Michael McCusker Archives - KMUN

A Story Told – April 16, 2026

Jack Harris — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:30:30 +0000

Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.

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A Story Told – April 9th, 2026

Jack Harris — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:25:57 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker reads an essay he published years ago in his newspaper, the North Coast Times-Eagle, about the history and evolution of the city of Astoria.

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A Story Told – April 2nd, 2026

Jack Harris — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:30:19 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote titled, “One World for All.”

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A Story Told – March 26, 2026

Jack Harris — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:30:14 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about PNW trees and the timber industry, and shares a political essay written by now deceased Peninsula resident DR. Robert Brake.

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A Story Told – March 19th, 2026

Jack Harris — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:30:25 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay on women’s rights, honoring Women’s History Month.

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A Story Told – March 12th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:00:46 +0000

Michael McCusker commemorates the anniversary this month of the infamous My Lai Massacre, a war crime committed by US Army personnel – the mass murder of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam – which happened on March 16, 1968.

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A Story Told – March 5th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:00:15 +0000

Michael McCusker on the latest in the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran.

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A Story Told – February 26th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:00:22 +0000

Michael McCusker on “One World For All”

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A Story Told – February 19th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:00:30 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker reads an essay in honor of Oregon’s birthday last week, on Valentine’s Day.

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A Story Told – February 12th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:29 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker details the hideous history of US slavery.

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A Story Told – February 5th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:00:28 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker discusses tyranny and the concept of nonviolent civil disobedience.

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A Story Told – January 29th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:00:30 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses the possible legacy of humanity, sharing an essay he wrote.

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A Story Told – January 22nd, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:00:37 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares the works of poet Langston Hughes, whose words take on renewed meaning in our current political climate.

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A Story Told – January 15th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:00:44 +0000

Michael McCusker honors the 100th anniversary of public radio.

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A Story Told – January 8th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:00:34 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker share international reaction to Trumps invasion of Venezuela.

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A Story Told – January 1st, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:12:07 +0000

This week on A Story Told, as a new year dawns, Michael McCusker assesses the complex legacy of the US.

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A Story Told – December 18th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:32 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker talks about human rights, Eleanor Roosevelt and the legacy of Donald J. Trump.

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A Story Told – December 11th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:00:48 +0000

Michael McCusker shares his views on the futility of war.

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A Story Told November 20th, 2025

Jack Harris — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:30:23 +0000

Michael reads about a collection of Nazi stamps and the demise of Northwest forests. He ends with the poem ‘Storm’ by John Paul Barrett.

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A Story Told – November 13th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:00:26 +0000

Michael shares his misgivings about the history of Veterans Day, which was once called Armistice Day to honor peace. He also shares a bitingly sarcastic essay about the concept of patriotism and what it means in different political contexts.

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A Story Told – October 30th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:00:12 +0000

Michael McCusker is at his storytelling best, as he share his autobiographical account of a harrowing series of events he experienced in Vietnam in 1966. Entitled, “Happy Birthday, Mother,” this graphic look at the real costs of war will stay with you long after you’ve heard it.

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A Story Told October 23rd, 2025

Jack Harris — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:30:19 +0000

On this week’s A Story Told, Michael McCusker talks about how recent unusual behavior on the part of President Trump raises questions about his fitness to govern. And, he shares a story about the discovery of a previously unknown chapter of the famous novel, “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac.

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A Story Told October 16th, 2025

Jack Harris — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:30:16 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker remembers Christopher Columbus and his accidental “discovery” of what would later be called, “The New World.” Michael also shares a short story he wrote about hotshot firefighters.

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A Story Told – October 9th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:00:24 +0000

Michael McCusker shares a short story he wrote about a hunting trip gone wrong, called, “The Second Shot.” And shares an essay by political commentator and author Robert Reich, about the ongoing government shutdown.

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A Story Told – October 2nd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:00:15 +0000

Michael McCusker speaks on Trump’s recent push to occupy American cities with federal troops.

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A Story Told – September 18th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:40:02 +0000

Michael McCusker shares his views on the current American political climate and the “Trump Doctrine”

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A Story Told – September 11th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:25:15 +0000

Michael McCusker shares two articles he wrote dedicated to the events of 9/11.

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A Story Told – September 4th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:00:17 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the significance of Labor Day, the US labor movement, and the horrors of child labor.

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A Story Told – August 28th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:45:10 +0000

Michael McCusker shares a varied range of topics: Donald Trump, tourism, the 19th Amendment, and a look at wildland firefighting history in the American West.

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A Story Told August 14th, 2025

Jack Harris — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:30:57 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares essays documenting Donald Trump’s rise to authoritarianism.

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A Story Told – August 7th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:00:35 +0000

Michael McCusker shares personal essays about nuclear war, Vietnam, and the history of the baby boom generation.

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A Story Told – July 31st, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:36 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about ongoing threats to democracy in current politics.

