WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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 Counter Current Collective’s outdoors production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, and more from Tuesday night’s ICE protest in Bangor Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/17/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9...

Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman “Down on my Luck” and “Root Hog or Die” performed by Dusty Buckets (Zack Woodard) “Lean on Me” and “When The Saints go Marchin’ In” performed by Blue Hill Brass A monthly show exploring Maine&#821...

Host: Wilson Haims This week: Climate and Community meets with Maine Youth for Climate Justice’s Advocacy and Organizing Director, Jackson Chadwick to learn more about how the organization got started and what their priorities are today. Jackson concludes our conversation by sharing insight on ways that people of all ages can get involved in creating Maine’s future. About the Host: Wilson Haims is...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor-Brewer Urban Garden Tours — coming up on Saturday, and more from Tuesday night’s ICE protest in Bangor Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/16/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Ma...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE When we come across words describing situations in Nature that have metaphorical meaning beyond their specific definition, we like to share them. Here’s one: ecotone, described “as the transition zone where two ecosystems meet, for example, the marshland between a river and dry land, the mangroves between sea and shore,...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne One of the speakers at last night’s ICE protest in Bangor. Project Relief – Maine Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/15/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Af...

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 Bangor Band Summer Concert Series continues tonight, July 14, 7:00 PM, Bangor Waterfront Admission is free. The Norman Magician Experience, Tonight at 6pm at the Stonington Opera House ACLU of Maine: The Supreme Court Term in Review, Wednesday, 7/15 at 6pm on zoom For more information and to sign up for the zoom link at www.aclumaine.org/ Indivisible’s national Hands Off...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Summer Thursdays at the Ellsworth Public Library— Assistant Director Renee McManus is here with the details. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/13/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Loc...

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...

Read by: Pepin Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle Sandhill Crane recording by Logan Parker In this episode, Pepin concludes reading an essay by Sandra Mitchell, reflecting on nesting behavior, chick rearing, and her hopes for the future of a growing Sandhill Crane population in Maine. More information about Maine Natural History Observatory can be found on our website at ma...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 7/12/26: A Dangerous Sport: Part 1 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: wordfestival.org healthyislandproject.org goodlife.org schoodicartsforall.org operahousearts.org bhpl.net barharbormusicfestival.org mainewriters.org   About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committe...

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 7/11/26 first appeared...

Host/s: Kage Johnson, AJ Stash, and Hawo Mohamed Editor: 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: Kage, AJ, and Hawo discuss the meaning of the word “survivor”. Guest/s:  The post Justice Radio 7/9/26: Healing First!: What it means to be a “survivor” first a...

Hosts: Seth Kroeck, Holli Cederholm 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: For 50 years, MOFGA’s Common Ground Country Fair has been a gathering place for a movement rooted in organic agriculture, food justice, environmental stewardship, and the belief that communities can build healthier f...

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. 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: What inspired Dar Williams to write her 2017 book What I Found in a...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio we are paying tribute to Mario Soares, one-time president of Portugal and founder of the Independent Commission of the Future of the Oceans. We propose Soares be remembered for his global vision and international actions to address the ocean/freshwater continuum: the single, mo...

Hosts: Nolan Altavater and Nick Bear Producer: Esther Anne Technical Support: Scarlett Tudor Original music: Nick Bear Dawnland Signals highlights indigenous topics not immediately represented in mainstream media and is meant to share, inspire, and inform. This month: -Reclaiming an art form used for colonial subjection as a tool for self-determination and communal expression. -Current Abbe Museum...

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...

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...

Read by: Pepin Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle In this episode, Pepin continues reading an essay by Sandra Mitchell, describing the breeding biology and spectacular courtship dances of Sandhill Cranes while following a nesting pair through the spring breeding season. More information about Maine Natural History Observatory can be found on our website at mainenaturalhisto...

CJ Kenna | Producer & Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 7/5/26: Got Peace? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .