Join hosts Sean and Brad at Clatsop Community Action’s Veteran’s Fair at the Seaside Convention Center
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Brad and Sean speak with retired Navy vet Tom Jenkins.
In this episode, Rogue Cell was recorded at a veteran coffee group, hosted every Thursday from 9 am to 11 am at the Elks Lodge in Astoria, on the second floor. We introduce our newest member, Sean Johnson, who shares a story about the 9/11 attacks and a first responder who holds a special place…
Rogue Cell Radio interviews 2-Star General Gregg F. Martin, author of Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness. Brad and Sean speak to the Major General about suffering from Bipolar disorder while leading men and women in combat and then as the head officer of the National Defense University. We also speak about how…
Astoria City Councilor Andy Davis, and veterans at KMUN’s summer block party.
This month Rogue Cell talks with two Coast Guard veterans turned math teachers at Astoria High School. We discuss their service, the Coast Guard Eagle, finding meaning and healing in community, and just a little bit of mathematics.
This month on River Writers Sean Davis sits down to speak to career journalist Mike Francis. While originally from Chicago, Mike traveled around the country writing for different newspapers and radio stations until he ended up with the Oregonian for almost 22 years which included three tours in Iraq as an embedded reporter. Today, Mike…
Rogue Cell sits down and talks to Purple Heart recipient Kevin Pannel. Kevin lost both his legs in Iraq but that doesn’t slow him down as he travels the globe diving and helping others.
Sean and Brad speak with Thomas Jenkins
Brad and Sean speak to a guest they’ve had on before. A retired air force special forces combat veteran we call “Stitch.” We speak to him from a residential treatment center for PTSD. We hope this show becomes an inspiration for other veterans who may be too proud to ask for help.
Sean sits down and speaks to Dan McClure, the Director of the Clatsop Community College Library, about how anyone with an Astoria Library Card can check out books and other things at the college. They also talk about art, music, and zines!
Sean and Brad speak with American Legion Post Commander Duane Doc Holiday
Brad and Sean speak to Nick “Stitch” Bell, a former special forces member who has recently left the service to live here in Astoria with his family. We speak of many of his experiences, such as the time one of his airborne missions went horribly wrong and he found himself stuck 100 feet up in…
Sean Davis sits down with North Coast writer and poet Jason Arias in the Clatsop Community College Library. They discuss Jason’s two books: A Momentary Illumination of Objects In Motion and his new book of poetry nostraDAMus 2032. They also talk about the beauty of the North Coast and its literary scene.
Sean talks to Best Selling author Mike Magnuson. Magnuson teaches at Pacific University’s Low-Residency MFA program that meets in the winters in Seaside. He is the managing editor of a new Creative NonFiction Magazine called Sneaker Wave. Sean and Mike talk about what makes a good memoir, what it was like to teach with Harry Crews,…
Sean speaks to Oregon Book Award winner Lidia Yuknavitch about the writer as an observer and how to write about social issues without going insane.