Marian Soderberg joins Mac & Alana for their best show ever. Norwegian immigrants, school counselors, Hope House, Assistance League, and Cruise Hosts. . .this show has it all.
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Friday, October 22nd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:  Author & historian Sydney Stevens with her latest book “Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula”.  Founder & director Ron Craig on the Astoria International Film Festival showing at the Liberty Theatre.  Executive director Madeline Matson & Curator…
Friday, October 15th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:  Multidisciplinary collaborative artists Anna Daedalus & Kerry Davis with PalĹ«s, a meditation on the tidal wetland by their home in Rosburg, WA.  Writer Heather Hirschi hosts First Person: Authors Talk, a monthly conversation at KALA in Astoria; Oct with…
On the next Story Told, in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness month, “Women in Crisis,” written by Leeann Jones Kelly in 2005 as a reflection on the Women’s Crisis Centers’ 25áµ—Ę° year in operation. Also, “Beating Her Up,” by Michael McCusker. Finally, Karen Mellin reassures that “You Are Not Alone.”  Â
Graham Nystrom hosts a conversation focused on Domestic Violence Awareness Month with guests Terri Steenbergen, ED of the Harbor, and Chris Hoover and Amber Bowman, the chair and secretary of the DV Council respectively. Â
Cooper’s Hawk
Beef Stroganoff Wild Rice Candy Corn
This show is electric! Mac & Alana explore the history of electricity – how and when it came to Astoria. Better get some sunglasses – those arc lights are bright!
Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan…
Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to listen] The city of Warrenton has 20 volunteer firefighters, three paid staff, and…
October’s Around Our Schools program continues our interests in the Tongue Point Job Corps Program. We interview Kris Saulsbury, Career and Technical Trades Manager, and Cisco Martinez, a current Job Corps student. Kris will explain how career and technical trade training work and he will describe what a week in the trades looks like for…
On the next Story Told, as Columbus Day now gets eclipsed by Indigenous People’s Day, Michael McCusker reads an original screed, “Hello Columbus,” and to elucidate the continual oppression of Native Americans, from John Mohawk, “Native Americans and the Right to Survive.”  Â
Abigail Scott Duniway, Jesse Applegate and Richard Neuberger each helped to shape the Oregon we know today. We get to know them in Eminent Oregonians, a new book published by long time Daily Astorian editor and publisher Steve Forrester.
This week Mac & Alana spend some time chatting with Leah Griffith, who comes from a long line of candy-makers in Clatsop County and whose grandfather was the Seaside Police Chief. Somehow, hand-crank phones, Scott Bakula, Jimmy Carter, and Saturday Night Live all work their way into the conversation.
Friday, October 8th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:  Benz and Chang with “Islands”, psychological portraits in watercolor, at the RiverSea Gallery for Astoria Art Walk.  Dave Ambrose on the Netel Grange celebration and fun/fundraiser; plus ACCC happenings.  Local artists Sally Lackaff & Roger Hayes on life…
Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we…
On the next Story Told, a biased and skewed chronicle of human devolution by Michael McCusker titled “Homo Evolvianus.” Also, from David Horrowitz, “History and Critical Theory.” And to end the program, from the late poet-laureate Howard Nemerov, “Magnitudes.”  Â
Host Donna Quinn interviews Will Caplinger, an ISA Certified Arborist who studied Classical Bonsai with the master Yuji Yoshimura and holds a master’s degree in Plant Geography from the University of California at Davis.
Teresa Retzlaff interviews local journalist Katie Frankowicz about her journey as a fledgling gardener in Astoria over the past few years, and the joys and lessons it has brought to her. Â
Barred Owl.
Mourning the passing of summer produce Is it Bratwurst or Briquets? Thank you’s for Pledge Drive. Something new about leeks.
Stop, Drop and Roll! Mac & Alana kick off Fire Prevention Week with a look at the 150 year old Astoria Fire Department.
Friday, October 1st at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:Â Â Director Karen Bain on “The Weir” with Danyelle Tinker, executive director of The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Â Steve Forrester, Jane Kirkpatrick & R. Gregory Nokes, authors of “Eminent Oregonians: Three Who Matter” on their respective subjects, Richard Neuberger,…
On the next Story Told, Michael considers whether or not former president Trump is guilty of the high crime of sedition. Additionally, following last program’s mention of Helen Patti Hill, Michael shares something he wrote about her titled “The Right to Know Who You Are,” and also something she wrote herself: “A Treatise on Adoption.”  Â
Make a batch of “Hard TacK” and join Mac & Alana as they discuss what gold prospectors ate. Plus, Mac has difficulty with book matches.
Friday, September 24th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:  Kristine Torset, Judith Altruda & Earl Davis on “Eugene Landry: An Artist, a Time & a Tribute” an exhibit at the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Heritage Museum.  The Clatskanie Arts Commission founders & chairs Dee & Elsa Wooley on the…
The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID…
On the next Story Told, Michael expounds the values of community radio in “Mediacrity Galore,” whilst Dr. Robert Brake claims “We Have No Right To Vote.”  Â