Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: Federal Climate Change Legislation
An interview with Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Voorhees offers a critique of the current version of the proposed legislation and explains the importance of this issue to Mainers, as well as the impact Mainers can have on the outcome.
FMI: www.nrcm.org
Baby Talk 5/21/09
Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Premature Babies
What is it like to give birth to and parent a very premature baby? What are some misconceptions about prematurity? What are some resources? How are premature babies different from full-term babies?
Guest: Amanda Pate, mother of 17-month-od Austin, born 11 weeks early.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 5/21/09
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Ever wanted to ask a specific question on the Internet and get a specific answer instead of a list of a gazillion links? Your time may be at hand!
Take a peek at www.wolframalpha.com or http://start.csail.mit.edu and put in some natural language questions and see what you think.
Nature’s Remedies 5/21/09
Producer/Host: Dr. Tim Hagney
Common Health 5/20/09
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Paying for Health Care
What has happened to the single payer option in congressional hearings? What is the connection between health care finance and the crisis in rural hospitals? What can we do to advocate for better health care?
Guests: Dr. Philip Caper, former professor, practitioner and current advocate for health care reform; Dr. John Benziger, Pathologist and Lab Director at Maine General Medical Center in Waterville and Augusta.
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Ask W.A.M. 5/20/09
Producers/Hosts: Cherie Mason & Daryl DeJoy, Wildlife Alliance of Maine
FMI: http://www.wildlifealliancemaine.org/
Voices 5/19/09
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Marge May
Topic: Familes USA Teleconference on a new report published in April:Too Great a Burden: Americans Face Rising Health Care Costs
The teleconference focuses on Maine and was recorded by Marge May for WERU on 4/29/09
What percentage of real income goes to healthcare costs in Maine?
What are the trends in healthcare costs? Does Rep. Chellie Pingree support H.R. 676, the Conyers bill that proposes a single-payer option
Participants: Ron Pollack , Executive Director of Families USA; Rep. Chellie Pingree and others
Some News from W. Africa 5/19/09
Producer/Host: Isatou Jobarteh