WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host: Wilson Haims Description: This week Climate and Community continues to learn from Corrinne Collett and Doug Hylan, members of the Brooklin Climate Response Committee. In this segment, we highlight the committee’s approach to reaching as many people as possible to introduce them to ways they can contribute to climate action. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The League of Women Voters is looking for more Election Observation volunteers, and offering two training sessions this month via zoom. The first session is tonight. Register to get the zoom link here There will be a sign making party for No Kings Day tomorrow (Friday) at the Food AND Medicine building at 20 Ivers Street in Brewer from 6-8 pm Nazi graffiti painted on Bang...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mattie Bamman, Emcee of 2nd Annual Haiku Death Match, and Maya Stein, Belfast Poet Laureate and Co-Director of the Belfast Poetry Festival invite you to join them this weekend for the annual poetry festival, starting with the Haiku Death Match on Friday night About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosti...

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 Local No Kings Day rallies coming up on Saturday, and an ACLU webinar to prep for the event 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 Affairs Manager...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indigenous Peoples Day with Donna Loring Donna Loring Hasn’t Stopped Championing Wabanaki Rights- Dave Dostie, Downeast Magazine, November 2021 Donna Loring: Leader and Advocate – University of Maine Alumni Association Wabanaki Windows archives Indigenous views of Christopher Columbus, Penn Today, 2020 Celebrating Columbus continues to be controversial, Marshall Ter...

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 In this episode, Glen rows and sails along Mount Desert Island’s south shore, recalling his early days learning plants and birds and the beginnings of his field ecology career. He describes the quiet rhythm of rowing and decades of ecological surveys along the Maine coast. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About t...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 10/12/25: Who Stole My Religion? 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: reversingfalls.org gailpage.com peninsulapotters.com belfastpoetryfestival.com artwavesmdi.org swhplibrary.org bhpl.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festi...

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 10/11/25 first appeare...

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Sarah Doucette, author of Stronger Than That: A Domestic Violence Survivor Uncovers the Truth About Her Abuser, talks about the many factors that trapped her with a sociopath. Topics: 1. Financial abuse 2. Religion trapping you in ab...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Thomasina DiBiase from Frenchman Bay Conservancy stops by with an announcement about an opportunity to protect 5788 acres in Amherst, near the headwaters of both the Union and Penobscot Rivers. They’ll need help from the community to raise the funds before a deadline in December… About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public a...

Host/s: Catherine Besteman 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: Part 3 of Catherine’s 3-part interview with Kempis “Ghani” Songster, Transformative Healing & Restorative Ju...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: This week Climate and Community speaks with Corrinne Collett and Doug Hylan, members of the Brooklin Climate Response Committee. In this segment Corrinne and Doug discuss how their committee got started and the success they’ve experienced with their energy coaching initiative. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in E...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther from the League of Women Voters is here today with information about the ballot questions Mainers will be voting on in November Maine Citizen’s Guide to the Referendum Election Democracy Forum archives 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 DeFra...

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves Production support from College of the Atlantic. 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: How do the programs of Island Readers and Writers help students become confident, curious and engaged learners? What is the...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Nature is a most significant factor on the global balance sheet, and the cost of nature loss affects many key economic sectors. To deny or exclude nature’s true value is flawed economics and failed presentation of profit and loss for earth’s natural resources and systems. This week on World Ocean Radio we are d...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities national speaking tour, “The Future is Collective: From Crisis to Liberation”, kicks off tonight at the UU Church in Bangor at 6:30pm. Jonathan Falk and Olivia are here with the details About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive wit...

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 Kayla Gagnon is here this morning to invite listeners to a “Know Your Rights- Interaction with Law Enforcement” workshop at the UU Church in Ellsworth tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, 5-8pm. For more information and to RSVP, email kayla.amy.gagnon(at)gmail.com About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne We speak with author James B Wells who will be in Maine next week (Bangor, Ellsworth and Lincoln) talking about his latest book, Because: A CIA Coverup & a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew October 8 | Bangor, ME | The Briar Patch BookSpace – 48 Columbia Street, downtown Bangor | Discussion & signing Because | 7:00 pm Octob...

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 Leaving Marshall Island after a rainy night at anchor, Glen sails east toward Mason Ledge, a long-time seabird colony. Along the way, he notes loons now commonly seen on saltwater in summer, lines of black guillemots, and flocks of southbound semipalmated sandpipers. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hos...