WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The second and final segment produced at the Alewives Festival in Pembroke, Maine in May 2025. Segment 1 was produced by Beatrice Alsop-Cheeney, IDEA homeschool student, with assistance from Kate Blofson. Today’s segment was produced by Kate Blofson, beekeeper and community radio organizer at WRUJ in Richmond, Vermont, along with the Greenhorns parents group and Dow...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne An audio postcard from the Alewives Festival in Pembroke, Maine in May 2025. Produced by IDEA homeschool student Beatrice Alsop-Cheeney, with assistance from Kate Blofson, beekeeper and community radio organizer at WRUJ in Richmond, Vermont, along with the Greenhorns parents group and Downeast Salmon Federation. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a voluntee...

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 studying whales and their ecology. 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, interpreting, and maintai...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 6/22/25: Ram Dass at 3am 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: penobscotmarinemuseum.org newsurrytheatre.org acadiarep.com belfastmaskers.com wilsonmuseum.org bagaducemusic.org deerisleartists.com frenchmanbay.org nehlibrary.org weru.org bhpl.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads...

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: 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 talk about civil liberties, habeas corpus, due process, and immigrant detentions and deportations. While ordinary life goes on for most of us, some Mainers are living in fe...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesdays on Main with upcoming events, and the Friends of Sears Island’s Solstice by the Sea celebration tonight! 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 b...

Recording of the Juneteenth Downeast Commemoration Event at Knowlton Park, Ellsworth, Thursday, June 19 2025. Recorded by Matt Murphy. The post Juneteenth Downeast 2025 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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. We learn about the Maine Fibershed, a soil to soil initiative for fiber farming and crafting. Guest/s: Pat Harpell, co-founder of Maine Fibershed. mainefibershed@gmail.com Sofina Paz, owner of Ebb a...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community meets with Sarah White, a resident of Tremont to discuss how she became involved in climate leadership in her town. Sarah shares her background and insight on how others can take the leap into climate action in their communities. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Juneteenth Commemoration in Ellsworth today, and one final clip from the No Kings Day event in Bangor last 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 &...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing the Ocean Literacy movement and the need for more ocean science and fresh water understanding in the classroom. Ocean Literacy is comprised of seven basic principles, and host Peter Neill provides further perspective to include the global fresh water cycle by which to expand the principles...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne More clips from the No Kings Day events in Bangor and Ellsworth last Saturday (Recorded by Amy Browne and Matt Murphy) FMI: www.nokings.org/ 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 h...

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 behaviors in the film After Everything. 2. Discussing h...

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 Reverend Mark Worth speaking at the No Kings Day event in Ellsworth on Saturday (recorded by Matt Murphy) FMI: www.nokings.org/ 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’...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pam Proulx Curry, Executive Director of the Maine Multicultural Center, speaking at the No Kings Day rally on the Bangor waterfront, Saturday, 6/14/25. FMI: Maine Multicultural Center Indivisible Bangor 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. Sh...

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 teaching natural history. 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, interpreting, and maintaining data...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 6/15/25: Reality Is Illusion 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: schoodicartsforall.org phumchurch.com haleyartgallery.com deerislelibrary.org peninsulapride.me bhpl.net swhplibrary.org wendellgilleymuseum.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue...

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 Melissa Berky from Indivisible Bangor joins us with details about the No Kings Day rally and march in Bangor tomorrow from 12-3pm, rain or shine. The rally will be at the waterfront near Railroad and Front Streets. A 1-mile march (with shorter alternate routes) will leave from, and return to the park, where the march will be followed by music. FMI: No Kings List of No Kin...