WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host: Celeste Mittelhauser Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode features part one of an essay by environmental scientist Laura Hatmaker, exploring Balch Head Heath, a rare Coastal Plateau Bog in Lubec, Maine. Laura describes the contrasting northern and southern domes of the peatland, the habitat of the rare Crowberry Blue butterfly, and the questions conservationists face when deciding whethe...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 10/26/25: Both Ends of the Stick 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: wordfestival.org courthousegallery.com jacksonmemoriallibrary.org swhplibrary.org bhpl.net Ross Gallagher About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded i...

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 10/25/25 first appeare...

Producer/Host: Steve Kahl Power for the People: Energy education and solutions for Mainers and Maine communities This month: 1) The future of the solar industry after federal tax credits expire. 2) Solar PV options in 2026 when the commercial tax credit remains in effect. 3) Why a return of 8 to 9% with NO risk and with NO income tax is a great investment. Guest/s: Aaron Cartterfield, Director of...

Host: Kristin Zunino Coastal Conversations: Conversations with people who live, work, and play on the Maine coast, hosted by the University of Maine Sea Grant Program. This episode of Coastal Conversations is the second episode of a two part series about   Maine’s changing marine ecology from professional certified scuba divers occupying the Mid-Coast and Greater Portland area. We are joined...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week issued a second Notice of Violation to Mallinckrodt US LLC/Medtronic related to the lack of meaningful progress remediating the former chloralkali manufacturing facility located along the Penobscot River in Orrington Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s letter to Trump in response to the demolition of the East Wi...

Host/s: 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: Mackenzie interviews Niki Merrill, Program Coordinator for the Maine Department of Corrections through the Portlan...

Producer/Host: Amy Browne The relationships forged between local Mainers and folks in El Salvador have been strengthened over the decades, built on mutual respect and learning from each other. In addition to the PICA/Bangor Sister City relationship with the town of Carasque, WERU has a Sister Station, Radio Sumpul, and MOFGA has built connections with farming organizations there. Today both countr...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace Johnston-Fennell from Out in the Open is here today with an invitation to the upcoming free public screening of the documentary Heightened Scrutiny, followed by a discussion, next Thursday, October 30th, 6 p.m. at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-pro...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing the September 2025 news that Morocco has become the 60th nation to ratify the High Seas Treaty, a two-decades long process to establish and protect a vast complex of biodiversity in international waters. This is a major milestone and a huge step forward, uniting many rules p...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne State Representative Sean Faircloth speaking at the No Kings rally in Bangor on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 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, and has been WERU’s News & Public...

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 relationships in the tv series “Once Upon a Time....

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 State Representative Amy Roeder speaking at the No Kings rally in Bangor on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 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, and has been WERU’s News & Public Aff...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Troy Jackson, 5th generation logger, former State Senate President and current gubernatorial candidate, speaking at the No Kings! rally at Broadway Park in Bangor on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 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: 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...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 10/19/25: One Check, One Envelope & One @#*% Stamp 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: belfastpoetryfestival.com mainepublic.org wordfestival.org swhplibrary.org bhpl.net nehlibrary.org jesuplibrary.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival,...

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 10/18/25 first appeare...

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: We’ll talk about the two ballot questions that appear on the November 4 state ballot in Maine. How does the citizen initiative process work in Maine. What are the two ba...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne No Kings Day rallies tomorrow. Dave Cox from Indivisible Bangor is here with details of the No Kings Day rally and march there. Rally locations, details and more info: Indivisible Bangor No Kings! Activate Maine calendar About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredi...

Host/s: Swathi Sivasubramanian and Liv Eckert 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: Swathi and Liv’s interview with Youth Justice Network intern Ben. They discuss travel, the fr...

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. Creatives at the Common Ground Country Fair 2025. Guest/s: Sam Bartlett, Art Director and Marketing director, Liberty Graphics Nature Tees www.lgtees.com, sam@lgtees.com Kat Jordan, co-owner of Kitt...