WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives show

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Summary: Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill & 102.9 FM Bangor, Maine

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 Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/29/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:07:11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Do you use the web? Do you use passwords to access banking or credit card accounts, or buy stuff from Amazon, or have a Facebook or Twitter account? Do you spend a lot of time trying to devise a secure password? If the answer to the first two questions is yes, whatever the answer to the third question, best listen up. We’re dealing with a whole new world of password insecurity these days, and if one of yours happens to get cracked, your digital life could take a big dive.

 WERU News Report 8/28/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:10:39

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Segment 1: The statewide meeting of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition will be held at the Belfast Free Library on Saturday morning, September 15, starting at 9:30. We talk with organizer Judy Garvey. More information is available at www.maineprisoneradvocacy.org/ Segment 2: Well known international peace activist and author Kathy Kelly spoke in Maine last week, after returning from one of her many trips to Afghanistan. She described the work of Afghan Peace Volunteers, and day-to-day life, under the shadow of the on-going U.S. military presence in that country. Audio recorded by Matt Murphy, edited by Amy Browne. FMI: http://www.livewithoutwars.org/ , www.vcnv.org, https://www.facebook.com/groups/AfghanPeaceVolunteers/ Some of the videos referenced in this segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSjKrYDmBmk&list=UUqLgo4v6w-BJtv_00XTs70g&index=126&feature=plcp (NOTE: This is Part 1 of 3. Part 2 aired on 8/29/12 and Part 3 will air on 9/4/12)

 Maine Arts Alive 8/28/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:56:18

Producer/Host: Michael Donahue Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Artists Working Together for the Common Good a) How and why did each association come together – what needs were met? b) What role do the galleries and the artists they represent play in the economy of Maine? c) What have you learned about working together over the years? Guests: Katy Allgeyer – Stonington Galleries & Studios – (Art by Katy) Geoffrey Warner – Stonington Galleries & Studios – (Geffrey Warner Studios) Don Bardole – Dear Isle Artists Association – (Artist) Call-In Program: yes Political Broadcast: no

 Outside the Box 8/28/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:36

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Bread AND Roses”

 Word in Edgewise 8/27/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:04:17

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

 US/El Salvador Report 8/25/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:06:44

Producer/Host: Kathleen March Transcript: This is Kathleen March with WERU’s US-El Salvador Report. The topic this week is the threat of contamination from Guatemalan mining. The report has been prepared by the University of Maine in collaboration with Radio Sumpul and US-El Salvador Sister Cities. La deforestación, la contaminación de ríos y lagos, las prácticas agrícolas, el uso de agroquímicos, incendios, la tala ilegal y la pesca excesiva preocupan a ambientalistas y autoridades de Guatemala. “La región sudeste es la más deforestada”, observa Julio Castro, del Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas. Añade: “La pesca indiscriminada en el lago de Güija, que comparten El Salvador y Guatemala, las construcciones ilícitas a su alrededor, y también como la cacería y deforestación son los asuntos que nosotros más hemos vigilado, sin que hasta ahora hayamos podido frenar el deterioro”. La Reserva de la Biosfera Trifinio Fraternidad, declarada como tal en junio de 2011 por la ONU, mide 1.500 kilómetros cuadrados, ocupando ocho municipios salvadoreños, dos hondureños y dos guatemaltecos. Esta parte central de la Región Trifinio es la primera reserva de biosfera trinacional de América Central. Hay muchas especies de animales como el puma, el mono araña, el tucán y el jaguar, y árboles como el roble y el laurel. El río Lempa cruza los tres países y desemboca en el Pacífico; nace en el centro de la reserva y suministra agua a millones de personas. El área está en riesgo porque las actividades humanas afectan el ecosistema. La preocupación principal es la mina Cerro Blanco, en el departamento guatemalteco de Jutiapa, de donde se piensa extraer oro y plata a partir de 2013, con la amenaza a la salud de los químicos tóxicos. El vicepresidente salvadoreño, Salvador Sánchez, acusó a Guatemala de contaminar aguas trinacionales por la explotación minera; amenazó con demandar al país si no toma medidas. “Hay pruebas científicas de la contaminación; no estamos exagerando”, dijo la activista Berta Medrano, del grupo salvadoreño Gaia, a quien le preocupa la degradación del Lempa. “Por eso hemos insistido en que se eleve al grado de las cancillerías y de los presidentes este asunto, porque los procesos productivos de los países no pueden poner en peligro las vidas humanas de otros estados ni del propio”. No son los únicos temas preocupantes. “La deforestación acelerada por el cambio de uso del suelo para la ganadería y la agricultura extensiva, el uso indiscriminado de agroquímicos que causan contaminación del agua, la quema y los incendios forestales son amenazas constantes”, explica Medrano. Según el Programa de Reducción de Emisiones por la Deforestación y Degradación de Bosques en América Central y República Dominicana, más de 285.000 hectáreas de árboles desaparecen anualmente en la zona, según más de un estudio. “Para 2100 se podría esperar la pérdida de la tercera parte de los bosques existentes en 2005 y hasta 80 por ciento de pastizales, sabanas y arbustos, mientras que el área agropecuaria crecería hasta 50 por ciento”, es el balance de un estudio de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe. La situación requiere respuestas urgentes de los gobiernos y de la población. La organización de Medrano promueve la educación ambiental, la productividad y el desarrollo sostenible. Afirma ella: “A nivel de gobiernos debería armonizarse los marcos legales ambientales para facilitar la consolidación de la reserva. Otro gran tema que tenemos que trabajar es la reconversión productiva para volver sostenible la agricultura tradicional”. Añade que hay que fortalecer la plataforma trinacional y el desarrollo de mercados de consumo local sostenibles, porque la región podría perder la categoría de biosfera. Ángel Ibarra, de la ONG Unidad Ecológica Salvadoreña, repite las preocupaciones de Medrano sobre la Reserva, aunque considera que E[...]

