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Plain Talk

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Show overview

Plain Talk has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 969 episodes. That works out to roughly 800 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 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 yesterday, with 160 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Forum Communications Co..

Episodes
969
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
55 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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746: 'We're going to do it the right way' (Video)

Oct 9, 20261h 2m

746: 'We're going to do it the right way'

Oct 9, 20261h 2m

745: 'The main point of this bill is we need teachers' (Video)

Oct 7, 20261h 5m

745: 'The main point of this bill is we need teachers'

Oct 7, 20261h 5m

744: 'We do have a lot of programs and it's confusing for us' (Video)

Oct 2, 20261h 11m

744: 'We do have a lot of programs and it's confusing for us'

Oct 2, 20261h 11m

743: 'I think it's complete garbage' (Video)

Sep 30, 20261h 6m

743: "I think it's complete garbage"

Sep 30, 20261h 6m

742: 'There are a lot of folks who can't wait until 70 years old to retire' (Video)

Sep 25, 202658 min

742: 'There are a lot of folks who can't wait until 70 years old to retire'

Sep 25, 202658 min

741: 'Is that still a worthy objective for the state to be pursuing?' (Video)

Sep 23, 20261h 7m

741: 'Is that still a worthy objective for the state to be pursuing?'

Sep 23, 20261h 7m

740: 'If not me, who?' (Video)

Sep 18, 20261h 4m

740: 'If not me, who?'

Sep 18, 20261h 4m

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

Sep 16, 20261h 4m

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

Sep 16, 20261h 4m

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

Sep 11, 20261h 1m

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

Sep 11, 20261h 1m

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

Sep 9, 20261h 1m

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

Sep 9, 20261h 1m
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