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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Audio archives of spoken word programming on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine and 102.9 Bangor, Maine (weru.org)
Episodes
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Outside the Box 1/6/26: “Girls’ Sports”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s…
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Around Town 1/6/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Maine Congressional District 1, and Graham Platner, candidate for the Democrat’s nomination for…
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Around Town 1/5/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Applications open tomorrow / Tuesday for Haystack Mountain School of Crafts upcoming 75th season. “Supporting Older Mainers: A…
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A Word in Edgewise 1/5/26: Janus, New Heat, & Regulus in the Sickle . . .
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 1/4/26: Maine’s Pine Barrens, Part 2
Host: Logan Parker Producer: Glen Mittelhauser In this episode, Logan explores the plant communities of Maine’s pitch pine–scrub oak barrens, from fire-adapted…
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Esoterica 1/4/26: 12 Days of Christmas
CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 1/4/26: 12 Days of Christmas first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
What’s the Word on Maine Street? 1/3/26
What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Earthwise 1/3/26: Moon Walking
Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Conversations from the Pointed Firs 1/2/26: Richard Parsons
Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with…
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Around Town 1/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne LD 287- “An Act to Require and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation Construction Projects” will have a public…
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The Maine Monitor Radio Hour 1/1/26
Host: Stephanie McFeeters, Deputy Editor at The Maine Monitor. The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and…
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Around Town 1/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The regular schedule of public hearings and work session for proposed legislation resumes in Augusta next Tuesday. Here’s what…
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World Ocean Radio 12/31/25: At the Fishhouses
Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE In celebration of the New Year, here is a special reading of “At The Fishhouses” by…
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Around Town 12/31/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kids’ Noon Year’s Eve Party today, 11:00AM – 12:00PM at the Ellsworth Public Library Family friendly New…
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Outside the Box 12/30/25: “No Kings Quotes”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s…
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Around Town 12/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne College of the Atlantic’s new scholarship program – Pine Tree Scholars Maine Academy of Modern Music’s summer camps…
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Around Town 12/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Kennedy Center and…
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A Word in Edgewise 12/29/25: My Snow-shoveling Mother, T.S. Eliot, & Mary Jo Bang . . .
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 12/28/25: Maine’s Pine Barrens, Part 1
Host: Logan Parker Producer: Glen Mittelhauser In this episode, Logan introduces Maine’s rare pitch pine–scrub oak barrens, explaining how glacial sands, fire…
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Esoterica 12/28/25: Ollie
Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/28/25: Ollie first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.
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What’s the Word on Maine Street? 12/27/25
What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Earthwise 12/27/25: The Cedar Tree
Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes…
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Coastal Conversations 12/26/25: Innovations in Energy
Host: Galen Koch Editorial Help: Camden Hunt, Olivia Jolley, and Keegan Claunch Most of the music in this episode is by Cue Shop Coastal Conversations…
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Wabanaki Windows 12/25/25: Tribute to Charles Norman Shay – Part 2
Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart. Music by Ralph Richter, a track…
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Wabanaki Windows 12/24/25: Tribute to Charles Norman Shay – Part 1
Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart. Music by Ralph Richter, a track…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
World Ocean Radio 12/24/25: Christmas at Sea
Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each year at the holidays we like to share a special reading of “Christmas at Sea”, an…
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Outside the Box 12/23/25: “Welcome Oligarchs”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s…
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A Word in Edgewise 12/22/25: The Solstice, Christmas, Rexroth, & the Ursids . . .
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 12/21/25: A Conversation with Seabird Researchers, 2025
Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode features a discussion with Coco and Tracey Faber, Alison Ballard, and Peyton Caylor, seabird researchers who…
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Esoterica 12/21/25: How To Have A Merry Little Christmas
CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/21/25: How To Have A Merry Little Christmas first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
What’s the Word on Maine Street? 12/20/25
What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Around Town 12/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO, with news of successful organizing efforts with University of Maine graduate workers. NOTE: Around…
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Creative Maine 12/18/25: Crafting for Good
Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and…
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Around Town 12/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ed Spencer with an update on the Juniper Ridge Landfill – area residents are petitioning the DEP for a public hearing on the…
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World Ocean Radio 12/17/25: Hydromancy
Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on a new 5-minute episode of World Ocean Radio we’re…
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Around Town 12/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne US vs Shenna Bellows – updates on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. The League of Women…
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Relationship Rewind 12/16/25: A Harmless Prank
Host: Carrie Clark and Alli Williamson at NextStep Domestic Violence Project. NextStep 24/7 Helpline: 1(800) 315-5579 Theme Music for the show donated by local…
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Outside the Box 12/16/25: “New Economy”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s…
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Around Town 12/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquier with all the details (and changes!) for Friends of Sears Island‘s Solstice by the Sea celebration, coming up on…
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Around Town 12/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on the special Bangor City Council Workshop last Friday where the discussion of the homeless encampment behind Penobscot…
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A Word in Edgewise 12/15/25: Voltaire, Arthur Sze, Sitting Bull, & Hattie McDaniel . . .
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 12/14/25: A Conversation with Peyton Caylor and Colleagues, 2025
Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode begins with an interview with Peyton Caylor about her work on Matinicus Rock, comparing seabird research there…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Esoterica 12/14/25: A Merry Little Christmas
CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/14/25: A Merry Little Christmas first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
What’s the Word on Maine Street? 12/13/25
What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Earthwise 12/13/25: The Holly and the Mistletoe
Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Around Town 12/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A special City Council Workshop will be held this Friday, Dec. 12, beginning at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall for the…
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Common Ground Radio 12/11/25: Gardener to Gardener
Host: Holli Cederholm Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond…
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Around Town 12/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center’s annual Beth’s Trees for HOPE Festival, Friday, December 13th, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, and…
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Talk of the Towns 12/10/25: Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice
Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. Theme music…
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World Ocean Radio 12/10/25: State of the Ocean Report 2025
Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE At the end of each year, W2O founder and host of World Ocean Radio Peter Neill…
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Around Town 12/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Covering Russia’s Borderlands During War: A Talk by Journalist Levi Bridges” Thursday, December 11th at 6 PM at…
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Outside the Box 12/9/25: “Guide to Holding Events”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Around Town 12/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indivisible Bangor‘s weekly No Kings vigil is today (and every Tuesday) from 11 am – 1pm at the Federal Building on…
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Around Town 12/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Belfast resident Lawrence Reichard joins us to talk about his efforts to help surviving family members of a Colombian man who was…
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A Word in Edgewise 12/8/25: The Cold Moon, the Three Gunas, & Translatio Studii . . .
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 12/7/25: A Conversation with Alison Ballard, 2025
Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Alison Ballard, who spent the summer supervising Eastern Egg Rock for Project Puffin, reflects on the differences between…
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Esoterica 12/7/25: State of the World Forum
Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 12/7/25: State of the World Forum first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
What’s the Word on Maine Street? 12/6/25
What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Earthwise 12/6/25: Celebrating the Darkness
Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes…
- WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
The Cosmic Curator 12/6/25
About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more…