcast about the people making hard decisions. From addiction, crime and public safety to leadership, politics, and culture, each episode goes beyond headlines to examine what really drives institutions—and the individuals responsible for them.

Copyright: © Kristin Olson

Latest Episodes:

Rosie, a two-time Trump voter in Portland Mar 30, 2022

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https://apnews.com/article/seniors-kate-brown-coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-4fb2af25f2452f0f4ea721e205b234a7

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/schools-reopening-west-coast.html

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2022/03/pps-missing-students-reconnection-services

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/27/portland-rose-parade-canceled-after-antifascists-threaten-gop-marchers/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/10/a-majority-of-americans-say-immigrants-mostly-fill-jobs-u-s-citizens-do-not-want/

https://time.com/5778759/the-pharmacist-netflix/

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/do-masks-provide-much-protection-we-think-bglhwy/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/briefing/covid-precautions-red-blue-states.html

https://twitter.com/hamill_law/status/1497205184790872065?lang=en

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/05/biden-administrations-muddled-confusing-message-reopening-schools/

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/three-studies-detail-risk-factors-covid-19-death

https://twitter.com/peterattiamd/status/1486024120743743489?lang=en

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/world/asia/china-schools-reopening.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-the-dont-say-gay-bill-say-that-11647041916

Part 2: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur Mar 06, 2022

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https://www.tiktok.com/@allamericandad111?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEricPost/about

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revelations-in-tear-gas#/

https://www.ericpostonline.com

https://www.kannact.com

https://househappy.com

https://www.reperiohealth.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3keZDmLvjY

Part 1: Eric Post, Oregon TikTok Famous Entrepreneur Mar 06, 2022

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https://www.tiktok.com/@allamericandad111?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEricPost/about

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revelations-in-tear-gas#/

https://www.ericpostonline.com

https://www.kannact.com

https://househappy.com

https://www.reperiohealth.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3keZDmLvjY

Nancy Rommelmann comes on the show!!!! Mar 01, 2022

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http://www.nancyrommelmann.com

https://substack.com/profile/1406219-nancy-rommelmann

https://www.palomamedia.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/opinion/politics/kenosha-rittenhouse-2020-protests.html

https://reason.com/2020/09/04/youre-not-allowed-to-film-the-fight-for-control-over-who-reports-from-portland/

https://www.laweekly.com/who-she-took-with-her/

https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-times-succumbed-another-mob-journalism-unrecognizable-opinion-1567367

http://www.nancyrommelmann.com/new-blog/2020/9/6/when-a-killing-becomes-a-rorschach-test-dispatch-from-portland-reason

https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=286429 -General mask mandate OAR

https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=286288 - School mask mandate OAR

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Oregon has a GOP gubernatorial candidate who was a swinger Feb 19, 2022

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-20/recall-candidate-larry-elder-is-a-threat-to-black-californians

Lindsey Graham and J. Michelle Childs: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/594446-white-house-brushing-off-graham-handicapping-of-high-court-choice

Judge Childs's representation of employers: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/labor-issues-complicate-judge-michelle-childs-supreme-court/story?id=82809387

Kyrsten Sinema bad for bisexuals? https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/arizona-s-kyrsten-sinema-bad-bisexual-americans-ncna1282401

Ilya Shapiro's "Lesser Black Woman" tweet https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/supreme-court-georgetown-twitter.html

San Francisco school board: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-school-board-recall-Alison-Collins-16922351.php

Teachers union controlling the CDC: https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/teachers-union-collaborated-with-cdc-on-school-reopening-emails/

OR vaxed teachers before seniors: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/governor-defends-decision-to-vaccinate-teachers-before-oregons-elderly-saying-kids-are-deeply-impacted-by-the-pandemic.html

After prioritized for vax, teachers didn't return: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/oregon-governor-ordering-teachers-to-return-to-classroom

Unenrollment at PDX Public Schools: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/16/portland-public-schools-enrollment-decline-staffing-cuts/

Plan to move homeless to PDX neighborhoods to get businesses back to downtown: https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/05/19/portlands-mayor-asks-downtown-law-firms-for-help-with-a-plan-to-relocate-people-sleeping-in-front-of-their-offices/

