Category: Voices & Weekend Voices

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topic: Part 2 of a 3-part special covering the SpeakOut on the topics of impeaching Bush and Cheney, and the war in Iraq, held January 11, 2007 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast, Maine

Producer/host: Amy Browne
Contributing producer: Jim Campbell

Topic: A vintage piece from the historical archives: Jim Campbell with an interview about jury selection in the Wounded Knee trial

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topic: Part 1 of a 3-part special covering the SpeakOut on the topics of impeaching Bush and Cheney, and the war in Iraq, held January 11, 2007 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast, Maine

Wednesday 1/17/07

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributing producers: Carolyn Coe, Denis Howard; Theme music: Joel Mann

Topics: Carolyn Coe reports back after a recent visit to WERU’s sister station, Radio Sumpul in Guarjila, Chalatenango, El Salvador, and Denis Howard interviews one of the actors in Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution” opening soon at the Grand in Ellsworth

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributors: Producer Jim Campbell, Joel Mann (theme music)

On today’s Voices, we feature a talk and an extensive question and answer session on the topic of “Europe and the Middle East”, a topic which necessarily involves the United States, given the situation in Iraq, Palestine, Iran and Syria. This topic is especially relevant in this week when Mr. Bush has sent another 21,500 American soldiers to Iraq.

The presenter is Dr. Charles Cogan, a Research Associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in the Kennedy School of Harvard University. But academia is actually Dr. Cogan’s second career. From 1954-1991, he served as an Intelligence Officer in the CIA, and over those almost 40 years served in many locations around the world, including serving as the Chief of the Near East-South Asia division in the Directorate of Operations at the CIA. He also served as Station Chief in Paris for five years. He has, in other words, first hand experience in living and working in both Europe and the Middle East.

This presentation is one of the community events sponsored by, and leading up to, the 20th Annual Camden Conference, which will be held in Camden, Maine from February 23-25. It was recorded on January 7 at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland. In addition to Dr. Cogan, you will hear the voice of Mac Deford who served as moderator, and who repeated the questions from the audience during the question and answer period so that everyone in the auditorium – and in the WERU audience – could hear them.

For more information on the conference and on other community events, go to www.camdenconference.org.

This presentation was recorded and produced by Jim Campbell.

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topics: Several local peace activists were sentenced yesterday for taking part in Civil Disobedience last September at Senator Snowe’s Bangor office. After learning that community service would not be an option, several opted for jail time rather than paying a fine. We bring you a report from the courthouse. And later in the program: As the U.S. government spends billions on the war in Iraq, agencies that help survivors of domestic violence are relying on committed volunteers to help them provide needed services. We talk with a representative of Spruce Run about opportunities to become a volunteer with that agency, as well as where you can call for support if you are dealing with domestic violence yourself.

Producer/host: Amy Browne
Contributor: Ousman (theme music)

Topic: Throughout the state and across the country efforts are underway to initiate impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Today we talk with residents of this area who are involved in those efforts: Nancy Galland, Richard Paget and Dud Hendrick. They give us an update on what’s happening locally and tell us about a Speak Out in Belfast on January 11th on the issue. But first they give us their responses to some of the common arguments against impeachment that they have heard.

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topic: An interview with Rev. Robert and Maureen Tobin, Bishop’s Consultants for Justice and Peace in Israel/Palestine, and residents of Deer Isle. They are working to promote justice and peace in the region by leading groups of Americans on tours through Israel/Palestine so they can witness the situation first hand.

FMI email: rwtobin@verizon.net, go to the website: www.sabeel.org or call “voice stick” cell phone: 401-354-2848