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A Story Told – July 24th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:00:53 +0000

Michael McCusker analyzes the continuing dilemma of democracy in the age of Trump.

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A Story Told – July 17th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:00:21 +0000

Michael McCusker honors the anniversary yesterday of the 1945 Trinity Test, the first nuclear bomb test, in the desert near Alamogordo, NM. The event marked the beginning of the nuclear age.

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A Story Told – July 10th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:00:51 +0000

Michael McCusker shares essays on the fragile nature of democracy.

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A Story Told – July 3rd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:00:58 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses the concepts of freedom and democracy, on the eve of Independence Day in the US, with a little help from Leonard Cohen.

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A Story Told – June 26th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:00:39 +0000

Michael McCusker shares views on Donald Trump’s military aspirations, and a treatise on the potential demise of the US penny.

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A Story Told – June 19th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:00:11 +0000

Michael McCusker shares more insight into the rapidly changing landscape of US politics.

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A Story Told – June 5th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:00:51 +0000

Michael McCusker remembers Robert F Kennedy, who was assassinated on this day in 1968.

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A Story Told – May 29th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:00:17 +0000

Michael McCusker honors Memorial Day with an essay on war.

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A Story Told – May 22nd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 22 May 2025 17:00:56 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the history of birthright citizenship in the US.

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A Story Told – May 15th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 15 May 2025 17:00:30 +0000

Hear more this week from Michael McCusker

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A Story Told – May 8th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 08 May 2025 17:00:57 +0000

Michael McCusker remembers his long-time friend, Arthur Honeyman, a brilliant scholar and writer who spent his life deeply affected by physical limitations caused by cerebral palsy. Michael shares Arthur’s candid essays and poems about his condition, part of Honeyman’s lifelong effort to help differently-abled people be seen as human beings by society.

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A Story Told – May 1st, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 01 May 2025 23:34:43 +0000

Michael McCusker honors the anniversary this month of the of the controversial Vanport Disaster, a flood which destroyed the Oregon community on Memorial Day in 1948.

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A Story Told – April 24th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:00:18 +0000

Michael McCusker continues to assess the current state of the United States of America.

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A Story Told – April 17th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:00:25 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.

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A Story Told – April 10th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:00:39 +0000

Michael McCusker continues to assess the current state of the United States of America.

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A Story Told – April 3rd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:13:24 +0000

Michael McCusker shares writings on presidency.

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A Story Told – March 27th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:59:50 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.

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A Story Told March 20th, 2025

Jack Harris — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:30:15 +0000

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.

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A Story Told – March 13th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:00:47 +0000

Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.

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A Story Told – March 6th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:00:31 +0000

Michael McCusker shares an essay in honor of Women’s History Month.

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A Story Told – February 20th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:00:39 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about abuses under the Trump administration, and answers the question, “what is Oregon?”

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A Story Told – February 13th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:00:49 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is this week. He also discusses the history of slavery and racism in the US.

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A Story Told – February 6th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:02:15 +0000

Tillamook Burn, Birthright Citizenship, and a tribute to Mary.

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A Story Told – January 23rd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:00:45 +0000

Michael McCusker highlights the unfolding drama of the Trump administration, as he discusses the impending assault on birthright citizenship.

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A Story Told – January 16th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:00:24 +0000

As the inauguration approaches, Michael McCusker shares an essay entitled, “If I Were President.”

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A Story Told – January 2nd, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:18:37 +0000

Michael McCusker shares his New Years Resolutions for 2025.

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A Story Told – December 5th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:00:01 +0000

Michael McCusker honors the lives of two recently deceased artist friends with a history of artists in Cannon Beach. And he discusses the ugly possibility of another pandemic, as H1N1 flu gains traction in the US.

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A Story Told – November 28th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:00:34 +0000

Michael McCusker offers reflections on Thanksgiving and politics as we enter another political season.

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A Story Told – November 21st, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:13 +0000

Michael McCusker shares a scathing analysis of the incoming Trump administration, and the society that elected him.

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A Story Told – November 14th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:00:48 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about Donald Trump’s presidential victory. He also discusses the recent honoring of American abolitionist and icon Harriet Tubman. And how ranked choice voting added Progressive voices to the Portland City Council.

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A Story Told – November 7th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:12 +0000

Michael McCuster shares journalists’ reactions to the election Tuesday of Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States.

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A Story Told October 31st, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:00:38 +0000

Michael discusses witches and reads a spectacular excerpt from Michelle Obama’s speech.

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A Story Told – October 24th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:00:31 +0000

Michael McCusker shares stunning memories of the Vietnam War.

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A Story Told October 17, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:00:52 +0000

Michael McCusker on Here Comes Your Ghost Again and 50 Ways to Get Political.

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A Story Told – October 10th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:10:14 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the “lost cause” politics of Donald Trump and his allies. He also discusses the dam removal project that has allowed return of wild salmon to the Klamath River.

