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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 7/18/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne WERU General Manager Matt Murphy joins us with an update on the the federal funding situation at the station FMI: Protect My Public Media 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. Sh...2025-07-1805 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 6/18/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne More clips from the No Kings Day events in Bangor and Ellsworth last Saturday (Recorded by Amy Browne and Matt Murphy) FMI: www.nokings.org/ 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 ye...2025-06-1805 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 6/17/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Reverend Mark Worth speaking at the No Kings Day event in Ellsworth on Saturday (recorded by Matt Murphy) FMI: www.nokings.org/ 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 has pr...2025-06-1705 min![Még több jazzt az óvodákba! [Tilos Rádió podcast]](https://tilos.hu/upload/episode-new/meg-tobb-jazzt.jpg)
Még több jazzt az óvodákba! [Tilos Rádió podcast]2025.06.16. - TracklistávalTracklista:01. De Phazz - Jeunesse dorée (kezdődött: 00:00:47)02. Dephazz & The Radio Bigband Frankfurt - Jim the Jin (kezdődött: 00:06:08)03. Atjazz - It's Complete (kezdődött: 00:09:28)04. Keith & Kristyn Getty/Matt Papa - Christ Our Hope In Life And Death (kezdődött: 00:19:08)05. Popvirus - Too Sexy (kezdődött: 00:19:48)06. Gerardo Frisina - Jazz Ally (kezdődött: 00:24:08)07. DJ Food - Minitoka (kezdődött: 00:29:28)08. King Cole Trio - Honeysuckle Rose (kezdődött: 00:30:08)09. Ronnie Earl, Pinetop Perkins, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones", Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Tops Boogie Woogie (kezdődött...2025-06-161h 30WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 5/2/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Station Manager Matt Murphy joins us to talk about the DOGE’ing of public broadcasting including WERU – and what you can do to help! FMI: Protect My Public Media Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members – NPR 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 Radio...2025-05-0204 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesMaine Currents 4/9/25: Coverage of “Hands Off” rallies in Augusta and Belfast, Maine on 4/5/25Producer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Matt Murphy – Augusta rally Coverage of the April 5th, 2025 “Hands Off” rallies in Augusta and Belfast, Maine FMI: www.handsoff2025.com 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 and Maine Currents, she also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs includin...2025-04-1057 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 1/1/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne WERU Staff members Susan Pierce, Joel Mann, Willie Marquart, Amy Browne and Matt Murphy with a new year’s greeting 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 has produced segments for...2025-01-0103 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 10/9/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne There will be a free showing of the 2023 documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” tonight at the Grand in Ellsworth, sponsored by The Maine Monitor and The Ellsworth American. WERU’s General Manager Matt Murphy interviewed filmmaker Rick Goldsmith, along with Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Executive Director at the Maine Monitor earlier this week, and he joins us today to talk about the film. FMI: www.grandonline.org/upcoming-events www.themainemonitor.org 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 DeFrance...2024-10-0904 min
Bandana Blues, founded by Beardo, hosted by SpinnerBandana Blues #1068 - Memorial For BeardoShow #1068 Memorial For Beardo 2023 Last week on September 17 it was 7 years ago that Beardo, founder of Bandana Blues, passed away. So this episode is an eclectic mix of music dedicated to Beardo. 01. Jimmy Thackery with the Cate Brothers - Arky Shuffle (5:37) (In The Natural State, Rykodisc, 2006) 02. Steve Miller Band - Blues Without Blame (5:50) (Rock Love, Capitol Records, 1971) 03. Matt Schofield - Djam (5:59) (Siftin' Thru Ashes, Nugene Records, 2005) 04. Savoy Brown - Time Does Tell (5:28) (Street Corner Talking, Deram Records, 1971) 05. MonkeyJunk - The Marrinator (5:13) (To Behold, Stony Plain Records, 2011)2024-09-221h 45WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 9/5/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne WERU General Manager Matt Murphy with an update on the station’s transmitter. 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 has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News...2024-09-0504 min
Streamageddon3 Body ProblemistaNetflix was looking for some Game of Thrones magic when they hired D.B. Weiss and David Benioff to helm a western adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem, and they were rewarded with a surprise nomination for Best Drama at next month’s Primetime Emmys. Does it stack up against the competition? (Hint: We’ve got some problems with 3 Body…)
☀️ But first: We’re looking back at the summer in streaming!
