The Lars Larson Show Interviews

Kathleen “Kathy” Jones-McCann, an Oregon property owner and founder of Rural Oregon Property Advocates, joins Lars to discuss her lengthy fight with county officials over building restrictions in the McKenzie River corridor. She says it cost more than $500,000 and took over two years to secure a variance, raising questions about property rights, environmental regulations and the limits local governments can place on landowners.

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Kevin Dahlgren, an independent journalist who reports on homelessness and addiction through his Substack, Truth on the Streets, joins Lars to discuss what he calls the “Homeless Industrial Complex.” Drawing on decades in social services and interviews with thousands of homeless Americans, Dahlgren argues that organizations receiving public money should have to demonstrate measurable progress in reducing homelessness, not simply managing it.

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Kris Ullman, president of Eagle Forum, joins Lars to discuss the Camas High School girls’ cross-country team members who walked away from a race rather than compete against a male athlete who began the season on the boys’ team. They examine fairness in girls’ sports, Washington’s eligibility rules and Initiative 638, which would restrict participation in certain female-only interschool athletic competitions.

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Carleen Johnson, a staff reporter for The Center Square, joins Lars to discuss the Washington State Supreme Court’s unanimous rejection of Seattle’s appeal in a public-records case brought by podcaster Brandi Kruse. They examine the city’s handling of records related to a key City Council vote and the legal consequences of delays that extended beyond an election.

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Aaron Mesh, managing editor of Willamette Week, joins Lars to discuss three no-bid contracts totaling $456,000 awarded by Prosper Portland executive director Cornell Wesley to two college friends. They examine the agency’s refusal to disclose the scope of work for two contracts and questions about whether the deals received appropriate oversight.

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Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, former Federal Election Commission commissioner and former U.S. Justice Department attorney, joins Lars to discuss reports that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s staff requested a change to her birth year in public records after she was elected to Congress. They examine the questions surrounding the change and the allegations about her immigration history, which Omar and her representatives have denied.

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Greg Greubel, a senior attorney at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, joins Lars to discuss a New Jersey school board member who faced an ethics complaint after asking constituents on social media about a proposed school tax increase. The state dismissed the complaint after legal pressure from FIRE, raising questions about free speech, elected officials’ ability to communicate with residents and the limits of school ethics rules.

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Erin Wilcox, a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, joins Lars to discuss a lawsuit challenging Montgomery County Public Schools’ magnet-school admissions policies. The lawsuit alleges that criteria designed to rebalance racial representation disproportionately excluded high-scoring Asian American students. They examine the legal challenge and the broader debate over race, fairness and school admissions.

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Eric Eggers, vice president of research at the Government Accountability Institute, author of Fraud: How the Left Plans to Steal the Next Election and co-host of The Drill Down podcast, joins Lars to discuss Anthropic’s warning that AI models could soon replicate themselves across the internet. They examine concerns that rogue AI could build botnets, hijack internet-connected devices and resist attempts to shut it down, along with questions about how seriously to take the warning.

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Wesley J. Smith, author and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, joins Lars to discuss Belgium’s rising euthanasia numbers, including cases involving minors and people with mental illness. They examine the expansion of assisted dying and what Belgium’s experience could mean for the debate over euthanasia in the United States.

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