The Bridge by OR360

09/21/2022

This week, Ben and Reagan outline the fundraising and cash-on-hand totals for key races in Oregon (including the race for Governor, BOLI, and the battle to control the legislature). We also discuss how listeners should think about the numbers, and some caveats to be aware before taking too much stoc...

07/07/2022

Rep. Karin Power was first elected to the legislature in 2016, representing House District 41 (Milwaukie and part of SE Portland). Power is known for her policy savvy and work ethic; in her second term, Willamette Week called her "the House member held in the highest and widest esteem." Alongside Re...

06/22/2022

Les Zaitz is a well-respected figure in the Oregon journalism world (and beyond, as we discuss), having spent decades working in the industry both as a reporter and, more recently, as a media entrepreneur. He is retiring from his post as the founding editor of the Oregon Capital Chronicle and will c...

06/17/2022

Description: Oregon360 Media, the parent company for The Oregon Bridge podcast, also puts out a weekly newsletter (The Liftoff) and a weekly collection of opinion pieces (The Oregon Way)--both available on our Substack. Brad Phelps, an Oregon native who recently graduated from Princeton, will be edi...

05/25/2022

Reagan Knopp Returns with an Oregon Election Update!

05/04/2022

John Horvick is one of the top pollsters in the state of Oregon. If there's anyone with their finger on the pulse of public opinion in Oregon, it's John. He is a Senior Vice President for DHM Research (where he's worked for over a decade), a nonpartisan polling firm that works for government agencie...

04/27/2022

Rep. Andrea Salinas is a Democratic candidate for Oregon's new 6th Congressional District. She has served in the state legislature since being appointed to serve House District 38 in 2017. Previously, she worked as a legislative advocate for progressive causes. Earlier in her career, she worked as a...

04/20/2022

Metro President Lynn Peterson is looking for new ways to reimagine Oregon's transportation systems

04/13/2022

No congressional candidate in Oregon is getting more attention this cycle than Carrick Flynn, a Democratic candidate in Oregon's new 6th Congressional District. At least three SuperPACs are supporting him with millions of dollars in independent expenditures--more than any other candidate in America....

04/06/2022

Matt West is a Democratic candidate for Oregon's new 6th Congressional District -- and he has an unconventional background for a candidate. He is a scientist who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas specializing in fuel cell technology. He now he works for Intel as an engineer. His bio says...

03/26/2022

Nick Kristof is a world-renowned journalist, author, and humanitarian. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he is also a cider orchardist living in Yamhill, Oregon. He briefly ran for governor of Oregon until being ruled ineligible in February 2022. We start the episode with a campaign debrief: Was the...

03/23/2022

Jeff Gudman is a former Lake Oswego City Councilor who was twice the GOP nominee for State Treasurer. He learned his MBA in Finance and Management from the Wharton School of Business and has worked as a financial analyst, treasurer, and investor for several decades. He is also a former All-American....

03/16/2022

Marshall Kosloff ( on Twitter) is host of The Realignment podcast (almost 1.5 million channel views on YouTube alone) which focuses on shifting thinking in American politics, technology, economics, and national security. He is also an Executive Producer at the tech company On Deck. Marshal...

03/09/2022

Lacey Beaty is the mayor of Beaverton, one of the largest cities in Oregon. In this episode, we talk about her experience as a combat medic in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War and the challenges that veterans face when they return home. We also touch on U.S. foreign policy, the value of compulsory....

03/02/2022

Standing Treasurer Tobias Read returns to the Bridge, only this time as a declared 2022 Oregon Gubernatorial candidate! And with Nick Kristof officially out of the running, Tobias and Speaker Tina Kotek are emerging as frontrunners for Oregon's Democratic party. Treasurer Read is a seasoned veteran....

02/23/2022

As our very first Non-Partisan elected official guest, Mayor of Tigard Jason Snider is one of the most fascinating figures in Oregon Politics. With an extensive background in local government and public service, Mayor Snider has strong opinions about teh flaws of teh two party system as well as some...

02/16/2022

Mingus Mapps is a Portland City Commissioner. He leads the Water Bureau, the Bureau of Environmental Services, and the Bureau of Emergency Communications (9-1-1). He is also an academic scholar who teachers courses on government. Mapps unseated incumbent Commissioner Chloe Eudaly and former mayor Sa...

02/09/2022

Republican operative and political consultant Reagan Knopp returns to the Bridge to deconstruct the Oregon Governor's race. With candidates including: Bridget Barton, Christine Drazan, John Fosdick III, Jessica Gomez, Nick Hess, Jim Huggins, Kerry McQuisten, Brandon Merritt, Bud Pierce, Stan Pulliam...

