“Cheers to the Chief” as Mac & Alana discuss the drinking habits of our Presidents. Plus, Timberline Lodge and pancake-racing somehow show up in the conversation.
Episode
A continuation of Black History Month in 2023.
Breaking Hibernation
Roger Rocka interviews with Carl Hendrickson: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Fellow, Ocean/Coastal Services Division, Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development.
Dayle Olson of the Writers Guild of Astoria interviews local writer and playwright Shawn Deal.
Christine Lolich joins Mac & Alana for a great conversation
Friday, February 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Multidiscipline artist Rachel Siegel with a mini retrospective “ThenThereHereNow’ at KALA in Astoria; with Dinah Urell, proprietor of KALA & hipfish. Violinist Kim Angelis & Pianist Jennifer Goodenberger with a benefit concert, “Romancing the CLC”, at the Charlene Larsen…
“The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln,” which comes annually and is a full program tribute to the great emancipator by Michael McCusker.
Teresa speaks with Kelly Huckestein of Spring Up Farm in Knappa.
Linda and Merianne talked about Linda’s recent pizza journey, Merianne’s intention to actually bake and Valentine’s Day.
Mac & Alana pull the show over and present license, registration, and proof of insurance when they welcome retired Seaside Police Officer Bruce Holt. Plus, Mac reveals his winning strategy for Monopoly.
Friday, February 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Thomas Ryan and actors Frank Jagodnik, Margo McClellan, Toddy Adams, Bryan Churchill with “Guilty Conscience”, a murder-mystery at The Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. CCC Art Department Chair Kristin Shauck and Ryan Prochaska, head of the Historic Preservation Program, with…
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker kicks off Black History Month with, what else, but a black-intensive program, featuring an article that reads “Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-blackness,” by the writer Karen Attiah. Also, “Yale honors black girl, 9 years old, wrongly reported to police over insect project,” written by Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Refuge Policy
Mac & Alana discuss violence at the Capitol. Alana is fascinated by Groundhog Day. Plus, is Mac an ogre?
Friday, January 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Sadie Mercer, from Maggie’s On The Prom, on the Pacific Story Slam in Seaside, Astoria and Long Beach, WA. Lindsey Aarts on her solo show at RiverSea Gallery with work from her Astoria Visual Arts residency.
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker provides an Orwellian lens to view (The Mahatma) Mohandas Ghandi.
Peregrine Falcon
“Dogs in Homer, Homer’s Dog, Other Dogs.” What truths about dogs did Homer know nearly 3000 years ago? If Homer lived with a dog, what did this dog think of the epic poet? The poems in this episode address these and other canine-related questions in intriguing ways. Homer, snippets from The Iliad, Books 22 and 23; a passage…
Mac and Alana have a fun chat with Bert Little. The Jetty, tug boats, the Navy, and a great story about Crabfest are all on the menu today.
Friday, January 20th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Actors Slab Slabinski & Jacque Denton and Director William Bill Ham with ‘Simple Salmon ’23: Subtitle Undetermined’ at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Artists Anna Kaufman & Denise Monaghan, daughter & mother, present & former artists-in-residence at Astoria…
Michael McCusker shares a piece of writing originally in KMUN’s The Current, by microphone immortal Joanne Rideout. The title is: “Turning Toward the Light.” And, from J.N. Nielson, “The morning after the end of the world.”
Teresa hosts by herself this week, talking all things seeds: how to source them, ways to experiment, and troubleshooting what to grow in your garden’s specific conditions.
King Tides
Mac & Alana discuss Prohibition. . .so put away your hootch
Friday, January 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artist & Educator Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, co-owner of Art Loft and Dots ’N Doodles in Astoria, with an update on both. Writer, Dancer, Performance Artist Susan Grace Banyas, author of The Hillsboro Story, is featured at Warrenton Community Library After…
An outright partisan program featuring “There are no moderate House Republicans,” written by Jennifer Rubin, supplemented by original writing from Michael McCusker. Also, effective January the first, “Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon,” written by Andrew Jacobs. Finally a tribute to Jack London, from McCusker.
Snowy Owl
Roger Rocka shares his interview with local historian Carlton Appelo, who passed away in 2019.
Host Marianne Monson interviews guest writer Elisa Carlsen of Astoria.