Weekend Voices 1/05/08

Executive Producer: Amy Browne

Contributing Producer: Marge May

Topic: The second in a series of election coverage specials produced in conjunction with the League of Women Voters of Maine, and hosted by Ann Luther, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Maine. Today the topic is finance reform. Overview of federal election financing and current trends. How does money affect election outcomes? Does the top spender always win? What’s the background on campaign finance regulation? What kinds of campaign finance reform are possible and desirable? What are the arguments against campaign finance reform? How would public funding work? Where do reformers go from here?

Guests:
Laura MacCleery, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU.

John Rauh, founder and still serves as president of Americans for Campaign Reform – Just $6 which is a non-partisan grassroots organization that supports Public Funding of all federal elections.

FMI: www.lwvme.org
www.brennancenter.org
www.just6dollars.org

RadioActive 1/03/08

Producers/hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne

Topic: The Maine Board of Pesticide Control’s regulation of pesticides, including aerial spraying of blueberries.

Guests: Heather Spaulding, Associate Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and Jody Spear, area resident and activist.

FMI: http://www.mofga.org/ , http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/pesticides

Doing Business 1/03/08

Producer/host: Jane Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: This month Doing Business focuses on the issues associated with successfully integrating the business into the home. Living and working in the same space can be fun, exciting and successful. Jane and her guests will explore how it can also provide a space ripe for conflict and see how to go to the edge and find balance for you – and your family.

  • Gabe McPhail, owner, Workshop 31, 117 South Long Swamp RD, Jackson, ME 04921 – 207-322-9832; gmcphail@fairpoint.net
  • Cynthia Finnemore Simonds, 78 Timber Lane, Newcastle, ME 04553 – 207-563-8632; cjsimonds@roadrunner.com

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/03/08

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Tired of hearing about all those “best of, worst of” lists for 2007? A lot of us are. But there is one list that is worth taking a look at if you are one of those people who values personal autonomy. Privacy International has published their list of Surveillance Societies, and it contains a few big surprises, none of them pleasant. Here’s a summary.

Voices 1/01/08

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributor: Eric T. Olson

Topic: Arjun Makhijani, founder and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on “Achieving a Carbon-Free Society Without Nuclear Energy”.   Excerpted from a talk at the University of Maine in November 2007.

To hear the speech in it’s entirety: www.peacecast.us (Eric Olson’s blog)