Kristin Olson

Rational in Portland

Government EN ↓ 135 episodes

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

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Kristin Olson

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Female MD suffers violent attack in SW Portland on July 28, 2023 02.08.2023 1:15:35

https://katu.com/news/katu-investigates/major-changes-coming-to-pretrial-release-in-multnomah-county https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/portland-multnomah-county-will-limit-number-of-people-in-jail-even-after-federal-covid-order-ends-lifted/amp/ https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/01/rise-of-private-security-firm-downtown-portland/?outputType=amp https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/crime/legacy-sho...

Tiana Tozer 01.08.2023 2:22:00

https://www.tianatozer.com https://twitter.com/tianatozer?s=21&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rational-in-portland/id1579198261?i=1000583502897 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rational-in-portland/id1579198261?i=1000580245536 Gonzalez Abandons Attempt to Change Charter Measure After Frosty Reception This Week https:// twitter.com/disabilityrtsor/status/1662...

Aaliyah Mays - Living across the street from an open air drug market 11.07.2023 3:13:07

https://www.multco.us/board/about-board-meetings http://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/07/multnomah-county-will-distribute-tinfoil-and-straws-to-fentanyl-smokers/ https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/homeless/multnomah-county-purchased-tents-tarps-ada-lawsuit/283-18aa49ea-cb4f-45c4-b70d-26fc39243380 https://nbc16.com/news/local/portland-...

Kevin Barton, Washington County District Attorney 12.06.2023 1:05:15

https://www.washingtoncountyda.org/meet-district-attorney https://www.foxnews.com/us/crime-turned-portland-hollowed-shell-neighbors-trying-keep-happening https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11807717/amp/Portland-business-owners-say-theyre-fleeing-city-en-masse-crime.html https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-misdemeanor-theft-shoplifting-prosecutions/283-f787c79b-a7...

Brian Ferriso (Portland Art Museum) and Scott Showalter (Oregon Symphony) 06.06.2023 1:10:57

https://portlandartmuseum.org https://portlandartmuseum.org/collection/curators/brian-j-ferriso/ https://www.orsymphony.org https://www.orsymphony.org/about/staff-board/scott-showalter/ https://murdocktrust.org/app/uploads/2020/09/Portland-Arts-Ecology-FINAL.pdf https://twitter.com/rationalinpdx/status/1665983609801695233?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/14/arts/as...

TJ Browning on community policing 02.06.2023 2:49:03

Nathan Vasquez, running to unseat District Attorney Mike Schmidt 01.06.2023 1:03:00

www.voteforvasquez.com https://katu.com/amp/news/local/survey-suggests-oregon-voters-believe-measure-110-has-been-ineffective https://katu.com/amp/news/katu-investigates/misled-or-misunderstood-breaking-down-what-measure-110-pays-for-and-what-it-doesnt-addiction-opioid-crisis-addict-portland-oregon-taxes-funding-committee-wheeler-kotek-treatment https://multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amaz...

Patrick Patterson 27.05.2023 2:54:19

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/ https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/09/preschool-for-all-tax-coffer-overflows-as-wealthy-payers-reap-capital-gains/ https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/07/20/city-council-approves-up-to-122-million-for-clean-energy-fund-grants-to-65-non-profits / https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/Meas...

Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran returns 02.05.2023 1:34:57

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/04/opinion-an-opportunity-for-a-reset-on-homeless-strategy-in-multnomah-county.html https://twitter.com/citizen_oregon/status/1652872111126638592?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw Get Involved — The Portland Party https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/04/readers-respond-homelessness-crisis-needs-meierans-roadmap.html?outputType=amp Sharon Meieran | Multnom...

Julia Brim Edwards for Multnomah County Commissioner 28.04.2023 57:11

https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com https://www.cesystems.tech/campaign/friendsofjuliabrimedwards https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/04/opinion-an-opportunity-for-a-reset-on-homeless-strategy-in-multnomah-county.html?outputType=amp

Don Courtney: The lawyer who advocated for the Lents neighborhood 27.04.2023 3:40:44

https://www.lentsneighborhoodlivabilityassociation.org/safe-rest-village-letter Dispatch from Portland 2023: The Death Eaters https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2022/11/these-portland-neighborhoods-helped-rene-gonzalez-defeat-jo-ann-hardesty-interactive-map.html https://www.kptv.com/2022/06/27/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-attacking-2-elderly-men-downtown-portland/?outputType=amp https://www.wwee...

Derrick Peterson for Portland Public School Board 24.04.2023 51:34

https://www.derrickpeterson.com https://www.city-journal.org/article/open-the-schools?wallit_nosession=1 https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/franklin-school-student-dies-suspected-drug-overdose/283-72e901be-e1cb-475c-889f-7d98656a48f3 https://katu.com/amp/news/local/pps-puts-two-se-portland-schools-on-secure-perimeter-status-after-shooting-near-campus https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/am...

Dr. Leslie Bienen on COVID 11.04.2023 2:06:22

Norfolk Group Articles by Leslie Bienen’s Profile | The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal https:// www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/briefing/school-closures-covid-learning-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-with-bari-weiss/id1570872415?i=1000602459553https://www.storymagazine.org/our-authors/leslie-bienen/ https://www.hb...

Josh Marquis, former Clatsop County DA, on the death penalty, murder trials and Oregon politics 08.04.2023 2:36:20

https://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=amp https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/capital-punishment youtube.com/watch?v=PSGlUpkABT0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Marquis https://www.c-span.org/person/?joshuamarquis http://coastda.com https://www.wwltv.com/amp/article/ne...

