WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney “Sugar”

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Been hearing a lot about The Cloud lately – as in cloud computing? Wondering what what the heck The Cloud means? Here’s a quick review along with a few things to cogitate on if you are thinking of moving your digital life to The Cloud.

Producer/Host: Amy Browne The Maine Center for Public Interesting Reporting released a report today on their investigation of where things stand in the state of Maine in terms of preparing for the consequences of climate change. We talk with Kate McCormick, author of the report. (www.pinetreewatchdog.org) Update: The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting last week reported that the state Department of Environmental Protection had removed a climate change report from its web site in December, 2011. A DEP spokesman said this week that the report was restored in April, 2012, at the request of a citizen. The Center interviewed DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho about the report’s status in June, 2012, at which time she did not say it had been restored to the web site.

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Program Topic: various, mostly bounty sinking Key Discussion Points: a)restoring the morgan b)nautical items in the weru radio auction c)what’s up with the bounty going down

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Marie Marvingt”

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Engineer: Allison Watters

Producer/Host: Meaghan LaSala This week, A People’s Almanac features the first “sit down” strike in the US, the second national Moratorium against the Vietnam war, obscenity trials for Radclyffe Hall’s classic lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness, the end of South Africa’s apartheid and an article by Lewis H Douglass condemning President McKinley for US imperialism, racial hypocrisy and the American-Philippine war.

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley Microbiome Part 8: Human symbionts

Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: A Midwife’s Letters from the “land of the children” an interview with Linda Robinson, Women’s Health Center, Bar Harbor and author of Sunday Morning, Shamwana Key Discussion Points: a) How did you come to seek a year with Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne ? b) What was your basic assignment? What was the situation that Doctors without Borders was attempting to address? How did this relate to the overall political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo? c) You describe your weekly email’s home, to a network of family and friends as kind of a lifeline—say more about how that came about and how you nurtured that lifeline. d) Describe the village of Shamwana and your compound e) Short reading that conveys key challenges you faced in providing care f) Short reading that conveys when you felt the best about your work and that of other team members g) When did you decide that you wanted to take your emails from Shamwana, and your journal, and create a book? h) You had some false starts before you decided on publishing the book yourself? Once you decided on self-publication, what was the process? i) If others are considering self-publication, what questions should they ask themselves? Now that the book is published, you are free to continue to write the story of your life … what comes next? j) Contact information for purchasing book and public readings/signings Guest: Linda Robinson, Women’s Health Center, Bar Harbor and author of Sunday Morning, Shamwana Call In Program: Yes

Producer/Host: Rob McCall Studio Engineer: Denis Howard “Autumn”

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh “Pledge”

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco Program Topic: Historical look at solar power in US, with the director of Maine Solar Energy Association Key Discussion Points: a) As so called Super Storm Sandy illustrates the impacts of climate change on the gathering intensity of weather patterns, we look towards on the ground solutions. b) Today, we look at some of the history of solar power in the United States, through the experiences of Maine Solar Energy Association director Rich Komp. c) We touch on the cuts to government funding for solar research and development and implementation during the Reagan administration, and the role of big oil in suppressing solar companies. Guest: Dr. Richard Komp, director of Maine Solar Energy Association www.mainesolar.org

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Computers have gotten very good at recognizing faces. That can be very helpful in, for example, tagging photos on your own computer. But the same technology can be used in lots of other ways, too. And for better or worse, it will change our relationship to the world we live in. Here’s why.

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: John Greenman Dr. Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Political Science at the City University of New York Graduate Center gave this year’s “Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture” at the University of Maine on October 25th The topic was “How Protest Movements Change American History”. Today we bring you an excerpt. (NOTE: The 2nd file included here is the full, unedited talk)

Host: Andree Bella Engineer: Joel Mann Program Topic: Sudama Mark Kennedy: Intuitive Healer and Musician Key Discussion Points: a) How is healing and the electromagnetic model (energetic/spiritual healing work) different from the chemical model (allopathic medicine and pharmaceuticals)? b) What is the art of vibrational healing, or sound healing, or kirtan? c) What is the future of medicine? Will we be moving deeper into pharmaceutical culture or health by realization? Guest: Sudama Mark Kennedy Call In Program: yes