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ARTS – Live & Local! May 3rd, 2024

May 04, 2024 15:31 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

Carol Newman interviews a series of guests about local events for the arts and music.

A Story Told – May 2nd, 2024

May 02, 2024 19:56 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

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.

Willapa Nature Notes – April 30th, 2024

April 30, 2024 20:12 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Soil Health

An Adventure in History, April 28th, 2024

April 29, 2024 01:35 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac and Alana welcome Beth Schwenk to the big show to talk about her life and career and the fact we all need more fiber. 

An Adventure in History, April 21st 2024

April 29, 2024 01:29 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac & Alana have a fun discussion with Seaside Library Director Jennifer Reading.  They are both disappointed how she pronounces her last name.

An Adventure in History, April 14th 2024

April 29, 2024 01:26 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac & Alana discuss the Titanic, John Jacob Astor IV, and the connection to Astoria.  Spoiler alert: the ship sank.

An Adventure in History, April 7th 2024

April 29, 2024 01:24 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac & Alana chat with Astoria Police Chief Stacy Kelly.  Coal, Montgomery Ward, Goonies, and polygraphs are all discussed. . .unless we’re lying.  

An Adventure in History, March 31st 2024

April 29, 2024 01:21 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac & Alana have a great conversation with hometown inventor and developer Kirk Faucett.  Plus, Mac forgets what day it is and no one corrects him.

ARTS – Live & Local! April 26th, 2024

April 27, 2024 02:29 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Friday, April 26th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jessi Just, Executive Dir of the Heart of Cartm on the Trash Bash Art Festival 2024 at White Clover Grange in Nehalem. Cannon Beach Gallery Director Summer Peterson and Science Illustrator and Wildlife Artist Nora Sherwood with “Reserve Inspiration” opening for...

A Story Told – April 25th, 2024

April 25, 2024 17:24 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

“The Sprays to Spring and Criminalizing Houselessness”

Willapa Nature Notes – April 23rd, 2024

April 23, 2024 20:09 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Steelhead Salmon

ARTS – Live & Local! April 19th, 2024

April 19, 2024 23:21 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

Friday, April 19th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Roy Seiber with the Cannon Beach Chorus concerts, “The Colors of Life”, in Seaside, Cannon Beach, Nehalem & Tillamook. Lee Stromquist and Dave Drury with the North Coast Big Band’s Benefit the PAC Concert at the Charlene Larsen Center in...

A Story Told – April 18th, 2024

April 18, 2024 19:30 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

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

Spring 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum: Clatsop County Commissioner, District 2

April 17, 2024 20:33 - 43 minutes - 99.2 MB

This podcast is a recording of the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum, featuring two candidates for Clatsop County Commissioner, District 2: Anthony Huacuja and Tessa James Scheller. This is the second portion of this evening’s recording. To listen to the first portion of the evening (candidates for Oregon House of Representatives, District...

Spring 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum: Oregon House of Representatives, District 32

April 17, 2024 20:28 - 1 hour - 139 MB

This podcast is a recording of the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Astoria AAUW Candidate Forum, featuring three candidates for Oregon House of Representatives, District 32: Glenn Gaither, Cyrus Javadi, and Logan Laity. To listen to the second portion of the evening (candidates for Clatsop County Commissioner, District 2), click here.

Food Talk – April 15th, 2024

April 16, 2024 21:00 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

It’s KMUN’s pledge drive week, and Linda is NOT allowed to have any more cookbooks!

Willapa Nature Notes – April 16th, 2024

April 16, 2024 20:54 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Earth Day

ARTS- Live & Local! April 12th, 2024

April 12, 2024 23:35 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Carol Newman talks to guests about local arts and events for the coast community. 

ARTS – Live & Local! April 12th, 2024

April 12, 2024 23:35 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Friday, April 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Deputy Director Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano’s first annual ‘Golpetazo del Año’ at CC Fairgrounds expo annex.   Photographer Don Frank with a new exhibit “Inky Daydreams” at Imogen Gallery in Astoria.   Artist and Printmaking Instructor Ben Killen Rosenberg &...

Talk of Our Towns – April 4th 2024

April 12, 2024 21:42 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

Donna Quinn talks with guest Kevin Leahy, Executive Director of Clatsop Economic Development Resources. 

The State of the Station – April 11th, 2024

April 11, 2024 20:01 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

In the middle of KMUN’s Spring Pledge Drive, hear from staff members, some of them new!

A Story Told – April 11th, 2024

April 11, 2024 19:50 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

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

Willapa Nature Notes – April 9th, 2024

April 09, 2024 20:46 - 2 minutes - 2.34 MB

It’s Spring

The Human Beat – April 8th, 2024

April 08, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.

