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Jessica Vega Pederson Interview

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jessica Vega Pederson is a Democrat seeking reelection in Oregon's 47th House District. She talked with Don Merrill about why future ambitious projects authorized by the legislature need to have more oversight by the legislature, why she has concerns over the out of state ... Read more

Peter Buckley Interview

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Peter Buckley is a Working Families candidate seeking reelection as a member of Oregon's 5th House District. He talked with Don Merrill about how the legislature has not been as successful as he would've liked to fund education for the state, what he has done to insure stro... Read more

Craig Lewis: Punk Rock, Mental Illness and Recovery

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2014 at 12:00am
Craig Lewis is a punk rock mental health and recovery advocate, member of the Boston punk rock scene, Upheaval Fanzine editor, and the author of 'Better Days - A Mental Health Recovery Workbook". He has also recently edited 'You're Crazy' Volume One which featuresfirst-hand... Read more

Perry Roll Interview

Airs at: Fri, 10/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Perry Roll is a Libertarian candidate who is running for Oregon's Senate District 16. He talked with Don Merrill about why for him, being in politics means not being a politician, why we need a national care program versus a national insurance plan for veterans and why sel... Read more

Smart ALEC Oregon: School Privatization

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2014 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Smart ALEC Oregon
Originally aired July 7, 2014 The third piece examines how ALEC, through it’s Education Task Force, works with ALEC members in state legislatures to privatize, defund or dismantle public schools through charter schools, voucher programs and tuition tax credits.  In Oregon,... Read more

James Foster Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
James Foster is a Libertarian candidate running for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. He talked with Don Merrill about how the VA's bureaucracy gets in the way of its worthwhile mission to serve deserving vets, how he prefers a bottom up process for changing national la... Read more

David Walker Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
David Walker is a non-affiliated candidate running for the US House in Oregon's 3rd District. He talked with Don Merrill about his proposal to create 10 million jobs a year, why infrastructure needs may not always be as urgent as they are portrayed and why he says if Measur... Read more

Jason Levin Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jason Levin is a Pacific Green candidate vying for Oregon's Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about why he believes politics is a mud pit, how he says Oregon media and corporate interests are excluding him from debates by not donating to his campaign and why he says his... Read more

Aelea Christofferson Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Aelea Christofferson is a Democrat running for the US House in Oregon's 2nd District. She talked with Don Merrill about how Cover Oregon's problems really lay with the Oregon Health Authority, how she as a white woman would've never suffered the same police injustices as ... Read more

Eric Ross, Jay Cookson and James John Bell Interview

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Eric Ross, organizing director for the Backbone Campaign based in Vashon, Washington, along with Jay Cookson and James John Bell of SmartMeme studios in Union, Washington were in Portland for the first Cascade Media Convergence, an event that attracted communicators from th... Read more