The Schmidt Show PDX

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Show Your Math

October 21, 2026

Two weeks ago, Portland Public Schools put a list on the table: 14 schools that could close, including Maplewood, Buckman, Irvington, Sabin, James John, and Peninsula. Parents packed the board meeting so tightly they were pushing through the doors. Behind the list is a district that has lost 6,000 students since 2019, expects to lose another 6,000 by 2032, and faces a $65 million budget hole in the upcoming budget conversation.My guest has to vote on all of it. Rashelle Chase-Miller grew up i...

Pull Up a Chair

October 14, 2026

On November 3, Multnomah County picks a new chair, and for the first time we’re doing it with ranked choice voting. The chair runs a roughly $4 billion government that handles the “people stuff”: homeless services, mental health and addiction care, jails, the health department, libraries, even the animal shelter. Whoever wins inherits a squeezed budget, a city-county homeless services agreement up for renegotiation, and a public that’s short on patience.This week I sat down with one of the th...

SOS: Drop it like it’s Hot 🗳️

October 07, 2026

We’re less than a month from Election Day, and the headlines are worrying. The president is attacking vote-by-mail. The DOJ is threatening election officials. People are talking about ICE at drop boxes, and some Oregon ballots are likely to be rejected because the mail is too slow. So I went straight to the person running Oregon’s elections: Secretary of State Tobias Read, who at 6’7” is also the tallest guest in Schmidt Show history.What we covered:* The job you didn’t know he has. The Secre...

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Who is an ideal guest for The Schmidt Show PDX?

The Schmidt Show PDX typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Oregon or Portland elected officials, senior public servants, judges and legal experts, education leaders, and civic advocates with direct experience in consequential regional or public-policy issues. Common among recent guests: Elected or appointed government leadership; Senior public-sector management; Judicial or legal expertise. Recent guests include Deborah Kafoury, Tiffany Koyama Lane, and Jeff Merkley.

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High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

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Recent episodes cover Politics, Local Government, Oregon Politics, Elections, and Education Policy. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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