WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host: Wilson Haims Description: Climate and Community speaks with science teacher, Ruth Poland, and senior Ecoteam member, Lucian Avila-Gatz from Mount Desert Island High School about what inspired their involvement in climate and sustainability work. We learn about the formation of the Ecoteam eight years ago and how the group is continuing to evolve alongside climate action initiatives in the st...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 2025 Maine Jewish Film Festival draws to a close with a special screening of The Other at the Bangor Public Library tonight. Doors open with light refreshments at 5:30. Film begins at 6:00. The film is free to the public and donations to cover the costs are most welcome. Reservations are not required, so organizers ask that you please arrive on time to ensure best sea...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -The different ticks appearing in Maine, and the tick diseases being found now. -The vital importance of keeping tick OFF of us! -Poppy-seed size of ticks right now, as nymphs in May, and sesame seed size as adults, and raisin-sized when engorged -Tick-b...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Registration is now open for Out in the Open’s 2025 Summit, a regional gathering for small town and rural LGBTQ+ folks, May 31-June 1 in interior Waldo County This is their 10th year organizing such gatherings. Grace joins us with all the details. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-...

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 Lauren Stark joins us to talk about the Resistance Faire coming up on Saturday, May 10th in Belfast from 1-5 PM at the UU Church. FMI: Wellkeepers on BlueSky 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 y...

Producer/Host: Rosy Landrum Interviewer: Millie Cowart 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 The state legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold public hearings on several bills today, in sessions starting at 10am and at noon. L.D. 1808 “An Act to Enact the Maine Climate Superfund Act” L.D. 1870 “An Act to Establish a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program to Impose Penalties on Climate Polluter...

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...

On Sunday, May 4, at the Bay School in Blue Hill, ME, artist Robert Shetterly unveiled his most recent portrait: Rivera Sun. This is the 276th addition to the Americans Who Tell The Truth project, whose subjects include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, and others. At this celebratory unveiling, artist Rob Shetterly, previous portrait subject Sherri Mitchell –...

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Glen walks a trail on Mount Desert Island with naturalist Rich MacDonald (www.thenaturalhistorycenter.com/) and we discuss woodpeckers. 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 speci...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 5/4/25: A Thought Form 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: workingloose.com americanswhotellthetruth.org isletheater.org oldfilm.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held each October. Sh...

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 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 &...