02/02/2022

Born and raised in Klamath Falls OR, Angela Wilhelms has had a long and diverse career in Oregon politics. After steering away from a projected career in corporate finance and life in the Bay Area, Wilhelms worked on the communications team in D.C for Congressmen Greg Walden. Following which, she th...

01/26/2022

Natalie Fertig is the National Cannabis Policy Reporter for Politico. Fertig, who grew up in Washington State and attended Portland State Universiy, wrote a riveting, terrifying article title "‘Talk About Clusterf---’: Why Legal W**d Didn’t Kill Oregon’s Black Market" that exposes a serious ...

01/19/2022

Rachel Armitage has officially been selected to finish the term of former State Senator Betsy Johnson, representing rural northwest Oregon. A Democrat, Armitage has deep experience in politics, including working as a legislative assistant for Rep. Susan McLain and former Rep. Carla Piluso. She also....

01/12/2022

Sarah Iannarone grew up in a union family in upstate New York. Rather than going to college out of high school, Sarah pursued a trade and worked as a chef in great food cities around the U.S.. Not long after moving from New Orleans to Portland in 1998, Sarah opened a small restaurant to connect the....

01/05/2022

Alex, Ben and Buddy wrap up 2021 and reflect on some of the highlights of the podcast thus far! With some of our favorite guests like Alek Skarlatos, Sara Gelser, Katherine Gehl, Tobias Read, Val Hoyle, Jessica Gomez, Dirk Vanderhart, The Knopp Family, and many many more, OR360 had nothing short of....

12/29/2021

This may be our most surprising podcast episode to date. Folks may remember Jimmy Crumpacker as a candidate for Oregon's 2nd Congressional District in 2020, running as a staunchly conservative Republican (he had a popular ad that labeled him as a "Trumpbacker") to replace retiring Congressman Greg W...

12/22/2021

Ron Noble has a long standing career in Oregon law enforcement and now has some ideas for congress.

12/15/2021

Senator Tim Knopp is a long-time figure in Oregon GOP politics. Starting off his political career as an insurgent candidate, he quickly rose to the peak of power of GOP power including serving as Majority Leader in the House and as the new Minority Leader in the Senate. We talk everything from redis...

12/08/2021

Steve Novick is one of the most interesting figures in Oregon politics. He is funny, intelligent, and always entertaining. This was genuinely one of our most fun episodes to record and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it. We cover a lot of ground: the time he dropped th...

12/01/2021

Kerry McQuisten is the Mayor of Baker City and running as a Republican for Governor. She's a 7th generation Oregonian and has done everything from serving in public office to running a successful publishing company. McQuisten made national headlines for declaring Baker a "common sense sanctuary" fro...

11/24/2021

After a decade of activism, Cameron Whitten is fired up and optimistic about Portland's future! Cameron's political activism journey began on the streets during the 2011 occupy movement where he emerged as a key influencer of a hunger strike that lasted over a month. In the years that followed, Came...

11/17/2021

Jessica Gomez is a business leader and running as a Republican candidate for governor. Born in New York, she relocated to the Southern Oregon with her family at a young age where she later experienced family issues and homelessness. Jessica overcame these tough circumstances and moved on to found an...

11/17/2021

11/10/2021

Close races, but results are in for Virginia and New Jersey elections. Biden's infrastructure bill is making political and economic waves. Vaccines for kids and boosters are rolling out. What does this all mean for the 2022 Oregon election? Find out on this episode of The Bridge.

11/03/2021

Dirk VandertHart is one of Oregon's most prominent political journalists, working for OPB. Previously, he worked at the Portland Mercury, and before that worked at several local publications across the country. Many Oregon politicos will recognize his voice from radio or from the OPB Politics Now po...

10/27/2021

As you may have heard, our co-host, Ben Bowman, has announced that he's running for the Oregon State House in the newly-created District 25 (Tigard and parts of Beaverton). In addition to hosting this podcast and writing a weekly politics newsletter for Oregon360, Ben is the chair of the Tigard-Tual...

10/20/2021

Reagan Knopp is a conservative political consultant with over ten years of experience working in Oregon politics, campaigns, the state legislature, and more. He owns a small consulting firms and serves as the Editor in Chief of The Oregon Catalyst, a conservative blog covering Oregon politics. This....

10/13/2021

Amaury Vogel with the Oregon Values & Beliefs Center EP. 26

10/06/2021

The Oregon Bridge is now The Bridge by OR360 Media! After 24 very successful episodes, the founders are sitting down in this episode to talk about the bright future of the podcast, of OR360, and demystify the suite of products that we will be offering moving forward including "The Way", "The Bridge"...

10/05/2021

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09/29/2021

The Oregon Bridge goes "under the hood' in this episode with our own producer Buddy Terry. Buddy was born in Portland and raised in rural St. Helens Oregon. Along with being a full time multimedia producer, Buddy is a graduate of Anthropology from Oregon State University, and is currently pursuing h...