Producer/host: R.W. Estela
Every week RW connects the local with the global. If you’ve got an idea you’d like entertained, let us know at news@weru.org (put “Word in Edgewise” in the subject line), and we’ll try to work it into next Monday’s essay.
Weekend Voices 9/22/07
Producer/host: Amy Browne
Contributors: Lynnsay Maynard, Karen Larsen
Topics: Independent journalist Dahr Jamail’s keynote speech at the WERU Full Circle Fair in Blue Hill, Maine in July 2007; A report on a youth-organized rally for peace that was held in Bangor, Maine last month; The Autumnal Equinox
FMI:
www.dahrjamailiraq.com ; www.americanswhotellthetruth.org
WERU Listener SoapBox 9/21/07
Producer/host: Matt Murphy
A monthly call-in show devoted to allowing the callers to determine the topics they want to talk about
Radio Sumpul Sister Station Report 9/21/07
Producers/hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Carolyn Coe
Topic: Details of Millenium Challenge Fund campaign to hold Congressional hearings
RadioActive 9/20/07
Producers/hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne
Guest: Dennis Chinoy with an update on efforts, via the “Citizens Not Terrorists” campaign, to prevent the Salvadoran government from continuing to press “terrorism” charges against peaceful community organizers .
FMI: www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 9/20/07
Producer/host: Jim Campbell
Think censorship is a thing of the past? Alas, it is alive and well around the world and right here in the U.S. in both the physical and electronic realms. Check out Banned Books Week at the American Library Association web site and the state of Internet censorship worldwide at http://opennet.net.
Eye-opening experiences both.
The World Around Us 9/20/07
Producer/host: Sarah O’Malley
Topic: Origin of Ocean
Common Health 9/19/07
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Healthy Animals
What are some of the most serious diseases affecting animals? What is the effect of a changing environment/climate change on animal health? How does animal health affect human health?
Guests: Dr. Donald Hoenig, Maine State Veterinarian; Heather Martin-Zboray, cofounder of LLAMA (League of Large Animal Medical Advocates)