Roger Rocka Archives - KMUN

The Human Beat – April 13, 2026

Katie Frankowicz — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:51 +0000

Roger Rocka interviews representatives with the North Coast Food Web to explore what the Food Web is, how it works, who does it, how someone can become involved and what the plans are for this year as the organization faces federal funding challenges.

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The Human Beat – March 9th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:00:11 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Teresa Patterson and Bruce Williams, representatives of Indivisible on Oregon’s North Coast.

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The Human Beat – February 9th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:00:15 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Dan Turner, the board chair of the Cathlamet Public Library.

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The Human Beat – January 12th, 2026

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:00:56 +0000

Roger speaks with two women experiencing homelessness on the streets of downtown Astoria– Mama Rain and her 33 year old daughter Shana – in the week after Christmas.

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The Human Beat – December 8th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:00:41 +0000

The Clatsop County Animal Shelter is overwhelmed right now with more dogs and cats than it can hold. But a non-profit, Clatsop Animal Assistance, is fostering some of the animals and helping all of them with its scores of volunteers. Roger talks with Executive Director of Clatsop Animal Assistance Lily Tollefsen.

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The Human Beat – November 10th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:00:51 +0000

Introducing new KMUN station manager Mari Bergeron: We talk about her history in Clatsop County, her family, her departure for school and work and international travel, her return home and of course, her initial impressions, hopes and plans for KMUN.

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The Human Beat – October 13th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:00:08 +0000

Part 2 of Roger Rocka speaking with Willis Van Dusen about Astoria history and his own transition from protesting citizen to Council member and long-time Astoria mayor.

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The Human Beat – September 8th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:00:28 +0000

In this first part of a two-part series, Willis Van Dusen talks Astoria history and his own transition from protesting citizen to Council member and long-time Astoria mayor. Part two will air October 13.

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The Human Beat – August 11th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:00:47 +0000

Roger Rocka revisits a 2011 interview with the late Duncan Law, whose scientific discoveries at the OSU Seafood Lab in Astoria boosted the Oregon fishing industry and made hatcheries viable on the Columbia River.

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The Human Beat – July 14th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:00:27 +0000

Astoria’s population has hovered around 10,000 for a very long time. But it grew to 25 thousand during WW II. I wondered where all those thousands of extra people lived so I headed to the Clatsop County Historical Society at the Heritage Museum. I talked with Liisa Penner and Julie Burpee to learn about that,...

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The Human Beat – June 9th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:00:01 +0000

Part 2 of Roger Rocka’s conversation with Paul Benoit

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The Human Beat – May 12th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:52 +0000

Part One of Roger Rocka’s conversation with Paul Benoit

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The Human Beat – April 14th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:00:32 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Jeff Burright, who is leading development of the Offshore Wind Roadmap.

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The Human Beat – March 10th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:00:53 +0000

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.

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The Human Beat – February 10th, 2025

Skyler Butenshon — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:46:00 +0000

Our country is struggling over issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s a struggle that recurs throughout our history. Here’s a look back at a Human Beat interview from 2011, the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders.

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The Human Beat – December 9th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:00:48 +0000

We’re talking today with Steve Forrester, former editor and publisher of The Astorian and the former president and CEO of the family company, EO Media Group with its two dozen newspapers and magazines across Oregon and Washington. As of November 1, EO Media Group was sold to the larger Carpenter Media Group, which operates more...

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The Human Beat – November 11th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:00:57 +0000

A discussion of the continuing overload at the Clatsop County Animal Shelter with Justin Dersham, Clatsop County Animal Control Supervisor and Lily Tollefsen, Clatsop Animal Assistance.

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The Human Beat – October 14th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:00:48 +0000

Astoria Chief of Police Stacy Kelly and Communications Center Manager Jeremy Hipes discuss the years-long effort to fully staff the 911 center, and how its larger staff now includes 2 dogs from the Animal Shelter.

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The Human Beat – September 9th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:00:32 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with North Coast Land Conservancy Executive Director Katie Voelke.

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The Human Beat August 12th, 2024

Jack Harris — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:30:45 +0000

Roger presents a panel on the Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan revisions.

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The Human Beat – July 8th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:00:32 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Liisa Penner and Julie Burpee at the Clatsop County Historical Society.

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The Human Beat – May 13th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 13 May 2024 17:00:13 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Oregon Department of Forestry division Chief Michael Wilson about the State Habitat Conservation Plan.

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The Human Beat – April 8th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:00:15 +0000

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.

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The Human Beat – March 11th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:00:52 +0000

Forest Poets Event featuring Reba Owen, Jim Dott, Lauren Mallett, Logan Garner, and Dr. Robert Michael Pyle

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The Human Beat – February 12th, 2024

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:00:39 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Ed Johnson

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The Human Beat – November 13th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:00:38 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Lifeboat Services director Oz Orak.

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The Human Beat – October 9th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:00:37 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Pastor Bill Van Norstran about Copeland Commons, a project to provide affordable housing in Astoria.

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The Human Beat – September 11, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:00:51 +0000

Roger Rocka attends a public meeting for public comment on the issue of Astoria’s Heritage Square. Ed Overbay leads the conversation.

