Episodes
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Maine Voices Live with Dr. Tim Pieh
Dr. Timothy Pieh sits down with Morning Sentinel Staff Writer Hannah Kaufman for a live conversation about his groundbreaking MD3 program, which brings hospital-level emergency care directly to central Maine communities. Dr. Timothy Pieh is an emergency medicine physician who treats patients in…
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Maine Voices Live with Rebecca Corbett
On Tuesday, November 4, Executive Editor of the Maine Trust for Local News, Carolyn Fox, sat down at One Longfellow Square for a conversation with Rebecca Corbett, Senior Editor at The New York Times. About Our Guest Rebecca Corbett is Senior Editor at The New York Times for local investigations...
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Maine Voices Live with Ana Inciardi
Portland Press Herald reporter Megan Gray interviews Ana Inciardi, printmaker and the creator of the Mini Print Vending Machine. About Our Guest Ana Inciardi is a relief printmaker and the creator of the Mini Print Vending Machine. She's from Brooklyn, New York, and is based in Portland, Maine....
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Open Door with Steve Mills, CEO of Maine Beer Company
If you enjoyed our Like a Boss series, please join us for Open Door. Open Door features personal reflections from local leaders about their careers, management styles and lessons they've learned along the way. Steve Mills, CEO of Maine Beer Company sat down with Maine Trust for Local News…
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https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/18/portland-leaders-frustrated-over-potential-funding-changes-for-immigrants/
The city says it can't pick up the slack if an executive order slashes federal funding for refugee services and the state follows through with plans to cut back its share of General Assistance. by Grace Benninghoff Portland Press Herald Story:...
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For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned. by Gillian GrahamPortland Press Herald Megan GrayPortland Press Herald Story:...
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Maine lawmaker accused of forging signatures on campaign finance forms
By Rachel Ohm, Portland Press Herald Rep. Randall Hall, R-Wilton, was indicted by an Oxford County grand jury on 12 charges Wednesday. Story: https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/13/maine-lawmaker-accused-of-forging-signatures-on-campaign-finance-forms/ Stories Audio Feed:...
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Maine Voices Live with Author Craig Grossi
Watch: Maine Voices Live with Craig Grossi, author and Marine Corps veteran Portland Press Herald staff writer Ray Routhier sat down with author and Marine Corps veteran Craig Grossi for a conversation and book signing during a live event in Portland. About Craig Craig and Fred Raised in the...
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Newsroom Live: What works in community news?
Talking media startups, news deserts and the future of the Fourth Estate This conversation took place on Tuesday, October 15 at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University. Authors Dan Kennedy and Ellen Clegg sat down for a conversation about their book What Works in Community News: Media...
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Like a Boss with Safa Zaki, President of Bowdoin College
About Safa Zaki Copyright Jessica Scranton Safa R. Zaki is the sixteenth president of Bowdoin College, a renowned psychologist and cognitive scientist, and the first woman to lead the College since its founding in 1794. Safa's research focuses on how people divide the world into categories, using...
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Newsroom Live replay - Reporters discuss referendum questions and Maine state flag debate
In preparation for the November election, Press Herald reporters Rachel Ohm and Randy Billings discuss the referendum questions on the ballot, what a yes or no vote will mean, before diving into an in-depth discussion about the updated design for the Maine state flag with vexillologist David...
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Maine Voices Live with actor and author John Hodgman
Portland Press Herald staff writer Ray Routhier sat down with actor and author John Hodgman for a conversation during a live event at One Longfellow Square on Tuesday, September 17. About John John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More...
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Maine Voices Live with author Jonathan Lethem
Portland Press Herald staff writer Ray Routhier sat down with author Jonathan Lethem for a conversation during a live event at One Longfellow Square on Tuesday, August 13. Jonathan Lethem is the author of thirteen novels including The Arrest and Brooklyn Crime Novel. His stories and essay have…
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Newsroom Live: How Journalists Get Their Stories
Ever wonder where reporters get their ideas? Press Herald Managing Editor Nita Lelyveld sat down with Press Herald reporter Eric Russell, Morning Sentinel reporter Dylan Tusinski and Sun Journal photojournalist Andree Kehn for a conversation on Zoom to discuss how journalists find their stories....
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Maine Voices Live with James Beard award winner Marilou Ranta
In 2023, Marilou Ranta, of The Quarry Restaurant in remote Monson, Maine, bested thousands of restaurants across America to win an award for Outstanding Hospitality from the prestigious New-York-based James Beard Foundation. Ranta grew up as the youngest of 12 children in an impoverished family…
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Like a Boss with Esi Seng, CEO of Tate's Bakeshop
On Wednesday, March 6, Portland Press Herald CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto interviewed Tate's Bakeshop CEO, Esi Seng at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University. About Esi Seng Esi Seng is a proven, inspirational global leader with more than two decades of accelerating business growth and...
