WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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 5/3/25 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/Producer: Amy Browne Station Manager Matt Murphy joins us to talk about the DOGE’ing of public broadcasting including WERU – and what you can do to help! FMI: Protect My Public Media Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members – NPR About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer...

Host/s: Rob Ruffner 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: Rob interviews Maine Immigration Attorney Barbara Taylor, about the challenges of navigating the complicated immigratio...

Host: Kate Cough, 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: Child welfare and healthcare in Maine. Guests: Josh Keefe and Rose Lundy FMI: themainemonitor.org/ The post The Maine Monitor Radio H...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community continues the conversation with Bath Middle School science teacher, Micah Depper, learning about how school districts statewide and nationwide have the opportunity to make a big difference on the state of climate action and emissions reductions in the US. We touch on the importance of student contributions to this initiative and the necessity t...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne May Day events in Maine: the Maine AFL-CIO’s website and ActiveMaine have listings Ed Spencer joins us to talk about the Water Ceremony and Rally for the Penobscot river, coming up on Sunday, hosted by Citizens of the Penobscot Nation, Sunlight Media Collective, Don’t Waste ME. and sling shot and allies. Organizers say “This will be an opportunity to be...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill reflects on the importance of water in our lives, our culture, our memories, our very being. Water, he argues, is the essence of home, and the grace and gift of knowing it’s there for our return. WORLD OCEAN RADIO 5-minute weekly insights dive into ocean science, a...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne League of Women Voters issues alert on two elections-related bills that will have public hearings this week. LD 1446: RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Lower the Voting Age to 16 Years of Age (LWVME supports), and LD 1149: An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting Maine AFL-CIO May Day...

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 Stephanie Colavito of the Penobscot Theatre Company is here to talk about their production of Mother Russia: A Historical Farce about Comrades, Consequences, & Comic Mayhem FMI: www.penobscottheatre.org/ The fourth annual Jane’s Walk in Downtown Ellsworth FMI: www.heartofellsworth.org/janes-walk About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news &...

Producer/Host: Rosy Landrum Interviewer: Lucy Clews 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, partic...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne A few of the bills being discussed today in Augusta LD 594Resolve, Directing the State Auditor to Audit All State Agencies The State and Local Government Committee has a second work session scheduled for this morning at 10:30 LD 1742An Act to Prohibit a State Social Media Platform Account from Restricting User Comments Public Hearing – Committee on Judiciary 4-28-25...

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 walks a trail on Mount Desert Island with naturalist Rich MacDonald (www.thenaturalhistorycenter.com/) and we talk about how he got started as a naturalist. 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...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 4/27/25: Visitors 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: weru.org wendellgilleymuseum.org belfastmaskers.com illustrationinstitute.org BHPL.net ellsworthlibrary.net wordfestival.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts...

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 4/26/25 first appeared...

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. In this episode of Coastal Conversations, we feature a Schoodic Institute’s Sea to Trees podcast discussing the degradation occurring on Acadia’s summits, and a community-driven effort to bring vegetation back. The effort, called...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Seaweed Week Statewide events Ellsworth events The Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing this afternoon on LD 1656, An Act to Facilitate Compliance with Federal Immigration Law by State and Local Government Entities Judiciary Committee schedule Submitting testimony Committee clerk: Susan Pinette State House, Room 438, 287-1327 Abou...

Host/s: Linda Small 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 interviews Jan Collins, Assistant Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, to talk about advocating for...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community speaks with Middle School Science teacher from Bath, Micah Depper, about how he decided to form a working group of teachers, students, administrators and community members to research, plan, and implement initiatives to reduce their schools’ emissions and waste while also promoting climate literacy at every grade level. About the Host: Wilson H...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne One last clip from last Saturday’s rally at the Federal Building in Bangor – part of the national day of action 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 Ne...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Pope Francis, outspoken voice for climate and the environment, passed away on Monday, April 21st. Throughout his reign as leader of the Catholic Church, he was very clear in his views on climate change as a real factor in today’s world, and expressed that we must understand and respond to these problems for our future survival...