Between Us

Perry Roll is a Libertarian candidate who is running for Oregon's Senate District 16. He talked with Don Merrill about why for him, being in politics means not being a politician, why we need a national care program versus a national insurance plan for veterans and why sel... Read more

Mike McLane is a Republican State Representative in Oregon's 55th House District. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for renewable energy, his work to set up a water storage project to serve irrigation needs and why, in his view, Cover Oregon supporters who are n... Read more

Paul Grad is a Libertarian candidate running for Oregon's Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his plan to legalize heroin for the terminally ill, his intention to outlaw compulsory autopsies by the state and how, by eliminating PERS, personal and business taxes, the... Read more

Margo Howard is author of the book, Eat, Drink and Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife. She is the daughter of Ann Landers, the niece of Dear Abby, and the author of several other books including Eppie: The Story of Ann Landers and A Life in Letters: Ann Landers letters ... Read more

Mike Beilstein is a candidate for the Pacific Green party who is running for US Representative in Oregon's 4th District. He talked with Don Merrill about balancing economic growth with the need to protect natural resources, why he would work to declassify marijuana as a Cl... Read more

David Bronner is the president of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the company known for its natural ingredient based soaps as well as the quirky labels on its packaging. Mr. Bronner talked with Don Merrill about the care with which his family carries on the tradition of their g... Read more

Aelea Christofferson is a Democrat running for the US House in Oregon's 2nd District. She talked with Don Merrill about how Cover Oregon's problems really lay with the Oregon Health Authority, how she as a white woman would've never suffered the same police injustices as ... Read more

Jason Levin is a Pacific Green candidate vying for Oregon's Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about why he believes politics is a mud pit, how he says Oregon media and corporate interests are excluding him from debates by not donating to his campaign and why he says his... Read more

Christina Jean Lugo is a Pacific Green candidate running for the US Senate in Oregon. She talked with Don Merrill about how and why she admires the late Senator Paul Wellstone, why she's not a spoiler for Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley that might get Republican challenger M... Read more

James Foster is a Libertarian candidate running for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. He talked with Don Merrill about how the VA's bureaucracy gets in the way of its worthwhile mission to serve deserving vets, how he prefers a bottom up process for changing national la... Read more