Including updates on the next seasons of Shogun and Hacks (two of our favorite shows this year!).
The shocking (for some!) cancellation of The Acolyte...2024-08-261h 00WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 8/16/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Matt Burns, Executive Director of the Maine Port Authority was in Searsport Tuesday at the invitation of the town selectboard, to answer questions about the wind port proposal and siting decisions. Here’s a recap, a couple of events happening this weekend, and a look at what was in the news in Maine 50 years ago today. 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...2024-08-1605 min
Sounds of BlueSOB 442 - Features: Herbie Mann, Steve Gadd, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco, Bobbi Humphrey, Gene Ammons, and a farewell to Duane Eddy;Artist Song Album Label Notes - Kinks Gallon of Gas - ID Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single Arista Records 2023 Gasoline & Oil ID - Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood 45 RPM Single - 1958 Jamie Duane Eddy - R.I.P. at 86 - Duane Eddy Shazam! by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood 45 RPM Single - 1959 Jamie Duane Eddy - R.I.P. at 86 - Duane Eddy Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini 45 RPM Single - 1959 Jamie Duane Eddy - R.I.P. at 86 - Julian Lage Speak to Me by Julian Lage Speak to Me Blue Note Recent Release - Larry C...2024-05-264h 04
Maine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/7/23: Word Literary Arts Festival 2023: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”, recorded by Matt Murphy on October 21st. at the annual Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill. WERU is a media sponsor of the annual festival. Guest: A.O. Scott, critic at large for the New York Times Book Review. FMI: www.wordfestival.org/ www.nytimes.com/by/a-o–scott Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books 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 th...2023-11-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/7/23: Word Literary Arts Festival 2023: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”, recorded by Matt Murphy on October 21st. at the annual Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill. WERU is a media sponsor of the annual festival. Guest: A.O. Scott, critic at large for the New York Times Book Review. FMI: www.wordfestival.org/ www.nytimes.com/by/a-o–scott Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books 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 th...2023-11-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/3/23: Author Ann Patchett speaking in Blue HillProducer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month: A lively and often humorous discussion with Ann Patchett, celebrated author of “Bel Canto” and eight other novels, and Lynn Boulger, executive director of The Authors Guild Foundation recorded August 4, 2023 in Blue Hill. Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books 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...2023-10-0357 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/3/23: Author Ann Patchett speaking in Blue HillProducer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month: A lively and often humorous discussion with Ann Patchett, celebrated author of “Bel Canto” and eight other novels, and Lynn Boulger, executive director of The Authors Guild Foundation recorded August 4, 2023 in Blue Hill. Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books 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...2023-10-0357 min
Improv Exchange PodcastEpisode #125: Tony MonacoTony Monaco began his keyboard life at age eight, on the accordion. When he was twelve, his destiny as a jazz organist was sealed when he first heard Jimmy Smith. An enthusiastic student, Tony began working in Jazz clubs as a teenager in his native Columbus, Ohio, guided by local organ gurus Hank Marr and Don Patterson. For further inspiration, he studiously absorbed the mastery of Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. All would play a role in the development of his musical palette. On Tony's sixteenth birthday, his prayers were answered...2023-07-1754 min
Working Class AudioWCA #438 with Orlando Torres - Discovering His Uncles Walkman, Multi Tracking with Cassettes, Recording at Mom's House, Putting Yourself Out There, and Enjoying FamilyMy guest is engineer Orlando Torres based in Los Angeles. Orlando has worked with Abraham Laboriel, Joey DeFrancesco, Alex Acuña, Lee Rocker, and Kobe Bryant, to name a few. In this episode, we discussBorn in MexicoMexican and US CultureDiscovering the WalkmanLate Night Edgy TelevisionGuitar LessonsMulti Tracking with CassettesConstructionAudio SchoolRecording at Mom's HouseLearning the Techincal RopesFiguring It OutDitching an Office JobLove and Laughter StudiosMentorsDiversificationPlayback GigsEnjoying FamilyPermanent Job ConsiderationsIntroverts and ExtrovertsCoffee the Great ConnectorHelping OthersPutting Yourself Out ThereFinancesWorking from HomeLocal WorkMatt's Rant: Don't Be Afraid to Fail!Links an...2023-05-091h 05
Working Class AudioWCA #438 with Orlando Torres - Discovering His Uncles Walkman, Multi Tracking with Cassettes, Recording at Mom's House, Putting Yourself Out There, and Enjoying FamilyMy guest is engineer Orlando Torres based in Los Angeles. Orlando has worked with Abraham Laboriel, Joey DeFrancesco, Alex Acuña, Lee Rocker, and Kobe Bryant, to name a few. In this episode, we discuss
Born in Mexico
Mexican and US Culture
Discovering the Walkman
Late Night Edgy Television
Guitar Lessons
Multi Tracking with Cassettes
Construction
Audio School
Recording at Mom's House
Learning the Techincal Ropes
Figuring It Out
Ditching an Office Job
Love and Laughter Studios
Mentors
Diversification
Playback Gigs
Enjoying Family
Permanent Job Considerations
Introverts and Extroverts
Coffee the Great Connector
