News With My Dad

News With My Dad

89 episodes

A loving tension; a progressive hope:That's what Jefferson and Joe Smith bring to the Portland airwaves via XRAY FM and to the world through the wonders of the Internet.It's pretty simple really. They follow the current news headlines and talk about the things that they find interesting and these days there's PLENTY to talk about. Like most talk show types, both Jefferson and Joe have opinions. Joe is a liberal curmudgeon and Jefferson is a has-been up-and-comer.The numbers don't lie. Between the 2 of them, they've got:1 house, 1 baptism, 1 head of hair and 1 appearance in the March on Washington (yeah, the one with Martin Luther King Jr.) 2 law degrees, 2 separate stints as cattle herders, 2 terms served as rural county district attorneys and 2 heartbreaking political losses 4 marriages and 4 presidential meet-ups 5 years in state legislature just over 100 years of combined age (skewed mostly in one direction) a 350 point LSAT combined score almost 3.5 million views on Ted.com of how to properly use a paper towel

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A Challenging National Anthem

Published: March 1, 2021, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 20 seconds

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The Robots are Running Mars!

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 41 seconds

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Happy Birthday, Oregon!

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 7:35 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 1 second

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A Very Large Money

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 7:50 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds

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The Stop Trump Legacy

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds

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A Whole Lotta Stuff

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 8 seconds

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To Compromise or Not to Compromise

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 2 seconds

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Fast Times at Gamestop High

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 seconds

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The DDT Detritus

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 28 seconds

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News Without My Son

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 53 seconds

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The Lessons of 2020

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 7:35 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 57 seconds

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Impeachment So Nice, They Did It Twice

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 31 seconds

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A Half Cup of Joe

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 22 seconds

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Putting the 'G' in Buttigieg

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 45 seconds

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Live from the Electoral College

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 8:26 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 33 seconds

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Susan Collins for the Whole Cabinet

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 36 seconds

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America, You're Freaking Me Out

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 seconds

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Jeff's Big Day Out

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds

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A Gobble in the Wind

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 21 seconds

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Flattening the Curve (Again)

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 11 seconds

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Closing Time

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 3:35 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 33 seconds

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We're Still Standing

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds

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The Calm Before the Storm

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 19 seconds

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This is America

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 10:04 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 30 seconds

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In Which Dad Asks for Money

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 15 seconds

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Back to Back

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 10:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 17 seconds

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Of the People, by the People, for the People

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 2:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 45 seconds

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Straw in the Beep

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds

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Debate the Night Away

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 seconds

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The Dad Next Door

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 4 seconds

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Where do we go from here?

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds

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A Word in Edgewise

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 seconds

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Hurricanes, Pandemics, Fires, and More

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds

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Love, Rain O'er Me

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 40 seconds

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Heavy Metal News

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 11:53 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 15 seconds

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On Self-Reflection

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 6:10 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 43 seconds

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Nonpartisan, Unbiased Joe

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 59 seconds

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The DNC and Me

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 10:52 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 48 seconds

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The Convention Begins

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 47 seconds

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Just Another Monday

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 36 seconds

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That's What the Kids are Saying

Published: July 30, 2020, 5:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 27 seconds

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News With My Son

Published: July 27, 2020, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 44 seconds

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Keep Goin', Dad

Published: July 20, 2020, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 23 seconds

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Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Cleveland?

Published: July 16, 2020, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 10 seconds

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A Stone's Throw

Published: July 13, 2020, 6:38 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 25 seconds

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To Protest or Not to Protest

Published: July 9, 2020, 5:48 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds

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Not My 4th of July

Published: July 6, 2020, 6:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 44 seconds

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I DECLARE a Climate Emergency

Published: July 2, 2020, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 46 seconds

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Happy Birthday, Jeff

Published: June 29, 2020, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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Deep Local Dive

Published: June 26, 2020, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 19 seconds

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Cup O' Joe

Published: June 22, 2020, 5:49 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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When Statues Fall

Published: June 15, 2020, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 42 seconds

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1968 v 2020

Published: June 11, 2020, 5:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 seconds

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June 6, 2020

Published: June 5, 2020, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Man in the Bunker, People in the Streets

Published: June 1, 2020, 6:28 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 54 seconds

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May 28, 2020

Published: May 28, 2020, 7:18 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 17 seconds

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April 2nd

Published: April 8, 2020, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 28 seconds

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March 26, 2020

Published: March 27, 2020, 9:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 37 seconds

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MARCH 19 2020

Published: March 20, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 20 seconds

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Mar 12 2020

Published: March 12, 2020, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 35 seconds

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March 5, 2020

Published: March 5, 2020, 9:21 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 56 seconds

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March 2, 2020

Published: March 2, 2020, 9:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 12 seconds

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February 27, 2020

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 21 seconds

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February 24, 2020

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Feb 20, 2020

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 57 seconds

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February 17, 2020

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 9:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 27 seconds

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Feb 13

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 11:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 47 seconds

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Feb 6, 2020

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 49 seconds

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February 3, 2020

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 37 seconds

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Jan 30

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 14 seconds

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January 27

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 5 seconds

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January 23

Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 19 seconds

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January 20, 2020

Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes

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January 16

Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 5:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 15 seconds

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January 13

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 58 seconds

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January 9th

Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 16 seconds

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January 6th

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 12:49 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 3 seconds

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Hashtag Trumpeachment

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

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I would like you to do us a favor though...

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds

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Not This Time, Bucko

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 6:48 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 38 seconds

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Storms, Hurricanes, and Exits

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 15 seconds

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Use or Lose?

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 44 seconds

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"Are we forgetting someone...?"

Published: Aug. 25, 2019, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 55 seconds

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Triennial Biennial, or: Blame the Avocado

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 53 seconds

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White Flour & Bananas

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 10 seconds

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Fight or Flight

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 47 seconds

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August 5, 2019

Published: Aug. 10, 2019, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 24 seconds

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August 8th, 2019

Published: Aug. 10, 2019, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 34 seconds

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August 12, 2019

Published: Aug. 10, 2019, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 16 seconds

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