Donate to WERU Today!Host/Producer: Amy Browne
One last clip from last Saturday’s rally at the Federal Building in Bangor – part of the national day of action
About the host:
Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015
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World Ocean Radio 4/23/25: Pope Francis and the Ocean, Laudato Si Revisited
Host: Peter Neill
Producer: Trisha Badger
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Pope Francis, outspoken voice for climate and the environment, passed away on Monday, April 21st. Throughout his reign as leader of the Catholic Church, he was very clear in his views on climate change as a real factor in today’s world, and expressed that we must understand and respond to these problems for our future survival. In 2015, Pope Francis issued a papal encyclical entitled “Laudato Si–on Care of our Common Home” in which he addressed the moral imperative to steward our natural world for the benefit of succeeding generations. This week on World Ocean Radio, we revisit some of the Pope’s ideas and perspectives that demonstrate a deep reverence for ocean and fresh water systems.
WORLD OCEAN RADIO
5-minute weekly insights dive into ocean science, advocacy and education hosted by Peter Neill, lifelong ocean advocate and maritime expert. A catalog of more than 700 episodes offer perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects. Available for RSS feed and for broadcast by college and community radio stations worldwide. You will also find this week’s World Ocean Radio episode at Exchange.prx.org, at Audioport.org, WorldOceanObservatory.org where the full catalog of episodes is searchable by theme, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Around Town 4/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Upcoming events at Native Gardens of Blue Hill, with Cathy Rees, Executive Director, and Greg Mekras, Board member and trail crew leader.
About the host:
Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015
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WERU Special 4/22/25 Earth Day Special – Land Conservation in Maine
Host: Matt Murphy
On Earth Day 2025, listeners hear from representatives from four Maine conservation land trust organizations about their philosophies, challenges, and current/upcoming projects.
Guests:
George Fields
Executive Director, Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Blue Hill (full disclosure: we are on tower managed by BHHT)
Julia Zell
Executive Director, Island Heritage Trust, Deer Isle
Landon Fake
Executive Director, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Bucksport/Orland
Ciona Ulbrich
Associate Director of Partnerships, Maine Coast Heritage Trust
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Outside the Box 4/22/25: “Time’s Up”
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger
About the host:
Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s activities since then: Done community organizing on numerous issues through INVERT and then Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), committed civil disobedience several times, grown a garden yearly since 1977, joined various food cooperatives and two men’s groups, refused to pay federal income taxes for war, lived on a community land trust for 23 years, and met a wonderful partner whom Larry has loved for over 40 years. Larry has produced Outside the Box features on WERU since 2007 and continues to look for unique ways of seeing almost any problem or situation.
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Around Town 4/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
“We Rise: End the Tyranny” national day of action. There were protests in at least 28 cities and towns across Maine. This is the voice of one of the speakers in Bangor, Maine.
About the host:
Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015
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Blue Hill Mountain Stories 4/22/25: Isaac Vaccaro
Producer/Host: Rosy Landrum
Interviewer: Caleb Snow & Kole Austin
Project Leader: Phelan Gallagher
Technical Assistance: Pepin Mittelhauser
Music: Foreside Date by David Renda (copyright/royalty free)
The Blue Hill Mountain Stories feature interviews from local residents, conducted by the George Steven’s Academy audio production class. Each interviewee reflects upon their time on the Blue Hill peninsula, particularly surrounding the mountain itself. This series was produced for WERU by Rosy Landrum.
About the Host: Rosy Landrum is a George Stevens Academy student, WERU DJ, and Blue Hill peninsula resident. You can find her on Midnight Train from 10-12 pm Wednesdays.
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Around Town 4/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
“We Rise: End the Tyranny” national day of action. There were protests in at least 28 cities and towns across Maine.
Bangor turned out – which may not be surprising in a city that has leaders like the person you’ll hear today
We’ll have more voices from Saturday’s rallies (Bangor and Ellsworth) on Around Town this week.
About the host:
Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015
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