Talk of the Towns 7/11/08

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

Topic: Interview with Roxana Robinson, Author of “Cost” (Farrar, Straw and Giroux,  2008), about the affects of addition on families

How does addition affect family members?  What are some resources for dealing with addictions?  What are some suggestions Ms. Robinson can offer for other writers?

FMI: http://www.roxanarobinson.com/

RadioActive 7/10/08

Producers/Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco, Amy Browne

Contributors: Matt Murphy and Joel Mann

Topic: Veterans and the 4th of July

Segment 1: Matt Murphy talks with the “Veterans for Peace” and their supporters marching in a local 4th of July parade

Segment 2: Award-winning author Deborah Joy Corey (“The Skating Pond”, “Losing Eddie”) reads an essay about a young Iraq war veteran who visited her family during Castine, Maine’s 4th of July celebrations.  Recorded by Joel Mann

FMI: Veterans for Peace, Maine Chapter: www.vfpmaine.org;  Iraq Veterans Against the War: www.ivaw.org

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 7/10/08

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Today we follow-up on some topics we’ve looked at recently because in both the digital world and the physical world with which it interacts, things can change fast.   Let’s look at some updates on the FISA Amendments Act of 2008,  ISP tracking of user click streams, and Maine’s “no it isn’t, but yes it is” dance around the Real ID Act.