Astor Street Opry Company will be doing a tribute to Shanghaied in Astoria… outdoors this Friday in the parking lot of its playhouse. The idea is to provide some theatrical fun, safe from COVID-19. You’ll find details on the Facebook page for Astor Street Opry Company. This would have been Shanghaied’s 36th year. In…
The Human Beat
The Human Beat, hosted by Roger Rocka, features community conversations about our people, issues, environment, history and the joys of living here. Produced by the studios of KMUN.
The Human Beat, with your host Roger Rocka.
Host Roger Rocka features Astoria City Planner, Barbara Fryer.
On this episode of The Human Beat, Roger talks with Nelle Moffett and Rick Bowers of Astoria and how they started advocating for the homeless.
Roger Rocka interviews Brett VandenHeuvel and Kate Murphy.
Presentation by Lisa Arkin, Executive Director of the Eugene non-profit Beyond Toxics.
Join host Roger Rocka for a look at Astoria’s watershed.
Join host Roger Rocka for a look at local community discussion about ocean health, held at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Barbey center.
Join host Roger Rocka for a look Astoria’s watershed, which he toured recently with fellow Astoria City Councilor Joan Herman. “Astoria is one of the few cities anywhere that entirely owns and controls its own watershed, its source of clean water. The watershed is managed to make the forest as healthy as possible and protect…
Join host Roger Rocka for The Human Beat.
Join Human Beat host Roger Rocka for a discussion on local solutions to the issue of homelessness on the coast.
Join Host Roger Rocka for The Human Beat. Show Synopsis: “Welcome to the Human Beat. I’m Roger Rocka. Oregon Forest laws were the topic when representatives from Oregon Wild spoke recently at the Fort George Lovell Room. Chandra LeGue and Jason Gonzales argued that Strong Forest Laws Are Good For Business and jobs, even as…
Host Roger Rocka takes us to Clatsop Community College for a talk on forestry and climate change by Dr. John Talberth, director of the center for sustainable economy, world resources institute. His appearance was sponsored by the college and the Columbia River Estuary Action Team.
Join host Roger Rocka as he talks with Dan Serres, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper, about plans to build a methanol plant at the Port of Kalama, a project that would use fracked natural gas.
On The Human Beat, host Roger Rocka talks with Marc Ward of Seaside, the founder in 2002 of Sea Turtles Forever (seaturtlesforever.org). They talk about the islands of plastic garbage in the ocean, the harm it does, the effect on our own beaches, and what we can do about it.