WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio 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 goodlife.org nehlibrary.org artwavesmdi.org bhpl.net courthousegallery.com bucklibrary.org mainegalleryguide.com islandportpress.com About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a...

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 Independence Day 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 RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and...

Host/s: Rob Ruffner (Maine Indigent Defense Center) 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 1 of Rob’s 2-part interview with Frayla Tarpinian from the Capital Region Public D...

Host: Stephanie McFeeters, Deputy 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: Josh Keefe takes listeners behind the scenes of his recent reporting on Maine’s child welfare system, including...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: This week, Climate and Community hosts Ezra Sassaman, the chair of the Bar Harbor Climate Emergency Task Force and Advocacy Coordinator for Maine Climate Action Now (MCAN). This segment highlights MCAN’S history, the strengths of the coalition, and why a justice-based approach to climate action matters. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kai and Ara Bravesnow invite you to join the Midcoast Mineral Collectors Club, and let you know about the upcoming MidCoast Gem and Mineral Fair The club meets on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm (no meeting in August) at Thorndike Town Hall The MidCoast Gem and Mineral Fair is August 1st-3rd at the Bayview Point Event Center in Belfast. About the host: Amy Browne st...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week we’re discussing the circulation of water worldwide, and the importance of our waterways–canals in particular–as the great highways and distribution centers of our busy lives, now storing and transferring water and energy, and revitalized for recreational use and enjoyment of natural spaces. WORLD OCEAN RADIO...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Duncan Newcomer is here with an invitation to “Enjoy a Night in America”, his book launch for Quiet Fire: The Spiritual Life of Abraham Lincoln at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport, 6-8pm, Thursday, July 3rd 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 D...

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 Bangor Mayor Cara Pelletier, speaking at Bangor Pride on Saturday 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 ad...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, speaking at Bangor Pride on Saturday 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,...

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 Glen talks with Megan where she continues her discussion of changes that she has seen in the Gulf of Maine area. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) in 2003 to fill the need for an organization that specializes in collecting, interpr...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 6/29/25: Hester Prynne 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: bangorpride.com eastbluehillpubliclibrary.org operahousearts.org surrygatherings.org bluehillbach.org haystack-mtn.org jonathanfisherhouse.org bhpl.net ellsworthlibrary.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steeri...

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: Catherine Devine 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 Schoodic Institute’s podcast, Sea to Trees, begins with naturalist Laura Sebastianelli, who has dedicated her summers to recording all the bird songs in Acadia National Park. We follow Laura on her chase to record...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne –Bangor Pride is tomorrow – Co-lead organizer Sam is here with the details. –Grindle Point Light re-opening / ribbon cutting on Isleboro on Sunday -In Maine newspapers 100 years ago today: Who had the first mess of peas of the season? (Portland Press Herald, 27 June 1925) About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public aff...

Host/s: Linda Small and 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: Linda and Mackenzie’s interview with Meghan Reedy, Program Coordinator for the Maine Humanit...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: This week, Climate and Community dives into meaningful collaborations to address resilience from an emergency management perspective. Sarah explains the importance of relationship building and the necessity to further the work through the “ripple effect.” About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies f...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy MacKinnon, Director of Communications & Community Engagement, Frenchman Bay Conservancy is here with your invitation to join them for the 2025 Monday Music series at Tidal Falls Preserve in Hancock. 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 DeFran...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquire of Friends of Sears Island is here with an invitation to summer activities on the island — and a call for submissions of art and poetry inspired by Sears Island or the coast of Maine in general. 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 D...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart of WMPG. 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: Who Chief Orono was and about Wabanaki Veterans and their service. Guest/s:...

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...