WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
The Impact of Trump’s Economic Policies on Maine
Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), speaking at the University of Maine on October 11th. More information about MECEP can be found at mecep.org
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by John Greenman
Nicholas Carnes is an assistant professor of public policy at Duke University. His research focuses on U.S. politics, legislative decision making, representation, social class, economic inequality, and state and local politics. Carnes’ upcoming book “White-Collar Government: The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making” examines how the shortage of people from the working class in American legislatures skews the policy-making process toward outcomes that are more in line with the upper class’s economic interests. He is a member of the Scholars Strategy Network, an organization that brings America’s leading scholars together to address public challenges on national, state and local levels.
Nicholas Carnes spoke at the University of Maine earlier this month
Producer/Host: Gray Parrot
Topic: The Movie Avatar and the Ever-Expanding Economy
Is capitalism being misused? Must we live more simply? How, and why should people be educated to live not in opposition to everyone else?
Guests: Christine Covert, Rev. Dr. C. Sarian
Call in show
Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Guest Cohosts: Maria Girouard and James Francis
Guest: Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation
Topics: Perceptions and realities of tribal economics and conditions. Current tribal economic development efforts. History of tribal-state relations.
Producer/Host: Gray Parrot
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: The monetary system in the U.S. has been used to subvert the ideals of the U.S. Constitution
How has the abandonment of the gold and silver standards turned U.S. citizenship into an indebted state?
What are some steps that can be taken to correct the situation?
When in U.S. history did the changes occur that precipitated the current monetary system?
Guests/Panel: Neil D. Salisbury, Richard Wayne, David Yosarian, Edward Parrot
Call in show
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Brent Scowcroft Camden Conference keynote Presentation
What are the key foreign policy issues facing the new administration? What is the hottest “hot spot” in the world now? What is the role of economics in foreign affairs?
FMI: http://www.camdenconference.org/
Note: On March 14, 21 and 28, 2009, 3-4p.m., Weekend Voices will be airing more audio from the Camden Conference, in a series produced by WERU’s Jim Campbell.