Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Carolyn Coe
Segment 1: Locavores/Eating Local, Produced by Carolyn Coe
Segment 2: Hillary Lister, of Maine IndyMedia, on an upcoming public hearing on a proposal to expand Maine’s power grid—one that may include the taking of private land through imminent domain. More info available at www.maine.indymedia.org and the city of Lewiston’s website: http://www.ci.lewiston.me.us/administration/power-reliability/index.htm
Producer/Host: Nancy Hathaway
Topic: The Bell of Attention
Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: Jim Harney’s walk in Solidarity with Undocumented Immigrants, 2008
Host: Matt Murphy
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne; Intern: Sam Spruce
An open-mic style call in show dedicated to letting the callers determine the topics of discussion
Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Segment 1:We talk with Jim Harney, a well-known photojournalist and international social justice activist. Jim is terminally ill, but continues to use his time and energy to speak out about important issues–today he reflects on the “School of the Americas” aka “The School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning, GA. FMI: www.soaw.org; www.posibilidad.org, www.pica.ws
Segment2: The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting in Searsport on December 1st (at 3p.m. at the Union Hall) to address the Maine Department of Transportation’s proposal for a wetland mitigation bank —- a proposal that has serious potential ramifications for Sears Island. Jody Spear has been working on the issue and will join us later in the program to tell us more. FMI: www.nae.usace.army.mil and select “Regulatory/Permitting”, then “Weekly Public Notices”, also www.peer.org, http://maine.sierraclub.org/
Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Vaccines
Are all vaccines equally important? Why are some parents concerned about vaccines? What are the concerns about mercury and aluminum in vaccines?
Guest: Dr. Robert Sears, Board Certified Pediatrician; author of The Vaccine Book
Call in show
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
As you go about your daily business, do you find the merchants you deal with asking nonchalantly for your phone number or if you’d kindly sign on the electronic line in stead of a paper one? You don’t have to provide more information about yourself than the law requires, and it’s probably a good idea not to in this data mining digital age.
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Healthy Wildlife
How does development affect wildlife? What are some priority concerns about toxic chemicals in the environment? How are people mobilizing to change laws?
Guests: Wing Goodale, Coastal Bird Program Director, BioDiversity Research Institute; Adam Goode, Organizer, Environmental Programs, Maine People’s Alliance; Matt Prindiville, Project Director, Toxics and Federal Climate Issues, Natural Resources Council of Maine
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