The Preservationists – March 17

Join our host Astronemis Ray as she chats with Lauri Serafin, vice president of the Lower Columbia Preservation Society, and City Historian John Goodenberger for a special one-hour edition of The Preservationists focusing on the Tillicum House, the historic home that now serves as the headquarters for the KMUN radio station but has been many…

Poems for Company – March 16th, 2026

“Neighbors”: When you recall the places where you lived, do you inevitably reflect on who else was in close proximity?  This episode presents three distinct ways of thinking about one’s neighbors.  Robert Frost, “Mending Wall.”  John Heywood, “A Quiet Neighbour.”  Robert Wrigley, “Praise Bob,” from The True Account of Myself as a Bird (Penguin Books, 2022),…

An Adventure in History – January 25th, 2026

Mac & Alana discuss the great questions of the day: how will the Astoria Column celebrate it’s 100th birthday this year?  Do I need to wear a 1920s costume to the Historical Society’s Roaring Twenties Casino Night?  And, of course, what was Glenn Curtiss doing in Astoria in 1911?!