WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco A grassroots environmental and social justice news journal, collaboration of WERU and Sunlight Media Collective. Learn more at sunlightmediacollective.org. As stops, arrests and detentions of immigrant residents within Maine have escalated, including those with work permits, green cards or in legal process of seeking asylum, the Maine legislature is currently co...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart of WMPG. Music by Ralph Richter, a track called little eagles from his CD Dream Walk. Wabanaki Windows is a monthly show featuring topics of interest from a Wabanaki perspective. This month: The creation of Tribes by the State and what the process is for recognition...

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s activities since then: Done community organizing on numerous issues through INVERT and then Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), committed civil disobedience several times, grown a garden yearly since 1977, joined various food coop...

Producer/Host: Rosy Landrum Interviewer: Myles Montgomery & Charlotte Snow Project Leader: Phelan Gallagher Technical Assistance: Pepin Mittelhauser Music: Foreside Date by David Renda (copyright/royalty free) The Blue Hill Mountain Stories feature interviews from local residents, conducted by the George Steven’s Academy audio production class. Each interviewee reflects upon their time on the...

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of worldly and heavenly happenings, a confluence of 21st-century life in its myriad manifestations, international and domestic, cosmopolitan and rural, often revealing, as the French say, the more things change, the more they stay the same — t...

Host: Logan Parker Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Logan Parker explores the evolving presence of sharks in the Gulf of Maine, from childhood memories of touch-tank dogfish to the modern realities of Great White Sharks along Maine’s coast. This episode examines shifting shark populations, seal recovery, and how modern tracking research is reshaping our understanding of these apex predators. More infor...

What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events and offerings! FMI: sumhucc.org netflix.com colonialtheatre.com/torchlight-premieres penobscotmarinemuseum.org belfastpoetryfestival.com/summer-salon stonington.lib.me.us About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—...

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes, including the three-year ordination curriculum at the Temple of the Feminine Divine, and others such as History of the Goddess, Paganism 101, Ethical Magic, and Introduction to the Runes. Currently she is writing a book about how to cast the r...

About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom is writing a memoir of the spiritual lessons derived from his work in a Homeless Day Center in between a career as an award winning television and documentary producer. The post The Cosmic Curator 5/24/25 first appeared...

Producer/Host: Steve Kahl Power for the People: Energy education and solutions for Mainers and Maine communities This month: Overview of the new Maine Uniform Energy and Building code. Guest/s: Erin Scally, PassiveHausMaine.org Training Director (erin@passivehausmaine.org) Randy Rand, PassiveHausMaine.org Training Coordinator (randy@passivehausmaine.org) FMI: www.maine.gov/dps/fmo/building-codes A...

Host: Catherine Devine Coastal Conversations: Conversations with people who live, work, and play on the Maine coast, hosted by the University of Maine Sea Grant Program. In this episode of Coastal Conversations, we feature a Schoodic Institute Sea to Trees podcast about the birds in Acadia, their songs, and what we can do to keep them around. We begins with naturalist Laura Sebastianelli, who has...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Karen Merritt, Coastal and Environmental Geology faculty at Maine Maritime Academy and member of the Surry Conservation Commission invites you to Marsh Madness, Thursday, May 29th, at the Surry Elementary School. Doors open at 5:30, presentation at 7pm About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-p...

Host/s: Linda Small and Mackenzie Kelley Production Coordinator: Daria Cullen Other credits: TECHNICAL SUPPORT – Aaron Pyle and Sarah Johnson | MUSIC – Samuel James Justice Radio is a WMPG production. Justice Radio: Tackling the hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine. This week: Linda and Mackenzie’s interview with Rae Sage, Policy Coordinator for the Permanent Commission on...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community shares insight from Johannah Blackman, the Executive Director of A Climate to Thrive, and Kathleen Sullivan, the Program Coordinator for Freeport Climate Action Now, who recently planned and hosted a gathering for Maine climate leaders. Johannah and Kathleen discuss what sparked the idea for this gathering and why now is the time to convene cli...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine’s 1st Congressional District, addressed federal budget cuts to the Department of the Interior this week, at a House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee hearing — and she mentioned some Maine-specific impacts About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer i...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Will the children set us free? Has it come to that? Have we abandoned the future for our children to solve, leaving them accountable for what we have failed to do? This week on World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill shares where he finds hope for the future, including in a web-based educational initiative that introduces...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Aaron Miller, Ph. D., Curator of Exhibits & Collections at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, joins us with a preview of what’s in store at the Abbe this summer. (The museum reopens on May 27th) FMI: www.abbemuseum.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with M...

Host: Jazz Bradley at NextStep Domestic Violence Project. NextStep 24/7 Helpline: 1(800) 315-5579 Theme Music for the show donated by local musicians Megan Light and Nathan Spears. Relationship Rewind: Rewinding relationships in popular media and breaking down behaviors based in power, control, and abuse. This episode: 1. Discussing unhealthy behaviors in the film After Ever Happy. 2. Discussing h...

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s activities since then: Done community organizing on numerous issues through INVERT and then Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), committed civil disobedience several times, grown a garden yearly since 1977, joined various food coop...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), through its Office for Family Independence (OFI), and Maine’s Department of Education (DOE) have announced the return of the SUN Bucks and SUN Meals Programs for Summer 2025. Together, the SUN Programs help give children the nutrition they need in summer when school meals are unavailable. FMI: www.maine.gov/dhhs/of...

Producer/Host: Rosy Landrum Interviewer: Liam Henry Project Leader: Phelan Gallagher Technical Assistance: Pepin Mittelhauser Music: Foreside Date by David Renda (copyright/royalty free) The Blue Hill Mountain Stories feature interviews from local residents, conducted by the George Steven’s Academy audio production class. Each interviewee reflects upon their time on the Blue Hill peninsula, partic...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The number of April arrests by the United States Border Patrol (USBP) in Maine is the highest in a single month in nearly 24 years, according to US Customs and Border Patrol. Donna Loring, WERU volunteer and host of Wabanaki Windows wins 2025 Hometown Media Award for Best of Racial Justice and Civil Rights Programming from The Alliance for Community Media! About the host:...

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of worldly and heavenly happenings, a confluence of 21st-century life in its myriad manifestations, international and domestic, cosmopolitan and rural, often revealing, as the French say, the more things change, the more they stay the same — t...

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Logan describes the character of the “wet woods” surrounding his home, spring “big nights,” and his elusive four-toed neighbor. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded  Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) in 2003 to fill the need for an organiz...

What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events and offerings! FMI: extension.umaine.edu/hancock artwavesmdi.org swhplibrary.org ellsworthlibrary.net camdenfestivalofpoetry.org jacksonmemoriallibrary.org bluehill.coop bhpl.net themusichall.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the ste...