Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Topic: Community Theater and Health
How do theater and health interact? What did New Surry Theater do to help at risk youth? How can listeners get involved in community theater?
Guests: Bill Raiten, Director of the New Surry Theater; Elena Bourakovski, Make Up and Costumes for New Surry Theater
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Category: Common Health
Live & local call-in on Public Health Challenges in Maine. Happens on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM. More information at http://www.commonhealth.org/
Common Health 9/16/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Brownfields: Recovering from Environmental Hangovers
What is a brownfield? What are some of the common contaminants? How do people request assistance?
Guests: Nick Hodgking, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Brownfields Program, www.maine.gov/dep; Tom Martin, Hancock County Planning Commission, www.hcpcme.org
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Common Health 8/19/09
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Locally Grown Food and Food Security
What are the benefits of locally grown food? Where can gardeners get more information? What can we do to sustain small farms?
Guests: Bob Jones, Director, Stewards of the Earth; Heather Albert-Knopp, College of the Atlantic, Sustainable Food Systems Program
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Common Health 7/15/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Public Health in Developing Countries
What are some common public health problems in LDC’s? What do your organizations do to make communities more sustainable? How can Mainers get involved?
Guests: Florence Reed, Director of Sustainable Harvest International (www.sustainableharvest.org); Emily Lenor, Volunteer with Hancock County Medical Mission
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Common Health 6/17/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Colo-Rectal Cancer
What are the causes of Colorectal Cancer? What can we do for early detection? What community support do we have for people diagnosed with colorectal cancer?
Guests: Dr. John Bosco, Physician, Portland Gastroenterology Society; Larry Mobraaten, Staff Scientist Emeritus Jackson; Michael Reisman, Director of the Beth Wright Cancer Center
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Common Health 5/20/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Paying for Health Care
What has happened to the single payer option in congressional hearings? What is the connection between health care finance and the crisis in rural hospitals? What can we do to advocate for better health care?
Guests: Dr. Philip Caper, former professor, practitioner and current advocate for health care reform; Dr. John Benziger, Pathologist and Lab Director at Maine General Medical Center in Waterville and Augusta.
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Common Health 4/15/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Letters to the President: Addressing America’s Health
How do we pay for health care? Why move to a single payer system? How can we manage costs?
Guests: Dr. Philip Caper, retired M.D. and Professor of Medicine; Jerry Call, co-founder of MidCoast Health Care Reform (www.midcoasthealthcarereform.org)
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Common Health 3/18/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Healthy Lands and Watersheds
How do you measure the health of an environment? How do you encourage people to get out into nature? What are some of the challenges of preserving a watershed?
Guests: Cheri Domina, Administrative Director, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, www.greatpondtrust.org; Cloe Chunn & Joan Clemons, Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, www.belfastbaywatershed.org
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