Michael McCusker discusses a range of topics, including tourism, undersea volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and trees.Â
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You know her, you love her, you can’t live without her. . .Mac and Alana have a fun chat with local icon Norma Hernandez.
Mac & Alana chat about women inventors, Mac bites his tongue, and we celebrate a special anniversary.
Seaside City Manager Spencer Kyle joins Mac & Alana. Fun Facts about Canada, John Wayne, Batman, and the Tobacco Industry are highlights on the big show.
Mac & Alana welcome Dr. Chelsea Vaughn, Curator of the Clatsop County Historical Society, to discuss “Double Vision” a new temporary exhibit at the Heritage Museum. Also on the menu, another Chelsea?!
Harbor Seals
“Meta-Verse”: The four poems on this episode make a virtue out of being self-conscious. Each poem comments on the very poem we’re reading. The poem pulls back the curtain and reveals the composing process. Or at least that’s what the poem pretends to do. Billy Collins, “The Suggestion Box,” from Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems (Random…
Friday, June 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: From Denmark for the 57th Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard with band members Mikkel Grue, Sebastian Bloch & Sune Rahbeck. Plus ScanFest’s Janet & Lloyd Bowler. Director Carly Keone & Actors Molly Oien & Robert Scherrer from…
Potatoes of the Columbia
Host Astronemis Ray talks with Mike Brosius the owner of the Gustavus Holmes mansion in Uppertown Astoria. Mike and his wife Laura recently completed a full restoration of their home. Listen in as Astronemis talks to Mike and Jo Lumpkin Brown who is retired set designer in the film industry who completed some of the…
Friday, June 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musician & Committee member Dan Gerth on Make Music Day sponsored by the Arts Council of Clatsop County. Steven Amaya, host of KMUN’s Father Figures, exploring the topic. Director Tim Murphy & Actor & Board president Jon Osborn with Astor Street…
Michael McCusker talks about global supremacy and humankind’s unrelenting tendency toward war.Â
Refuge Hikes Summer 2024
Astorian Gabe Sutton talks about the hopes, fears, and challenges he feels in helping to raise his 8-month-old child.
Part two of a program about the Habitat Conservation Plan in Oregon State Forests.  Â
Host Sean Davis goes to Ric’s Open Mic or the Poets on the Pier and spoke to Jennifer Nightingale. River Writers is on scene to speak to some really great people and highlight this open mic at WineKraft on Pier 11 the first Tuesday of every month.Â
Friday, June 7th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! guest host Joanne Rideout with: Kate Cooper, Heidi Dowell & Duane the dog from the South Pacific County Humane Society in Long Beach with Art Pawtraits. Executive Director Kari Henningsgaard from the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria. Artist Morrison Pierce and Harmonicist…
Michael McCusker discusses humanity’s preoccupation with war.Â
Berries, and the mystery of how one can possibly eat 30 vegetables a day.
Sharks in Willapa Bay
Teresa speaks with Angela Whitlock, Marine Program Coordinator for North Coast Land Conservancy.Â
Friday, May 31st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Radio Producer & Filmmaker Barbara Bernstein with her documentary “Once a Braided River” screening at the Columbian Theater in Astoria. Performers at the 14th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts: Gerry Carthy, Baron Collins-Hill,…
Michael McCusker talks about the real Memorial Day on May 30, and the staggering death toll from US wars.Â
Dead Trees
“Where Is My Home?” (Part 2): The four poems on this episode address this question from a variety of perspectives: home as an imaginary place; home valued for the quality of one’s neighbors; home as a portable existence, a van; and home as the indoor / outdoor zone where multiple generations in a family live…
Friday, May 24th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Author & Naturalist Dr. Robert Michael Pyle with his new poetry book “The Last Man in Willapa” at KALA in Astoria. Director Jolene Magee & actor Deborah Jensen with “Exit, Pursued by a Bear” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria….
Michael McCusker traces the fascinating history of European exploration of the Columbia River region, and the history and legacy of Mt. St. Helens.Â
Mustelids