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Plain Talk

Plain Talk

Forum Communications Co.

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Show overview

Plain Talk has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 941 episodes. That works out to roughly 770 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 33 min and 1h 3m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 132 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Forum Communications Co..

Episodes
941
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Plain Talk is a podcast hosted by Rob Port and Chad Oban focusing on political news and current events in North Dakota. Port is a columnist for the Forum News Service published in papers including the Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald, Jamestown Sun, and the Dickinson Press. Oban is a long-time political consultant.

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

Aug 21, 20261h 8m

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

Aug 21, 20261h 8m

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

Aug 20, 20261h 1m

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

Aug 20, 20261h 1m

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

Aug 14, 20261h 3m

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

Aug 14, 20261h 3m

729: 'We do disagree with the position that natural kratom leaf products should also be banned' (Video)

Aug 12, 20261h 7m

729: 'We do disagree with the position that natural kratom leaf products should also be banned'

Aug 12, 20261h 7m

728: 'Any moron can sound like Hemingway with ChatGPT' (Video)

Aug 7, 202657 min

728: 'Any moron can sound like Hemingway with ChatGPT'

Aug 7, 202657 min

727: 'I'm comfortable overreacting' (Video)

Aug 5, 20261h 58m

727: 'I'm comfortable overreacting'

Aug 5, 20261h 58m

726: 'We are defending people who don't deserve to be defended' (Video)

Jul 31, 202653 min

726: 'We are defending people who don't deserve to be defended'

Jul 31, 202653 min

'Somebody has to lose, and nobody wants to lose' (REPLAY) (Video)

Jul 29, 202659 min

'Somebody has to lose, and nobody wants to lose' (REPLAY)

Jul 29, 202659 min

724: 'A healer instead of just a technician' (Video)

Jul 24, 202657 min

724: 'A healer instead of just a technician'

Jul 24, 202657 min

723: The young people want to rent, not own (Video)

Jul 22, 202655 min

723: The young people want to rent, not own

Jul 22, 202655 min
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