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: Jim Campbell
Camden Conference Special Presentation: “Best of Times or Worst of Times”
-Recent history of Presidential efforts to affect US foreign policy
-Current state of US foreign policy and weakening US standing in the world
-Possible steps that can be taken to pursue a more realistic and effective foreign policy
Speakers:
Stephen M. Walt, Harvard University
Gordon Adams, former Senior White House official on foreign policy
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Camden Conference 2018: “This Too Shall Pass”
Key Discussion Points:
a) American diplomacy and lack of it currently
b) Changing world order
c) Role of US in the 21st Century
Featuring:
Chas Freeman, Brown University
Indira Lackshmanan, Poynter Institute
Natalie Nougayrede, The Guardian Newspaper
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Program Topic: Migration and Refugees
Key Discussion Points:
a) Moral and practical reasons for refugee protection
b) Current scale of displaced people in different parts of the world and political effects
c) Distinction among refugees, asylum seekers, forcibly displace persons, immigrants
Guests:
Jeanne Bourgault, Camden Conference Moderator and President of Internews
Ray Jennings, Principal, Cultural Naviagtion Group
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Program Topic: Migration and Refugees
Key Discussion Points:
a) Rise of far right movements in Europe tied to immigration
b) American immigration policy and history
c) Current American refugee acceptance policy
Guests:
Cas Mudde, Professor, Univesity of Georgia and Researcher, University of Oslo
Tim Kane, JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies, Hoover Institute, Stanford Univ
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Program Topic: Migration and Refugees
Key Discussion Points:
a) Current crisis in forcibly displace people throughout the world
b) Work of the UNHCR
c) US policies on Mexico border to control immigration
Guests:
Kelly Clements, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
Bruno Stegno, former UN Ambassador from Costa Rica and Deputy Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Issue: Foreign Relations
Program Topic: Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia; and The Russian Economy and Its Influence on Politics
Key Discussion Points:
a) Why the recent upsurge of nationalism in Russia?
b) How do Russians view the war in Ukraine?
c) Why are Putin’s approval ratings so consistently high?
Guests: Nina Tumarkin, Prof. of History, Wellesley College; and Daniel Treisman, Prof. of Political Science,
UCLA
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Issue: Foreign Relations
Program Topic: Origins of Russian Conduct at Home and in the World
Key Discussion Points:
a) How are Russians and Americans alike
b) How do Russians view the war in Ukraine
c) What is Putin’s goal in Ukraine
Guest: Matthew Rojansky, Director, Keean Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Two short Presentations from the 2014 Camden Conference; one by Kathleen Merrigen, one by Chellie Pingree
1. What are four ways in which agriculture can help reduce climate change?
2. What is the current status in the growth of farming in Maine?
3. What are two things that individuals can do to help ensure a more sustainable food system ?
Guests:
Kathleeen Merrigen, former Deputy Director of the US Department of Agriculture
Chellie Pingree, Congresswoman from Maine’s First Congressional District