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Plain Talk With Rob Port

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Plain Talk is a podcast hosted by Rob Port focusing on political news and current events in North Dakota. Rob Port is a columnist for the Forum News Service published in papers including the...

Episodes

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739: 'We're six weeks away from election day. There's no way we can follow this.' (Video)

"The United States Supreme Court needed to hear from North Dakota," Sec. of State Michael Howe said on this episode of Plain Talk. Howe is r...

01:04:13Sep 16, 2026

739: 'We're six weeks away from election day. There's no way we can follow this.'

"The United States Supreme Court needed to hear from North Dakota," Sec. of State Michael Howe said on this episode of Plain Talk. Howe is r...

01:04:13Sep 16, 2026

738: 'I am the sixth person in three years to be sitting in this job' (Video)

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services -- the largest line item in our state's budget -- has seen a lot of change in recen...

01:01:48Sep 11, 2026

738: 'I am the sixth person in three years to be sitting in this job'

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services -- the largest line item in our state's budget -- has seen a lot of change in recen...

01:01:48Sep 11, 2026

737: 'I don't know how the Attorney General is going to do it' (Video)

The special session is over. It was called to address a growing crisis with kratom, and lawmakers gave Gov. Kelly Armstrong most of what he...

01:01:55Sep 9, 2026

737: 'I don't know how the Attorney General is going to do it' (Audio)

The special session is over. It was called to address a growing crisis with kratom, and lawmakers gave Gov. Kelly Armstrong most of what he...

01:01:55Sep 9, 2026

736: 'I've also seen a lot of people leave the state thinking that there are no opportunities here' (Video)

When you think about the film industry in North Dakota, it would be understandable if what comes to mind are people making movies. That's wh...

01:05:42Sep 3, 2026

736: 'I've also seen a lot of people leave the state thinking that there are no opportunities here' (Audio)

When you think about the film industry in North Dakota, it would be understandable if what comes to mind are people making movies. That's wh...

01:05:42Sep 3, 2026

735: 'Everything that I do and say becomes a target of attack' (Video)

Oliver County has become one of the epicenters in the fight over data centers in North Dakota, and county State's Attorney Patrick Waters ha...

01:02:52Sep 2, 2026

735: 'Everything that I do and say becomes a target of attack'

Oliver County has become one of the epicenters in the fight over data centers in North Dakota, and county State's Attorney Patrick Waters ha...

01:02:52Sep 2, 2026

734: 'North Dakota is spending more money than it is collecting' (Video)

Martha Njolomole is an economist with the American Experiment North Dakota and the author of a new report on North Dakota's budget trends ca...

01:02:27Aug 28, 2026

734: 'North Dakota is spending more money than it is collecting'

Martha Njolomole is an economist with the American Experiment North Dakota and the author of a new report on North Dakota's budget trends ca...

01:02:27Aug 28, 2026

733: 'That's dumb' (Video)

Gov. Kelly Armstrong was asked recently on a talk radio program about bigoted comments made by state Rep. Desiree Morton, a fellow Republica...

55:26Aug 26, 2026

733: 'That's dumb'

Gov. Kelly Armstrong was asked recently on a talk radio program about bigoted comments made by state Rep. Desiree Morton, a fellow Republica...

55:26Aug 26, 2026

732: 'We don't have the luxury of picking a side' (Video)

As North Dakota's charitable gaming industry as exploded into what can more fairly be called the casino industry, there's been a trend towar...

01:08:07Aug 21, 2026

732: 'We don't have the luxury of picking a side'

As North Dakota's charitable gaming industry as exploded into what can more fairly be called the casino industry, there's been a trend towar...

01:08:07Aug 21, 2026

731: 'It isn't just a problem because I think we should pay teachers more' (Video)

"Over 80% of North Dotans who took this think that that we need to do a better job," Superintendent of Public Schools Levi Bachmeier said on...

01:01:30Aug 20, 2026

731: 'It isn't just a problem because I think we should pay teachers more' (Audio)

"Over 80% of North Dotans who took this think that that we need to do a better job," Superintendent of Public Schools Levi Bachmeier said on...

01:01:30Aug 20, 2026

730: 'This is the wrong way of making decisions' (Video)

Gov. Kelly Armstrong called a special session to address what he and public health officials say is a crisis related to unregulated says of...

01:03:23Aug 14, 2026

730: 'This is the wrong way of making decisions'

Gov. Kelly Armstrong called a special session to address what he and public health officials say is a crisis related to unregulated says of...

01:03:23Aug 14, 2026