Episodes

  • Vote: Here's What They'll Do If They Win 16-42 Vote: Here’s What They’ll Do If They Win

    Vote: Here's What They'll Do If They Win 16-42 Vote: Here’s What They’ll Do If They Win
    Oct 17 2026
    Oregon Democrats are three House seats and two Senate seats from two-thirds. Lisa Lettenmaier on the universal health plan; Jen Hamaker on the Climate Protection Program and ICAP. Vote by November 3.
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    48 mins
  • 16-43 There Are a Lot of Wrong Choices for Congress. Why These Two Are the Right Ones.

    16-43 There Are a Lot of Wrong Choices for Congress. Why These Two Are the Right Ones.
    Oct 24 2026
    Ballots are due November 3, and there's a lot of noise about who should represent you in Congress. This week on I Spy Radio: Monique DeSpain (CD4) on the La Mota case, the BOLI grant and her challenge to Rep. Val Hoyle, then Patti Adair (CD5) on affordability, the stock-trading ban and forest management. Fraud, accountability, and what each candidate says about their opponent's record. Listen and read the sources: ispyradio.com/16-43
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    48 mins
  • 16-39 It’s Like They Designed the Systems to be Defrauded

    16-39 It’s Like They Designed the Systems to be Defrauded
    Sep 26 2026
    Peter Ticktin answers The Atlantic on voting machines and foreign interference. Then Jeff Eager traces Oregon Medicaid money from a Lake Oswego group home to an Indiana ditch, and on to 5,600 pages of Kotek emails.
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    48 mins
  • 16-38 Common Sense vs. Crazy — How Policy Becomes Law, and the War Iran Is Waiting Out

    16-38 Common Sense vs. Crazy — How Policy Becomes Law, and the War Iran Is Waiting Out
    Sep 19 2026
    Heritage Action's Doug Blair on the congressional scorecard that makes members flinch, the SAVE Act, and Chinese money behind the anti-data-center push. Then Brent Sadler on an Iranian regime losing $170 million a day and betting on November.
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    48 mins
  • 16-37 This Is Fine — Oregon’s Record Wildfires and the Race for a Veto-Proof Supermajority

    16-37 This Is Fine — Oregon’s Record Wildfires and the Race for a Veto-Proof Supermajority
    Sep 12 2026
    Angela Plowhead takes on Sen. Deb Patterson in Oregon's most-targeted Senate race, exposing the push for a veto-proof supermajority. Then wildfire contractor Derrick Holdstock breaks down Oregon's record 2.5-million-acre 2026 fire season and what could have stopped it.
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    48 mins
  • 16-35 Oregon’s Climate Protection Program: What the Rules Actually Say

    16-35 Oregon’s Climate Protection Program: What the Rules Actually Say
    Aug 29 2026
    It's worse than we thought: Jen Hamaker on what Oregon's own rules actually say about the Climate Protection Program — threshold widening, the six-year rule, the real $12,000-per-ton penalty, and industrial sectors set to hit in 2028.
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    46 mins
  • Foreign Interference & Foreign Money: Ticktin & Snead on Dirty Elections

    Foreign Interference & Foreign Money: Ticktin & Snead on Dirty Elections
    Aug 9 2026
    Peter Ticktin breaks down the declassified election-interference documents and suppressed FBI intelligence. Jason Snead of Honest Elections Project exposes foreign money in ballot measures and Oregon's dirty voter rolls.
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    48 mins
  • Sixteen Years in the Making — Oregon's March to Socialized Medicine Oregon’s Universal Health Plan: The $85 Billion Tax Bill | Show 16-31

    Sixteen Years in the Making — Oregon's March to Socialized Medicine Oregon’s Universal Health Plan: The $85 Billion Tax Bill | Show 16-31
    Aug 1 2026
    Oregon's board delivers its single-payer blueprint September 15: $85 billion a year, a 9.6% payroll tax, a 10.1% income tax. Broker Lisa Lettenmaier joins Mark Anderson to walk through the state's own numbers — and what they mean for you.
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    52 mins