Notes from the Electronic Cottage 5/5/17

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

May 1-7 is Choose Privacy Week. Should it matter to you? Give a listen and see what you think.

Items mentioned in the program:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/post-fcc-privacy-rules-should-you-vpn/
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/trackmenot/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trackmenot/cgllkjmdafllcidaehjejjhpfkmanmka

Maine Currents 5/3/17

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: John Greenman

Segment 1: Multi-partisan panel discussion on communicating with people with political differences

Segment 2: Indivisible MDI’s April Town Hall for Senator Collins (who did not attend)

Guests: Multi-partisan panel Renee Trust, Ken Gleason, Thomas White (Tim Wilson was unable to join us this week)

WERU thanks Jeff Dobbs who provided us with a recording of the speakers at the Indivisible MDI Town Hall and Jennifer Booher who sent the photos from the event that are posted on WERU’s facebook page.

FMI:
Indivisible Guide: www.indivisibleguide.com/about-us/
MDI Indivisible group: www.facebook.com/groups/397472590586952/


Maine Currents- independent local news, views and culture, every Wednesday at 4pm on WERU-FM and weru.org

Healthy Options 5/3/17

Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: John Greenman

Issue: Integrative health therapies

Program Topic: Vaxxed, The Movie

Key Discussion Points:
a) Information made public by Dr. William Thompson, senior scientist, whistlesblower, at the Center for Disease Control regarding the MMR vaccination and autism
b)The role of drug companies in the manufacturing and promoting of vaccines
c) Absence of media and Congressional coverage of vaccine data
d) Ways to take action around these issues

Guest
Del Bigtree, producer of Vaxxed, From Cover-up To Catastrophe