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The Human Beat – August 14th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:00:16 +0000

Roger Rocka interviews staff and volunteers at the Clatsop County Animal Shelter

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The Human Beat – July 10th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:22:27 +0000

Roger Rocka speaks with Joseph Stevenson, who in August of 1961, at the age of 18, became a Freedom Rider. The text below was written by Joseph Stevenson in 2021: My name is Joseph Stevenson, I was born in New York City, grew up in California, and lived most of my life in Oregon. When...

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The Human Beat – May 08, 2023

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 08 May 2023 16:47:41 +0000

We discuss the Columbia Inn, which is being converted to provide housing for people who are homeless, particularly those especially at risk. We talk about when it will open, what it will be like, how it will be operated and managed, etc. The guests are: Monica Steele, Assistant Clatsop County Manager Viviana Matthews, Executive Director,...

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The Human Beat – April 10, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:00:42 +0000

To celebrate Women’s History month in March, the American Association of University Women in Clatsop County held a dinner at the Golden Star Restaurant to “Honor the Honorables.” Judge Paula Brownhill was the first female judge in Clatsop County. She was later joined by Judge Cindy Matayas and Judge Dawn McIntosh to form the...

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The Human Beat – March 13th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:00:43 +0000

A discussion with Carrie Cantrell in Portland and Anna Kaufman in Astoria about clean water, community watersheds and how they are affected by forest practices in Oregon. Carrie and Anna are working with North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection. They are collecting stories from people in Clatsop and Tillamook counties about personal experiences with...

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The Human Beat, February 13th, 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:00:07 +0000

Roger Rocka interviews with Carl Hendrickson: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Fellow, Ocean/Coastal Services Division, Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development.

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The Human Beat, January 9 2023

Skyler Butenshon — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:00:14 +0000

Roger Rocka shares his interview with local historian Carlton Appelo, who passed away in 2019.

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The Human Beat, December 12 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:30:44 +0000

Roger Rocka interviews three local students about their experiences with 4H.

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The Human Beat, November 14 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:00:50 +0000

Host Roger Rocka interviews Terri Steenbergen, executive director of The Harbor, which provides help, support and services for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking.

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The Human Beat October 10 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:30:35 +0000

Our topic today is the $8 million bond issue on the November ballot to expand and modernize the Astoria Public Library. Our guests are interim library director Suzanne Harold and library board member Sue Stein.

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The Human Beat July 2022

Guest User — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:32:04 +0000

The Clatsop County Circuit Court includes two specialty courts – one for mental health treatment, one for drug addiction. Both help people to work their way out of a life in the criminal justice system. It’s a group effort involving probation officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and treatment providers. Listen in to portions of a drug...

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The Human Beat September 12th 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:30:03 +0000

It’s Pledge Drive on KMUN, that short period each summer when we ask for your support for this community driven radio station. We don’t interrupt KMUN programs with commercials and we depend on our listeners to help make ends meet. The Human Beat is one of several public affairs programs on KMUN, where you get a deeper understanding...

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The Human Beat June 13th 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:23:22 +0000

To honor Juneteenth I want to revisit a 2020 conversation with four friends about race and justice, and where things stand for people who look like them. All are black. We’ll hear from Denise Reed, Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Amber Hope Duffy and Charles Withers. Oregon is still mostly white, and I started by asking what it...

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The Human Beat May 9th 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:30:25 +0000

This morning we’re talking with a local person who is homeless. This will be the first in what I hope will be a series of discussions to help us better understand the individuals among the human beings we may tend to lump together as, “The Homeless.” I went to Lifeboat Services downtown, which houses both...

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The Human Beat April 11th 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:30:12 +0000

Today we’re discussing homelessness – with Teresa Barnes, the Executive Director of the Astoria Warming Center.

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The Human Beat March14 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:45:21 +0000

Welcome to the Human Beat! I’m Roger Rocka. The City of Astoria is engaged in a process intended to provide some affordable housing downtown, in the area bounded by Duane, Exchange, 11th and 12th streets. Some additional units would be used by Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare to provide housing and treatment for their clients. The City is engaged in exclusive...

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The Human Beat Febuary 14 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:30:44 +0000

The United States is facing a national blood crisis, brought on by complications from the pandemic. A significant portion of hospital blood needs for patients is not being met. Doctors are forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who has to wait until more becomes available. The American Red Cross is...

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The Human Beat January 10 2022

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:00:31 +0000

On the north side of Commercial Street in Astoria – between 10th and 11th streets – is a building housing the Beacon Clubhouse and Filling Empty Bellies. The two organizations are filling gaps in the community – meeting vital needs – but they serve and attract homeless people and that has caused concern from some neighbors....

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The Human Beat December 13 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:30:53 +0000

Welcome to the Human Beat! I’m Roger Rocka. Clatsop Community Action is a non-profit agency that has been providing services to low-income residents of the county for over 30 years. CCA tries to help people meet their critical needs like shelter and food. Their clients include people who are homeless. The executive director of Clatsop...

