RadioActive 10/9/14

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: Reactions to Bucksport Paper Mill Closure Announcement

Key Discussion Points:
a) Last week, Verso announced it will close it’s paper mill in Bucksport in December, laying off 570 workers.
b) Today we get the perspective of two longtime workers and union members at the mill.
c) They reflect on the reasons, the potential impacts on the community, and on the lack of financial or community accountability by large corporations, such as Verso.

Guests:

A) Emery Deabay : has worked at the Bucksport Mill for over 30 years, is president of the United Steelworkers of Maine, union local 1188, and is running for state legislature in as a Democrat District 40 (Bucksport and Orrington) bangordailynews.com/2014/10/15/opinion/contributors/taxpayers-have-subsidized-companies-success-wheres-the-return/
B) Linda Murch has worked at the Bucksport Mill for over 15 years. She is currently on leave, working at the Alliance for American Manufacturing www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/a-paper-mills-closing-hits-home-for-this-aam-staffer

Healthy Options 10/8/14

Host: Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: “Having the Life YOU Want”

Key Discussion Points:
a) Life Coach Martha Beck, author of “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World”, has trained many Life Coaches, who is she and why would one study with her?
B How may a Life Coach help one respond to these scenarios: loss of a job, caregiving for a parent?
c) Discuss the “Sit Spot” Technique, how is it helpful and healing?
d) What do you mean by “focus pocus”?
e) Some of your favorite authors besides Martha Beck who also wrote, “Steering by Starlight” are Wayne Dyer and Mike Dooley, why? What have they written that helps one create the life one wants?
f) What is the Body Compass Technique? How does it help one?

Guest:
Kate O’Neill
www.katecoaches.com
[email protected]

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