Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topics: Upcoming Peace Conference at UMO; a report back from the “Resisting Atlantica” conference; a low-power FM action alert from Prometheus Radio
What is the focus of this year’s peace conference?
Why resist “Atlantica”?
What do the radio activists at Prometheus think would be the impact of a bill that’s currently being discussed by the Senate?
Author: Community Radio WERU FM
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 06/22/06
Host: Jim Campbell
“It’s summer but Washington is still buzzin’. In this edition, we take a
look at a few recent actions of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
branches of the federal government that will affect our lives in the
electronic (and every other) realm, and, in the eyes of many, not in a
particularly positive way.”
WERU RadioActive Special “Green Scare”
Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: “Green Scare”
Guests: Attorneys Lynne Williams and Phil Worden
How are tactics being used by the government today similar to those used during the McCarthy era “red scare”?
What are your rights if police ask for a DNA sample without a warrant?
What is a Grand Jury?
Call in show with several callers
Voices 06/21/06
Producer: Amy Browne
Topics: Karen Larsen on the Summer Solstice; an interview about a film and fundraiser for Maine Greyhound Placement Service; an interview with a local resident organizing a visit to the area by Thunder Rider, a Native American elder
What are some of the ways different cultures have celebrated Solstice?
How can people learn more about greyhound adoption?
What will Thunder Rider’s workshops be like?
Common Health 06/21/06
Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Disasters and Emergency Management
Guest: Rich Bishop, Hancock County Sheriff’s Office
What kinds of disasters do you confront?
What are some of the health issues?
What can we do to prepare our homes?
Call in show with several callers
Indigenous Voices 06/20/06
Hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: Quoddy Bay LLC Liquified Natural Gas terminal proposed for tribal land at Sipayik (Pleasant Point) Maine
Guests: Craig Francis, Tribal Attorney (Passamaquoddy); Eddie Bassett, tribal member; Hilda Lewis, council member; Deanna Francis, tribal member
What are the cultural impacts of the project?
Environmental impacts?
What is Quoddy Bay LLC’s involvement in tribal affairs?
WERU Soap Box 06/16/06
WERU Soap Box
Host: Matt Murphy
Varied topics, call-in community soap-box
What are people in the listening area thinking about?
What do they want to say to other listeners/callers?
RadioActive 06/15/06
Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topics: The National Lawyer’s Guild (NLG) and the Maine Chapter of the NLG have issued statements in response to the green scare. A press conference was held in Augusta June 14th with NLG attorneys and activists speaking out about the issue. Also an update on gold mining impacting Bangor’s sister city and WERU’s sister radio station’s communities in El Salvador
What is “green scare”?
How are communities in Maine continuing to organize to protect the right to dissent?
How can we help our sister communities in El Salvador as they face environmental degradation from mining? What is the U.S. connection?