Archive for the ‘Specials’ Category

WERU Local News Special: Opposition to Plum Creek Proposal 11/29/07

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Producer/host: Meredith DeFrancesco Guests: Emily Posner and Storm Waters, Native Forest Network A call in show about the opposition to Plum Creek's proposal to develop the Maine woods. LURC Public hearings on the issue (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ): Public Sessions (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM) Members of ...

WERU Local News Special: Opposition to Plum Creek Proposal 11/27/07

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Producer/host: Amy Browne Guests: Logan Perkins, Will Neills, Storm Waters-- volunteers with the Native Forest Network, one of many groups raising serious concerns about the plan proposed by Plum Creek in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine LURC Public hearings on the issue (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ): Public Sessions (10:00 AM ...

WERU Special: Child Soldiering 10/23/07

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Producer/host: John Greenman Topic: Child Soldiering Speech  by Arthur Serota, Executive Director, UMECS (United Movement to End Child Soldiering) Recorded Sept. 20th, 2007 at UMaine Most everyone has heard that children are terrorized into becoming fighters in several places around the world. It’s easy, though, to forget about something flabbergasting when it’s something that’s happening ...

WERU News Special 9/27/07, Mainers to Michaud: “Impeach!”

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Producer/host: Amy Browne People from all walks of life and all parts of Maine stood in line for up to 2 hours yesterday, and many more signed statements, to deliver a message to Congressman Michael Michaud at his Bangor office: "Support Impeachment of Bush and Cheney".  This is the unedited first ...

RadioActive Special: Criminalization of Dissent 8/28/07

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Producers/hosts: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco and Carolyn Coe Guests: Storm Waters and Mark Rosenthal Topic: A call in show on the criminalization of dissent through use of "anti-terrorism" laws and other oppressive tactics. Discussion focused on recent events in the U.S. and El Salvador. Includes an excerpt from ...

Report from Radio Sumpul on recent arrests in El Salvador 7/6/07

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Report from Radio Sumpul on the recent arrests of CRIPDES leaders and others in El Salvador (Spanish)

Powerful Peace Special 6/26/07

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Producer/host: Sonia Turanski Topic:  The Future of Religion, a one-hour live discussion with audience phone-in question. Guests: Cliff Guthrie   Cliff Guthrie was ordained as a Methodist minister, but has moved away from that role into teaching religious studies at Husson College and Bangor Theological Seminary.  Some of his major interests include the ...

Powerful Peace Special 5/30/07: Robert Bly

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Producer/host: Sonia Turanski An interview with Robert Bly, one of America's most respected and accomplished poets, talks about the 33rd annual 'Conference on the Great Mother and New Father,' held in Nobleboro, Maine from June 2nd - 10th, 2007. A prolific writer of poetry and prose, Bly is ...