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...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner reacts to news Monday afternoon that an agreement had been reached to reopen the federal government, by a small number of Democrats who joined the Republicans. 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 join...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Equal Justice update on the SNAP crisis (Part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired on 11/7/25) 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 the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since J...

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 is part 1 of an interview with Coco and Tracey Faber who have spent the past decade working in Maine’s offshore seabird colonies. Coco shares her experiences on Seal Island, the state’s largest puffin colony, while Tracey describes her work on nearby Matinicus Rock. Together they reflect on a season of challenges and surprises in the Gulf of Maine, fro...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 11/9/25: 3i Atlas 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 bhpl.net reversingfalls.org wendellgilleymuseum.org swhplibrary.org castinehistoricalsociety.org surrygatherings.org fogtownbrewing.com watervillecreates.org islandportpress.com About the host:...

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 11/8/25 first appeared...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. Airs the first Friday of every month from 4-...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Standing in Solidarity: Educating for Justice in Palestine,” forums in Orono (Friday, November 7, 6:30-8 PM, Wilson Center) and Bangor (Saturday, November 8, 3-4:30 PM Public Library), sponsored by the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and UMaine Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Maine Equal Justice update on the SNAP crisis (more on Monday&#...

Host/s: Cuba Jackson 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: Guest host Cuba Jackson interviews Lisa Parham Jones, founder of Black Travel Maine, about why justice reform is essen...

Host: Stephanie McFeeters, Interim Editor at The Maine Monitor. The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. This month: We hear from Report for America corps member Daniel O’Connor about his reporting on the budget crisis in Washington...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Today, Climate and Community discusses the importance of local action to global challenges with former Maine Service Fellow Gianluca Nehuén Yornet. We learn about what motivates Gianluca to participate in community-based action and about his host organization Center for Ecology Based Economy in Norway, Maine. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Senator Angus King, and at least 70 other members of Congress have issued a letter in opposition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) recently announced interim final rule ending the automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EAD) for individuals who have filed timely renewal applications. You may s...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -We ALL will get older; how we deal with this reality is important for each of us to face in a positive, life-affirming manner -Age-positivity & how to reframe aging -Why & how do positive views of aging produce healthier outcomes? -The differenc...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Artivisim in Maine’s Arts in Action summit, What’s Art Got To Do With Freedom & Justice? coming up this weekend in Ellsworth Indivisible’s Solidarity in Action speaker series continues (virtually) tonight, 7 – 8pm, with Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power with National Director of Immigrant Community Strategies for the A...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE The most substantial by-product of human consumption is waste, thus far omitted on balance sheets and in calculation of individual and gross national product. Waste comes in many forms: polluted water, poisoned land, energy lost, habitat destroyed, industrial waste, food discarded, planned obsolescence, even recycling. What remains? The&...

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 Maine statewide ballot questions with Ann Luther, League of Women Voters – and voting information from the Secretary of State’s office 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/Producer: Amy Browne Maine student mock election results, voting information 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 since January, 2006. In addition to...

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 11/2/25: Soul Cakes 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/maine-postmark-poetry-contest mainereview.com mythichearttheatre.com stonington.lib.me.us ellsworthlibrary.net bagaducemusic.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for W...

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...