He...2023-05-081h 03Maine: the way life could beMaine: The Way Life Could Be 4/5/22: Climate Change in Our Lifetime, Part 2 of 2Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne With assistance from Ann Luther and Matt Murphy This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission: In a previous program, we began looking at the effects of Climate Change on life in Maine, now and in the future, a topic that almost everyone mentioned who participated in our interest gathering efforts. Maine is the oldest state in the country, both in median age and in percentage of those over 55, but the people who are going to be dealing with the effects of Climate Change the...2022-04-0558 min
Maine: the way life could beMaine: The Way Life Could Be 3/1/22: Climate Change in Our Lifetime, Part 1 of 2Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne With assistance from Ann Luther and Matt Murphy This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission: When we asked Mainers to weigh in on the most important issues facing the state in their lifetimes, climate change was at the top of the list for many. Our March and April shows will feature the voices of Mainers – from town planners to academics to community activists of all ages who are working on the issue. Today we hear from Dr. Ivan Fernandez, Distinguished Professor at the University of...2022-03-0159 minMaine: the way life could beMaine: The Way Life Could Be 3/1/22: Climate Change in Our Lifetime, Part 1 of 2Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne With assistance from Ann Luther and Matt Murphy This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission: When we asked Mainers to weigh in on the most important issues facing the state in their lifetimes, climate change was at the top of the list for many. Our March and April shows will feature the voices of Mainers – from town planners to academics to community activists of all ages who are working on the issue. Today we hear from Dr. Ivan Fernandez, Distinguished Professor at the University of...2022-03-0159 minMaine: the way life could beMaine: The Way Life Could Be 3/1/22: Climate Change in Our Lifetime, Part 1 of 2Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne With assistance from Ann Luther and Matt Murphy This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission: When we asked Mainers to weigh in on the most important issues facing the state in their lifetimes, climate change was at the top of the list for many. Our March and April shows will feature the voices of Mainers – from town planners to academics to community activists of all ages who are working on the issue. Today we hear from Dr. Ivan Fernandez, Distinguished Professor at the University of...2022-03-0159 min
The Gay Racing Podcast63: IndyCar is back, and NASCAR is REALLY BACKNASCAR at California has one of the best intermediate races in a long time; the Next-Gen car is having a fantastic debut. Kyle Larson shows his Jimmie Johnson and steals the show late, but not without drama with Chase Elliott. How was Matt Kenseth in the booth? Complementary commentary with Clint Bowyer.
Scott McLaughlin establishes himself as an IndyCar race winner as The Year of Team Penske rolls on, can this launch into a championship run? The strategy battle played out perfect. Did Devlin DeFrancesco and Jimmie Johnson do the right thing as lapped traffic? James Hinchcliffe has PERFECTED the I...2022-03-011h 21
Raceline RadioNov. 7: Tony Stewart, Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan Join the ShowOn this edition: Erik Tomas has a two-part interview with Tony Stewart, Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan on their new Top Fuel and FunnyCar NHRA drag racing team that debuts next season... controversial sound with NASCAR's Kyle Busch... clips with Micheal Andretti and his new Canadian IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco... and more entries and comments for the Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!2021-11-0735 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/7/21: 20 Years Post-9/11 – Listening Back to WERU’s CoverageProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Some of the historic segments on today’s show were coproduced with Meredith DeFrancesco NOTE: The time of the 9/11 vigil in Bucksport has been changed to 9:30 The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy is this coming Saturday, so this week we take a listen back at how the WERU community responded, what was happening behind the scenes at the station in the hours and days that followed, and how our news coverage was impacted—and we’ll hear from David Weeda, one of the organizers of an event in Bucksport this coming September 11th. We start...2021-09-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/7/21: 20 Years Post-9/11 – Listening Back to WERU’s CoverageProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Some of the historic segments on today’s show were coproduced with Meredith DeFrancesco NOTE: The time of the 9/11 vigil in Bucksport has been changed to 9:30 The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy is this coming Saturday, so this week we take a listen back at how the WERU community responded, what was happening behind the scenes at the station in the hours and days that followed, and how our news coverage was impacted—and we’ll hear from David Weeda, one of the organizers of an event in Bucksport this coming September 11th. We start...2021-09-0758 min
UConn Health PulsePlay Without Pain, Perform at PeakThis month we're on location at the Horsebarn Hill Sciences Complex in Storrs, talking with the co-directors of the UConn Institute for Sports Medicine. Laurie Devaney, UConn physical therapist and athletic trainer, and Dr. Matt Hall, UConn Health sports medicine physician, explain what they and their colleagues can do for athletes to prevent/reduce injury risk, treat injuries and help them recover, and even use innovative ways to analyze movement to enhance performance.
