The Human Beat

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...