 United Way Presents 8/25/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:06:33

Host: Adam Lacher, Director, Communications and Community Engagement for United Way of Eastern Maine . Guest: Steven Madera, LifeJackets Youth Group Coordinator for the Charlotte White Center in Dover-Foxcroft Maine Issue: Piscataquis County, poverty, youth development, mentoring, after school programs. About: United Way of Eastern Maine Presents is a weekly radio program featuring the the voices of Maine community organizations from Piscataquis, Penobscot, Washington, Hancock and Waldo counties. More info at: www.unitedwayem.org

 Sustainable House Sketchbook 8/24/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:01:57

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh “Advice”

 A People’s Almanac 8/24/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:21

Producer/Host: Meaghan LaSala

 Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/23/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:07:49

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell We’ve heard lots about what use of the Internet may be doing to our social lives, our political lives, our family lives, and out physical health as we sit in front of digital devices of one sort or another. But what about its effect on our brains? A recent book claims there is one, and that is food for thought as this edition from the Electronic Cottage archives that deserves another listen indicates.

 WERU News Report 8/22/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:31:18

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Topics: Locals Commission LPG Risk Assessment; Part 2 of Bill McKibben’s speech in Bar Harbor on 8/19/12 *Local groups Islesboro Islands Trust and Thanks But No Tank (TBNT) have commissioned Good Harbor Consulting, headed by Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism expert and advisor to three U.S. Presidents, to do an independent risk assessment of the massive LPG tank facility DCP Midstream wants to build in Searsport, but the Searsport Planning Board refuses to have the results of the assessment put on the agenda for their November meeting. We talk with Steve Hinchman, attorney for Islesboro Islands Trust and Thanks But No Tank *Bill McKibben’s talk wraps up with ideas about taking action. (Audio recorded by Matt Murphy at College of the Atlantic, 8/19/12, 15th anniversary event for Sustainable Harvest International. Part 1 aired 8/21/12)

 WERU News Report 8/21/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:27

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Topic: Bill McKibben speaking at College of the Atlantic, 8/19/12 for the 15th anniversary of Sustainable Harvest International (Part 1 of 2. Part 2 will air on 8/22/12) Audio from Bill McKibben’s presentation recorded by WERU’s Matt Murphy

 Wabanaki Windows 8/21/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:59:42

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Duties of a Tribal Chief/ Contemporary issues of the Penobscot Nation Key Discussion Points: a) Chief’s oath of office b) Past challenges c) Penobscot Nation’s future Guest: Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation Call In Program: No

 Outside the Box 8/21/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:09

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Free Prior and Informed”

 Word in Edgewise 8/20/12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:04:16

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

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