WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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...

CJ Kenna | Producer & Reader/Writer The post Esoterica 8/30/26: Money, Belief & Elon first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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 8/30/26 first appeared...

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: Galen Koch Production Support and Advising: Natalie Springuel Theme Music: Paul Anderson – A Following Sea All other music from Cueshop.com Coastal Conversations: Conversations with people who live, work, and play on the Maine coast. Imagine a construction crew that can’t move, takes no lunch break, and still somehow gets the job done. Meet the oyster. Oysters are native to Maine, and...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issues statement regarding lawsuit filed by coalition of states regarding USPS anti-mail voting rule Indivisible Bangor says there have been reports of ICE in Bangor in recent days. They recommend Maine Immigrant Defense Resource Hub We’ve received a report and photos of flock cameras in the Unity, Maine area. This report desc...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine DEP Initiates Legal Action Against Mallinckrodt US LLC to Address Cleanup Failures at Orrington Site Greenfield Penobscot Estuary Remediation Trust, LLC, the court-approved Trustee of Penobscot Estuary Mercury Remediation Trust is testing capping in the river Those interested can sign up for email updates on their website. They also have a hotline with recorded upda...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Native Gardens of Blue Hill’s Native Fall Plant sale, Saturday, September 12th, 9-noon Sneak preview of the plants online on August 27th, 7-8:15pm Email info@ngbh.org for more information or to register for the link Maine Data Center Advisory Council public listening sessions (via zoom) today from 1-2:30pm, and September1st from 5-7pm Heart of Ellsworth hosts the Ma...

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: American Revolution, the treatment of Wabanaki after the Revolution. Guest/s:  Prof Hara...

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 Thursday afternoon, Friends of Sears Island presents A Sears Island Herb walk, exploring wild and nourishing medicinal plants, with Diana Chapin and Kerri Vacher, from 3-5pm No Sleep ’Til Brooklin: Pack Dodge and the Haven Colony, 1900–1930 Friends of Camden Hills State Park “You Teach the Machines” AI Literacy Workshop with author Jeff Pennington, Wednesday a...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mike Hurley and a team of volunteers are offering free pontoon boat rides in Belfast Harbor this coming weekend, for people with disabilities. FMI contact Mike Hurley at mike(at)pilut.com or 207-338-1975 Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 8/...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle Continuing a botanical inventory of Little Spruce Island off the coast of Downeast Maine, Glen explains why each island supports a unique plant community shaped by its history and environment. He reflects on the importance of documenting these remote floras today to provide the baseline data needed to understand ecological chang...

Andree Bella | Reader/Writer The post Esoterica 8/23/26: Possession & Attachment first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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 Second Story Builders 2nd Annual Radical Reuse Festival and Artisan Fair, Saturday in Union Friends of WERU present the film Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World  a portrait of the life and career of the best-selling poet and Pulitzer Prize recipient, and the inspiration behind her renowned works, with several showings this weekend at the Alamo Theatre in Buckspo...

Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman “Down on my Luck” and “Root Hog or Die” performed by Dusty Buckets (Zack Woodard) “Lean on Me” and “When The Saints go Marchin’ In” performed by Blue Hill Brass A monthly show exploring Maine&#821...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne From Monday’s shadow hearing re ICE killing Biddeford resident Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in that city last month. With no known investigation by conducted by Trump’s “DOJ” or Republicans in Congress, the hearing was organized by Maine (CD1) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, and attended by other local, state and federal officials, as well as memb...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sue Roche, Executive Director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP), testifying Monday in Biddeford, at the shadow hearing re ICE killing Biddeford resident Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in that city last month. With no known investigation by conducted by Trump’s “DOJ” or Republicans in Congress, the hearing was organized by Maine (CD1) Congres...

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 father of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Biddeford resident who was killed by ICE in July, speaking at yesterday’s shadow hearing in Biddeford. With no known investigation by conducted by Trump’s “DOJ” or Republicans in Congress, the hearing was organized by Maine (CD1) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, and attended by other local, state and fe...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne One of the OGs of home improvement shows, locally-produced Hot and Cold with Tom Gocze has moved to youtube, with live shows on Saturday mornings at 8. Tom stops by with all the details. Hot and Cold’s YouTube channel Hot and Cold’s website Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and others – including other members of Congress- are holding a shadow hearing...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle Glen begins a multi-day botanical inventory of Little Spruce Island off the coast of Downeast Maine. He describes the logistics of reaching remote islands, the slow pace of searching for plants, and why botanists rely on scientific names to accurately document the diversity they find. More information about Maine Natural History...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 8/16/26: The 375% Return first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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...