NW Fresh Podcast

Matt Zmuda is a Portlander and the founder of MultNoMo.org, a movement to merge Multnomah County and the City of Portland into one entity. This type of consolidation has happened around the United States and has been successful.https://multnomo.org/👇 Follow NW Fresh 👇📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/nwfreshpodcast🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4✖️ X: https://tw...

Sen. Bruce Starr is from the Oregon Senate in District 12 and Rep. Ed Diehl is from Oregon House District 17.We discuss the public opposition to the ODOT tax increase on Oregonians and allowing voters themselves to decide on increasing their own taxes.https://notaxor.com/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/starrhttps://www.oregonlegislature.gov/diehl👇 Follow NW Fresh 👇📷 Instagram: https://instagr...

The Oregonian has endorsed voting no on the levy due to years of financial mismanagement and decades of disregarding audits and financial warnings. Bob Weinstein is a financial watchdog for Portland. In Alaska he also served as a mayor, city councilor, and school superintendent. https://youtu.be/dXxN_d0EFBA https://www.portland.gov/auditor/audit-services/documents/parks-fiscal-management-audit-oct...

Max Steele is a writer covering local politics and extremism in Portland. 👇 Follow NW Fresh 👇 📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/nwfreshpodcast 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4 ✖️ X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm 🔗 Website: https://nwfreshpodcast.com

Ruban Lawrence is a Canadian immigrant to the US with Sri Lankan heritage. He is passionate about the law and recognizing Portland tribalism. 👇 Follow NW Fresh on 👇 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4 X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm Website: https://nwfreshpodcast.com

Jeff Helfrich is the Oregon House Representative for District 52. https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/Helfrich

Carina Comer is the owner and chef at Carina's Bakery in Beaverton Oregon and is mostly blind. Her business provides employment to the disabled community. https://www.carinasbakery.com/ https://nfb-oregon.org/ https://www.oregon.gov/blind/pages/index.aspx https://www.nordicnorthwest.org/scanfair 👇 Follow NW Fresh on 👇 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcast Spotify: https://open....

Scott Keyser is the Mayor of Molalla, Oregon. https://www.cityofmolalla.com/Government/Molalla-City-Council/Meet-the-Molalla-City-Council https://heraldpioneer.com/2025/08/19/molalla-mayor-honored-for-work-passion-within-community/

Martin Lockett is Director of Cultural Engagement at Lines for Life. https://www.martinlockett.com/ https://www.linesforlife.org/

Janis Jasinsky and Hudson Tyler are from the Alzheimer's Association of Oregon & SW Washington. https://www.alz.org/orswwa https://www.alz.org/

Annie Kallen is the Chair of Multnomah County Libertarians. https://www.multnomahlibertarians.com/ https://twitter.com/MultCoLiberty https://www.instagram.com/multnomahlibertarians/ #nwfresh #oregon #northwest #nwfresh #portland #libertarianparty #libertarianism #doomloop #oregonlegislature #rankedchoicevoting #rcv 👇 Follow NW Fresh on 👇Instagram:   / nwfreshpodcast   Spotify: https://open.spoti...

Alisha Overstreet lives in Yamhill County and has been part of many Oregon groups involved with serving Developmental Disabilities. https://x.com/Contrarian_AO

Noah Blanton is the President of WFG Title Oregon, we discuss many aspects of the NW housing market, why Portland isn't getting institutional investment, local regulations, and more.

Max Steele and I do a 6-month review of the performance of all 12 Portland City Councilors and provide context around the flaws with a brand new city government and ranked choice election system. Max Steele writes about Portland city government and extremism. Follow Max: https://recalibrateportland.substack.com/

Christine Drazan is the House Minority Leader of Oregon State Representatives, and represents District 51. She ran for Oregon Governor in 2022 receiving over 850k votes, about 44% to Tina Kotek's 47% https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/drazan https://www.instagram.com/christine4oregon/

Grim Grotto is a Northwest-based podcast focusing on the paranormal and abstract. https://open.spotify.com/show/3QeH4jkNfoN7GaqdA6DxlQ?si=fffe13f7d8104074 https://linktr.ee/grimgrotto

Steve Herring is a filmmaker and CEO of Living Room Theaters who has a main location in downtown Portland. https://pdx.livingroomtheaters.com/

Metro is the regional government over Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties. Metro President Lynn Peterson has teamed up with Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West to form a Homelessness Task Force to address the problem tri-county wide. https://www.oregonmetro.gov/regional-leadership/metro-council/council-president-lynn-peterson https://www.clackamas.us/bcc/west

Eric Zimmerman is a Portland City Councilor representing District 4.https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmermanhttps://www.instagram.com/councilorzimmerman/https://www.instagram.com/ez4pdx/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Zimmerman_(politician)#nwfresh #oregon #northwest #nwfresh #portland #publicsafety #police #portlandpolice #doomloop #citycouncil #pcef #multnomahcounty #portla...

Jorge and Alan host El Podcast Salem, a video podcast focused on the Salem, Oregon community highlighting creatives and professionals. Check out their channel  @ElPodCastSalem  https://www.instagram.com/elpodcastsalem/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTToprvUQWIQLjDv463p6WQhttps://www.tiktok.com/@elpodcastsalem#nwfresh #oregon #northwest #nwfresh #salemoregon #pokemoncards #sportsbetting 👇 Follow...

Future Portland is a local group focused on sensible government solutions to livability. Attend their event on April 23rd at Hotel Zags featuring Rational In Portland, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez, and Portland Police Chief Bob Day. https://futureportland.org/events

Dr. Eric Fruits returns to the podcast to discuss many proposed tax increases facing Oregonians. https://laweconcenter.org/author/ericfruits/ https://web.pdx.edu/~fruits/ https://cascadepolicy.org/team/eric-fruits/ https://x.com/ericfruits?lang=en

Max Steele and I rank all 12 Portland City Councilors, including a DSA extremist councilor who defended a group involved in violent protest this week and had a formal complaint filed against her chief of staff for harassing women. We cover all the details. https://recalibrateportland.substack.com/ https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/03/protest-against-old-town-hotel-owner-turns-violent-as-homeles...

Thad Fisco is a longtime Portland business owner and CEO of Portland Kettle Works, we talk about how Portland policies have become anti-business and what needs to change to fix Portland's economic doom loop. https://www.portlandkettleworks.com/

Jeff Eager returns to the show and is the founder of Oregon Roundup, a centrist news and media organization and he's also the former Mayor of Bend, Oregon #nwfresh #oregon #northwest #nwfresh #portland #bendoregon https://oregonroundup.com/https://oregonroundup.substack.com/https://www.oregonfoundation.org/Follow NW Fresh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcastSpotify: https://o...