Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/host: Ron Beard
Topic: Opportunities and Challenges in Non-Profit Leadership in Downeast Maine
Guests: Dwayne Shaw, Downeast Salmon Federation/Downeast Rivers Land Trust; Mary Laury, Schoodic Arts for All; Gary DeLong, Maine Seacoast Mission; Alan Furth, Cobscook Community Learning Center
Producers/hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne
Topics: Interview with Richard Paget and Abby McMillan, two local activists working on efforts to impeach Bush and Cheney (www.maineimpeach.org); and an interview with Zachary Heiden, Staff Attorney for the Maine Civil Liberties Union, regarding the Verizon case (www.mclu.org)
Producer/host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Are you old enough to remember the Betamax vs. VHS wars of the early 1980’s?
Don’t worry if you’re not – we’ll all have a chance to watch a similar
struggle go on today. This time it’s Blu-ray vs. HDD and it will affect what
kind of DVD player you have in your living room for years to come. What the
heck is this struggle all about, and what does it mean to you? Give a
listen.
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Homelessness
What are the causes of homelessness? What is H.O.M.E. doing to help? What are the health consequences?
Guests: Sister Marie Ahern, John Melusky
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Producer/host: Phil Bailey
Topic: New Global Climate Report Points the Finger (at us)
Producer/host: Amy Browne
Guests: Brook Minner, Shelter Services Coordinator, Spruce Run; John Costello, Executive Director, Shaw House; Sister Lucille McDonald, Administrator, Emmaus Homeless Shelter; Dennis Marble, Executive Director, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter
FMI:
Spruce Run, 1-800-863-9909, www.sprucerun.net
Emmaus Homeless Shelter, 1-207-667-3962, www.emmaushomelessshelter.org
Shaw House, 1-866-561-SHAW
Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, 207-947-0045
Producer/host: Amy Browne
Contributors: Marge May, Brook Minner, Hugh Curran, Matt Murphy, Joel Mann (theme music)
Topics: An interview with Malalai Joya, a 25 year old woman who is a member of the Afghan Parliment; Domestic Violence and Homelessness; Homelessness in Literature
Producers/hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: History of Federal Indian Law and Policy: What were some of the treaties tribes had with the United States and how did Indian Law and policy evolve? Discussion of the issues of tribal self-determination, tribal sovereignty, trust responsibility, and the historic and current role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Guest: Thomas Bird Bear, Adjunct Professor of Indian Law at the University of New Mexico
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