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:Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Chiropractic and More
Key Discussion Points:
a) Chiropractic: what is it? What are the benefits?
b)Food, what to eat?
c)Vaccines, be informed about them
Guest
Jane Robertson, DC
326 Belmont Avenue, Belfast, ME
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
Host and Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Healthy Aging as the Silver Tsunami Approaches
Key Discussion Points:
a) What is the “Silver Tsunami”, and what does this mean for baby boomers, seniors, & our healthcare system?
b) How do our health care needs change as we age?
c) What lifestyle habits should we cultivate in order to stay well?
d) What do baby boomers and seniors and their families need to know when interacting with the medical system?
e) What is a geriatrician? Why do we need one as we age? Why are there so few of them, in sharp contrast to the increasing population of seniors who need them?
f) What can we do as patients and as family to be sure that the treatable ailments of seniors are not dismissed as “just old age” or misdiagnosed?
Guest: Marcy Cottrell Houle, MS., coauthor of The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
www.thegiftofcaring.net
Related websites of interest:
myelderadvocate.com/blog/
Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Studio Engineers: Amy Browne & Matt Murphy
Issue: North Dakota Access Pipeline– Largest gathering of Tribes in 100 years
Key Discussion Points:
a) Corporate Oil and it’s destruction of Native Land?
b) Attempt to cover up its use of force against Native people at site
c) What can we do to support the Human and Civil Rights of the Tribes?
Guests:
Sherri Mitchell, Esq., Director of the Land Peace Foundation. she is a Native Rights and Environmental Activist and a Penobscot Nation Tribal Member
Dr. Rebecca Sockbeson University of Alberta, Penobscot Nation Tribal Member
Chief Kirk Francis, Chief of the Penobscot Nation
FMI:
http://www.seveneaglesmedia.org/
http://www.democracynow.org/
http://www.honorearth.org/
http://www.btlonline.org/2016/seg/160916bf-btl-hall.html
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RedWarriorCamp
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Production Assistance: John Greenman
Today we have a special report on the proposal to remove the Orland Dam – a decision that regardless of which way it goes, will likely have impacts not only on that town, but on surrounding areas as well. Orland took over ownership of the dam from Verso in 2011. The dam has been found to have serious structural issues, has failed in the past, and currently salt water flows over the top periodically. It also blocks fish passage and the existing fish ladders are considered inadequate. The town will be voting on June 14th on a ballot question that gives 2 options: Keep the dam and have the town foot any associated costs, or move forward toward removal of the dam by working with NOAA fisheries and the Nature Conservancy to acquire available funding for removal of the dam and ancillary costs. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the major forces behind the Penobscot River Restoration project. In 2014 they designated the Penobscot River Watershed as a “Habitat Focus Area” — one of just two on the east coast –citing the environmental, cultural and recreational significance of New England’s second largest river, which provides habitat to many migratory fish species, including 3 that are listed as endangered.
Those who oppose removing the dam are concerned about the impact on water front views, which would start changing with the tides, potential impacts of salt water on wells and bridges, and the need to find a new source of water for fire fighting (as the impoundment created by the dam has been used for that purpose)—and whether the grants the town might receive would cover those costs. The need to coordinate dam removal with the clean up of mercury in the river so as to not further mobilize a mercury hotspot just below the dam is also a concern.
At a well-attended forum Wednesday night in Orland, experts who have been studying the issues and agencies offering funding for the project, provided updates and heard comments and questions from the public. The entire presentation last more than 2 hours. This morning we hear from some of the panelists and a few of the public comments.
NOTE: The link to the full meeting (2+ hours in length) is also posted below. The 1st link is for today’s program, the second is the full meeting.
FMI:
http://orlandfutures.blogspot.com/
http://www.orlandme.org/Orland%20Dam.html
https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/protected/riverherring/tewg/presentations/river_herring_-_penobscot_hfa__september_3__2014_.pdf
Producer/Host: Carolyn Coe
Among those Afghan students who speak out for gender equality and peace are Halima Habibi, a founding member of the Girl Up Club–a women’s bicycling club, in Kabul–and Arifa and Mahtab, two students who are a part of the Afghan Women’s Writing Project. All share their own stories and describe the challenges for women in Afghanistan.
Guests:
Halima Habibi, member of the Girl Up Club
Arifa and Mahtab, writers who have published their work with the Afghan Women’s Writing Project
Contributing to the interviews were Ron Vannorstrand, Aaron Hughes, and Hoor Arifi
FMI:
http://borderfreecyclingteam.weebly.com/about.html
One of Arifa’s stories: http://awwproject.org/2014/12/an-afghan-girl-dreams-of-books/
One of Mahtab’s stories: http://awwproject.org/2016/01/my-future-is-not-my-sheep/
ourjourneytosmile.com