WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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...

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...