WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: John Greenman Topic: Professor Amy Fried of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, spoke last week at the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series on the “The Stakes of the 2012 Elections: Maine And The Nation”, an appropriate topic for this Election Day. Here’s what she had to say

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Pay What You Want”

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

Host: Adam Lacher, Director, Communications and Community Engagement for United Way of Eastern Maine . Guest: Carol Higgins Taylor, APR, Director of Communications for Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA). Issue: Healthy Seniors, Healthcare, Winterization, Homebound, Maine’s Elderly, Isolation. 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

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh “Storms”

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco Program Topic: Climate change’s connection to Hurricane Sandy, and a local Maine initiative working to create community level momentum to combat carbon emissions Key Discussion Points: a) We look at the connections between the destructiveness of Hurricane Sandy and climate change. Sea levels from Boston to Norfolk, VA are rising four times faster then global averages. Levels in New York are 1 foot higher then 100 years ago. Increased water vapor from warming sea temperatures increases rainfall and flooding, and is connected to the intensification of storms. According the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this September had the second highest temperature on record; sea surface temperatures off the Northeast, US, are about 5 degrees above average. b) Is Hurricane Sandy a watershed moment for public, governmental and media attention to climate change? c)We also look at the local initiative Maine Partners for Cool Communities to reduce carbon pollution through residential, grassroots efforts. Guests: Joseph Romm, Center for American Progress, writes Climate Progress blog at www.thinkprogress.org Nancy Glassman, Maine Partners for Cool Communities, mid-coast coordinator for Green Sneakers greensneakersmc@gmail.com, www.coolmaine.org, www.efficiencymaine.com

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell As we clean up in the physical world from Hurricane Sandy, let’s do a little clean up in the digital world as well by looking at some recent developments in research on smart meter privacy hazards, and on Amazon’s occasional forays into removing stuff from your Kindle that you bought and paid for. And if you’d like to find out how to avoid having Amazon “repossess” books you have bought, you may want to take a look at http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/drm-be-damned-how-to-protect-your-Amazon-e-books-from-being-deleted/

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio Recorded by: John Greenman Program Topic: On October 16th, Larry Dansinger was the featured speaker at the “Take Back Democracy Brown Bag Lunch Discussion Series”, and he spoke about independent research that indicates that that Mainers would spend their tax dollars differently if they were allowed to choose. (Disclosure: Larry Dansinger is a WERU volunteer and short-feature producer, but his presentation was not affiliated with WERU) FMI: The website for the National Priorities Project is http://nationalpriorities.org/ and the Bring Our War Dollars Home website is http://www.bringourwardollarshome.org/ For more information, including copies of the handouts that were used at this presentation, listeners may contact Larry Dansinger at rosc@psouth.net

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: John Greenman Topic: Barbara McDade, President of the League of Women Voters of Maine, was the featured speaker at the Take Back Democracy Brown Bag Lunch Discussion Series, sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, last week. Her brief talk on “Expanding Voter Participation” is followed by a discussion of the topic. FMI: http://www.lwvme.org/ and www.peacectr.org

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Strange Bedfellows”

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

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley Microbiome Part 7: The Human Microbiome

Producers/Hosts: Jon e Ford and Rob Sparkowich Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Pit bull Awareness Key Discussion Points: a] History of Out Of the Pits b) What is the truth about the Pit Bull c] Who would maker a good match with a Pitt Bull Guest: Cydney Cross Director Out Of The Pits Albany NY Call In Program: yes

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh “Make up air”

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Six Strikes? Is that part of a new sport? Nope, it’s part of life on the Internet starting very soon. Listen up.