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Michael McCusker
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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 progress of a US Navy ship coming to…
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 conversation between music legend Curt Cobain and…
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.
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 in Portland referred to as Bloody…
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, possessed with a sharp and eloquent…
A Story Told – April 30, 2026
Social and political commentary from local journalist, activist and Vietnam veteran Michael McCusker.
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.
A Story Told – April 16, 2026
Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote about the role of media in an increasingly autocratic society.
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 evolution of the city of Astoria.
A Story Told – April 2nd, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker shares an essay he wrote titled, “One World for All.”
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 deceased Peninsula resident DR. Robert Brake.
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.
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 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam – which…
A Story Told – March 5th, 2026
Michael McCusker on the latest in the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran.
A Story Told – February 26th, 2026
Michael McCusker on “One World For All”
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.
A Story Told – February 12th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker details the hideous history of US slavery.
A Story Told – February 5th, 2026
This week on A Story Told, Michael McCusker discusses tyranny and the concept of nonviolent civil disobedience.
A Story Told – January 29th, 2026
Michael McCusker discusses the possible legacy of humanity, sharing an essay he wrote.
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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