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"OPB Politics Now" is a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into the hottest political topics in Oregon and the Northwest. Every Friday, OPB’s political reporters and special guests offer in-depth analysis, discussion and insight into candidates, events and issues.

How Oregon businesses are reacting to Trump’s tariffs
Apr 18, 2025 – 16:23
Oregon’s legislative session hits the midway point
Apr 11, 2025 – 18:06
Is the Pacific Northwest entering an era of dam removal?
Apr 4, 2025 – 23:23
Melissa Fireside’s sudden rise and downfall in Clackamas County
Mar 28, 2025 – 11:38
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek stops by OPB
Mar 21, 2025 – 53:01
A deep dive on Oregon’s education system
Mar 14, 2025 – 33:18
Why Portland and Multnomah County’s budgets are so bleak but Oregon’s is stable?
Mar 7, 2025 – 16:53
‘What’s the plan?’ Oregonians push back at politicians town halls across the state
Feb 28, 2025 – 21:13
Recapping Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation hearing
Feb 21, 2025 – 15:44
A legislative check-in one month into the Salem session
Feb 14, 2025 – 16:43
Tina Kotek’s climate legacy – so far
Feb 7, 2025 – 16:25
How Trump’s federal funding freeze landed in Oregon
Jan 31, 2025 – 18:22
The second Trump administration and the Pacific Northwest
Jan 24, 2025 – 15:49
Previewing Oregon’s 2025 legislative session
Jan 17, 2025 – 22:32
Portland’s new City Council begins 2025 with drama, intrigue
Jan 10, 2025 – 16:19
Who is Keith Wilson?
Jan 3, 2025 – 21:11
Exit Interview: Earl Blumenauer
Dec 27, 2024 – 32:51
Exit Interview: Ted Wheeler
Dec 20, 2024 – 37:14
Paying for wildfires
Dec 13, 2024 – 14:56
Christine Drazan’s return, plus Portland city councilors jostle for power
Nov 22, 2024 – 22:21
Recapping the election results with Think Out Loud
Nov 15, 2024 – 35:14
Portland’s new political era has arrived
Nov 8, 2024 – 19:40
A big night for Republicans, but not in Oregon
Nov 7, 2024 – 25:11
How Portland’s campaigns have changed, plus the ballot box fires
Nov 1, 2024 – 27:19
These Oregon legislative races could determine the balance of power in Salem
Oct 25, 2024 – 20:06
A deep dive on Deschutes County and Bend politics
Oct 18, 2024 – 29:45
OPB Politics Now’: Previewing your 2024 ballot
Oct 11, 2024 – 50:56
Analyzing Oregon’s attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer races
Oct 4, 2024 – 15:28
A deep dive into Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
Sep 27, 2024 – 16:26
Oregon’s vaunted vote by mail system has a rare error
Sep 20, 2024 – 19:28
Why Greg Walden is so important to Republican campaigns
Sep 13, 2024 – 15:26
Why Oregon’s Republican Party is so focused on the tiny Libertarian Party
Sep 6, 2024 – 20:05
The promise and peril of drug recriminalization in Oregon
Aug 30, 2024 – 31:20
A sheriff, a mayor and the ongoing effort to enforce homeless camping bans
Aug 23, 2024 – 19:09
How the new Portland City Council will work
Aug 16, 2024 – 21:06
Governor Tina Kotek interview
Aug 9, 2024 – 52:42
The Washington primary
Aug 2, 2024 – 21:45
Oregon and the changing presidential race
Jul 26, 2024 – 10:08
Peter Courtney played influential role in making Oregon what it is today
Jul 19, 2024 – 18:37
Transportation funding woes hit Oregon and Portland’s central city
Jul 12, 2024 – 18:10
U.S. Supreme Court rules in Grants Pass case that people experiencing homelessness can be punished for sleeping in public
Jun 28, 2024 – 15:49
Oregon’s coastal mountain biking trail is a hopeful nod to the future
Jun 21, 2024 – 09:40
New leaders of Oregon’s Planned Parenthood push to dissolve the political arm of their organization
Jun 14, 2024 – 11:43
Oregon’s long history of failing foster kids, plus a legislative leadership shakeup
Jun 7, 2024 – 18:23
Is progressivism on life support in Portland?
May 31, 2024 – 19:37
Some major takeaways from the 2024 May primary election
May 23, 2024 – 19:31
Big money flows into 2 Oregon Congressional races
May 17, 2024 – 18:50
A progressive prosecutor, a proxy fight and the bitter battle to be Multnomah County's DA
May 10, 2024 – 23:05
What Tina Kotek did – and didn’t – say about the first spouse
May 3, 2024 – 22:24
Should politics be a family affair, plus harm reduction in Eastern Oregon
Apr 26, 2024 – 16:41