WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Gulf of Maine Indicators

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley Production Assistant: John Welles Lilies of the Woods

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney Hay fever

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine     Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Participatory Democracy Program Topic: Free Trade: Winners and Losers in Maine Key Discussion Points: We’ll talk about international trade policy How does it work? Who sets the rules? What does it mean for Maine? Guest: Kate DeLutio, economist, applied researcher, and trade expert. www.45northresearch.com/about/ To learn more about this topic: a) Did China Eat America’s Jobs, Freakonomics, January 25, 2017 freakonomics.com/podcast/china-eat-americas-jobs/ b) Maine History Online: Trade and Transport, from the Maine Historical Society. www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/885/page/1296/display c) Maine Trade Assessment Report 2016, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, prepared for the Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission. www.maine.gov/legis/opla/CTPC2016TradeAssessmentFinal.pdf    The all-volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Starr Gilmartin Maggie Harling Linda Hoskins Ann Luther Maryann Ogonowski Pam Person Leah Taylor Linda Washburn FMI re League of Women Voters of Maine: www.lwvme.org

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Well, the mp3 file format passed away last week. The patent on the codec ran out and the patent holder is off to other things, and there are now more effective audio compression codecs around. Still, mp3 was revolutionary in its time so we dug in the archives to find this old edition that explains just how audio compression in general and mp3 compression in particular works. So long, old friend.

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh Granite 1

Host: Denis Howard Engineer: John Greenman An open-mic style call-in show

Producer/Host: John Greenman Studio Engineer: Joel Matt & Matt Murphy Update on Maine’s Cuban Connections Program Topics: Embargo/Blockade and Guantanamo Key Discussion Points: Update on the effects of the decades-old embargo The latest on the US presence in Guantanamo Bay Guests: Judy Robbins, “Let Cuba Live” Dud Hendrick, Maine Veterans for Peace (just returned from Cuban conference on foreign military bases) Maine Currents- independent local news, views and culture, every Wednesday at 4pm on WERU-FM and weru.org

Producer/Host: Duncan Newcomer God in History

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger What If…

Delightful Doppelgängers CJ kenna | Producer + Writer/Performer

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Rushing Shades of Green

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley Production Assistant: John Welles Mother Turtle

Producer/Host: Dr. John Hunt Tax dollars at work

Host: Ron Beard, Emeritus Professor, University of Maine Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: A Climate to Thrive seeks energy independence for Mount Desert Island Key Discussion Points: 1. A climate to thrive is working on “energy independence” by 2030… what does that mean? What is most compelling about solar energy in the pursuit of energy independence? 2. What are the main elements of your solar work, including Solarize MDI? 3. What is the Community Energy Center at College of the Atlantic, and what projects does it carry out? 4. What are some of the barriers facing community solar initiatives? How are you working to surmount those barriers? A Recent Maine PUC Ruling is negative long-term but provides an incentive for installing solar in 2017. 5. What advice do you have for listeners in other communities? 6. Given your longer term vision of energy independence, what are your mid-term hopes… what would you like to see happening over the next five years. Guests: Joe Blotnick, Coordinator, A Climate to Thrive Gary Friedmann, Chair, A Climate to Thrive Advisory Board, Town Councilor, Bar Harbor Anna Demeo, College of the Atlantic, Director of Energy Education and Management