Black Capped Chickadee
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Mac and Alana speak with Danyelle Tinker on the difference between 1015 Productions and 1015 Theater while trying to bring back some ancient slang.
A chat with Gulliver Kimble about sacrifice and sobriety.
In this bonus episode of Beach Grass Roots, we talk with members of the Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific, an organization that works to support youth throughout Clatsop County and the surrounding communities. This episode was produced outside of our regular collaboration with the Astoria Co+op’s Change for Community program. We will return to our…
Michael McCusker shares writings on presidency.
Friday, April 4th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Adria Badagnani on the Manzanita Writers Series Airlie Press Poetry Event with Daneen Bergland & Irene Cooper at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. Faculty Adviser Kama O’Connor on the public reading of RAIN Magazine 2025 at Clatsop Community College Towler…
This Thursday Talk of Our Towns features the Wildlife Center of the North Coast. Host Donna Quinn will speak with Executive Director Kari Henningsgaard. Donna and Kari will be talking about the Wildlife Center’s mission of rescue, rehab, release, the recent NPR story about the Wildlife Center receiving three injured Bald Eagles in one week,…
Turkey Tail Mushrooms
Teresa speaks with Jasmine and Brandon Schilling-Lillich with the Clatskanie Farmer Collective and the Clatskanie Food Hub.
Chris Redfearn from the Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce joins Mac & Alana for a completely “aces” show.
Friday, March 28th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Directors Rita Smith & Pamela Klifar with Peninsula Players’ production of “Disaster” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Director Markus Brown & Actor Judy Goff-Menegat with “Marjorie Prime” at The Ten Fifteen Theatre in Astoria. Musica Maestrale’s Hideki Yamaya…
Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.
Home Fire Avoidance
Brad and Sean speak to a guest they’ve had on before. A retired air force special forces combat veteran we call “Stitch.” We speak to him from a residential treatment center for PTSD. We hope this show becomes an inspiration for other veterans who may be too proud to ask for help.
Friday, March 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Wild Salmon Center Community Engagement Coordinator Avi Goldschmidt on Rand Schenck, author of “Forest Under Siege: The History of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot” at Fort George Brewery. Katy Menne, Arts Council of Clatsop Co board member & CRMM education director…
Julie Hackett join Mac and Alana for a very special episode exploring poetry as an agent of social change in the Irish Revolution, the merits of The Godfather, outdoor education, and Mac asks “where are the rabbits and why are they laughing?”
“A Redwood, an Ancient Orchard, a Sequoia”: Do you have a favorite tree you pay special attention to when you take a routine walk? Is it older than you? We project so many attributes on to trees, including longevity and strength. We develop an emotional attachment to trees. Today’s episode considers such attachments and features two…
On this week’s A Story Told, Michael McCusker honors Women’s History Month by sharing a still-timely essay he wrote years ago for his newspaper, the North Coast Times Eagle.
Join our host, Astronemis Ray, in this thought-provoking episode of The Preservationists. Listen in as we talk with local philosophers Seth Tichenor and Gad Perez-Tichenor as we explore deeper philosophical questions around historic preservation. Listen in as we unfold what it means to preserve a piece of the past.
Old Mans Beard
It’s Pork Shoulder Season!
St. Patrick, rubber bands, Nebraska, all the movies featuring the Empire State Building, culinary school, and Cider are on the menu when Vinessa Karnofski join Mac & Alana on the big show.
Friday, March 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Charlene Larsen & Deac Guidi from Partners for the PAC with Phyllis Nybakke Cavens on “Love the Larsen Center”, a fundraiser and celebration of Jan & John Nybakke, at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Violist Betsey Ellerbroek & Oboist Laurie Swanson…
Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.
In this episode of Beach Grass Roots, we talk with staff from The Harbor, an organization providing support to survivors of domestic violence in and around the Clatsop County area. The Harbor is the March 2025 beneficiary of the Astoria Co-op’s Change for Community program, which asks customers to round-up their total as a donation…
“Running on Empathy”: Three authors display various degrees of empathy in their depictions of Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman, prose passages from Specimen Days, and “O Captain! My Captain.” Kathleen Flenniken, “To Ease My Mind,” from Famous (U. of Nebraska Press, 2006), and used with kind permission of the author. Leigh Stein, “Lincoln, Abraham, Melancholy Of,” from What To Miss When (New…
Fire Prevention
Ric Wallace navigates a voluntary fatherhood beyond his responsibility.
Liberty Theater Executive Director Jennifer Crockett joins Mac & Alana to talk music, historic theaters, and favorite performers. Plus, Alana questions how honest Abe Lincoln really was.
Through the magic of radio, we take you back to a Sunday evening in 1983 – high atop the Gunderson Building in downtown Astoria – when KMUN began it’s very first broadcast. Then, hear from Paxton Hoag, Doug Sweet, Susie McLerie, Carol Newman and Rebecca Rubens.