Relationship Rewind 4/18/23: Breaking Down Gilmore Girls

Host: Alli Williamson, Youth Educator and Advocate at NextStep Domestic Violence Project
Helpline: 1(800) 315-5579
Music credit: Brandon Nelson local musician donated theme music for the show.

Relationship Rewind: Rewinding relationships in popular media and breaking down behaviors based in power, control, and abuse.

This episode:

– Discussing unhealthy behaviors in relationships shown in Gilmore Girls.
– Discussing how media normalizes these behaviors.
– Discussing the impacts of these messages about relationships on young people.

Guest/s:
Ashley, 24 year old living in Maine and the Youth Development Coordinator at the Maine Seacoast Mission.

About the host:
Alli Williamson is the youth educator and advocate for NextStep Domestic Violence Project based in Hancock and Washington County, ME. She teaches young people from Kindergarten to College about what power and control looks like in friendships and relationships, what resources are available to support those experiencing this, and how we can work to make our schools and communities safer and more equal spaces where abuse may be less likely to happen.

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Outside the Box 4/18/23: “Unsung”

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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The Nature of Phenology 4/15/23: Yellow-bellied sapsuckers

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn
Host: Hazel Stark

Yellow-bellied sapsuckers have just returned to the area and have a particularly distinctive drumming sound that some compare to Morse Code.

Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com

About the host/writers:
Joe Horn lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder of Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide and Carpenter. He is passionate about fishing, cooking, and making things with his hands. He has both an MBA in Sustainability and an MS focused in Environmental Education. Joe can be reached by emailing [email protected]

Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing [email protected]

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Earthwise 4/15/23: The Element of Mud

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley

About the host:

Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes, including the three-year ordination curriculum at the Temple of the Feminine Divine, and others such as History of the Goddess, Paganism 101, Ethical Magic, and Introduction to the Runes. Currently she is writing a book about how to cast the runes using their original Goddess meanings. She lives in the woods off-grid in a small homesteading community in Central Maine.

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The Cosmic Curator 4/15/23: Change is a Comin’

This is you Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a download on what’s up in the zodiac for today, Saturday April 15th.
At this hour, the Sun has moved into the first degree of Aries. That is probably a welcomed relief from the last few days.

About the Host:
Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom is writing a memoir of the spiritual lessons derived from his work in a Homeless Day Center in between a career as an award winning television and documentary producer.

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Let’s Talk About It 4/14/23: When Your Abuser is Famous

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Donna Kaz. Donna talks about being swept off her feet by the late actor William Hurt who terrorized her for three years. Donna is a feminist activist and the author of Unmasked: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl on Tour. 

Topics include:
Being stymied, staunched, and brutalized by someone the public glorifies. The harmful silence of others. Getting out from the shadow of someone famous and finding ourselves.  The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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