Healthy Options 6/06/07

Producer/host: Rhonda Feiman – L.A.C., Doctor of Asian Medicine

Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Identification and Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing (EMDR)

Guests: Dr. Jerold Hambright, Staff Psychologist at Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Maine; Lisa Kushner, Clinical Social Worker and EMDR practitioner, Belfast, Maine

For more information about the Togus PTSD program contact Dr. Shantal Mihn, 207-623-8411, ext. 5405

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Powerful Peace Special 5/30/07: Robert Bly

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 known for his outspoken views on American culture and his opposition to the Vietnam and Iraq wars. His book Iron John, a best seller in the early 90s, was regarded by many as the inspiration for the so-called “men’s movement”. Robert is also recognized internationally for his leading work in introducing translations of foreign poets such as Rumi, Kabir and Hafez to the Western world.

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Talk of the Towns 5/25/07

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

Topic: Intersections of Science and Place on the Lower Penobscot Watershed

Guests: David Hart, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, University of Maine; Gayle B. Zydlewski, President, Cove Brook Watershed; Aram Calhoun, Professor of Wetland Ecology, University of Maine; Greg Burr, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

What are some of the natural and human communities that share the ecosystem? Why is “place” important? Why are you focusing your efforts on this place?

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