The Human Beat
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.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Human Beat - September 8th, 2025
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…
00:28:58 |
Mon 08 Sep 2025
The Human Beat - July 14th, 2025
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 Cou…
00:29:00 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
The Human Beat - June 9th, 2025
Part 2 of Roger Rocka’s conversation with Paul Benoit
00:28:59 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
The Human Beat - May 12th, 2025
Part One of Roger Rocka’s conversation with Paul Benoit
00:28:59 |
Mon 12 May 2025
The Human Beat - April 14th, 2025
Roger Rocka speaks with Jeff Burright, who is leading development of the Offshore Wind Roadmap.
00:28:58 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
The Human Beat - March 10th, 2025
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 Hoa…
00:28:59 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
The Human Beat - February 10th, 2025
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 annivers…
00:28:58 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
The Human Beat - December 9th, 2024
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 magazine…
00:28:57 |
Mon 09 Dec 2024
The Human Beat - November 11th, 2024
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.
00:28:58 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
The Human Beat - October 14th, 2024
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 A…
00:28:59 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
The Human Beat - September 9th, 2024
Roger Rocka speaks with North Coast Land Conservancy Executive Director Katie Voelke.
00:28:59 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
The Human Beat August 12th, 2024
Roger presents a panel on the Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan revisions.
00:29:01 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
The Human Beat - July 8th, 2024
Roger Rocka speaks with Liisa Penner and Julie Burpee at the Clatsop County Historical Society.
00:28:59 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
The Human Beat - June 10th, 2024
Part two of a program about the Habitat Conservation Plan in Oregon State Forests.
00:28:59 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
The Human Beat - May 13th, 2024
Roger Rocka speaks with Oregon Department of Forestry division Chief Michael Wilson about the State Habitat Conservation Plan.
00:28:59 |
Mon 13 May 2024
The Human Beat – April 8th, 2024
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.
00:28:58 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
The Human Beat – March 11th, 2024
Forest Poets Event featuring Reba Owen, Jim Dott, Lauren Mallett, Logan Garner, and Dr. Robert Michael Pyle
00:28:59 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
The Human Beat – November 13th, 2023
Roger Rocka speaks with Lifeboat Services director Oz Orak.
00:28:59 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
The Human Beat – October 9th, 2023
Roger Rocka speaks with Pastor Bill Van Norstran about Copeland Commons, a project to provide affordable housing in Astoria.
00:28:59 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
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