WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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 This episode features a discussion with Coco and Tracey Faber, Alison Ballard, and Peyton Caylor, seabird researchers who worked on Maine’s offshore colonies this summer. Together they reflect on the role of these islands beyond nesting seabirds, describing their importance as stopovers for migrating shorebirds and staging areas for gulls. They share observations o...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/21/25: How To Have A Merry Little Christmas 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: ellsworthlibrary.net bangorpubliclibrary.org uubelfast.com belfastlibrary.org cityofbelfast.org toadhalleditions.ink weru.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO, with news of successful organizing efforts with University of Maine graduate workers. NOTE: Around Town will be away next week. We’ll return on 12/29/25 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...

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. Listeners will learn about Mainers who use their crafting skills to do good in their communities. Guest/s: Rosa Moore, Executive Director and Jackie Perkins, Arts and Activities Director, HOME Inc....

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ed Spencer with an update on the Juniper Ridge Landfill – area residents are petitioning the DEP for a public hearing on the planned expansion FMI: Don’t Waste ME Maine Department of Environmental Protection – Juniper Ridge State of Maine Bureau of General Services – Maine’s State-Owned Landfills About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on a new 5-minute episode of World Ocean Radio we’re discussing the word “Hydromancy”, its meaning and signs, water in its many forms, and its implication for our future. Hydromancy is an ancient form of divination, an invitation to explore the depths of still water and its ability of revea...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne US vs Shenna Bellows – updates on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. The League of Women Voters of Maine were recently granted intervenor status in the case And Opera House Arts’ series of festive events continues this week at the Stonington Opera House. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news &#...

Host: Carrie Clark and Alli Williamson 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 online prank videos po...

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 Ashley Megquier with all the details (and changes!) for Friends of Sears Island‘s Solstice by the Sea celebration, coming up on Sunday the 21st -and news from Maine, 100 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 th...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on the special Bangor City Council Workshop last Friday where the discussion of the homeless encampment behind Penobscot Plaza continued. 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...

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 This episode begins with an interview with Peyton Caylor about her work on Matinicus Rock, comparing seabird research there with her season on the Farallon Islands. The conversation expands to include Coco and Tracey Faber from Seal Island and Matinicus Rock, and Alison Ballard from Eastern Egg Rock, as they discuss seabird dynamics across colonies, unusual visitor...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/14/25: A Merry Little Christmas 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: haystack-mtn.org downtownbangor.com ellsworthlibrary.net BHPL.net schoodicartsforall.org operahousearts.org  About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, f...

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...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne A special City Council Workshop will be held this Friday, Dec. 12, beginning at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall for the purpose of continuing discussions about the homeless encampment along the rail lines near Penobscot Plaza. (Source: City of Bangor) Today we hear from a resident of the encampment who spoke at a Bangor City Council meeting earlier this week. Abou...

Host: Holli Cederholm Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: This episode of Common Ground Radio goes behind the scenes of Gardener to Gardener, a new conference for gardeners to learn from one another. Hosted by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, the inaugural e...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center’s annual Beth’s Trees for HOPE Festival, Friday, December 13th, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, and Saturday, December 14th 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Maine Coast Mall, Ellsworth, ME Admission: Free The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts winter series kicks off with an Open House on Saturday, December 13, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Join them to lea...

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: What is the work of Downeast Restorative Justice? How does restorati...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE At the end of each year, W2O founder and host of World Ocean Radio Peter Neill sets out to report on the state of the ocean. This year his source of support for the annual digest is a report in BioScience 2025 entitled “The 2025 State of the Climate Report: A Planet on the Brink.” The report addr...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Covering Russia’s Borderlands During War: A Talk by Journalist Levi Bridges” Thursday, December 11th at 6 PM at the Ellsworth Public Library Levi Bridges work on NPR’s The World Levi Bridge’s website About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive w...

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...