Conversations from the Pointed Firs | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

About Conversations from the Pointed Firs | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)

Publisher

WERU-FM 89.9

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 May 2021

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

1. 5 Jun 2026

   Conversations from the Pointed Firs 6/5/26: Carl Little

   Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. Airs the first Friday of every month from 4-5pm. Online at pointedfirs.org. This month, The history of art in Maine. Carl Little: poet, editor, journalist, historian, exhibit curator, and ubiquitous observer of the art scene in Maine. About the host: Peter Neill is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place of exchange for information and educational services about the health of the ocean. In 1972, he founded Leete’s Island Books, a small publishing house specializing in literary reprints, the essay, photography, the environment, and profiles of indigenous healers and practitioners of complimentary medicine around the world. He holds a profound interest in Maine, its history, its people, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. The post Conversations from the Pointed Firs 6/5/26: Carl Little first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

2. 1 May 2026

   Conversations from the Pointed Firs 5/1/26: Charles Cantalupo

   Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. Airs the first Friday of every month from 4-5pm. Online at pointedfirs.org. This month, host Peter Neill has a conversation with Charles Cantalupo, Professor Emeritus of English, Comparative Literature, and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Charles is an active contributor to various literary journals, a co-author of the Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literature, a critic and translator of African writers from Eritrea; author of a personal memoir, Joining Africa, about his African experience, and a poet himself, with several published anthologies. He lives in Eastport, Maine. About the host: Peter Neill is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place of exchange for information and educational services about the health of the ocean. In 1972, he founded Leete’s Island Books, a small publishing house specializing in literary reprints, the essay, photography, the environment, and profiles of indigenous healers and practitioners of complimentary medicine around the world. He holds a profound interest in Maine, its history, its people, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life.

3. 6 Mar 2026

   Conversations from the Pointed Firs 3/6/26: Dan Bartlett

   Host: Peter Neill Producer: Spencer Albee Music by Casey Neill (Mock Turtle Music) Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. Airs the first Friday of every month from 4-5pm. Online at pointedfirs.org. The history and activities of Masonic lodges in Maine. About the host: Peter Neill is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place of exchange for information and educational services about the health of the ocean. In 1972, he founded Leete’s Island Books, a small publishing house specializing in literary reprints, the essay, photography, the environment, and profiles of indigenous healers and practitioners of complimentary medicine around the world. He holds a profound interest in Maine, its history, its people, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life.

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

27

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