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A Story Told
Weekly readings of social and political commentary from local journalist, activist, and Vietnam War veteran Michael McCusker.
Episodes
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A Story Told – October 29, 2026
It’s time for A Story Told on KMUN. Your host, Michael McCusker, has been a regular voice on KMUN’s airwaves since the 1980s. Each week he shares commentary…
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A Story Told – October 22, 2026
This week, at Michael’s specific request in honor of his mother’s birthday this month, we share once again a piece Michael wrote and has read each year…
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A Story Told – October 15, 2026
It’s time for A Story Told on KMUN. Your host, Michael McCusker, has been a regular voice on KMUN’s airwaves since the 1980s. Each week he shares commentary…
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A Story Told – September 17, 2026 [ARCHIVE]
It’s time for A Story Told on KMUN. Your host, Michael McCusker, has been a regular voice on KMUN’s airwaves since the 1980s. Each week he shares commentary…
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A Story Told – July 16, 2026
A Story Told’s host, Michael McCusker, has been a regular voice on KMUN’s airwaves since the 1980s. Each week he shares commentary and writings about the…
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A Story Told – July 9, 2026
In this week’s show, Michael honors the opening of the 2026 Shanghaied in Astoria theater season by reading a script he (as one of the actors in the…
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A Story Told – July 2, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker commemorates the nation’s upcoming birthday with a look at the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright…
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A Story Told – June 25, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker commemorates the anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and shares some recollections of his days as a US…
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A Story Told – June 18, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares a biting satirical piece he once wrote for his now out-of-print newspaper, the North Coast Times Eagle…
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A Story Told – June 11, 2026
Among the offerings this week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares some local history: the story of how Greenpeace demonstrators temporarily stopped the…
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A Story Told – June 4, 2026
This week on a Story Told, Michael McCusker shares a fictional essay he once wrote for his newspaper, the North Coast Times Eagle, about an imaginary…
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A Story Told – May 28, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker talks about the denial of the realities of war that is inherent in American culture.
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A Story Told – May 21, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay written by his now-deceased friend Arthur Honeyman. The piece commemorates a May 11, 1970, protest…
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A Story Told – May 7, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker honors a singular individual and an old friend who is now deceased. His friend was a man named Arthur Honeyman…
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A Story Told – April 30, 2026
Social and political commentary from local journalist, activist and Vietnam veteran Michael McCusker.
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A Story Told – April 23, 2026
Michael reads a couple of pieces from recently deceased satirist Michael Graham and ends with some tea bag counciling.
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A Story Told – April 16, 2026
Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.
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A Story Told – April 9th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker reads an essay he published years ago in his newspaper, the North Coast Times-Eagle, about the history and…
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A Story Told – April 2nd, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote titled, “One World for All.”
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A Story Told – March 26, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about PNW trees and the timber industry, and shares a political essay written by now…
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A Story Told – March 19th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay on women’s rights, honoring Women’s History Month.
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A Story Told – March 12th, 2026
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…
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A Story Told – March 5th, 2026
Michael McCusker on the latest in the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran.
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A Story Told – February 19th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker reads an essay in honor of Oregon’s birthday last week, on Valentine’s Day.
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A Story Told – February 12th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker details the hideous history of US slavery.
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A Story Told – February 5th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker discusses tyranny and the concept of nonviolent civil disobedience.
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A Story Told – January 29th, 2026
Michael McCusker discusses the possible legacy of humanity, sharing an essay he wrote.
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A Story Told – January 22nd, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares the works of poet Langston Hughes, whose words take on renewed meaning in our current political climate.
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A Story Told – January 15th, 2026
Michael McCusker honors the 100th anniversary of public radio.
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A Story Told – January 8th, 2025
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker share international reaction to Trumps invasion of Venezuela.
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A Story Told – January 1st, 2026
This week on A Story Told, as a new year dawns, Michael McCusker assesses the complex legacy of the US.
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A Story Told – December 18th, 2025
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker talks about human rights, Eleanor Roosevelt and the legacy of Donald J. Trump.
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A Story Told – December 11th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares his views on the futility of war.
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A Story Told November 20th, 2025
Michael reads about a collection of Nazi stamps and the demise of Northwest forests. He ends with the poem ‘Storm’ by John Paul Barrett.
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A Story Told – November 13th, 2025
Michael shares his misgivings about the history of Veterans Day, which was once called Armistice Day to honor peace. He also shares a bitingly sarcastic essay…
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A Story Told – October 30th, 2025
Michael McCusker is at his storytelling best, as he share his autobiographical account of a harrowing series of events he experienced in Vietnam in 1966…
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A Story Told October 23rd, 2025
On this week’s A Story Told, Michael McCusker talks about how recent unusual behavior on the part of President Trump raises questions about his fitness…
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A Story Told October 16th, 2025
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker remembers Christopher Columbus and his accidental “discovery” of what would later be called, “The…
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A Story Told – October 9th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares a short story he wrote about a hunting trip gone wrong, called, “The Second Shot.” And shares an essay by political…
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A Story Told – October 2nd, 2025
Michael McCusker speaks on Trump’s recent push to occupy American cities with federal troops.
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A Story Told – September 18th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares his views on the current American political climate and the “Trump Doctrine”
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A Story Told – September 11th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares two articles he wrote dedicated to the events of 9/11.
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A Story Told – September 4th, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about the significance of Labor Day, the US labor movement, and the horrors of child labor.
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A Story Told – August 28th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares a varied range of topics: Donald Trump, tourism, the 19th Amendment, and a look at wildland firefighting history in the American West.
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A Story Told August 14th, 2025
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares essays documenting Donald Trump’s rise to authoritarianism.
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A Story Told – August 7th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares personal essays about nuclear war, Vietnam, and the history of the baby boom generation.
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A Story Told – July 31st, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about ongoing threats to democracy in current politics.
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A Story Told – July 24th, 2025
Michael McCusker analyzes the continuing dilemma of democracy in the age of Trump.
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A Story Told – July 17th, 2025
Michael McCusker honors the anniversary yesterday of the 1945 Trinity Test, the first nuclear bomb test, in the desert near Alamogordo, NM. The event marked…
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A Story Told – July 10th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares essays on the fragile nature of democracy.
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A Story Told – July 3rd, 2025
Michael McCusker discusses the concepts of freedom and democracy, on the eve of Independence Day in the US, with a little help from Leonard Cohen.
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A Story Told – June 26th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares views on Donald Trump’s military aspirations, and a treatise on the potential demise of the US penny.
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A Story Told – June 19th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares more insight into the rapidly changing landscape of US politics.
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A Story Told – June 5th, 2025
Michael McCusker remembers Robert F Kennedy, who was assassinated on this day in 1968.
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A Story Told – May 22nd, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about the history of birthright citizenship in the US.
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A Story Told – May 8th, 2025
Michael McCusker remembers his long-time friend, Arthur Honeyman, a brilliant scholar and writer who spent his life deeply affected by physical limitations…
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A Story Told – May 1st, 2025
Michael McCusker honors the anniversary this month of the of the controversial Vanport Disaster, a flood which destroyed the Oregon community on Memorial Day…