Foot traffic decline in PDX: https://www.newsweek.com/portland-saw-80-percent-decline-foot-traffic-amid-protests-riots-violence-covid-1601331

Cancel culture in the literary and publishing world Feb 07, 2022

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Guest Allie Crenshaw discusses cancel culture in the literary and publishing world and her new book Frogs Don't Need Floaties, out now. https://www.amazon.com/Frogs-Dont-Need-Floaties-Standing/dp/B09QF44TPR

Links to articles and data:

More than 600 health professionals have signed the Open Call to Restore Normalcy for US Children, which includes removing mask mandates in schools: https://www.urgencyofnormal.com/our-statement

https://news.yahoo.com/doctors-urge-health-is-about-more-than-the-absence-of-covid-19-for-children-233952971.html

Oregon considers and will likely pass a permanent, general mask mandate: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2022-01-20/oregon-residents-decry-proposed-permanent-mask-mandate

Oregon makes masking permanent in schools: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/02/oregon-health-authority-extends-masking-rule-in-schools/

Dr. Monica Gandhi calls for an end to all mask mandates on Dr. Peter Attia's podcast: https://peterattiamd.com/covid-part2/

Risk of Covid to unvaccinated kids lower than risk to vaccinated adults: https://www.newsweek.com/vaccine-children-covid-england-deaths-1627885

When an eviction moratorium backfires: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/nyregion/rent-landlord-eviction-moratorium.html

Comparison of US death rates for kids, including death from Covid: https://twitter.com/PeterAttiaMD/status/1486024120743743489

Brown University study re negative effects of masking and other measures on children: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.10.21261846v1.full.pdf

Cloth masks never worked, Dr. Leana Wen, CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyVR9SRJxY

Dr. Michael Osterholm, U Minn. and Biden's Covid transition team, Aug. 2021: Cloth masks are useless: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/do-masks-provide-much-protection-we-think-bglhwy/

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

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Rebranded as the Rational in Portland podcast.

We speak to Susan Griffin (Twitter handle @SusanGriffin530), a lesbian Portlander and lifelong Democrat who lives downtown. She describes herself as a "forgotten resident". She is physically and mentally disabled, and she spoke to me from her wheelchair about what it was like to live through 200 days of rioting in Portland, Oregon, from her government-subsidized housing. Learn what separates Susan from those living on the street around her in encampments and how she copes with her mental illnesses, addiction, and living in a city that she feels has utterly abandoned her.

Jo Ann Hardesty, Portland City Commissioner's lawsuit: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2021/12/13/jo-ann-hardesty-files-5m-lawsuit-against-portland-police-union-and-its-former-president-for-leak-of-false-hit-and-run-allegation/

Mayor Wheeler let Portland burn because it had "nothing to lose": https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/24/portlands-protests-three-months-in-no-end-in-sight/

Gov. Brown and Mayor Wheeler were at odds over how to handle the riots: https://www.opb.org/news/article/pandemic-protests-oregon-governor-kate-brown-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler/

20-year-old Portlander comes out as conservative for the first time ever Dec 30, 2021

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It's hard to speak out in Portland. That's why we have this podcast. Today you will hear from Sarah, a 20-year-old who voted for Trump and is a conservative from Portland. Before today, the only people who knew Sarah's political affiliation were her family. She opens up to us about what it's like to be a conservative in Portland.

Links from today's episode:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/expert-warns-cloth-masks-useless-215341566.html

Article about Howard Zinn, who wrote the textbooks used by Sarah in Portland Public Schools: https://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/december/wineburg-historiography-zinn-122012.html

For those of you who were looking for the article about the $11.5 million Portland gave away to a woke company run by an ex-convict: https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/portland-awards-11-5m-energy-contract-to-woke-firm-run-by-ex-convict/

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Nurse practitioner Nurse Betty on mental health, addiction, COVID and more Sep 22, 2021

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We are joined by special guest Nurse Betty on this episode. Nurse Betty is a nurse practitioner who practices and lives in the city of Portland. We talk about mental health, addiction, COVID, homelessness, whether the city of Portland will ever bounce back, and more.

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