WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Youth Ask the Questions: Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Forum” tomorrow evening, 6-8pm, at the Portland Media Center, hosted by Community Organizing Alliance, Maine Youth Power, and Young People’s Caucus. Click here FMI and to register for link to watch remotely There will be a watch party in the basement stacks at the Jesup Library in Bar Harbor. Points Nor...

Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart. 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: Research conclusions by Evan Richert and Roger Milliken Jr. They find the Wabanaki Tribes und...

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 A Maine Monitor investigation by reporter Josh Keefe has found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has a new internal affairs office in Bangor, strike at BIW, EMMC nurses cancel strike and vote on new contract tomorrow, No Kings Day, “Empty Chair”/Susan Collins town hall About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affair...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tomorrow evening, 6-7:30PM, the group “No Penobscot County Jail Expansion” is offering a virtual community presentation called Rethinking Incarceration: The Myth of Public Safety Register for zoom link The 3rd No Kings Day is coming up on Saturday the 28th. For more information and to find an event near you: NoKings Mobilize Activate Maine About the host: Amy...

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 explores the hidden world of Eastern Meadow Voles living within the subnivean zone beneath Maine’s winter snowpack. He describes their tunnel networks, grass-lined nests, and winter survival strategies, placing these small mammals within the broader ecology of predators, seed dispersal, and seasonal population cycles. More information about Main...

CJ Kenna | Producer & Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 3/22/26: St Patrick first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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: villagercafe.com belfastlibrary.org friendml.org bhpl.net ellsworthlibrary.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held each Octobe...

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 3/21/26 first appeared...

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Production Assistance: Linda Washburn, Joel Mann Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. This month: Maine has some of the best-run, highest-turnout elections in the country. We want to hold onto that, so we’re taking election threats seriously. We’ll talk about how elections...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 59th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race Midcoast Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build 2026. and Maine headlines from 50 years ago today! About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later,...

Host/s: Linda Small Editor: 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 Danni discuss recovery and re-entry. Guests: Danni Shifflett of Recoery Action Project. The post Justice Radio 3/19/26: What’s Reentry Really Like? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, M...

Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and crafts that enrich our lives and bring us joy. We hear voices of local craftivists who extend their voice through their making. Guest/s: Victor Mazza, co-owner of Blood Moon Studio Market and designer of the official Searsport tartan. gealach.fo...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Wabanaki Alliance 2026 Maine Gubernatorial Forum at Community Resource Center in Houlton, tonight at 6:00 PM, at the Houlton Band of Maliseet Community Resource Center, 654 North St, Houlton The Ellsworth Public Library (EPL) invites gardeners and plant lovers of all ages to its third annual Seed Swap on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 10 AM – 1 PM. This free event is insp...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE The crisis of water around the world has been the focus of alarm for decades. Millions worldwide do not have adequate water supply for drinking, cooking, and basic sanitation. With climate change, recent bombings and targeting of desalination plants in the middle east: it’s only gotten worst. What are the solutions toward change? W...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 3rd No Kings Day is coming up on March 28th FMI re No Kings Day FMI re No Kings Day events in Maine The Digital Security Discussion Group at the Witherle Memorial Library in Castine meets tonight from 5 to 6 pm. This week’s topic is This month’s topic is the Pros and Cons of Digital Surveillance and ID Verification. Moderated by Tom Lamontanaro. In person...

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 themes in the song, “Messy” by Lola Young....

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 An update on Belfast resident Lawrence Reichard’s upcoming trip to Colombia where he plans to meet with the family of one of the fishermen identified by the US government as a drug trafficker and killed while out on his boat. Earlier report with links to Lawrence Reichard’s writing About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Berit Becker from the Ellsworth Public Library is here with information about the Indie Lens Pop-up documentary film series that kicks off on Saturday, March 21st at 2pm with The Inquisitor: The Life and Legacy of Barbara Jordan. There are 2 more films in the series, to be shown in April and May – Berit will be back later to say more about those. For more informatio...

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 Recorded while sailing east along the Maine coast in the summer of 2025, this episode reflects on the striking absence of visible plastic at sea and the far more pervasive presence of microplastics throughout the water column. Glen explains how these long-lived fragments move through marine food webs, from plankton and shellfish to birds and seals, and why reducing...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 3/15/26: Western Religions 101 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .