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496: 'Supporting Ukraine puts America first'
April 24, 2024

U.S. Senate candidate Katrina Christiansen says the incumbent in her race "isn't that popular." Christiansen is running unopposed for the Democratic-NPL's nomination, and the incumbent she's referring

495: 'The House doesn't really need more bulls in a China closet'
April 19, 2024

It wasn't on purpose, but bipartisanship and moderation ended up being the themes of this episode of Plain Talk. Whether we're talking about a Republican Speaker of the House, under siege from the MAG

494: U.S. House candidates Julie Fedorchak and Cara Mund
April 17, 2024

"I don't think he's a good person," U.S. House candidate said on this episode of Plain Talk, referring to former President Donald Trump. "I'm appalled at how much people have caved," she also said, sa

493: 'I have not heard in 12 years that families are asking us for more Christianity'
April 12, 2024

Kirsten Baesler has been the elected Superintendent of North Dakota's Public Schools for nearly 12 years. She's now seeking a fourth term. Before each of her previous three elections to this office, s

492: 'If you just want to stir things up you're not doing your job'
April 10, 2024

Alex Balazs, the out-of-nowhere candidate who won the North Dakota Republican Party's convention endorsement last week, ended his interview on this episode of Plain Talk by joking about the tough ques

491: North Dakota's primary election just got a lot more interesting
April 08, 2024

By the time you listen to this podcast, we will know if Cara Mund is going to turn the three-way Republican House primary into a four-way race. Whatever choice the former Miss America makes, North Dak

490: 'I don't even know what AOC stands for'
April 03, 2024

When state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn, gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic-NPL, joined this episode of Plain Talk with me and my co-host Chad Oban, the first question I wanted to ask him was how he

489: 'Let's get back to making North Dakota better for its citizens'
March 27, 2024

Resolutions are, once again, ahead of the 2024 statewide convention. One party resolution to be voted on at the convention calls for laws that would put a pregnant woman who seeks an abortion in jail

488: 'I'm in a campaign. I'm always nervous.'
March 22, 2024

"The reality is we knew the campaign team," U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong told me and my co-host Chad Oban on this episode of Plain Talk. Armstrong was responding to a question about his decision to go ne

487: 'I'm not sure that we're achieving justice at this point'
March 20, 2024

It's campaign season, and unfortunately in the news cycle that often means substantive policy discussions takes a back seat to aspersions and invective from political campaigns. We have a bit of both