(July 2021, Laurie Devaney, Dr. Matt Hall, Chris DeFrancesco)
https://sports.institute.uconn.edu/
2021-07-0814 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 7/6/21: Colin Woodard on his latest book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States NationhoodProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Recorded by: Matt Murphy Maine-based New York Times best-selling author Colin Woodard speaking in Blue Hill on June 24th, 2021, about his latest book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood FMI: www.colinwoodard.com 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 and Maine Currents, she also produced an...2021-07-0658 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 7/6/21: Colin Woodard on his latest book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States NationhoodProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Recorded by: Matt Murphy Maine-based New York Times best-selling author Colin Woodard speaking in Blue Hill on June 24th, 2021, about his latest book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood FMI: www.colinwoodard.com 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 and Maine Currents, she also produced an...2021-07-0658 min
The Joe Costello ShowA Conversation with Jazz Great, Papa John DeFrancesco I sat down with my dear friend, the great Hammond B3 organist, Papa John DeFrancesco. When I first starting exploring the music scene in Phoenix, AZ after moving here in 2004, I came across this cool club called Bobby C's near downtown Phoenix. On Sundays, they would serve the most amazing Southern food and they had Papa John and band playing jazz that I hadn't heard since I left New York City. Papa John, if you haven't already guessed, is the father o...2020-08-0747 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: Joel Mann This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group th...2020-03-1700 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: Joel Mann This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group th...2020-03-1700 min
WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group that’s h...2020-03-1758 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/3/20: Prison Reform & Super TuesdayProducer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: John Greenman
Part 1: (Approx 6 minutes) “Reducing Jail Populations in Maine”, a workshop to be held in Bangor on 3/28/20. We talk with Doug Dunbar, one of the organizers. FMI: www.nopenobscotjailexpansion.com
Part 2: Station Manager Matt Murphy and Studio Engineer join me, and we open the phone lines for a Super Tuesday call in- and start an informal radio “exit poll”
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...2020-03-0359 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/3/20: Prison Reform & Super TuesdayProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Part 1: (Approx 6 minutes) “Reducing Jail Populations in Maine”, a workshop to be held in Bangor on 3/28/20. We talk with Doug Dunbar, one of the organizers. FMI: www.nopenobscotjailexpansion.com Part 2: Station Manager Matt Murphy and Studio Engineer join me, and we open the phone lines for a Super Tuesday call in- and start an informal radio “exit poll” 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, a...2020-03-0300 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/3/20: Prison Reform & Super TuesdayProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Part 1: (Approx 6 minutes) “Reducing Jail Populations in Maine”, a workshop to be held in Bangor on 3/28/20. We talk with Doug Dunbar, one of the organizers. FMI: www.nopenobscotjailexpansion.com Part 2: Station Manager Matt Murphy and Studio Engineer join me, and we open the phone lines for a Super Tuesday call in- and start an informal radio “exit poll” 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, a...2020-03-0300 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 2/25/20: Immigration Law in These Challenging TimesProducer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: Matt Murphy Production assistance: Zoe Sifnakis “Immigration Law in These Challenging Times”, a talk sponsored by the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, recorded at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on February 12th. The panelists were Anna Welch, Sam L Cohen Refugee and Human Rights Clinical Professor at the University of Maine School of Law, and Felix Hagenimana, Asylum Outreach Attorney with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. The moderator was Dave Feldman, of the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, and faculty member at the College of the Atlantic. There are 2 more upco...2020-02-2500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 2/25/20: Immigration Law in These Challenging TimesProducer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: Matt Murphy Production assistance: Zoe Sifnakis “Immigration Law in These Challenging Times”, a talk sponsored by the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, recorded at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on February 12th. The panelists were Anna Welch, Sam L Cohen Refugee and Human Rights Clinical Professor at the University of Maine School of Law, and Felix Hagenimana, Asylum Outreach Attorney with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. The moderator was Dave Feldman, of the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, and faculty member at the College of the Atlantic. There are 2 more upco...2020-02-2500 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 2/25/20: Immigration Law in These Challenging TimesProducer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by: Matt Murphy
Production assistance: Zoe Sifnakis
“Immigration Law in These Challenging Times”, a talk sponsored by the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, recorded at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on February 12th. The panelists were Anna Welch, Sam L Cohen Refugee and Human Rights Clinical Professor at the University of Maine School of Law, and Felix Hagenimana, Asylum Outreach Attorney with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. The moderator was Dave Feldman, of the MDI Racial Equity Working Group, and faculty member at the College of the Atlantic.
