WERU Community SoapBox 2/14/12

Issue: Open-mic style call in show.
Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Various (see below)
Key Discussion Points:
Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) Reform
The film “Windfall”
Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) proposal in Searsport and moratorium
Bank bailout
Foreclosures
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Occupy Movement
Rally to save the US Postal Service
3rd party candidates
Local politics

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

Common Health 2/16/11

Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Politics, Economics and Housing

How do people fall into foreclosure? What programs are there to help people who are losing their homes? What is the role of community organizing in helping people living on the edge of homelessness?

Guests:
Genevieve Lysen, Maine People’s Resource Center, Portland, ME, Housing and Worker Justice Organizer at the Maine People’s Alliance gen@mainepeoplesalliance.org
Debbie King-Johnson, Maine Housing’s Consumer Education and Outreach Manager in the Homeownership Department. dkjohnson@mainehousing.org