On this episode of Talk of Our Towns, host Donna Quinn interviews John Goodell, Director of Science & Policy of the Elakha Alliance. They discuss a prospective sea otter reintroduction to the Oregon Coast and related connections to coastal tribes, kelp conservation and more for this keystone species.
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On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker recounts a young man’s emotions coming “Back Home in the U.S.A.” from a war, the war, simply known as Vietnam.
A conversation celebrating TDOV (Trans Day of Visibility) with special guests from the Harbor and the Lower Columbia Q Center.
A biography of Malvin L. Brown – a soldier and the first casualty of the US Forest Service’s smokejumper program.
Friday, March 26th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Sparrow Dance Company’s Julia Gingerich & Nate LaPort with a live Children’s Musical Theater Street Show in Astoria Caroline Wuebben, Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Membership, Marketing and Communications manager with all things CRMM.
A conversation with filmmaker and historian Ron Craig on the subject of history and the empowering nature of knowing one’s history.
On the next Story Told, Michael concludes Women’s History Month with “Women’s Equality Day,” along with Alisha Haridasani Gupta’s piece entitled “The Roadblocks to Equal Rights for Women, a Century Later.”
A biography of Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr. – a University of Oregon professor, a musician, and prominent leader in Eugene’s African American community for decades.
Clatsop County COVID Vaccine update 3/22/21 Clatsop County is continuing to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. Joanne Rideout has an update. [Scroll down to Listen…] Last week, the county held four vaccination events and gave about 1200 people their first shot of the two-shot Moderna vaccine. They’ve also administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (referred to…
Mac & Alana chat with Justin Parker the North Coast District Manager for Oregon State Parks. Fort Stevens, campers, cougars, bears and picnic baskets – what a show!
Friday, March 19th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Musicians and song writers Andrew Emlen & Erik Friend from Skamokawa Swamp Opera with their new album of original songs “Foxglove Streets” Bill Griesar & Jeff Leake with Noggin Fest, the largest celebration of Neuroscience research, art,…
On the next Story Told with Michael McCusker, why “Abandoning Masks Now is a Terrible Idea,” by John M. Barry. Additionally, in more generalized terms Dr. Robert Brake lays out the “Politics of Contempt,” and lastly, a poem by Carolyn Dunne entitled “These Things.”
Teresa Retzlaff interviews Emily Vollmer of Birdsong Farm & Apiary, while sitting next to Coal Creek on her farm in the Nehalem Valley.
Host Teresa Retzlaff and guest Kati Claborne chat about why KMUN is important to them, how gardening and radio have helped them get through this past year, and how you can support us in this first week of our spring pledge drive.
Tune in for tales of home cooking and life with Linda Perkins and Merianne Myers!
Frappuccino, Crystal Pepsi, AND therapy dogs? That must mean Mac & Alana are chatting with Cherilyn Frei, Director of Mission Integration at Providence Seaside.
COVID-19 vaccine events and opportunities [Scroll down to Listen. Script below:] Intro: Clatsop County continues to ramp up COVID 19 vaccine distribution. Joanne Rideout reports. The Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force held its largest clinic to date last week, administering approximately 900 first doses Thursday at the county fairgrounds in Astoria. In total, the county…
Friday, March 12th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman features Astoria Art Walk with: Portland artists Francis Dot & Todd Molinari’s assemblage installation “apokálypsis: an uncovering” at Astoria Visual Arts. Dulcye Taylor & Kenny Schmoker, one of CCC artists featuring shelter animals in the 3rd annual benefit for Clatsop…
A biography of Joe Lillard – an early Black athlete at the University of Oregon.
On the next Story Told, Michael elucidates the solution for just about any environmental or gendered injustice one can think of in “Women Are the Mothers of Earth,” composed in 1991 by the Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet.
This month, Around Our Schools program host, Sara Meyer, interviews Jerad Sorber, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Clatsop Community College. Jerad shares many program updates and support areas available for students. Margaret Frimoth adds information about HB2864 requirements for Cultural Competency, and Sara reminds listeners about the upcoming March 13th “Women Interested In Going…
A biography of Daniel Drew – a Civil War soldier who became a minister and Chaplain of the Oregon chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic.
A Big Week in Clatsop County for Vaccinations. Jacob Lewin. Clatsop County will be accelerating its Covid-19 vaccine effort this week and hopes to have 20% of county residents vaccinated by the end of the week. As of last Friday, about 14% of Clatsop County residents had received first doses of a…
When Duncan Law was a baby, his aunt and his single mother launched their beauty parlor by serving as beauticians to Astoria’s bordellos. He worked his way through school in Astoria’s canneries under the old Chinese Contract Labor system. The Chinese lived at the cannery bunk house, and in the cannery dorms he learned…
Tonight Mac & Alana answer the question: “How many Nuns does it take to start a hospital?” when they explore the history of our local hospitals
On the next Story Told, Michael elucidates through Stacey Abrams on how “Our democracy faced a near death experience. Here’s how to revive it.” Also, Dr. Robert Brake simply asks “Politics: A Noble Cause?” Finally Carolyn Dunne ends the program with a poem, “Invasive Species.”
Merianne and Linda talk caffeine withdrawals, breadcrumb topping politics, dried bean preparation methods, and getting excited about spring on this week’s Food Talk.
Mac & Alana discuss William Badger, the first African-American in Oregon to hold public office. Spoiler alert: It was in Gearhart in the 1920s and 1930s.
Friday, Feb 26th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Astoria commercial fisherman and poet Dave Densmore on the 2021 Virtual Fisher Poets Gathering happening NOW! Kristin Shauck, CCC art department and director of Royal Nebeker Gallery collaborates with Whitney Rutz, Portland’s Cinnamon Bun Philanthropist in arts based…
A biography of Alan and Louisa Flowers – the heads of a prominent Black family in early Portland, and the city’s first Black land developers.