Beach Grass Roots – January 8th, 2026

In this episode, we talk with Peninsula Poverty Response, a local nonprofit with the mission to reduce the impacts of poverty on the Long Beach Peninsula. They provide necessities for people who are low income or unsheltered, including gas, laundry, propane, and Discovery Passes for access to showers. They also provide resource navigation as well…

North Coast Chorale 2025

KMUN is proud to present a special program in collaboration with the North Coast Chorale. This feature includes recordings from the dress rehearsal session for the North Coast Chorale’s concert Peace, Love and Joy: Celebration in Songs for the 2025 Winter season. The North Coast Chorale is currently under the direction of Dr. Vincent Jones-Centano….

Poems for Company – December 22nd, 2025

“Friendship”: Three poems consider the shared activities, the camaraderie, the tensions, and the goofiness of friendships.  Ada Limon, “Blowing on the Wheel,” from The Hurting Kind (Milkweed, 2022).  Delmore Schwartz, “Do the Others Speak of Me Mockingly, Maliciously?” from Selected Poems, copyright 1959 by Delmore Schwartz.  Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.  Sharon Olds, “Best Friends,”…

ARTS – Live & Local! December 5th, 2025

Friday December 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Sam Dinkowitz, Writer, Director, Actor with “Holidazed: A Spectravagasm Christmas” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Leila Collier and Lloyd Bowler on “Light in the Darkness”, the Astoria Scandinavian Heritage Association’s ceremony of remembrance at Nordic Heritage Park. Greg Neitzel,…