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The Human Beat November 08 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:30:32 +0000

In Clatsop County, the primary provider of mental health services is Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare. We sat down with CBH executive director Amy Baker to talk about the growing mental health problems in the county and across the country, and what’s needed to provide adequate treatment.

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The Human Beat, October 11 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:00:43 +0000

Abigail Scott Duniway, Jesse Applegate and Richard Neuberger each helped to shape the Oregon we know today. We get to know them in Eminent Oregonians, a new book published by long time Daily Astorian editor and publisher Steve Forrester.

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The Human Beat, September 13 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:00:40 +0000

Host Roger Rocka speaks with guest Denise Lofman, Executive Director of Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST).

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The Human Beat, August 09 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 17:00:06 +0000

Finally, two weeks ago, the overture began and Astoria’s Cascadia Chamber Opera Company emerged from the long pandemic shutdown. The new season began with a performance at the Performing Arts Center of the comic opera, The Old Maid and the Thief. I talked with opera Artistic Director Bereniece Jones-Centeno about how things went.

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The Human Beat, June 14 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:00:15 +0000

He is Oregon’s all-time winningest high school baseball coach. He has five state titles and seven state championship game appearances. 18 league titles, including 5-for-5 with Astoria High School. In 30 years of coaching, his teams never missed the playoffs. He took the Astoria baseball team to the state championship game four times and won...

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The Human Beat, May 10 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 10 May 2021 17:00:56 +0000

For more than 40 years, Economist Ernie Niemi has investigated and described the relationship between the natural environment and local economies, in Oregon and elsewhere. Niemi, President of Natural Resource Economics, spoke before North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection recently about some of the economics of logging in Oregon. He discussed logging profits, taxes, jobs,...

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The Human Beat, April 12 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:00:16 +0000

The subject of this Human Beat is a new exhibit at the Heritage Museum called “Away from Home.” It’s quite a coup for them to have it since it’s booked out for five years, largely to major metropolitan museums like the Autry in L.A. The exhibit tells the story of the Indian schools that were...

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The Human Beat, March 08 2021

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:00:56 +0000

When Duncan Law was a baby, his aunt and his single mother launched their beauty parlor by serving as beauticians to Astoria’s bordellos. He worked his way through school in Astoria’s canneries under the old Chinese Contract Labor system. The Chinese lived at the cannery bunk house, and in the cannery dorms he learned...

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The Human Beat, December 14 2020

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:00:29 +0000

An interview with Clatsop Community College President Chris Breitmeyer about adapting to the effects of the pandemic on the college, about plans for new courses of study and about support from the community.

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The Human Beat, November 09, 2020

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:00:36 +0000

Roger talks about next week’s reopening of the Astoria Warming Center in the face of COVID-19, with Executive Director Kathleen Sullivan, Center Manager Cheryl Paul, and board president Rick Bowers.

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The Human Beat, October 12 2020

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:00:09 +0000

Candy Yiu is a software engineer for Intel in Portland. She’s also a partner in a Portland restaurant called Malka. After falling in love with Astoria, she became the owner of a boutique hotel called Near the Pier, the former Franklin Street Station. And she has launched a pilot project in Astoria and Warrenton to...

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The Human Beat, September 14 2020

Nevada Sowle — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:59:08 +0000

Today’s program focuses on Consejo Hispano, formerly the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council. In a wide ranging conversation – edited here for time – we talked about the one stop, range of help provided through Consejo Hispano, which has expanded services in Clatsop, Tillamook, Columbia and Pacific counties. But our conversation also led us to immigration, to hate and...

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The Human Beat, August 10 2020

Nevada Sowle — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:00:53 +0000

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...

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The Human Beat, July 13 2020

Guest User — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:42:05 +0000

The Human Beat, with your host Roger Rocka.

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The Human Beat, May 14 2020

Emily Geddes — Sun, 17 May 2020 00:55:26 +0000

Host Roger Rocka features Astoria City Planner, Barbara Fryer.

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The Human Beat with Roger Rocka, February 10 2020

Emily Geddes — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:31:02 +0000

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.

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The Human Beat, November 11 2019

Emily Geddes — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:41:40 +0000

Roger Rocka interviews Brett VandenHeuvel and Kate Murphy.

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The Human Beat October 14, 2019

Emily Geddes — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:30:31 +0000

Presentation by Lisa Arkin, Executive Director of the Eugene non-profit Beyond Toxics.

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The Human Beat, August 12, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 02:26:46 +0000

Join host Roger Rocka for a look at Astoria’s watershed.

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The Human Beat, July 8, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:09:07 +0000

Join host Roger Rocka for a look at local community discussion about ocean health, held at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Barbey center.

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The Human Beat, May 13, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Mon, 13 May 2019 17:49:00 +0000

Join host Roger Rocka for The Human Beat.

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The Human Beat, March 11, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:15:23 +0000

Join Human Beat host Roger Rocka for a discussion on local solutions to the issue of homelessness on the coast.

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The Human Beat, Feb 11, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:49:57 +0000

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...

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The Human Beat, Jan 14, 2019

Joanne Rideout — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:55:43 +0000

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.

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The Human Beat, Dec. 10, 2018

Joanne Rideout — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 19:22:57 +0000

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.

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