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Plain Talk With Rob Port

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 Fargo For... Read more

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430: Presidential politics on a park bench

430: Presidential politics on a park bench

Toward the end of my two days covering Gov. Doug Burgum's presidential campaign at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines I w... Read more

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429: Live (sort of) from Iowa

429: Live (sort of) from Iowa

On this episode of Plain Talk, recorded by your sweaty and sunburned correspondent in his hotel room at the Embassy Suit... Read more

11 Aug 2023

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426: Carbon capture opponents are "ignorant" and "uninformed" says coal industry spokesman

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