WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host: Timothy Boston Editor: Clare Boland 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: In this episode of Common Ground Radio, host Timothy Boston explores the enduring and evolving practice of homesteading in Maine — a lifestyle grounded in self-reliance, land stewardship, and intentional living...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community continues the conversation with Josh Caldwell, the Climate and Clean Energy Advocate and Outreach Manager for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. In this segment Josh describes Maine’s clean energy goals and some of the ways Mainers might expect their lives to change as we transition to 100% clean energy. The conversation concludes with two...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, joins us with updates on a new research project on PFAS and lobsters, and an update on their new touch tank 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 De...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Apprenticing has long been thought of as a term to describe someone working beside a master craftsperson to learn a trade and to refine a professional skill: whether it be pottery or electrical, cabinetry or plumbing. As an educational model it has long been mostly lost or forgotten, except in a place in midcoast Maine: The Apprenticesho...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Public hearing for “red flag” bill, LD 1378 “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act” Scheduled to start at 3pm this afternoon in the Judiciary Committee room at the State House. Live stream of the hearing can be accessed here Two new DSF preserves acquired this spring are open to the public for explora...

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 Berit Becker from the Ellsworth Public Library and Hannah Semler from FarmDrop are here to talk about “Hey Ellsworth, How Do We Want to Eat?” – an event focusing on “engag(ing) in participatory and collective action around the future of our food sources”, with a panel discussion (and possibly a pizza party if enough people sign up) FMI and to...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pride Festivities & College of the Atlantic’s Summer Institute 2025 FMI: Heart of Ellsworth OUT Maine Portland’s first Pride Parade 1987, Portland Public Library Digital Commons Bangor Pride College of the Atlantic Summer Institute 2025 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-...

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 6/8/25: What Dreams May Come 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: bucklibrary.org jesuplibrary.org mainearts.maine.gov/pages/programs/arts-in-the-capitol bhpl.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 an...

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 6/7/25 first appeared...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger Recorded by Pepin Mittelhauser Music by Casey Neill 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 mo...

Host/s: Mara Sanchez 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 Dr. Mara Sanchez’s interview with Linda Small, Justice Radio show host and Executive Director of Reentry Si...

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: Reporters Rose Lundy and Kristian Moravec discuss their reporting on workforce shifts and challenges in health care a...

Join WERU blues DJ Cap’n Barney (Maine Coast Blues, Mondays 10pm on WERU) and the North Atlantic Blues Festival founder and director, Paul Benjamin, for an engaging and information-filled conversation about the Festival, taking place in Rockland on July 12 and 13, 2025. Learn more at www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com/. The post WERU Special: Interview with Paul Benjamin, North Atlantic Blues Fest...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community hosts Josh Caldwell, the Climate and Clean Energy Advocate and Outreach Manager for the Natural Resources Council of Maine to discuss the recent Clean Energy Day of Action at the State House. This conversation highlights two bills, one which would commit the state to achieving 100% clean electricity by 2040, and another that would establish a D...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne No Kings Day, June 14th, 2025 Activate Maine calendar 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 Ra...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -How music can help with emotional stability. -The attributes of music therapy in reducing stress. -The powerful & positive effects of singing in groups. -Music & memory. -Therapeutic use of music in addressing cognitive challenges. -Using music...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne This coming Saturday will be busy day in Belfast — including the Belfast Pride celebration and a Climate Resilience Fair happening in close proximity. Brenda Harrington and Ellie Daniels of the Waldo County Climate Coalition join us with the details of that event. UPDATE 6/4/25: ORGANIZERS HAVE POSTPONED THIS EVENT DUE TO WEATHER. THEY PLAN TO HOLD THE EVENT THIS FA...

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 Let’s head to Bucksport this morning to check in with Tracey Hair about a very special art show there this month. The official opening is tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at The Crumpet on Main Street in Bucksport. 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: Rosy Landrum Interviewer: Thomas Bowden Project Leader: Phelan Gallagher Technical Assistance: Pepin Mittelhauser Music: Foreside Date by David Renda (copyright/royalty free) The Blue Hill Mountain Stories feature interviews from local residents, conducted by the George Steven’s Academy audio production class. Each interviewee reflects upon their time on the Blue Hill peninsula, par...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on what’s happening with the seemingly never-ending efforts to protect Sears Island, a 940-acre island in Penobscot Bay, with Chris Buchanan, David Italiander, Donna Gold and Jill Howell, residents of Searsport and neighboring towns, working on efforts to protect Sears Island permanently FMI: Friends of Sears Island Campaign to Protect Sears Island / Wahsu...