Mac & Alana learn all about Mother’s Day. Somehow, McDonald’s is on the menu as well. Â
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Friday, May 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:  Melissa Henige from The Harbor, Clay Artist & Bowl Makers Richard Rowland & Jimmy Mandes, with the annual Soup Bowl Benefit Night at Bob Chisholm Community Center in Seaside.  Oregon Film Director Trip Jennings brings his new documentary “Elemental”,…
To commemorate what would’ve been Arthur Honeyman’s eighty-third birthday (May 10 2023), Michael McCusker delivers an all-Arthur program. Including “Sam’s Social Suicide,” and “Dubiously Involved in Important Matters.”
Lyngbye Sedge
We discuss the Columbia Inn, which is being converted to provide housing for people who are homeless, particularly those especially at risk. We talk about when it will open, what it will be like, how it will be operated and managed, etc. The guests are: Monica Steele, Assistant Clatsop County Manager Viviana Matthews, Executive Director,…
Marianne Monson interviews author Deborah Hazen
Mac & Alana chat about George Vancouver, realize they don’t order pizza often enough, and Alana introduces a brand new segment: historical words that are never used anymore.
Friday, May 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:  Deborah Hazen, President of the Clatskanie Historical Society, on the Raymond Carver Writing Festival.  Artist & Arts Program Coordinator Ally Bruser with her Nerikomi Clay Workshop at Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview.  Margarita Cullimore shares a celebration of Cinco de…
Original commentary by Michael McCusker in his annual rant titled “Mayday!” Also on this broadcast, “Memoirs of a Pear Picker,” by Loyola Marsef. Finally Michael Kazin asks the question “What would it take for one party to dominate America again?” Â
Donna Quin talks about the current state of the library.Â
Your favorite show about Food, with esteemed hosts Merianne Meyers and Linda Perkins.
Trudy Van Dusen Citovic is on hand to share memories of growing up in Astoria. Plus, Mac doesn’t miss a chance to somehow bring up a serial killer. Â
Heather Douglas – CCC, & Dr. Jenni Newton – Astoria School District, with the North Coast Inclusion Seminar, advancing equity in education, at Clatsop Community College. Â Dragon Fire Gallery owner Eeva Lantela with the Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. Â Leader Lee Stromquist and Dave Drury with the North Coast Big Band with…
This Sunday, April 30th, The Vietnam War will have ended forty eight years ago. But for anyone affected by the war, be it soldier or civilian, American or Vietnamese, it could be said that the war never really is over. Michael McCusker, a veteran of Vietnam, shares a work of his own imagination, where two…
 Phytoplankton
“Poems About Writing”: When you were a student, did you find joy in the writing tasks required of you? Did self-disclosure make you uncomfortable, or did you welcome the opportunity to express your individuality? Poems in this episode may take you back to the classroom, with reflections from some students and instructors. Today’s show features these poems:…
Mac & Alana chat with Warrenton Library Director Josh Saranpaa. You know you’ve seen him around. Plus, Alana fangirls all over Jane Fonda work-out videos. Â
Friday, April 21th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Author & Pacific Slam grand champion Sean Davis with “Stormy River Storytellers”, a new series at Workers Tavern in Astoria; & owner, storyteller Diana Kirk.  Director/Conductor Terry Dahlgren and Publicist Kathleen Strecker of the North Coast Symphonic Band with “Jazz,…
Michael McCusker elucidates the differences between commercial and community radio. In the words of Liam Dunne “Commercial radio kills me, but KMUN 91.9 really THRILLS me.” Also featured on the program is Carol Newman’s 2003 article “K-munity Radio Portrait.” Â
The American Association of University Women Candidate Forum, held on April 18th 2023.
Biodiversity
Your favorite show about Food, with esteemed hosts Merianne Meyers and Linda Perkins.
Mac & Alana discuss Oregon’s latest Oscar-winning film, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Â
Friday, April 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:  Director Susi Brown and actors Cherry Kocemba & Rhonda Warnack with “Enchanted April” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria.  Curator Agnes Field and Artist Lezlie Piper, one of four artists, with “Divine Beacons” at Astoria Visual Arts.  …
We’re celebrating forty years on the air with original writing from radio legends Doug Sweet, Harriet Baskas, and, of course, Michael McCusker.
Old Growth Forests
To celebrate Women’s History month in March, the American Association of University Women in Clatsop County held a dinner at the Golden Star Restaurant to “Honor the Honorables.”  Judge Paula Brownhill was the first female judge in Clatsop County. She was later joined by Judge Cindy Matayas and Judge Dawn McIntosh to form the…
Marianne Monson interviews David Campiche
Mac & Alana discuss some major legislation happening in Salem, offer a critique of The Great Gatsby, and examine the history and origins of the Easter Bunny. Â