King Tides
Episode
A conversation with Rebecca Kraft about gender, personality, and what it’s like when fathers are absent.
Host Marianne Monson speaks with American author and journalist Randall Sullivan
Friday, January 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:  Encaustic Painter Elise Wagner with her pop up exhibit ’20 Years in Wax’ at CCC Royal Nebeker Art Gallery.  Writer, Filmmaker Flax Glor on his class ‘Writing About Film’ at Clatsop Community College.  Musicians Len Bergman, Allyson Fabela…
Donna Quinn interviews two psychotherapists about the concept of conscious aging and how it can help respond to the challenges of getting older. Longtime friends Katelyn Staecker and Jerry Rousseau exchange their ideas about the results of clinical studies, the experience of aging and how community affects the lives of our elders. This special version…
Michael McCusker shares poetry to ring in the new year, and shares a story about music, children, and world peace.Â
Braising, Greek food & Linda’s coffee art apron
Mac & Alana try to boost their ratings by hosting three adorable special guests to ring in the New Year.
Friday, Dec 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: CCC Historic Preservation Program Founder and Instructor John Goodenberger with Ales & Ideas lecture “Searching for Astoria’s Pauper Cemetery” at Fort George Lovell Showroom. Indigo Artist and Weaver Iris Sullivan Daire and son M. Tully Daire, currently a Student and Weaver…
Join Mac & Alana for a very special Christmas show. Guess which one gives coal out to their family?
Michael McCusker discusses the kind of New Year’s resolutions that could help preserve our democracy in a crucial election year. Â
Rainy day outdoor activities
“Some Horses, Some Oxen”: Four poems are featured on this show, three about horses and one about oxen. All of the horse poems tell us as much about the speaker as they do about the horses, and the final poem details a most curious Christmas folk belief. What are all these animals thinking? The poems…
Mac & Alana prepare for the big Frances E. Willard Day celebration. What? YOU aren’t celebrating?!
Mac & Alana welcome Tiffany Hessel, with Bergerson Tile, for a high energy chat about creativity, growing up locally, storeroom showers, and even Buffalo Bill Cody.
Mac & Alana go down a rabbit hole looking for a fun story about the Grange. . .and end up talking about the Doughboy Monument. Plus, Mac is confused by the Civil War.
Mac & Alana talk turkey, Hospice, Italian Immigration, grocery stores, and growing up on Clatsop Plains with Katie Bulletset
It will probably get ugly when Mac & Alana talk about Father Charles Coughlin
Neil Dundas joins Mac & Alana for a conversation that spans donuts, growing up in Astoria, business, and the best pick-up line ever.
Mac & Alana chat with Lucien Swerdloff, a founder of the Clatsop Community College Preservation Program. Architecture, NYC, Florida, and automats are all on the menu tonight.
Be wary. . .we may put a spell on you.  Mac & Alana welcome Jack Osterberg to the big show to talk about his ancestors who were involved in the Salem witch trials.Â
Mac & Alana chat with Ty Williams. I bet trees and forests get mentioned.
Mac & Alana spend some time in the trenches. . .of World War I. Spoiler: It isn’t pleasant.
Mac & Alana welcome Hospitality Queen Tamara Roberts. . .and then Mac has to ruin everything when he brings up vomiting.
Mac & Alana discuss buildings in Astoria between the 1840s and 1870s. Plus. . .the entire “McAndrew” vs. “Mac” debate is a hot topic.
Mac & Alana welcome the Executive Director of the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce, community volunteer, husband of Lucy’s Books, and all-around-nice-guy, David Reid.  And, somehow, Mac manages to bring up cannibalism.Â
In honor of the impending Christmas holiday, Michael McCusker shares some insightful essays previously printed in his newspaper, the North Coast Times Eagle, offering an alternative take on traditional holiday themes. Â
Mac & Alana take a deep dive into Hamilton. . .the man, not the musical. Plus, Mac reveals how old he is when video games are discussed.
Hurtling through the holiday season!