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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Community Radio WERU FM 89.9 Blue Hill and 102.9 Bangor, Maine

Audio archives of spoken word programming on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine and 102.9 Bangor, Maine (weru.org)

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5:05

World Ocean Radio 9/10/25: Joseph Conrad Rides the Wind

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/10

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio Peter Neill shares thoughts and readings from Joseph Conrad and from UK writer Adrian Morgan’s recent article entitled, “How Many Ways Has Joseph Conrad Described the Wind?” WORLD OCEAN RADIO 5-minute weekly insights dive into ocean science, advocacy and education hosted by Peter Neill, lifelong ocean advocate and maritime expert. A catalog of more than 730

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4:23

Around Town 9/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/10

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler from Belfast Flying Shoes with details on their events this week and beyond 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 Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be,

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5:38

Outside the Box 9/9/25: “All Good”

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/09

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 cooperatives and two men’s groups, refused to pay federal income taxes for war, lived on a community land

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4:20

Around Town 9/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/09

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth’s upcoming 4th annual “Fill the Grand” event Orland River Day 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 Currents

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4:10

Around Town 9/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/08

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bee Parks and the Hornets, Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 6pm at the Stonington Opera House Effigy Pot workshop, Wednesday, September 10, from 2 to 5 pm, at the Wilson Museum’s Hutchins Education Center in Castine. Registration is required and space is limited to 8 participants. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the City of Belfast are hosting a workshop to update city and town tree and forest managers and public works staff along with interested

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4:43

A Word in Edgewise 9/8/25: Lost in the Weeds, Linda...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/08

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 — though not always! Sometimes in addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives, in this age of vagary

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6:04

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 9/7/25:...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/07

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode takes listeners to a bustling gull and cormorant colony on Garden Island near the Mussel Ridge Channel, where the air is filled with noise, movement, and the pungent scent of seabird guano. Glen describes colony counts using aerial imagery and the ingenious ways cormorants keep cool on hot days, blending science with the sensory details of a summer visit. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the

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5:01

Esoterica 9/7/25: The Shroud of Turin

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/07

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 9/7/25: The Shroud of Turin first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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5:00

What’s the Word on Maine Street? 9/6/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/06

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: swhplibrary.org wendellgilleymuseum.org courthousegallery.com deerisleartists.com haystack-mtn.org bhpl.net lvbangor.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 serves on the boards of the Cultural Alliance of Maine

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3:37

The Cosmic Curator 9/6/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/06

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 9/6/25 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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4:31

Around Town 9/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/05

Host/Producer: Amy Browne PAWS Animal Adoption Center Hosts Annual Maine Wienerfest on Sunday, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Steamboat Landing in Belfast. The Town of Deer Isle Committee for Community and Economic Development will host two events to gather input from residents and interested parties about the future of the village area Indivisible Bangor & MoveOn issued a “Save the Date” alert this week for the next nationwide No Kings! protest on October 18th About the host: Amy

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59:00

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour 9/4/2025

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/04

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: In this episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, we hear from The Monitor’s two summer interns, Stacey Zhang and Yasmeen Khan, on their experiences trying to make a career in the field of journalism and how their Gen Z colleagues

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4:07

Around Town 9/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/04

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Checking in with Chrissy Fowler of Belfast Flying Shoes – they have a very busy month of events and we’re all invited! 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

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5:04

World Ocean Radio 9/3/25: Peatlands

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/03

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Peat lands, bogs, swamps, and wetlands are uniquely biodiverse natural spaces: soft coastal barriers that make immeasurable contributions to the health and sustainability of human endeavor. Left unprotected, their consumption contributes to a growing worldwide problem; conserved, they sequester carbon, enable wildlife, filter water, and protect us from coastal inundation. WORLD OCEAN RADIO 5-minute weekly insights dive

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4:55

Around Town 9/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/03

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jennifer Traub from Native Gardens of Blue Hill drops by to invite you to their 2025 Fall Native Plant Sale coming up on Saturday, September 6th, 9 am-12pm, NGBH Gardens at Bagaduce Music, 49 South St, Blue Hill 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

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6:31

Outside the Box 9/2/25: “A Different Leadership”

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/02

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 cooperatives and two men’s groups, refused to pay federal income taxes for war, lived on a community land

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5:46

Around Town 9/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/02

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Some local Labor Day events (recap) Lisa Ladd, Director at Buck Memorial Library and Vanessa Newman from Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities Coalition are with us today to invite listeners to the Tell Your Story book launch party at Bucksport Trading Post on Saturday, 9/6, 1:00 – 4:00pm The book is a community effort they describe as a “living time capsule” About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000,

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5:49

Around Town 9/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/01

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Some local Labor Day events (recap) Indivisible Bangor: Workers Over Billionaires Rally 10 – 11:30am West Market Square. “In solidarity with the AFL-CIO, and all labor movements, Indivisible Bangor invites you to join them in collective action to demand an economy, country, and government that serves the needs of everyday people, not billionaires at a Workers Over Billionaires rally on Labor Day as we take back OUR day and show the big corporations who we are and how

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5:55

A Word in Edgewise 9/1/25: Labor Day, Langston...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/01

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 — though not always! Sometimes in addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives, in this age of vagary

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5:25

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 8/31/25:...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/08/31

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser In this episode, Glen shares observations about terns, cormorants, black guillemots, and eider as he sails Maine’s midcoast, from seabird-rich Muscongus Bay to the narrow Muscle Ridge Channel. 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 specializes in collecting, interpreting, and maintaining

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