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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 8/7/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Courtney Hayes and John Jurcheck, cofounders of the Belfast-based counter/current:collective are here to invite you to their production of Lungs, a play by Duncan MacMillan – opening this week at a secret location! FMI & tickets or call Courtney at (720) 496-3297 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The...2025-08-0704 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 5/23/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Guests: John and Courtney Hayes Jurcheck, organizers of a new monthly event in Belfast. FMI: Email: connect@countercurrent.me ecstaticdance.org/dance/rhythm-sancturary-belfast/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She ha...2024-05-2304 min
This Rebel LoveTRL Lockdown: The Heat Is OnWith the cops hot on their tail, the Rebels fly across the American West in a desperate search for some quality time together. Will they rekindle the romance that's lain dormant during quarantine? Perhaps a little petty larceny will help to get their pulses racing. Things definitely heat up this week, and not just because we're coming to you from a literal sauna, inside a garage, somewhere in the reddest fringes of the bluest state. As we leave TRL Lockdown in the dust, the future looks brighter than ever.2020-05-2854 min
This Rebel LoveBONUS: Our Rebel Love LetterY'all, we needed a break! And we had to drive a thousand miles, for 15 hours straight - straight into the heart of 'Merica - to get one. And once we got here we thought, "Hey: what if we stop talking and let our listeners take over the mic for a minute?" This is a love letter from our Band of Rebels (are you in yet?) that just so happens to include a sneak peek at the third and final installment of our TRL: Lockdown series... Call us: 720-446-6713, 3 minutes or less, and get...2020-05-2406 min
This Rebel LoveTRL Lockdown: Fever DreamWe trash Harvey Weinstein and Trump because they deserve it. We may never go to Trader Joe's again. Applications are opening up if you'd like to join our utopian commune. And what the hell is Paul Rudd up to these days? Welcome to our brains on lockdown. It's about to get weird. So grab your machete: it's 1992 again, and you've got a chance to do it right this time.2020-05-2355 min
This Rebel LoveTRL Lockdown: Love In The Time Of CoronavirusFrom the floor of our living room, we confront the new reality of life in the age of Covid-19 and realize it's more vital than ever to explore how much love we're all capable of. Might the practice of deep self-love ward off the isolation blues? Join us as we get creative with our confinement, reminisce about our last trip to Bonetown, and maybe just save the freakin' planet. We're wishing you peace and patience as you navigate your own challenges during this global shift in consciousness. We love you!2020-05-2155 min
This Rebel Love9. Along Came PolyWe didn't know it then, but we were living and loving on borrowed time, writhing around in a puddle of humanity and gettin' some food whenever we liked. Just four outlaw Rebels, navigating non-monogamy together for the first time. Grab the pasta and hop in the tub because tonight, we pull two more chairs up to the kitchen table. Our lovers drop by for a visit.2020-05-2148 min
This Rebel Love8. Hello Old Friend, Where Have You Been?Check 1, 2. MC C-Dogg is in the house and she's spittin' rhymes, until DJ Johnny J crashes the party and gets down to money business. There's some really beautiful stuff here, y'all... but we're not gonna lie, it gets a little ugly in this one too. Turns out, Old Married Couple is still squarely in our wheelhouse. This episode is dedicated to our late Grammy, who taught us to speak our minds. She was a badass. After this, there's no going back...2020-05-141h 34This Rebel Love7. Miss Me, Kill Me, Kiss Me, Thrill MeWhat have we gotten ourselves into? An unexpected sparring match ends in a draw. Caught out on Valentine's Day (ugh), the Rebels decide once and for all: we're just not swingers. John goes Method when Courtney goes MIA. We remind ourselves that sometimes it's just nice to be missed. And it feels like the first time again when we go on a hot date - with each other! - and sparks fly from an old flame. This crazy human experiment continues and you know what? We think it might be working...2020-04-3050 min
This Rebel Love6. I Love You, Are We Crazy?Denver, Colorado. February 19th, 2020. There's no denying it: Rebel Love is in the air. Our lives are a movie - complete with its own soundtrack! - and we're the stars. From angry, triggering Tinder dates to marathon sessions in the sack, we're living it up in every way possible. John steps up to the plate with Crystal and speaks those three little words. Courtney returns to ecstatic dance and upgrades to Jamie 2.0. Apologies to all the Scorpios out there, but life is short and there's no time to waste.2020-04-231h 07
This Rebel Love5. How Far We've ComeBefore becoming poly podcast moguls, these Rebels were just two crazy kids on a kismet collision course, destined for soaring highs and deepest depths. Listen now to the Saga of Courtney and John. Revisit the mystical age of the aughts where this rebel love story was forged from the remnants of bad dates and questionable fashion choices. You'll encounter John's drama mask (again!) and get another glimpse into Courtney's drunken dating past, plus a surprise appearance by our two favorite little humans.2020-04-161h 23
This Rebel Love4. Courtney & Eric & Allie & JohnThe Rebels welcome a rad non-monogamous couple as their first guests and we all promptly get down to (risky) business. John breaks the rules, gets called out in public with his mistress and surrenders to a new kind of love. Courtney regrets sending a gushing overtext, and her roll seems to have slowed a bit... until a dark horse enters the race. Power is ceded and reclaimed, fellatio is interrupted and the infamous Love Letter returns...2020-04-0256 min
This Rebel Love3. This Hot MILF Is Done Being NiceIt's January 2020 B.C. (Before Coronavirus), and the first meeting of the TRL Lonelyhearts Club, when the Rebels were feeling restless and uncertain about the future... The braces come out and the gloves come off as we stop being polite and start dismantling the patriarchy. John has a message for the men, while Courtney's past comes back to haunt her. (There's frosting involved, and it's super gross.) "Hi, is this my younger self? Okay, here's what you really need to know..."2020-03-261h 07
This Rebel Love2. Our Marriage Is Over (And We Feel Fine)When jealousy rears its ugly head, the Rebels play emotional whack-a-mole. We become ethical sluts and - spoiler alert! - aren't immediately struck by lightning. John giggles like a schoolgirl. Courtney sends a pic. It's the end of our marriage as we know it... and we feel effing great.2020-03-2040 min
This Rebel Love1. Swipe Right On My Old LadyCrawling out from under the rock of monogamy, we stumble into the blinding light of dating in the digital age. As Courtney turns 39, we confront some hard truths and dig into some tough questions like "What is this thing called Tinder?", "What really happened in Vegas?" and "Just how old is Kim Jong-Un?" We set the relationship roadmap on fire and chart a new course with love as our compass. Who's with us?! ... Seriously, is there anyone out there?2020-03-181h 01
This Rebel LoveOfficial TrailerJust how much love are we capable of? Turns out, it's a lot more than we thought. After 17 years of monogamy, John and Courtney embark on a new journey as they open up their relationship and seek to discover what happens when you lead your life with love. This Rebel Love follows their always surprising, often hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking quest week by week. Join our Band of Rebels at thisrebellove.com to access Wednesday night listening parties, chat with us and share your own rebel love story.2020-03-1801 min