Plain Talk With Rob Port
Hosted by Chad Oban · Forum Communications Co.
4.0from 123 ratings
- 959
- Episodes
- 115
- Transcribed
- 123
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 117K
- YouTube views
About Plain Talk With Rob Port
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.
- Publisher
- Forum Communications Co.
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
115 of 959 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
745: 'The main point of this bill is we need teachers' (Video)
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
745: 'The main point of this bill is we need teachers'
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
744: 'We do have a lot of programs and it's confusing for us' (Video)
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745: 'The main point of this bill is we need teachers' (Video)
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And like I got a message from my friend. If you're if you're taking flack, that means you're probably over the target. And our target here is the workforce shortage of teachers. So and I guess if people want to call solving problems and and paying teachers what I think they are owed political, then I guess you can call whatever you want. But I took this job to solve problems and make sure that we can lead the nation with America's best schools. And if partnering with with great legislators like Representative Macy to solve practical problems that North Dakotans expect. I mean, I think I was on your show not that long ago when we were talking about that poll that we had of North Dakota citizens and what they wanted from. from their schools and from the state, 80% think that teachers are underpaid. […]
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- Mike Nathe
- Levi Bachmeier
- Chris Schilken
- Kelly Armstrong
- John Hishta
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 116,698
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.8 / 5
- 85 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 38 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 92
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Chad Oban host the show. Published by Forum Communications Co..
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