Producers/Hosts: Amelia Poole and Peter Neill, World Ocean Observatory
Topic: At the fishhouses
FMI: http://www.thew2o.net/
Weekend Voices 1/10/09
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
“Hear Again” from the WERU Archives in honor of our 20th anniversary
Mindful Parenting 1/10/09
Producer/Host: Nancy Hathaway
Topic: What To Do If You “Lose It”
Talk of the Towns 1/9/09
Producer/Host: Ron Beard
Topic: A year of service in the Congo with Doctors Without Borders
Guest: Linda Robinson, Nurse-midwife, Women’s Health Center, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, ME
What made you decide to pursue a year in service… why Africa and why Doctors without Borders? Background on Doctors without Borders: Where are they based, what is their mission, how do they tend to work? As you settled in to the work, what challenges did you have to overcome? What would you like to leave with listeners about your experience and, using your experience in Shamwana, about the puzzle about our responsibilities to Africa?
RadioActive 1/8/09
Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: 3 perspectives on Israel’s assault on Gaza, with Molly Little, Frida Berrigan & Bruce Gagnon
Segment 1: Molly Little. In 2005, Molly Little spent three months in Israel and the West Bank, conducting interviews with Israeli peace activists, members of an Israeli kibbutz, employees of the Israeli Knesset, and people from a wide range of Palestinian society, including students, farmers, political activists, artists, public officials, teachers, and health care providers. Her articles and op-eds have appeared in Lefthook, The Providence Journal-Bulletin, The Palestine Monitor, Portland Indy Media and elsewhere. She’ll be giving a talk next week in Bath, called “American Witness in Palestine: Roots and Realities”. (Friday, January 16 at 7:00 pm, Addams-Melman House,212 Center Street, Bath, ME) We spoke with Molly Little by phone from her home in Whitefield, Maine earlier today:
Segment 2: “War In Gaza, Weapons From the USA”, Frida Berrigan, Senior Program Associate of the “Arms and Security Initiative” at the New America Foundation, columnist for “Foreign Policy in Focus”, and a contributing editor of In These Times magazine. She is also the author of several reports on arms trade and human rights, and will talk with us today about the ties between the US and Israel. FMI: Frida Berrigan, berrigan@newamerica.net, 212-431-5808 ext 200
Segment 3: Bruce Gagnon, a long-time organizer, currently based in Maine, for his perspective on the Peace & Justice communities response to the situation in Gaza. FMI: http://space4peace.blogspot.com/
Writers Forum 1/8/09
Producer/Host: Joan Clemons
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topics: How to get started in a writers group. How everyday things offer chances for writing materials. Why do we write? Local writers discuss these topics and read from their work.
Guests: Writers Amy Miller, Cher Jones, Joe Tassi and Wendy Watson
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/8/09
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
In my family, conventional wisdom was “you can’t put two pounds in a one pound bag.” Maybe true at the grocery store but not in the digital realm.
Good thing, too. Herewith a few thoughts on file compression.
Healthy Options 1/7/09
Producer/Host: Cynthia Swan
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Guest: Margaret Peet, ND and an Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, author of “My Doctor Says I’m Fine, So Why Do I Feel So Bad?” (FMI: 707-954-5217 or mspeet@aol.com
Topic: Ayurvedic Medicine
What is Ayurvedic Medicine and what does the term Ayurveda mean? What diagnostic tools are used in Ayurvedic medicine? What inspired you to write the book “My Doctor Says I’m Fine, So Why Do I Feel So Bad?”