WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves Production support from Joel Mann and from College of the Atlantic Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: Profiles of four community libraries in Northeast Harbor, Bucksport, Bangor and Ellsworth. Their tradition...

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: midcoastpoetrycalendar.com deerislelibrary.org sailpowersteammuseum.org becountercurrent.com BHPL.net carverlibrary.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festi...

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...

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...

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 4/12/25 first appeared...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The League of Women Voters of Maine has launched a weekly webinar called the Democracy Update. The league describes them as “quick updates for busy people” focusing on elections, voting rights, and democracy- at the federal level and in Maine. On March 27th the webinar featured a discussion of threats to LGBTQ+ rights. Here’s a snippet of that discussion...

Host/s: Catherine Besteman 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: Catherine’s interview with Co-Directors Erin Bonner and Shayna Lonoaea of the Justice Arts Coalition, an organiza...

Host/Producer: Olivia Paruk Music by Juniper Ginger In this episode, host Olivia Paruk interviews Zoe Albion, a scientist working in the forestry sector. They talk about the intersection between science and queerness, ambiguity in life, and dreams for a more inclusive queer friendly future. We Are Queer, highlights the touching experiences from Maine’s diverse LGBTQ+ community that builds empathy...

Host: Holli Cederholm 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: Maine has been experiencing a shift in the growing season, including a trend towards a longer season. Variability in weather — from unpredictable precipitation to an uptick in extreme weather events — makes it...

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community speaks with two members of A Climate to Thrive’s “Active Hope” book group. In this segment, listeners learn what inspired Maya and Tony to participate in the group, and some of the key insights they have gained about themselves and the world. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Rockland Public Library presents Eric Darling, Thursday, April 10, at 2:00 PM. This event is free and open to all. The Rockland Public Library is located at 80 Union St. For more information or for Zoom links, please email elewis@rocklandmaine.gov. Applications are now open for the 2025 Immigrant-Led Organizations (ILO) Fund. The ILO Fund at Maine Initiatives is a par...

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Matt Murphy – Augusta rally Coverage of the April 5th, 2025 “Hands Off” rallies in Augusta and Belfast, Maine FMI: www.handsoff2025.com 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 produc...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Discovery of a curriculum developed for coastal Africa some years ago sent World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill on a journey of discovery and revelation about salt as a construct to be observed, understood, and taught. A western scientific perspective might teach students about salt from a chemistry-led lesson, whereas...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: www.handsoff2025.com 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 Cur...

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 A little vox pop from the Belfast, Maine Hands Off 2025 event on Saturday FMI: www.handsoff2025.com 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...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Environmental activists in Waldo County have a series of events planned for “Earth Month” this month and as part of that the Sierra Club, Maine Chapter and Waldo County Climate Action Coalition have organized a free showing of “A Fierce Green Fire” tomorrow night in Belfast, to be followed by a discussion. Beverly Roxby joins us with the details an...

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: Pepin Mittelhauser Producer: Glen Mittelhauser On a frigid January morning, Lewis Holmes explores a frozen Scarborough Marsh, encountering a variety of winter birds whose brief yet vibrant presence contrasts with the solitude and cold, evoking memories of the livelier summer months. This essay, read by Pepin Mittelhauser, was originally published in The Observer, an online natural history jo...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 4/6/25: House Sharing 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: BHPL.net Film: “Free for All: The Public Library at Jewett Hall Auditorium, Augusta thereachpac.com findingourvoices.net Maya Angelou’s Poem “On the Pulse of Morning”(youtube.com/watch?v=59xGmHzxt...

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 Hands Off! 2025 mobilization across the US and in several Maine locations on Saturday FMI: www.handsoff2025.com 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 & Pub...

Host/s: Rob Ruffner and Emily Goulette 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 and Emily’s interview with Attorney and Executive Director of the Association of Criminal Defense...