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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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3:48

Around Town 9/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/30

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Brenda Harrington and Ellie Daniels of the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition invite you to the Climate Resilience Fair in Belfast on Saturday, October 4th 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

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4:14

Around Town 9/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/29

Host/Producer: Amy Browne State Senator Mike Tipping and Toby McGrath of Protect Our Care Maine Chapter, speaking last week about the impact Mainers will feel from the federal cuts to health care funding. Audio recorded by Protect Our Care 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 &

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5:35

A Word in Edgewise 9/29/25: Of Allaying the Drought &...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/29

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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4:57

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 9/28/25:...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/28

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Anchored in Boxam Cove on Marshall Island, Glen reflects on a rainy night lit by the glow of bioluminescent plankton. Morning brings fog, eagles, schools of fish, and the striking contrast of dark spruce forests against patches of blue sky as Glen shares the beauty and solitude of Maine’s wild offshore islands. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded Maine Natural History

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4:53

Esoterica 9/28/25: Post Technology

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/28

Andree Bella | Writer/ReaderThe post Esoterica 9/28/25: Post Technology 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? 9/27/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/27

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: surrygatherings.org bhpl.org twofeetbrewing.com wordfestival.org rocklandmakers.me worldpostcardday.com swhplibrary.org maineadulted.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

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4:28

Around Town 9/26/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/26

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Anthem and Northern Light Health negotiations Sears Island activity kits for children ages 5-12 28th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival at Stonington Opera House, tonight at 7pm.Maine DOT will be closing the Broadway off ramp in Bangor Friday evening, reopening on Monday morning 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

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28:00

Justice Radio 9/25/25: Puddle Dock Festival

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/25

Host/s: Swathi Sivasubramanian and Liv Eckert 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: Linda and Mackenzie’s interview with Peter Bruun, artist, writer, cultural organizer, and curator of the Puddle Dock Festival in Alna Maine, about community justice and wellbeing. About the hosts:

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4:57

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

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/25

Host/Producer: Amy Browne A new chapter of ACT-UP has formed in Maine in response to a cluster of HIV cases in the Bangor area in recent months. They invite others to join them and are holding trainings in Bangor this weekend. Jae Echeverria is here with the details 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

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5:08

World Ocean Radio 9/24/25: Inventive Water...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/24

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Water scarcity is among the foremost challenges to national and regional financial security and public health in India. This week on World Ocean Radio we outline a sampling of water tech innovations that are demonstrating the ingenuity and extent of invention in response to the water crisis. WORLD OCEAN RADIO 5-minute weekly insights dive into ocean science, advocacy and education hosted by Peter Neill,

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3:30

Around Town 9/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/24

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesday on Main in Bucksport joins us to talk about upcoming events in town 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

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6:04

Outside the Box 9/23/25: “Humanitarian Industrial...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/23

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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5:32

Around Town 9/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/23

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine CD1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s recent letters to the Dept. of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials demanding answers about masked agents in unmarked cars carrying out ICE operations on a school access road in Portland during drop off time, and denial of access to the ICE facility in Scarborough. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing

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4:14

Around Town 9/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/22

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Penobscot Bay Waterkeeper invites you to join them tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23 at 5:30 PM for a Zoom presentation to discuss the natural wonders of the 54-acre Little River property and efforts to permanently conserve this special land in Belfast. The next No Kings! national day of protest is coming up on Saturday, October 18th, and a location has been announced in Bangor The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Board of Pesticides Control, in

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5:46

A Word in Edgewise 9/22/25: Blaming Tools,...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/22

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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6:00

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 9/21/25:...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/21

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser As Glen sails past Roberts and Brimstone Islands south of Vinalhaven, he reflects on decades of baseline research in collaboration with Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge—mapping vegetation, inventorying plants, and surveying birds to track long-term ecological change. Along the way, he shares the challenges of island fieldwork, a close puffin sighting far from a breeding colony, and the occasional mishap with lobster buoys. More information about Maine

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4:47

Esoterica 9/21/25: Ouija Boards: Tools or Toys?

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/21

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 9/21/25: Ouija Boards: Tools or Toys? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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4:34

Earthwise 9/20/25: Balance and the Fall Equinox

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/20

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 runes using their original Goddess meanings. She lives in the woods off-grid in a small homesteading

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6:45

The Cosmic Curator 9/20/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/20

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 9/20/25 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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Democracy Forum 9/19/25: Constitutional Crisis: The...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/19

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Production Assistance: Linda Washburn, Joel Mann Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. This month: We’ll talk about free speech, chilled speech, and self-censorship — historically in the U.S. and currently. We’ve been producing this radio show for over 20 years, and this is the first time that invited guests have been afraid to come on the radio and

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