WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Indigenous Voices 7/15/08

Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey

Topic: “In The Shadow of the Eagle- A Tribal Representative in Maine” (2008, Tilbury House)– a discussion with the author, Donna Loring, Penobscot Representative to the Maine State Legislature.

What is the election process of the Penobscot Tribe?  What legislative bills did you work on?  With regard to the “Offensive Names Bill”,  what difficulties did you face in the state, with the media and public?

Donna Loring also has a blog called “Native Voice” which can be found on the Bangor Daily News website, www.bangornews.com

 

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Going and Doing 7/15/08

Producer/Host: John Greenman

Topic: Bog
Guest: Joan Martin

FMI:
Orono Bog Boardwalk
Joan Martin
942-5309
jmartin@maine.edu
www.oronobogwalk.org/

 

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Outside the Box 7/15/08

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger

Topic: Good Jobs/Bad Jobs

 

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A Word in Edgewise 7/14/08

Producer/Host: R.W. Estella

 

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World Ocean Radio 7/14/08

Producers/Hosts: Amelia Poole and Peter Neill, World Ocean Observatory

Topic: Freshwater to Oceans - Freshwater Services

FMI: www.thew2o.net

 

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Weekend Voices 7/12/08

Producers/Hosts: Marge May and Ann Luther, League of Women Voters, Downeast Maine

Topic: Democracy Forum

 

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Talk of the Towns 7/11/08

Producer/Host: Ron Beard,  University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: Interview with Roxana Robinson, Author of “Cost” (Farrar, Straw and Giroux,  2008), about the affects of addition on families

How does addition affect family members?  What are some resources for dealing with addictions?  What are some suggestions Ms. Robinson can offer for other writers?

FMI: www.roxanarobinson.com/

 

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RadioActive 7/10/08

Producers/Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco, Amy Browne

Contributors: Matt Murphy and Joel Mann

Topic: Veterans and the 4th of July

Segment 1: Matt Murphy talks with the “Veterans for Peace” and their supporters marching in a local 4th of July parade

Segment 2: Award-winning author Deborah Joy Corey (“The Skating Pond”, “Losing Eddie”) reads an essay about a young Iraq war veteran who visited her family during Castine, Maine’s 4th of July celebrations.  Recorded by Joel Mann

FMI: Veterans for Peace, Maine Chapter: www.vfpmaine.org;  Iraq Veterans Against the War: www.ivaw.org

 

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