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If you found her through thirty seconds of video, this is where the other forty minutes live. Every item has its own page, its own link, and, where one exists, its transcript.
Long-form conversation · 31Art: Erin Hanson · Gilded Autumn
How August 25 became Oregon Adoption Day. Rep. Elmer, who was adopted as an infant on that date, is joined by adoption advocates to discuss the bill and its unanimous passage.
Episode 31 · August 13, 2026 · Adoption, Personal story
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Podcast · 32Art: Erin Hanson · Madrones at Sunrise
Fertility advocates and an OHSU physician on infertility as a medical condition, what insurance does and does not cover in Oregon, and what other states have done.
Episode 32 · September 27, 2026 · Health care, Insurance
Podcast · 30Art: Erin Hanson · Willamette Vines
Author Joe Sessions on artificial intelligence and the questions it puts to legislators who are being asked to regulate it.
Episode 30 · June 17, 2026 · Artificial intelligence, Technology policy
Podcast · 29Art: Erin Hanson · Willamette Golds
A primer on the May primary: what the offices on the ballot actually do, and how to read a ballot you did not expect.
Episode 29 · May 15, 2026 · Elections, Civic literacy
Podcast · 28Art: Erin Hanson · Oregon Vista
David McCullough of the American Exchange Project on sending students to American towns unlike their own, and what civic division looks like up close.
Episode 28 · April 14, 2026 · Civic life, Education
Long-form conversation · 27Art: Erin Hanson · Mt. Hood's Last Light
A joint town hall with Rep. Scharf and Sen. Starr, hosted with the McMinnville and Chehalem Valley chambers, covering district infrastructure, the state budget and Oregon's business climate.
Episode 27 · April 9, 2026 · Town hall, Business climate
Long-form conversation · 26Art: Erin Hanson · Hood Tulips
A studio conversation on her district work, the bills she carried, the Imagination Library partnership, and how a legislative supermajority changes what a minority can do.
Episode 26 · March 27, 2026 · District investments, Supermajority
Podcast · 25Art: Erin Hanson · Cannon Beach Haystack
Caucus communications director Emily Gersh on how the Capitol press corps covers the building, and on the decision to move a certified referendum from the November ballot to May.
Episode 25 · February 20, 2026 · Press and media, Ballot measures
Podcast · 24Art: Erin Hanson · Harvest Vines
Ty Visner returns to explain a revenue forecast that moved sharply inside a single session, and what a swing of that size means for budget writing.
Episode 24 · February 6, 2026 · State budget, Revenue forecast
Podcast · 23Art: Erin Hanson · Gilded Autumn
Policy analyst Ty Visner walks through how a short session actually works, from the roughly 160 bills introduced to the mechanics of tracking them on OLIS.
Episode 23 · February 4, 2026 · Short session, Legislative process
