Notes from the Electronic Cottage 4/30/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
During this last month of WERU’s 20th Anniversary year, we’re digging into old editions from the Electronic Cottage vault that seem to us to be just as relevant today as they were when they were first broadcast, and on this last broadcast on this last day of WERU’s 20th anniversary year, we hope you’ll forgive us for waxing a bit philosophical, with the help of Arthur C. Clarke and J. K. Rowling, in this edition first broadcast back in August of 2007.

Ask W.A.M. 4/29/09

Producers/Hosts: Cherie Mason and Daryl DeJoy, Wildlife Alliance of Maine

I hear on Maine Public Radio that the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is an underwriter of “Maine Things Considered” and other programming. I thought the department was in financial need. Do other state agencies spend money on advertising?

Voices 4/28/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributors: Cathy Melio, Linda Washburn
Segment 1: “Artist’s Voice”, produced in collaboration with the Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Segment 2: The second annual Midcoast Maine Women’s Health Conference, to be held May 15-16, Point Lookout, Northport, Maine:
Linda Washburn (Women’s Windows) interviews Holly Noonan, spokesperson for the conference, regarding it’s history and this year’s program. What activities will participants find at this year’s conference? What are the primary health concerns of Maine women?
What grassroots resources are available to women who want a proactive role in their own health care? What does the future hold for women’s health care in Maine?
FMI: Holly Noonan, spokesperson for the Midcoast Maine Women’s Health Conference, Contact info for the Conference: 930-2694; womenshealth@wchi,com, For Holly: holly@mindbodynutrition.net
(This interview, in an expanded version, originally aired on “Women’s Windows”, a program combining women’s music and spoken word, which airs every Sunday from 8-10pm on WERU)