There are 2 more upcoming even...2020-02-2556 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesRadioActive 6/20/19: Asylum Seekers in Portland and CMP Transmission Project UpdateProducer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
a) Today we hear from the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Portland on support work for the over 200 asylum seekers, primarily from the war torn Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, recently arrived in Maine, and the impacts of federal and state policy. This week the Maine Senate failed to vote on legislation that would have restored cuts made by the LePage administration to safety net programs for documented immigrants and asylum seekers, including food stamps, MaineCare and General Assistance. Governor Mills still has the power to mobilize funds for General Assistance.
b) We also hear...2019-06-2030 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives“Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?” – full, unedited recordingOn 5/29/19, a panel of Maine-based activists spoke in Belfast at an event called “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?” Panelists Nickie Sekera of Community Water Justice; Matt Wagner of No to NECEC; Ellie Daniels of Local Citizens for SMART Growth; and John Banks, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, talked about tensions between corporate interests and efforts to protect and preserve communities. This is a full, unedited recording recorded by Meredith DeFrancesco.
Part 1 aired on Maine Currents and is available here
Part 2 aired on RadioActive and is available here2019-06-111h 59WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesRadioActive 6/6/19: “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?”Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Last week a panel of Maine-based activists spoke in Belfast at an event called “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?” Panelists Nickie Sekera of Community Water Justice; Matt Wagner of No to NECEC; Ellie Daniels of Local Citizens for SMART Growth; and John Banks, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, talked about tensions between corporate interests and efforts to protect and preserve communities.
Part 1 of this panel discussion aired on Maine Currents this morning, and is available here2019-06-0629 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 6/6/19: “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: Meredith DeFrancesco Last week a panel of Maine-based activists spoke in Belfast at an event called “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?” Panelists Nickie Sekera of Community Water Justice; Matt Wagner of No to NECEC; Ellie Daniels of Local Citizens for SMART Growth; and John Banks, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, talked about tensions between corporate interests and efforts to protect and preserve communities. This morning on Maine Currents we have the first part of the panel discussion. Part 2 will air on RadioActive this afternoon at 4:30. Catch the award-winning Maine Curr...2019-06-0600 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 6/6/19: “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: Meredith DeFrancesco Last week a panel of Maine-based activists spoke in Belfast at an event called “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?” Panelists Nickie Sekera of Community Water Justice; Matt Wagner of No to NECEC; Ellie Daniels of Local Citizens for SMART Growth; and John Banks, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, talked about tensions between corporate interests and efforts to protect and preserve communities. This morning on Maine Currents we have the first part of the panel discussion. Part 2 will air on RadioActive this afternoon at 4:30. Catch the award-winning Maine Curr...2019-06-0600 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 6/6/19: “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?”Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by: Meredith DeFrancesco
Last week a panel of Maine-based activists spoke in Belfast at an event called “Connecting Our Struggles: Corporations or Communities?”
Panelists Nickie Sekera of Community Water Justice; Matt Wagner of No to NECEC; Ellie Daniels of Local Citizens for SMART Growth; and John Banks, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, talked about tensions between corporate interests and efforts to protect and preserve communities.
This morning on Maine Currents we have the first part of the panel discussion. Part 2 will air on RadioActive this afternoon at 4:30.
Catch the award-winning Maine Currents, inde...2019-06-0658 min
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Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
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