WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

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 Research scientist Amanda Savoie describes how new surveys are revealing more Arctic seaweed diversity than previously assumed, even in regions once thought to lack suitable substrate. She reflects on the cultural importance of kelp in northern communities, the ecological role of seaweeds as primary producers and habitat-formers, and why documenting coastal biodive...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 4/12/26: Thoughts of April 2026 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 bhpl.net nehlibrary.org wendellgilleymuseum.org monsonarts.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. She...

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: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse This month: Six survivors talk about what medical providers got right and what they got wrong in treatment for their domestic abuse injuries and trauma. Topics: 1) The medical community. 2) Physical symptoms of emotional abuse. 3) Wh...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indivisible– a nationwide movement of millions of people working to stop the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and to demand a real democracy- is calling for a national day of action on April 25th, to protest the Trump administration’s efforts to build prison camp warehouses across the country. They write: “On April 25, we’re joining Detentio...

Host: 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: With food prices on the rise, alongside federal cuts to food aid programs, many of Maine’s families face difficulty putting food on the table. Meanwhile, the growing season is upon us and home gardeners can help strengthen food ac...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne A 30 day window opened this week for comments on the draft wording of a citizen initiated referendum question that will be on the ballot in November. The ballot question, as drafted, reads: “Do you want to change civil rights and education laws to require public schools to restrict access to bathrooms and sports based on the gender on the child’s original birth cert...

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 are some of the important tree species that make up the woodlan...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This episode will summarize two recent Maine-based conferences dedicated to ocean issues: the first focused on the blue economy–particularly the emerging aquaculture opportunities along the Atlantic coast, and the second an annual gathering of local industry representatives of the lobster industry in Maine. Many forces ar...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther from the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum on WERU (3rd Friday of every month, 4-5pm, and archived here) weighs in on the Maine Supreme Court’s ruling this week on Ranked Choice Voting Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Li...

Hosts: Nolan Altvater and Nick Bear Zoom Recording Technician: Scarlett Tudor Producer: Esther Anne 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: – Wabanaki cultural economic growth through community-based planning. – Wabanaki Cultural Tourism Initiative and...

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 Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general — and one governor– in suing Trump over his attempts to take voting powers away from the states Healthy Acadia’s Art for Health and Hope project is holding 2 Art Making Gatherings this week as they celebrate their 25th anniversary this year (and Public Health week, this week...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Friends of Sears Island’s April activities 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 RadioAc...

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 speaks with Amanda Savoie, a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, about her work documenting seaweed biodiversity in northern Norway and the Canadian Arctic. They discuss how extreme light regimes, limited historical surveys, and rapid climate change shape Arctic macroalgal communities, including unusual species such as kelps that grow beneath...

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: millayhouserockland.org bhpl.net mdibl.org watervillelibrary.org swhplibrary.org usm.maine.edu uma.edu About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2...

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...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 4/5/26: Easter first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs 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 4/4/26 first appeared...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Poetry Celebration at the Statehouse this afternoon, organized by the Maine Arts Commission in honor of National Poetry Month Witherle Library and Castine Arts Association invite you to join them on Saturday afternoons in April for A Little Afternoon Music, from 1:30-2:30 in the Witherle’s Reading room The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry i...

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: Maine Monitor Editor Kate Cough is joined by Monitor Housing Reporter Caitlin Andrews, Education Reporter Kristian Moravec and Repor...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responds to Trump’s latest attempt to federalize elections The Maine Department of Marine Resources Bureau of Sea-Run Fish and Habitat (BSRFH) is announcing the return of Alewife Days, a spring program that connects students with Maine’s annual alewife run through hands-on field trips timed with peak alewife migration in local...