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: Anita Arnold
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: The year in review and where we are going as a culture
What were significant “noticings” about race, class and gender you experienced this year? What are the ingredients for dismantling structural oppression? What have you experienced in Maine in regards to both personal and structural racism?
Guests: Bahia Yackzan, byackzan@gmail.com; Valentine King, valentinekng@yahoo.com
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Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: Racism in Maine
How does institutional racism differ from personal racism and what is the history of white supremacy? What can individuals do to dismantle systems of oppression? What is the mission of the NAACP?
Guests:
Joe Perry, President, NAACP Bangor Chapter, 207-548-2081
Rev. Dewey Fagerburg; John Gouse, Council, Maine Human Rights Commission, #51 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, 207-624-6050, www.maine.gov/mhrc
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Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: Peace-At the surface and at the core
What is peace as a noun? As a verb? How does peace start with the individual and result in a changed, more peaceful world? Describe the peace studies program at the University of Maine— what are it’s goals and mission?
Guest: Phyllis Brazee, Director of the Peace Studies Program at the University of Maine
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NOTE: The show aired while the station was broadcasting at low power due to technical difficulties–the result is a “hiss” in the recording in the latter part of the show.
Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: Connecting the Bridge to Kenya
Guest: Susan Coppersmith, Kariobangi Women Promotion Project
Describes her work with the project, life and daily routine in the slums of Kariobangi, and talks about how people in the U.S. can support the Kariobangi Women Promotion Project
FMI: kariobangiproco@yahoo.com
Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (a series currently airing on PBS)
What is the correlation between health, longevity and class status? What is the cumulative impact of stress in health and illness? What are ways this disparity and inequality can be translated into health care policy?
Guests: Lisa Sockabasin, Director Minority Health; Megan Hannan, Ex. Am. Cancer Society
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Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: Pornography and the End of Masculinity
What is meant by a rape culture? What can men do to change the impact of pornography in society and personal relationships? What is the role of intersecting oppressions as they relate to pornography?
Guest: Robert Jensen, author of Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity
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Producer/Host: Anita Arnold
Topic: “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity” (by Robert Jensen)
What is the relationship between masculinity and pornography? What are the effects of pornography as portrayed by violence in pornography? How has the pornography industry become mainstream and so prevalent in the culture?
Guests: Robert Jensen, author of “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity”; Jeb Enoch, Maine Men Against Violence and Sexism
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Producer/host: Anita Arnold
Topics: Celebrating Women’s History Month- The Status of Women in Maine and the World; Reflections on Hillary
What is the status of women in Maine and the world? How does internalized sexism impact Hillary’s bid for President? What is the connection between race and sex in the campaign?
Guests: Joanne Dauphinee and Deanne Partridge
FMI: www.mainecandobetter.org; www.mabelwadsworth.org; www.mainewomen.org; www.now.org; www.feministmajority.org