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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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5:37

Around Town 9/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/19

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tod Hardin from the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill invites the community to upcoming screenings of SLUDGE: A PFAS UPRISING followed by panel discussions and Q&A, in Bucksport and Stonington 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

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28:00

Justice Radio 9/18/25: Joy & Defiance

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/18

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: Swathi and Liv interview Joseph Jackson, Executive Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, and MPAC Youth Program Coordinator, Andre Hicks, to talk about joy, defiance, and the carceral

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6:34

Around Town 9/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/18

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Senator Susan Collins questioning Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director ousted by RFK, Jr, and Dr. Debra Houry, former CDC Chief Medical Officer, at a Senate committee meeting on Wednesday, 9/17/25 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

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5:11

World Ocean Radio 9/17/25: Corpus Christi,...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/17

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio we’re discussing a news story provided by Inside Climate News that highlights Corpus Christi, Texas and its intensively water-dependent industrial projects that, by special commitments and permits, are consuming the necessary water supply at a rate of 30 million gallons per day, drawn from an already-stressed groundwater supply, now further exacerbated by droughts and

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5:09

Around Town 9/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/17

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ella McDonald, PhD forestry student at the University of Maine, stops by to let everyone know about the upcoming day-long workshop Preserving Ash, Protecting Traditions and a warning from a former President carried in Maine newspapers 90 years ago today. 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

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27:39

Relationship Rewind 9/16/25: Once Upon A Time

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/16

Host: Carrie Clark at NextStep Domestic Violence Project. NextStep 24/7 Helpline: 1(800) 315-5579 Theme Music for the show donated by local musicians Megan Light and Nathan Spears. Relationship Rewind: Rewinding relationships in popular media and breaking down behaviors based in power, control, and abuse. This episode: 1. Discussing unhealthy behaviors in the tv series “Once Upon a Time.” 2. Discussing how media normalizes these behaviors. 3. Discussing the impacts of these messages

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5:00

Outside the Box 9/16/25: “Ten Rules”

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/16

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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4:50

Around Town 9/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/16

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Free Screenings of Local Interest Documentaries at the Stonington Opera House Building Hope: Ending Homelessness on Tuesday, September 16 at 7pm The first fall forum of the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will be held Wed., Sept 17, 2025 at 6 pm, in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library. FMI email: peace.and.justice.waldo@gmail.com This September, the Ellsworth Public Library (EPL) invites everyone to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month and discover how a

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5:04

Around Town 9/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/15

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill stops by to share some good news on the medical research front. 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

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6:17

A Word in Edgewise 9/15/25: Of Hangers & Hangars,...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/15

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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5:35

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 9/14/25:...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/14

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Drifting in Penobscot Bay, Glen shares the sounds of a ringing bell buoy, a close encounter with harbor porpoises, and surprising concentrations of moon jellyfish. When the sea breeze arrives, he sails south of Vinalhaven, reveling in a fast and lively run along the Maine coast. 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

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4:38

Esoterica 9/14/25: Skywatcher

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/14

Andree Bella | Writer/ReaderThe post Esoterica 9/14/25: Skywatcher first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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5:17

Earthwise 9/13/25: The Hand

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/13

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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4:44

The Cosmic Curator 9/13/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/13

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 9/13/25 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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57:59

Let’s Talk About It 9/12/25

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/12

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse The owner of a popular cupcake shop breaks her silence about a first husband who regularly strangled her. Topics: 1. Abusive fathers 2. Impact of domestic abuse on siblings 3. Breaking the cycle Guests: Rachel Davis and Mary Lou Smith About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots

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3:54

Around Town 9/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/12

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mike Kersula, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and Capt. Justin Cooper, Maine Maritime Academy, join us to let listeners know about the fire prevention work they and others will be doing in Castine on Saturday morning. Maine Open Lighthouse Day Dice Head Lighthouse (Dyce Head) 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

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28:00

Justice Radio 9/11/25: Right to Redemption, Part I

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/11

Host/s: Catherine Besteman 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: Part 2 of Catherine’s 3-part interview with Kempis “Ghani” Songster, Transformative Healing & Restorative Justice Manager for the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY), as they talk about how to work

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29:00

Common Ground Radio 9/11/25: Growing Great Garlic in...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/11

Host: Holli Cederholm Editor: Clare Boland 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: This episode of Common Ground Radio is all about garlic! Garlic grows from cloves, which are planted in the fall. Mature heads of garlic are then harvested the following summer. From seed selection to fertility to mulching practices, Brittany Hopkins of Wise Acres Farm shares how she cultivates a healthy,

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4:00

Around Town 9/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/11

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine Cheese Guild’s 9th annual Maine Cheese Festival will be held this coming Sunday, September 14th, in Pittsfield Indivisible’s Solidarity in Action speaker series 2-part event on mutual aid and community response teams 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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58:36

Talk of the Towns 9/10/25: How Libraries Save...

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives ·

2025/09/10

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves Production support from Joel Mann and from College of the Atlantic 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 history of public libraries in the US? What is the mission of community libraries? What is included in “new librarianship”? What does “new librarianship” imply for library

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