Friday, March 28th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Directors Rita Smith & Pamela Klifar with Peninsula Players’ production of “Disaster” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Director Markus Brown & Actor Judy Goff-Menegat with “Marjorie Prime” at The Ten Fifteen Theatre in Astoria. Musica Maestrale’s Hideki Yamaya…
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Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.
Home Fire Avoidance
Brad and Sean speak to a guest they’ve had on before. A retired air force special forces combat veteran we call “Stitch.” We speak to him from a residential treatment center for PTSD. We hope this show becomes an inspiration for other veterans who may be too proud to ask for help.
Friday, March 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Wild Salmon Center Community Engagement Coordinator Avi Goldschmidt on Rand Schenck, author of “Forest Under Siege: The History of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot” at Fort George Brewery. Katy Menne, Arts Council of Clatsop Co board member & CRMM education director…
Julie Hackett join Mac and Alana for a very special episode exploring poetry as an agent of social change in the Irish Revolution, the merits of The Godfather, outdoor education, and Mac asks “where are the rabbits and why are they laughing?”
“A Redwood, an Ancient Orchard, a Sequoia”: Do you have a favorite tree you pay special attention to when you take a routine walk? Is it older than you? We project so many attributes on to trees, including longevity and strength. We develop an emotional attachment to trees. Today’s episode considers such attachments and features two…
On this week’s A Story Told, Michael McCusker honors Women’s History Month by sharing a still-timely essay he wrote years ago for his newspaper, the North Coast Times Eagle.
Join our host, Astronemis Ray, in this thought-provoking episode of The Preservationists. Listen in as we talk with local philosophers Seth Tichenor and Gad Perez-Tichenor as we explore deeper philosophical questions around historic preservation. Listen in as we unfold what it means to preserve a piece of the past.
Old Mans Beard
It’s Pork Shoulder Season!
St. Patrick, rubber bands, Nebraska, all the movies featuring the Empire State Building, culinary school, and Cider are on the menu when Vinessa Karnofski join Mac & Alana on the big show.
Friday, March 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Charlene Larsen & Deac Guidi from Partners for the PAC with Phyllis Nybakke Cavens on “Love the Larsen Center”, a fundraiser and celebration of Jan & John Nybakke, at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Violist Betsey Ellerbroek & Oboist Laurie Swanson…
Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.
In this episode of Beach Grass Roots, we talk with staff from The Harbor, an organization providing support to survivors of domestic violence in and around the Clatsop County area. The Harbor is the March 2025 beneficiary of the Astoria Co-op’s Change for Community program, which asks customers to round-up their total as a donation…
“Running on Empathy”: Three authors display various degrees of empathy in their depictions of Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman, prose passages from Specimen Days, and “O Captain! My Captain.” Kathleen Flenniken, “To Ease My Mind,” from Famous (U. of Nebraska Press, 2006), and used with kind permission of the author. Leigh Stein, “Lincoln, Abraham, Melancholy Of,” from What To Miss When (New…
Fire Prevention
Ric Wallace navigates a voluntary fatherhood beyond his responsibility.
Liberty Theater Executive Director Jennifer Crockett joins Mac & Alana to talk music, historic theaters, and favorite performers. Plus, Alana questions how honest Abe Lincoln really was.
Through the magic of radio, we take you back to a Sunday evening in 1983 – high atop the Gunderson Building in downtown Astoria – when KMUN began it’s very first broadcast. Then, hear from Paxton Hoag, Doug Sweet, Susie McLerie, Carol Newman and Rebecca Rubens.
Sean sits down and speaks to Dan McClure, the Director of the Clatsop Community College Library, about how anyone with an Astoria Library Card can check out books and other things at the college. They also talk about art, music, and zines!
Friday, March 7th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artists Denise Monaghan & Matthew Dennison with “The Power of the Wild” at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Event Coordinator Liz Talley & Marketing & Photography Director Sora Blu with the 6th Annual Sou’Wester Arts Week in Seaview & Ilwaco, WA. Andrew…
KMUN Station Manager steps in as a substitute for Talk of Our Towns host Donna Quinn to chat with the Citizens Advisory Board. More details to follow.
Friday, February 28th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Adria Badagnani on the Manzanita Writers Series Literary Weekend with Poet Didi Jackson at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. Nancy McCarthy & Jennifer Nightingale with 13 writers in the NW Authors Series ‘Writers Read Celebration’ at the Cannon Beach Library….
News Director Katie Frankowicz talks with our magical group of volunteers! We hear from Poems for Company host Brian Dillon, Longest-running front-desk volunteer Eileen Williams, Programmer Lowell Benner, Program Director Jack Harris, and Station Manager Susan Peterson.
Michael McCusker shares an essay in honor of Women’s History Month.
Teresa and Jessica make a lot of great analogies between good gardening practices and supporting your local community radio station.
Join Teresa and Jessica for the In Season KMUN Spring Pledge Drive edition!
It’s KMUN’s Spring Pledge Drive with Merianne and Linda!
Christmas Bird Count Results