Episode List

Taffrail logs and specially-engraved tobacco boxes were invaluable tools for calculating a ship’s speed, which helped sailors determine “the distance run” before the days of more reliable navigation instruments. CRMM is believed to have the largest collection of taffrail logs in North America, as well as several unique tobacco boxes from Pieter Holm’s 18th-century navigation…

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It’s time for A Story Told on KMUN. Your host, Michael McCusker, has been a regular voice on KMUN’s airwaves since the 1980s. Each week he shares commentary and writings about the current state of just about everything.  This week, Michael discusses Indigenous People’s Day and the history of Columbus Day in the US.

Joel Underwood, Olympia-based singer songwriter, music historian, and master story-teller joins David White for an interview and to share two of his original songs and the stories behind them. 

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“How do radical changes in life happen?” Tim Marvil grew up in New Jersey and attended Brown University to earn a degree in biochemistry. He then secured a position at Ames Rubber Corporation and eventually became CEO.  His life drastically changed in 2008 when he decided to attend Seminary School. Now he is the Pastor of…

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We’re talking today about emergency preparedness – being ready to cope, to survive and to assist your loved ones in a disaster. Our guests are Jen Munson, with the Clatsop County department of Emergency Management, and Norma Hernandez to share some lessons learned from the Big Blow here in 2007. You can find out more…

In this month’s River Writers, co-host Marianne Monson interviews 2026 writer-in-resident winner Victor Vasquez about his work, which is inspired by his background as a migrant farmworker growing up in the PNW. 

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Mac & Alana are on their own this week. . .is Alana a Museum-Snob or just Museum-Judgey?

Friday October 9th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artists and End of Life Doulas Marne Lucas and Dardinelle Troen with “Thanatopsis: Contemplations on Death, Grief and Renewal”; an Art Exhibit, Panel Presentation, Workshops & more at CCC Royal Nebeker Gallery and Astoria Visual Arts. Coastal OR Arts Residents Midori…

After Captain Elfving’s success with the original Tourist and Tourist II ferries, he commissioned Astoria Marine Construction Co. (AMCCO) in 1931 to build Tourist III. However, Captain Elfving was dealing with some competition during this period of expansion. In the second installment about Astoria’s ferries, learn about the infamous “ferry wars” in the 1930s, as…

Captain Fritz Elfving was a Swedish immigrant who came to Astoria around 1907. When improved roads brought more car traffic to the mouth of the Columbia River, Captain Elfving decided to capitalize on that by founding a ferry business called the Astoria-McGowan Ferry Company. In this episode, learn about the first two vessels that Captain…

The first episode takes us back to a time when horse seining was part of life along the Columbia River. Before modern fishing equipment transformed commercial fishing, horses were used to help fishermen pull large seine nets from the riverbank – a fascinating example of ingenuity, teamwork, and the close relationship between people, animals, and…

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In this episode, we talk with the Astoria Library Friends Association, a volunteer-run nonprofit that provides community programming beyond the scope of the library, including lectures, Library of Things, a used book store and more. ALFA is this month’s Change for Community recipient at Astoria Co+op.

Hear from candidates vying for Oregon’s State Senate District 16 and House District 32 seats. The candidates forum was hosted by the Astoria branch of the American Association of University Women and recorded by KMUN.

Hear from candidates in contested races for Astoria mayor and the Ward 1 and Ward 3 seats on the Astoria City Council. The candidates forum was hosted by the Astoria branch of the American Association of University Women and recorded by KMUN. 

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Shorebird migration!

Friday October 2nd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Chair Diane Marshall on the 41st annual Water Music Festival at the Chinook Event Center in Chinook, WA. Artist Anna Daedalus with her Photographic Exhibit ‘Enfolded’ at Imogen Gallery in Astoria; a two person show w/ Michael Hanson. Julia Triezenberg, Columbia…

Corn, pancakes & watermelon cake

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