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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.
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- The Human Beat – October 12, 2026 · 29 min.We’re talking today about emergency preparedness – being ready to cope, to survive and to assist your loved ones in a disaster. Our guests are Jen Munson, with the Clatsop County…
- The Human Beat – September 14, 2026 · 29 min.What would it be like to sail around the world on the wind? Astorian Heidi Brown can tell us. She is just back after working for 11 months and visiting 13 countries as a crew…
- The Human Beat – June 8, 2026 · 29 min.Roger Rocka speaks with Kenny Hansen, longtime Astoria police officer, about his work with houseless people and Clatsop Community Action. Roger also revisits past interviews with…
- The Human Beat – May 11, 2026 · 29 min.A discussion with Clatsop Community College President Jarrod Hogue and Board Chair Ed Johnson about the issues the college is facing, the adjustments they’re making, and their…
- The Human Beat – April 13, 2026 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – March 9th, 2026 · 29 min.Roger Rocka speaks with Teresa Patterson and Bruce Williams, representatives of Indivisible on Oregon’s North Coast.
- The Human Beat – February 9th, 2026 · 29 min.Roger Rocka speaks with Dan Turner, the board chair of the Cathlamet Public Library.
- The Human Beat – January 12th, 2026 · 29 min.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.
- The Human Beat – December 8th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – November 10th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – October 13th, 2025 · 29 min.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.
- The Human Beat – September 8th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – August 11th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – July 14th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – April 14th, 2025 · 29 min.Roger Rocka speaks with Jeff Burright, who is leading development of the Offshore Wind Roadmap.
- The Human Beat – March 10th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – February 10th, 2025 · 29 min.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…
- The Human Beat – December 9th, 2024 · 29 min.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…
