Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/19/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The Internet, as we all know now, is a rich source of information. Some of that information is great, some questionable, some downright wrong, and some– well, let’s just say it’s a bit funky. That’s the case with this piece from December of 2002, one of the early pieces we’re re-playing as a lead up to the Electronic Cottage’s 10th anniversary in January, 2010. You can tell this episode is seven years old because there is a reference to floppy disks which, of course, are now pretty much historical artifacts. Otherwise, it’s all as true today as it was in those days of yore.

Common Health 11/18/09

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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Voices 11/17/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Matt Murphy
Segment 1: Sister Lucille MacDonald, Director of the Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth, with ways we can help other members of our community during the holiday season. FMI: http://www.emmaushomelessshelter.org/index.html
Segment 2: Award-winning radio producer Rob Rosenthal, instructor at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, talks about his documentary on Maine’s Malaga Island, “Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold”, which will air on Weekend Voices on WERU, Saturday, 11/21/09, at 10a.m. FMI: http://www.malagaislandmaine.org/ , http://www.salt.edu/

Wabanaki Windows 11/17/09

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Chief Oren Lyons talk at the University of Maine
How do Native people interact with the natural world? Is the world as we know it sustainable and in balance? What is the bottom line?
Guest: Chief Oren Lyons, traditional Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan and member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Both the edited version (that aired), and the longer, full version, are archived below.