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A Story Told – October 3rd, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:33:59 +0000

Michael McCusker takes a look at underlying credos that guide American culture. And an analysis of escalating Trump hyperbole.

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A Story Told – September 26th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:00:54 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about democracy, and the rights that accompany it – rights that have been taken for granted but are not guaranteed.

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A Story Told – September 19th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:01:53 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses the criminalization of poverty, and explores what Donald Trump’s “concepts of a plan” statement about US healthcare might mean.

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A Story Told – September 12th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:00:52 +0000

Michael McCusker commemorates the anniversary of 9/11, with personal essays he wrote in the years following the attacks, about their effects on the US.

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A Story Told – September 5th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:00:07 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about Labor Day, and the legacy and future of labor unions in the US.

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A Story Told – August 29th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:00:20 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses a variety of subjects, including a look at the true meaning of the word “veteran,” and the future of the concept of graceful concession for candidates who lose elections. Michael also commemorates the anniversary today, 52 years ago, when a fishing boat called the Meteor, that he served aboard, sank on the...

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A Story Told August 22nd, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:30:30 +0000

This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker discusses the future of journalism, and shares an essay written by an old Marine Corps buddy about their experiences in the Vietnam War.

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A Story Told August 15th, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:29:23 +0000

This week, Michael McCusker discusses Republican efforts to undermine elections, and talks about the effect of heat on the brain.

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A Story Told August 8th, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:30:25 +0000

Summer of Love and War and Satan’s Children

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A Story Told – August 1st, 2024

Jack Harris — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:59:56 +0000

This week Michael McCusker discusses notable August anniversaries, including Roman history and the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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A Story Told — July 25th, 2024

Jack Harris — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:43:15 +0000

New Life with Kamala and a Second Declaration of Independence

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A Story Told – July 18th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:00:04 +0000

A shellfish massacre, west coast labor unrest, and Mein Trump.

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A Story Told – July 11th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:00:11 +0000

Michael McCusker shares essay about liberty, independence and profit motive.

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A Story Told – July 4th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:00:14 +0000

Michael McCusker observes Independence Day with an analysis of democracy and government.

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A Story Told – June 27th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses a range of topics, including tourism, undersea volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and trees.

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A Story Told – June 13th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:00:53 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about global supremacy and humankind’s unrelenting tendency toward war.

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A Story Told – June 6th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:00:15 +0000

Michael McCusker discusses humanity’s preoccupation with war.

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A Story Told – May 30th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:25:49 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about the real Memorial Day on May 30, and the staggering death toll from US wars.

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A Story Told – May 23rd, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 23 May 2024 17:00:25 +0000

Michael McCusker traces the fascinating history of European exploration of the Columbia River region, and the history and legacy of Mt. St. Helens.

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A Story Told – May 16th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:31 +0000

Michael McCusker recalls student protests in Portland in the 1970s, and shares the recollections of a wheelchair-bound friend who was also an active protester.

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A Story Told – May 9th 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 09 May 2024 17:19:23 +0000

Michael McCusker commemorates a brilliant old friend who suffered from cerebral palsy, and recalls the horrors of the Kent State campus shootings that happened this month in 1970, where four student protesters were shot and killed by National Guard troops.

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A Story Told – May 2nd, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 02 May 2024 19:56:42 +0000

Michael MCusker talks about current campus protests that echo anti-war protests in the 1960s, and takes a look at the history of U.S. global power.

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A Story Told – April 25th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:24:27 +0000

“The Sprays to Spring and Criminalizing Houselessness”

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A Story Told – April 18th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:30:01 +0000

Taxism, Civil War, and the passing of an Astor.

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A Story Told – April 11th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:50:36 +0000

Michael McCusker commemorates the 213th birthday of Astoria, Oregon.

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A Story Told – April 4th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:00:34 +0000

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.

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A Story Told – March 28th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:00:34 +0000

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.”

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A Story Told – March 21st, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:00:33 +0000

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A Story Told – March 14th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:51:58 +0000

Michael McCusker remembers the birthday of Albert Einstein, born on this day in 1879. He also discusses Pi Day, March 14, and recounts the embarrassing history of women’s suffrage in the US.

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A Story Told – March 7th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:43:42 +0000

In honor of Women’s History Month, Michael McCusker shares an essay from the World Women’s Congress, entitled, “Women Are The Mothers of Earth.”

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A Story Told – February 29th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:00:51 +0000

Michael McCusker takes us out of Black History Month and seques into Herstory Month on a Leap Day.

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A Story Told – February 22nd, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:00:41 +0000

Michael McCusker talks about a recent ranking of US presidents, an assessment which rated Donald Trump at the very bottom.

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A Story Told – February 8th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:00:08 +0000

Michael talks about politics, including the Oregon Supreme Court’s ruling to allow Donald Trump on the 2024 state primary ballot. The show ends, at Michael’s request, with a musical piece performed by Paul Robeson.

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