Talk of the Towns 10/10/08

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Putting An End to Domestic Violence, The Work of “Next Step”

An overview of the issue currently and historically. How are services provided? What agencies work cooperatively? “Call to Men” national/local grassroots efforts. “Ties that Bind” business support for survivors and victims.

Guests:

Lori Fogelman, Executive Director, Next Step Domestic Violence Program of Hancock and Washington Counties; Kelly Brown, Next Step and Ties That Bind Initiative; Rick Doyle, Legal Assistance, Next Step and Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Assault; Rick Otto, Call To Men

Call in show

FMI: Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, Statewide Hotline: 1-866-83-4HELP

RadioActive 10/09/08

Producers/Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne

Topics:  Discussion with the director of Food and Medicine on the state of the economy at national and state level. And interviews on Maine connections to Salvadoran communities through the US El Salvador Sister Cities network

What are some of the findings of a new survey and report on the current job quality for people in Maine laid off in the manufacturing sector?  What is the history and current relationship of the USESSC and CRIPDES?  What is involved in the relationship between Radio Sumpul and WERU?

Guests: Jack McKay, director of Food and Medcine (foodandmedicine.org) and president of Eastern Maine Labor Council;  Jon Falk, of Peace through InterAmerican Community Action(PICA) in Bangor (pica.ws) (elsalvadorsolidarity.org); and Adam Lacher, WERU Sister Station Committee (weru.org)

Writers Forum 10/09/08

Producer/Host: Joan Clemons

Topic: Miriam Colwell’s books “Young” and “Contentment Cove”, and F. Benjamin Carr’s “The Story of Bustins” .  A discussion with the authors

How different Maine Coastal communities deal with interests of long-term residents and new-comers thru fiction and non-fiction.  Why writers should never give up or become discouraged.  How to begin writing the history of a particular place?

Renewable Radio 10/03/08

Producers/Hosts: Dave Evans & Bruce Maanum

Topic: Co-op Wind Turbines

What kind of wind-turbine installation do today’s guests have planned for Vinalhaven?  How are co-op members paying for this project?  How can a community group start a similar project?

Guests:

Chip Farrington, General Manager, Fox Islands Electric Cooperative

George Baker,  on Board of Swan’s Island Electric Cooperative; Professor, on sabbatical,  Harvard Business School