WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/s: Kage Johnson 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: Elias and Leah talk about justice and community in their work at Ladder to The Moon Network. Guest: Leah Hargrove, Executive Director of Ladder to the Moon and Elias Taye, Editor...

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: Three new cohosts will be joining MOFGA’s Common Ground Radio, MOFGA’s monthly conversation about local food and organic agriculture on WERU Community Radio. In this this special get-to-know-you conversation, current host Ho...

Host: Wilson Haims This week: Climate and Community continues the conversation with A Climate to Thrive’s outgoing Manager of Community Energy Planning and Policy, Beth Woolfolk, and the incoming Manager of Community Energy Planning and Policy, Naomi Albert, to learn more about the benefits of plug-in solar and what the next steps are before Mainers can begin utilizing this technology. About the H...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shawn Keeley from College of the Atlantic is here today with an invitation to their 2026 COA Summer Institute, Toward a More Perfect Union. Registration is now open and sessions are filling quickly. FMI: COA Summer Institute 2026 or call Shawn Keeley at 207-801-5621 Bangor Historical Society‘s special, after-hours guided tour of their America 250 exhibit, Words That...

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 is the overview of Maine Municipal Associations (MMA) 90 year h...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week we are discussing an ocean-centric view of the world, one that incorporates reality-based actions and approaches centered on a vision of hydraulic society, Nature’s protection, its sustainability, its true asset value, and recognition of the ocean‘s essential contribution to global health, welfare, an...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler with Belfast Flying Shoes – upcoming events Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 6/10/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

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 Kathryn Markey, Artistic Director at Opera House Arts in Stonington is here with a preview of their upcoming season RESTORE:The North Woods – zoom link for presentation tonight by veteran wildlands advocate, John Davis Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License Th...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Secretary of State’s Office provides update on Maine election processes League of Women Voters June 9 Voter Guide: Mainers will vote in a semi-open primary and use Ranked Choice Voting in statewide primaries. Here’s our complete guide to the June election. Absentee Ballot Tracking Maine Voter Registration Application (revised 1/2026) – (PDF) – (Word) Guideline...

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 Continuing a conversation with Linda Welch, this episode takes listeners inside the day-to-day work of monitoring seabirds along the Maine coast, from tracking diet and chick growth to documenting survival and productivity across multiple islands. Drawing on observations from sites like Petit Manan Island, Linda describes the seasonal timing of breeding and how foo...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 6/7/26: Pearls Before Swine 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: kendallfarmcottages.com americanswhotellthetruth.org reversingfalls.org belfastmaskers.com haystack-mtn.org bhpl.net About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival...

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 6/6/26 first appeared...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) 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 month from 4-...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Candlelight Vigil tonight on the steps of Bangor City Hall, starting at 8pm “in memory of those killed by official indifference, 45 years and 45 million dead”, as Trump “seeks to eliminate HIV funding”. Sponsored by Act Up Bangor, Bangor Pride, Act Up Nation. FMI email actupbangor@gmail.com Belfast Pride Parade and Celebration Saturday Bar Harbor P...

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: Monitor Reporters Delger Erdenesanaa, Sean Scott and Matt Junker join editor Kate Cough to talk about the growing influence of the M...

Host: Wilson Haims This week: Climate and Community meets with A Climate to Thrive’s outgoing Manager of Community Energy Planning and Policy, Beth Woolfolk, to discuss her experience working on legislation to bring plug-in solar units to Maine. About the Host: Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College in 2023. Upon gradua...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine 1st Congressional District spoke out against the Republicans’ funding bill for the 2027 fiscal year during the Appropriations Committee’s markup Wednesday. Here’s why she said she will not vote for the bill as currently written Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each year on June 8th we celebrate World Ocean Day, a day set aside to recognize our relationships with the ocean through global connection. What is Ocean Day meant to do? Is it working? Are the voices and the will of the people translating into a voice for change toward a healthy ocean and a...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Town of Deer Isle is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a Safety Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund Rockland Pride Sears Island Story Walk Maine Greyhound Placement Service open house Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center’s “Bridgerton Tea & Bubbly” Survivor Celebration. Community members planning to attend are e...

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: – History of Wabanaki canoeing and canoe making. – Wabanki identity and the connection to waterways and homelands. &#82...

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...