ARTS – Live & Local! April 5th 2024

April 05, 2024 23:38 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

Tillamook Artist, carpenter, craftsman, beekeeper and surfer Henry Stanley on his Surfboard exhibit at Bay City Arts Center. Editor-in-Chief Asher Finch and Faculty Advisor Kama O’Connor with RAIN MAGAZINE at CCC Towler Hall. Classical Pianist Andrei Andreev performs a benefit concert for Cascadia Chamber Opera’s summer Festival at the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria; joined...

A Story Told – April 4th, 2024

April 04, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.

In Season – April 2nd, 2024

April 02, 2024 21:09 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Teresa Retzlaff and Jessica Schleif talk about Spring’s arrival in their gardens.

Food Talk – April 1st, 2024

April 02, 2024 21:07 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

Always wear your apron when opening the oven.

Willapa Nature Notes – April 2nd, 2024

April 02, 2024 21:05 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Spring Migration Songbirds

ARTS – Live & Local! March 29th 2024

March 29, 2024 23:42 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

Friday, March 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Tracy Abel from Tolovana Arts Colony on “Get Lit at the Beach”, a gathering for readers and authors in Cannon Beach. Executive Director Jennifer Crockett on the Liberty Theatre’s 99th Birthday Bash in the Liberty McTavish Room with live Jass. Ceramic...

A Story Told – March 28th, 2024

March 28, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.”

An Adventure in History, March 24th 2024

March 26, 2024 22:51 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

Do you like fire-escapes?  Do you enjoy a safe working environment?  Think workplace safety is important?  Mac and Alana discuss the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

An Adventure in History, March 17th 2024

March 26, 2024 22:37 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

McAndrew & Alana welcome Captain Thron Riggs to the big show to talk about his new book about Bar Pilots.  In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Mac does a really bad Irish Brogue.

Willapa Nature Notes – March 26th, 2024

March 26, 2024 20:20 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Isabella Tiger Moth

ARTS – Live & Local! March 22nd 2024

March 22, 2024 23:48 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

Friday, March 22nd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Nancy McCarthy on the Northwest Authors Series Writers Read Celebration at the Cannon Beach Library and more.   Director Edward James & actors Nancy Watkins & Natan Ezra in ‘The Rise And Fall of Little Voice’ at The Ten Fifteen Theater...

A Story Told – March 21st, 2024

March 21, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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. 

Food Talk – March 18th, 2024

March 20, 2024 01:55 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

If you don’t like an ingredient, don’t use it!

Willapa Nature Notes – March 19th, 2024

March 19, 2024 22:11 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MB

Spring Bird Species

ARTS – Live & Local! March 15th 2024

March 16, 2024 22:22 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Friday, March 15th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Captain Thron Riggs with his book ‘A History of Pilotage on the Columbia River Bar” at the CC Historical Society TNT @ the Fort George Lovell Room. Authors Kama O’Connor and Deb Vanasse with The Writer’s Guild of Astoria in honor...

A Story Told – March 14th, 2024

March 14, 2024 19:51 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.

An Adventure in History, March 10th 2024

March 13, 2024 22:25 - 29 minutes - 66.4 MB

Kirsten Norgaard joins Mac & Alana for an in-depth discussion about advocacy, growing up in Astoria, and becomes the first guest in our history that we had to “bleep”!

Willapa Nature Notes – March 12th, 2024

March 12, 2024 20:40 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Finches

The Human Beat – March 11th, 2024

March 11, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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

ARTS – Live & Local! March 8th 2024

March 09, 2024 01:22 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

Friday, March 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Rita Smith, Denise Cox & Ann Erickson with Peninsula Players production of “Nunsense” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Soprano Camila Parias & Hideki Yamaya on vihuela present “Songs of the Spanish Renaissance” at Peace First Lutheran Church in...

Talk of Our Towns – March 07 2024

March 08, 2024 22:14 - 29 minutes - 68.6 MB

Donna Quinn interviews guest Elizabeth Hayes, the President of the ENCORE, about the classes their organization offers. These classes cover across a range of subjects in the interest of our elder community members. They discuss the importance and benefits of providing a place for seniors to learn and grow together.

A Story Told – March 7th, 2024

March 07, 2024 20:43 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.”

In Season – March 5th, 2024

March 05, 2024 21:12 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Teresa interviews Kayla Fermin from Lewis & Clark National Park.

Food Talk – March 4th, 2024

March 05, 2024 21:10 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

Broken stoves, landfills of spinach, citrus

Willapa Nature Notes – March 5th, 2024

March 05, 2024 21:04 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Living with Trees

An Adventure in History, March 3rd 2024

March 05, 2024 01:48 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mac & Alana welcome Floyd Holcom to the big show.  Highlights include Pier 39, Robert Gray School, snapshot journalism, and Mac does his impression of FDR.