Caitlin Flanagan's article on abortion.Andrew Yang has started a new political party. He believes that the public has the right to walk the street and not fear for their safety due to the unpredictable and potentially violent nature of the behavior exhibited by the untreated mentally ill. Andrew Yang advocates for compelled mental health treatment for those members of our community who cannot care for themselves.Listener comment: DA Mike Schmidt's unwillingness to prosecute has got to be really undermining police enthusiasm for law enforcement. Recall that DA Schmidt told Willamette Week that, "I think that when you look historically at this nation, it's during these protests when we've gotten some of the changes that we are proudest of in our nation's history. And sometimes it took some property damage. It took more than just peaceful protests to get the government's attention. I'm very mindful of that."According to treatment providers, more Oregonians have died from drug overdoses during the pandemic than have died from COVID-19. Oregon has decriminalized drugs but cannot provide the drug treatment our vulnerable drug addicted population so desperately needs. We should be treating this as a crisis and an emergency that is on at least the same level as COVID-19.In response to a listener comment, we explore the post-George Floyd era of policing in Portland, Oregon. What kind of tactics are PPB employing and are they efficient? We look at one recent example from September 30, 2021.In 1996, John Tierney, a Yale-educated journalist, wrote one of the most controversial articles in New York Times Magazine history called "Recycling is Garbage". We explore this article and his 2015 follow up, "The Reign of Recycling." Is recycling just a big waste of time and money?Dr. Vinay Prasad, hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco addresses masking in The Dallas Morning News. Is there any authoritative consensus on outdoor masking?Check out Dr. Michael Osterholm, director for Infectious Disease, Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, explain why cloth masks buy you maybe five minutes of time and are not as effective as most of us think. You can also read the transcript below the video.