Talk of the Towns 3/11/26: Positivity Bias… a new anthology of Maine Writers
Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach,
An episode of the Talk of the Towns | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives podcast, hosted by WERU-FM 89.9, titled "Talk of the Towns 3/11/26: Positivity Bias… a new anthology of Maine Writers" was published on March 11, 2026 and runs 58 minutes.
March 11, 2026 ·58m · Talk of the Towns | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Summary
Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: What is “positivity bias”? What was the hope in creating this new anthology short fiction by Maine writers? Sharing some examples of the writing, how did authors answer the call for “defiantly happy endings”? Guest/s: Gillian Burnes, editor and contributor to Positivity Bias, from Gardiner. Madison Ellingsworth, contributor, from Portland. Robert Diamente, contributor, from Bangor. FMI: littoralbooks.com/product/positivity-bias-maine-writers-defiantly-happy-endings-isbn-979-8-9917891-5-8/ robertdiamante.com madisonellingsworth.com littoralbooks.com/product/soft-features-by-gillian-burnes/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNzJ48MYexM About the hosts: Ron Beard is producer and host of Talk of the Towns, which first aired on WERU in 1993 as part of his community building work as an Extension professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant. He took all the journalism courses he could fit in while an undergraduate student in wildlife management and served as an intern with Maine Public Television nightly newscast in the early 1970s. Ron is an adjunct faculty member at College of the Atlantic, teaching courses on community development. Ron served on the Bar Harbor Town Council for six years and is currently board chair for the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, where he has lived since 1975. Look for him on the Allagash River in June, and whenever he can get away, in the highlands of Scotland where he was fortunate to spend two sabbaticals. Liz Graves joined Talk of the Towns as co-producer and co-host in July 2022, having long admired public affairs programming on WERU and dreamed of getting involved in community radio. She works as the Town Clerk for the Town of Bar Harbor, and is a former editor of the Mount Desert Islander weekly newspaper. Liz grew up in California and came to Maine as a schooner sailor.
Episode Description
Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves College of the Atlantic provides help with production. Engineering by Joel Mann of WERU Community Radio. Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: What is “positivity bias”? What was the hope in creating this new anthology short fiction by Maine writers? Sharing some examples of the writing, how did authors answer the call for “defiantly happy endings”? Guest/s: Gillian Burnes, editor and contributor to Positivity Bias, from Gardiner. Madison Ellingsworth, contributor, from Portland. Robert Diamente, contributor, from Bangor. FMI: littoralbooks.com/product/positivity-bias-maine-writers-defiantly-happy-endings-isbn-979-8-9917891-5-8/ robertdiamante.com madisonellingsworth.com littoralbooks.com/product/soft-features-by-gillian-burnes/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNzJ48MYexM About the hosts: Ron Beard is producer and host of Talk of the Towns, which first aired on WERU in 1993 as part of his community building work as an Extension professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant. He took all the journalism courses he could fit in while an undergraduate student in wildlife management and served as an intern with Maine Public Television nightly newscast in the early 1970s. Ron is an adjunct faculty member at College of the Atlantic, teaching courses on community development. Ron served on the Bar Harbor Town Council for six years and is currently board chair for the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, where he has lived since 1975. Look for him on the Allagash River in June, and whenever he can get away, in the highlands of Scotland where he was fortunate to spend two sabbaticals. Liz Graves joined Talk of the Towns as co-producer and co-host in July 2022, having long admired public affairs programming on WERU and dreamed of getting involved in community radio. She works as the Town Clerk for the Town of Bar Harbor, and is a former editor of the Mount Desert Islander weekly newspaper. Liz grew up in California and came to Maine as a schooner sailor.
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