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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 – April 24th, 2025
Michael McCusker continues to assess the current state of the United States of America.
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A Story Told – April 17th, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.
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A Story Told – April 10th, 2025
Michael McCusker continues to assess the current state of the United States of America.
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A Story Told – March 27th, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about the deepening unprecedented behavior of the Trump administration.
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A Story Told March 20th, 2025
On this week’s A Story Told, Michael McCusker honors Women’s History Month by sharing a still-timely essay he wrote years ago for his newspaper…
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A Story Told – March 13th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.
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A Story Told – March 6th, 2025
Michael McCusker shares an essay in honor of Women’s History Month.
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A Story Told – February 20th, 2025
Michael McCusker talks about abuses under the Trump administration, and answers the question, “what is Oregon?”
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A Story Told – February 13th, 2025
Michael McCusker discusses the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is this week. He also discusses the history of slavery and racism in the US.
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A Story Told – February 6th, 2025
Tillamook Burn, Birthright Citizenship, and a tribute to Mary.
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A Story Told – January 23rd, 2025
Michael McCusker highlights the unfolding drama of the Trump administration, as he discusses the impending assault on birthright citizenship.
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A Story Told – January 16th, 2025
As the inauguration approaches, Michael McCusker shares an essay entitled, “If I Were President.”
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A Story Told – January 2nd, 2025
Michael McCusker shares his New Years Resolutions for 2025.
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A Story Told – December 5th, 2024
Michael McCusker honors the lives of two recently deceased artist friends with a history of artists in Cannon Beach. And he discusses the ugly possibility of…
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A Story Told – November 28th, 2024
Michael McCusker offers reflections on Thanksgiving and politics as we enter another political season.
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A Story Told – November 21st, 2024
Michael McCusker shares a scathing analysis of the incoming Trump administration, and the society that elected him.
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A Story Told – November 14th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about Donald Trump’s presidential victory. He also discusses the recent honoring of American abolitionist and icon Harriet Tubman…
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A Story Told – November 7th, 2024
Michael McCuster shares journalists’ reactions to the election Tuesday of Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States.
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A Story Told October 31st, 2024
Michael discusses witches and reads a spectacular excerpt from Michelle Obama’s speech.
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A Story Told – October 24th, 2024
Michael McCusker shares stunning memories of the Vietnam War.
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A Story Told October 17, 2024
Michael McCusker on Here Comes Your Ghost Again and 50 Ways to Get Political.
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A Story Told – October 10th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about the “lost cause” politics of Donald Trump and his allies. He also discusses the dam removal project that has allowed…
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A Story Told – October 3rd, 2024
Michael McCusker takes a look at underlying credos that guide American culture. And an analysis of escalating Trump hyperbole.
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A Story Told – September 26th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about democracy, and the rights that accompany it – rights that have been taken for granted but are not guaranteed.
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A Story Told – September 19th, 2024
Michael McCusker discusses the criminalization of poverty, and explores what Donald Trump’s “concepts of a plan” statement about US…
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A Story Told – September 12th, 2024
Michael McCusker commemorates the anniversary of 9/11, with personal essays he wrote in the years following the attacks, about their effects on the US.
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A Story Told – September 5th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about Labor Day, and the legacy and future of labor unions in the US.
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A Story Told – August 29th, 2024
Michael McCusker discusses a variety of subjects, including a look at the true meaning of the word “veteran,” and the future of the concept of…
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A Story Told August 22nd, 2024
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker discusses the future of journalism, and shares an essay written by an old Marine Corps buddy about their…
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A Story Told August 15th, 2024
This week, Michael McCusker discusses Republican efforts to undermine elections, and talks about the effect of heat on the brain.
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A Story Told – August 1st, 2024
This week Michael McCusker discusses notable August anniversaries, including Roman history and the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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A Story Told — July 25th, 2024
New Life with Kamala and a Second Declaration of Independence
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A Story Told – July 18th, 2024
A shellfish massacre, west coast labor unrest, and Mein Trump.
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A Story Told – July 11th, 2024
Michael McCusker shares essay about liberty, independence and profit motive.
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A Story Told – July 4th, 2024
Michael McCusker observes Independence Day with an analysis of democracy and government.
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A Story Told – June 27th, 2024
Michael McCusker discusses a range of topics, including tourism, undersea volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and trees.
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A Story Told – June 13th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about global supremacy and humankind’s unrelenting tendency toward war.
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A Story Told – June 6th, 2024
Michael McCusker discusses humanity’s preoccupation with war.
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A Story Told – May 30th, 2024
Michael McCusker talks about the real Memorial Day on May 30, and the staggering death toll from US wars.
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A Story Told – May 23rd, 2024
Michael McCusker traces the fascinating history of European exploration of the Columbia River region, and the history and legacy of Mt. St. Helens.
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A Story Told – May 16th, 2024
Michael McCusker recalls student protests in Portland in the 1970s, and shares the recollections of a wheelchair-bound friend who was also an active protester.
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A Story Told – May 9th 2024
Michael McCusker commemorates a brilliant old friend who suffered from cerebral palsy, and recalls the horrors of the Kent State campus shootings that happened…
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A Story Told – May 2nd, 2024
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.