WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Margret Baldwin and Dave Hollenburg stop by to invite listeners to the 6th Annual Rural Hall Art Exhibit and Sale at the Surry Rural Hall, 680 Rt 172 (aka Surry Road), Sunday, August 16th, 4-6pm Cash or checks only. FMI: 207-667-8328 or 207-460-1959 Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0...

Hosts: Ivonne Vazquez 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: ?For the August episode of Common Ground Radio, we look forward to the 50th annual Common Ground Country Fair, hosted by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, and taking place in Unity, Maine on Friday, September 25...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Judith Sloan and Najla Said, members of the multi-talented team behind Between a Rock and A Hard Place, join Amy this morning. This one-of-a-kind theatre experience is a benefit for WERU-FM and EarSay. Saturday, August 15th at 7pm, Emlen Hall, Blue Hill More information and a longer interview with the cast Learn more about EarSay and purchase tickets Theme music: BreakBea...

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 are some of the milestones in Healthy Acadia’s 25 year hi...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shared Tables, Shared Stories event sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission, Maine Humanities, and Community Plate, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. There will be an event in Bangor on August 27th. Registration is recommended Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and other Democrats will hold a shadow field hearing on “Seeking Justice in Biddeford: Oversight...

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 Committee to Protect Health Care Announces Endorsements in Maine for U.S. Senate, Governor, and State Legislature Committee to Protect Health Care The Economic Policy Institute’s Cost of Deportations calculator Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shaw Institute: Updates on Research, Education, and Public Outreach with Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist Charles Rolsky, PhD August 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm FREE Seahorses at Shaw Institute Debora Kapisha, RN, freed from ICE custody, returns home, Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Penobscot Bay Waterkeeper Immigrant L...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle In this episode, Glen joins herpetologist Steve Ressel beside a pond at dusk to listen to the breeding chorus of Maine’s frogs and learn how to distinguish the calls of Spring Peepers, Bullfrogs, Green Frogs, and Pickerel Frogs. Steve concludes by reflecting on the path that led him to a career studying amphibians and the import...

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 The Absurdity of Sears Island Industrialization, Steve Miller, Aug 4, 2026 Steve Miller on Subtack Alliance for Sears Island Penobscot Bay Waterkeeper Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project – Maine Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 8/7/26:...

Host: Stephanie McFeeters, Kate Cough 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: On this episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, editor Kate Cough interviews reporter Emily Bader discusses her recent project on treating a...

Host: Wilson Haims This week: Climate and Community continues the conversation with Maine Youth for Climate Justice’s Advocacy and Organizing Director, Jackson Chadwick. Jackson shares more about one of the organization’s primary areas of focus and highlights ways that Mainers can get involved in advocacy and decision-making in their own communities. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland,...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Emergency protest yesterday, by Maine Medical Center RNs demanding ICE release colleague – and Maine Med’s response Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System, Human Rights Watch, 25 Jun 2026 Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project – Maine Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attri...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: What is the Alexander Technique, and how is it employed? The ways that the Alexander Technique can help release stress & tension, and facilitate our ease of movement, coordination, & balance How we can create ease in our everyday movement What is...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne As of this week, Mainers can submit online requests for absentee ballots for the mid-term elections Direct link to Maine Secretary of State’s online voter registration form More information about elections and voting from the Secretary of State’s office ACLU of Maine files claims against federal agents Report: Agents of Chaos and Cruelty: How the Trump Adminis...

Hosts: Nolan Altavater and Nick Bear Producer: Esther Anne Technical Support: Scarlett Tudor Original music: Nick Bear Dawnland Signals highlights indigenous topics not immediately represented in mainstream media and is meant to share, inspire, and inform. This month: WaYS connects Wabanaki youth to the land and to cultural knowledge sharers. Interns work to address current forest and environmenta...

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 Barcelona concert fundraiser for Bucksport Animal Shelter Foreign Affairs discussion group at the Witherle Memorial Library in Castine Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Bangor Band concert in Chapin Park Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around To...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Preservation at the Witherle Library in Castine John Cariani’s Newest Work Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars Comes to the Stonington Opera House Stage this week Author Kate Woodworth at the Jesup Memorial Library to discuss Little Great Island, her award-winning novel about the power of connection and community in the face of climate change Haystack Mountain Scho...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle In this episode, Glen continues his conversation with herpetologist Steve Ressel, exploring the remarkable adaptations that allow Spring Peepers to produce their powerful calls night after night. The discussion also examines how female frogs distinguish among dozens of calling males and why some males are far more successful at...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 8/2/26: Choir of Angels 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: peninsulapotters.com TheUMVA.org bhpl.net maineboats.com friendml.org darkskymaine.com About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held eac...

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 8/1/26 first appeared...