Susan Griffin returns after her appearance in a documentary featuring Portland 07.04.2023 1:52:17

https://youtu.be/DWEd55CXxxk https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/a-murder-in-portland https://www.koin.com/news/crime/police-elderly-mans-ear-bitten-off-during-attack-on-max-platform/amp/ https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/demolition-downtown-portland-church/283-d50b7aad-9b5c-435c-8be8-5973549398ce https://www.koin.com/news/crime/im-going-to-stand-strong-woman-attacked-after-max-ri...

Grant Denton: drug prevention messaging for kids, homeless pods, and a journey out of meth addiction into recovery. 06.04.2023 1:41:10

https://weheartseattle.org/ amp https:// www.northamericarecovers.org https://katu.com/amp/news/local/pps-puts-two-se-portland-schools-on-secure-perimeter-status-after-shooting-near-campus https://twitter.com/grantadenton?s=21&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw https://instagram.com/grantadenton?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-a...

Capital Gains Tax/"Tenant Eviction" Ballot Measure With Alisa Pyszka 30.03.2023 1:17:04

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisapyszka https://www.portlandparty.org https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/02/portland-area-elected-leaders-oppose-capital-gains-tax-for-tenant-eviction-defense-lawyers.html?outputType=amp https://portlanddsa.org/tax-the-rich-a-plan-for-the-future/ https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/spring-2022/give-us-shelter-kaiser/ https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/05/04/...

Richard Cheverton on the death of investigative journalism in Portland 02.02.2023 5:04:18

https://substack.com/profile/852343-richard-cheverton https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/08/longtime-legislative-staffer-for-betsy-johnson-repeatedly-voiced-hateful-views-online-toward-black-muslim-and-lgbtq-people.html https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/09/portland-champions-of-charter-reform-raise-200k-for-campaign-fueled-by-5-nonprofits.html?outputType=amp https://www.amazon.com/Por...

Breon Gardner on being Black in Portland, working as a personal trainer, and health and fitness 28.01.2023 2:17:42

https://www.bodybalancetechniques.net https://www.patreon.com/posts/hush-tones-and-77210453 https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=62310103&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fposts%2Fhush-tones-and-77210453 https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-said-desegregation-would-create-a-racial-jungle-2019-7?amp https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/joe-biden-black-breakfast-club.html?smi...

Chris Gottshall on severe mental illness, addiction, and thriving in a "thruple" 27.01.2023 1:54:18

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgottshall https://pdx.eater.com/2021/9/7/22661183/gun-violence-everybody-eats-pearl-district-shooting-everybody-eats https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/09/portland-police-investigate-overnight-shooting-at-nob-hill-pizza-shop.html?outputType=amp https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/homeless/ada-lawsuit-portland-homeless-tents/283-58f06ebf-d386-45bf-8fb9-dcc...

Jonathan Choe on homelessness and the status of Seattle 06.01.2023 1:53:09

https://twitter.com/choeshow?s=21&t=GON7DfaongTdirZEXL2wDA https://fixhomelessness.org/donate/ https://accounts.wsj.com/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fgoodbye-summer-of-love-11607898398 https://weheartseattle.org https://twitter.com/weheartfounder?s=21&t=GON7DfaongTdirZEXL2wDA https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren?s=21&t=GON7DfaongTdirZEXL2wDA https://www.ugm.org http...

Tom Wolf on Oregon's drug decriminalization measure and the status of San Francisco 14.12.2022 1:08:30

https://www.tomwolf.org https://twitter.com/twolfrecovery?s=21&t=T6kUDzmRT_HQ1ChFotKLpA https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/03/23/fentanyl-is-fueling-a-surging-public-health-crisis-in-oregon Oregon’s Meth Problem: More Money Than Leadership | The Lund Report https://www.thelundreport.org/content/few-obtain-treatment-first-year-oregon-drug-decriminalization-grants https://katu.com/news/recover-northwest...

Terrance Moses: working with the homeless and solutions for homelessness in Portland 14.12.2022 2:12:16

https://katu.com/amp/news/homeless-crisis/portland-prioritizes-homeless-camp-cleanups-ahead-of-high-profile-events https://nhnpdx.org https://www.technetez.com/about.html https://www.portland.gov/civic/news/2021/4/26/neighbors-helping-neighbors https://m.facebook.com/100064238336831/ https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/12/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-suggests-easing-process-involuntarily-commit-ment...

Aaron Schmautz on Portland policing 11.11.2022 4:17:24

https://www.ppavigil.org https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/portland-commissioner-dan-ryans-home-vandalized-7-times-since-october-he-says.html?outputType=amp https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/mayor-of-portland-oregon-decries-far-left-violence https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/05/30/video-portland-protesters-smash-windows-and-set-fires-in-multnomah-county-justice-center/ https://www.portla...

Jessie Burke, Owner of The Society Hotel in the Old Town neighborhood 09.11.2022 2:00:44

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-city-council-homeless-plan/283-e0fd13eb-9252-446d-9ee0-460bb85362e4 www.pdxoldtown.org www.thesocietyhotel.com https://www.kptv.com/2022/08/05/police-90-rounds-fired-during-shooting-old-town-2-people-arrested/ https://www.koin.com/news/crime/old-town-or-outlaw-town-portland-oregon-neighborhood-deals-with-growing-violence/ https://www.koin.co...