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- Lenny McAllister - Can You Support the Second Amendment and Tighter Gun Laws?
Lenny McAllister, author of A Venn Diagram of One, KDKA radio host and former Republican National Committee advisor, joins Lars to discuss why his father’s near-fatal shooting shaped his belief that supporting the Second Amendment and backing certain gun reforms don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Should Republicans push harder for expanded gun background checks?
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9 min - Kent Lassman - Should Taxpayers Pay Stay-at-Home Parents to Raise Their Kids?
Kent Lassman, president and CEO of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins Lars to discuss a Trump administration proposal that would allow some married families to use federal child care funds to pay a parent who stays home to raise their children. Should taxpayers help pay parents to stay home with their own kids?
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9 min - Jessica Vaughan - Should Legal Immigrant Workers Get a Grace Period After Losing Their Jobs?
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Lars to discuss a Department of Homeland Security proposal that could eliminate the 60-day grace period allowing certain legal immigrant workers to find new employment after losing a job. Should losing your job mean losing your legal status immediately?
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9 min - Glenn Roper - Should Employees Be Forced to Endure Race-Based Hostility Training?
Glenn Roper, senior attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, joins Lars to discuss a former Colorado corrections sergeant’s Supreme Court challenge to mandatory workplace DEI training that he says blamed employees for oppression based on their race. Can government employers force workers to participate in race-based training as a condition of employment?
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10 min - Skye Krebs - Can Trump’s New Orders Fix the Damage From His Beef Deal?
Skye Krebs, vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and a fourth-generation Eastern Oregon cattle and sheep rancher, joins Lars to discuss President Trump’s new executive orders aimed at helping American ranchers after his plan to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef sparked backlash. Can the new orders repair the damage and bring down beef prices?
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9 min - Henry Groepper - Is Oregon Losing a 43-Year Crime-Fighting Tool for Good?
Henry Groepper, retired Portland police officer and chairman of Crime Stoppers of Oregon, joins Lars to discuss the organization’s decision to dissolve after 43 years of helping law enforcement solve crimes through anonymous tips and cash rewards. Is technology killing one of Oregon’s most successful crime-fighting tools?
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9 min - Brian Westbrook - Is Your Smart TV Spying on You Even When It’s Off?
Brian Westbrook, tech expert and longtime friend of the show, joins Lars to discuss a new investigation claiming LG smart TVs can collect data and potentially record audio even while the screen is turned off. How much information is your smart TV actually collecting about you?
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9 min - Aaron Mesh - Should Portland Keep Half-Empty Schools Open Just to Save Jobs?
Aaron Mesh, managing editor for Willamette Week, joins Lars to discuss Portland Public Schools considering closing 10 to 20 schools as enrollment continues to decline and the district faces a $65.2 million budget reset. Should Portland keep half-empty schools open just to protect jobs?
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9 min - Alan Evans - Should a Shelter Have to Beg Donors to Stay Open?
Alan Evans, founder and president of Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers, joins Lars to discuss his effort to keep beds open at Portland’s Bybee Lakes shelter after Multnomah County budget cuts eliminated funding for a planned 100-bed expansion. Should homeless shelters have to rely on private donors when government funding disappears?
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9 min - Tyler Hassen - What Did DOGE Really Find Inside Washington?
Tyler Hassen, former Acting Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Interior and its most senior DOGE official, joins Lars to discuss his new book Inside DOGE and what he discovered while searching for government waste. What does government waste actually look like from the inside?
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About The Lars Larson Show Interviews
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Lars Larson has been asking the hard questions for decades and he's not stopping now. Every weekday, Lars hosts two of the most listened-to talk radio programs in the…
country.
From noon to 3pm PT, he anchors a Northwest-focused program heard across more than 100 affiliates in Washington and Oregon, covering the stories and policies hitting closest to home.
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