Mac & Alana discuss the Titanic, John Jacob Astor IV, and the connection to Astoria. Spoiler alert: the ship sank.
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Mac & Alana chat with Astoria Police Chief Stacy Kelly. Coal, Montgomery Ward, Goonies, and polygraphs are all discussed. . .unless we’re lying.
Mac & Alana have a great conversation with hometown inventor and developer Kirk Faucett. Plus, Mac forgets what day it is and no one corrects him.
Friday, April 26th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jessi Just, Executive Dir of the Heart of Cartm on the Trash Bash Art Festival 2024 at White Clover Grange in Nehalem. Cannon Beach Gallery Director Summer Peterson and Science Illustrator and Wildlife Artist Nora Sherwood with “Reserve Inspiration” opening for…
“The Sprays to Spring and Criminalizing Houselessness”
Steelhead Salmon
“Where Is My Home?”: Do you carry in your mind images of a former landscape you lived in, an extended area you called home? The first poem is spoken in the voice of Robinson Crusoe as a old man back in England, wondering if this island of his origin, the place where his life will…
Friday, April 19th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Roy Seiber with the Cannon Beach Chorus concerts, “The Colors of Life”, in Seaside, Cannon Beach, Nehalem & Tillamook. Lee Stromquist and Dave Drury with the North Coast Big Band’s Benefit the PAC Concert at the Charlene Larsen Center in…
Taxism, Civil War, and the passing of an Astor.
This podcast is a recording of the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum, featuring two candidates for Clatsop County Commissioner, District 2: Anthony Huacuja and Tessa James Scheller. This is the second portion of this evening’s recording. To listen to the first portion of the evening (candidates for Oregon House of Representatives, District…
This podcast is a recording of the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum, featuring three candidates for Oregon House of Representatives, District 32: Glenn Gaither, Cyrus Javadi, and Logan Laity. To listen to the second portion of the evening (candidates for Clatsop County Commissioner, District 2), click here.
It’s KMUN’s pledge drive week, and Linda is NOT allowed to have any more cookbooks!
Earth Day
This month’s host, Astronemis Ray, talks with the Liberty Theatre’s executive director Jennifer Crockett and cohost Eric Wheeler a tour guide of the architecture tours of the Liberty Theatre. Listen in as we discuss the history, revitalization, architecture details, and stories of the historic Liberty Theatre. Have you ever wondered why the McTavish room is…
Friday, April 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Deputy Director Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano’s first annual ‘Golpetazo del Año’ at CC Fairgrounds expo annex. Photographer Don Frank with a new exhibit “Inky Daydreams” at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Artist and Printmaking Instructor Ben Killen Rosenberg &…
Donna Quinn talks with guest Kevin Leahy, Executive Director of Clatsop Economic Development Resources.
In the middle of KMUN’s Spring Pledge Drive, hear from staff members, some of them new!
Michael McCusker commemorates the 213th birthday of Astoria, Oregon.
It’s Spring
“In a visit with Larry Glass, we explore fatherlessness and never wanting to be a father.”
Featuring the women managers of KMUN – Lisa Smith, Victoria Stoppiello, Joanne Rideout and Susan Peterson – as they were honored by the American Association of University Women.
Tillamook Artist, carpenter, craftsman, beekeeper and surfer Henry Stanley on his Surfboard exhibit at Bay City Arts Center. Editor-in-Chief Asher Finch and Faculty Advisor Kama O’Connor with RAIN MAGAZINE at CCC Towler Hall. Classical Pianist Andrei Andreev performs a benefit concert for Cascadia Chamber Opera’s summer Festival at the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria; joined…
Michael McCusker remembers the assassination 56 years ago today, of the Rev. Martin Luther King. He also discusses the rollback of a permissive Oregon drug law that has been linked to higher crime rates and overdose deaths.
Teresa Retzlaff and Jessica Schleif talk about Spring’s arrival in their gardens.
Always wear your apron when opening the oven.
Spring Migration Songbirds
Friday, March 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Tracy Abel from Tolovana Arts Colony on “Get Lit at the Beach”, a gathering for readers and authors in Cannon Beach. Executive Director Jennifer Crockett on the Liberty Theatre’s 99th Birthday Bash in the Liberty McTavish Room with live Jass. Ceramic…
Michael McCusker discusses why it’s vital that women get involved and stay involved, in politics. He reads an essay he wrote called, “Ms. Smith goes to Washington.”
Do you like fire-escapes? Do you enjoy a safe working environment? Think workplace safety is important? Mac and Alana discuss the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
McAndrew & Alana welcome Captain Thron Riggs to the big show to talk about his new book about Bar Pilots. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Mac does a really bad Irish Brogue.