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Maine Voices Live with Chef Sam Hayward
Portland Press Herald food editor Peggy Grodinsky sat down for a conversation with chef Sam Hayward about his career during a live event on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Award-winning chef Sam Hayward co-founded Fore Street restaurant in Portland in 1996, making fresh produce and farmer relationships his top...
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Maine Voices Live with Sportscaster Dale Arnold
Dale Everett Arnold was a New England sportscaster who hosted the Boston Bruins broadcasts on NESN and co-hosted talk radio shows on WEEI until his retirement from radio in March of 2021. He was the Bruins' play-by-play announcer on NESN and has called Boston College Eagles football. He is the…
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Maine Voices Live with Author Paul Doiron
Paul Doiron is the best-selling author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods. His first book, The Poacher's Son, won the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award and was nominated for an Edgar for Best First Novel. His second, Trespasser, won the 2012 Maine Literary...
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Maine Voices Live with Matthew Delamater
Matthew grew up in the rural lakes region of Western Maine and now resides in Bridgton with his wife Emily and two young kiddos, daughter Rowan (6) and son Leo (3). Matt has played many roles in his life, Banker, Actor, Photographer and his recent favorite- Dad. Matthew's film credits include the...
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Maine Voices Live - Spose (Ryan Peters)
Portland Press Herald staff writer Aimsel Ponti sat down with Spose to chat about his career during a live event on Tuesday, October 17 at One Longfellow Square. Ryan Peters was born in Portland and grew up in Wells, Maine. He began rapping in eighth grade. Peters graduated from Wells High School...
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Introducing In the Arena
Welcome to the first episode of "In the Arena." "In the Arena" is a podcast for Mainers interested in a deeper understanding of the political issues facing our state. Featuring former TV anchor/reporter Pat Callaghan, former Republican state Senator Phil Harriman and former Democratic Portland...
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Portland, Maine Mayoral Debate
Portland mayoral hopefuls debate homelessness, climate change Much of the debate between Pious Ali, Justin Costa, Mark Dion, Dylan Pugh and Andrew Zarro focused on the homeless encampments that the city has struggled to manage. Five candidates vying to become Portland's next mayor sparred…
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Maine Voices Live with Cindy Williams and Pat Callaghan
Portland Press Herald staff writer Ray Routhier sat down with Pat Callaghan and Cindy Williams to chat about their careers during a live event on Tuesday, August 22 at One Longfellow Square. About our guests Pat Callaghan began his broadcast journalism career in 1978 at New Hampshire Public...
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Maine Voices Live: Author Chelsea Conaboy on her newest book, Mother Brain.
Portland Press Herald Food and Books Editor Peggy Grodinsky sat down with Chelsea Conaboy to chat about her newest book, that draws on the latest neuroscience and social psychology and weaves it together with new reporting to tell a powerful new narrative of parenthood. Conaboy talks about the…
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Newsroom Live - No Way Home
Rachel Ohm, the lead reporter covering Portland's influx of asylum seekers for the Press Herald, led this Newsroom Live virtual event on Tuesday, May 30. Read the Press Herald series "Long Way Home" at pressherald.com/longwayhome. On the panel: Mufalo Chitam, Executive Director, Maine Immigrants'...
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RevUp Maine: Making the most of the Maine brand
Many Maine-based companies have footprints beyond the state border, even when "the Maine brand" is a big part of their corporate identities. How do these companies keep their cultural or physical roots in the state, especially if they're adding locations outside of it? What tools and strategies…
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Like a Boss with Jessica Estes, President of The Boulos Company
President of The Boulos Company, Jessica Estes sat down with Portland Press Herald CEO Lisa DeSisto for a conversation at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University on Tuesday, April 4. More information at pressherald.com
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Like a Boss with Joe Purington, CEO of Central Maine Power
President and CEO of Central Maine Power, Joe Purington sat down with Portland Press Herald CEO Lisa DeSisto for a conversation at The Roux Institute on Wednesday, March 1. About Joe Purington Joe Purington was appointed President and CEO of Central Maine Power (CMP) in September 2021. CMP serves...
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Maine Voices Live - Artist Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams is a Portland Maine artist, born and raised, where he lives with his artist and designer wife and their two daughters. His background in traditional graffiti led him to creating large-scale mural work as well as hand lettered design and signage. His signature 'gem' style of work is a...
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Newsroom Live: Remembering the Ice Storm 25 years later
A panel of journalists from The Portland Press Herald, the Sun Journal, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel share memories of covering the epic Ice Storm of 1998, of the people they met and stories they found. Panelists include Judy Meyer, executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec...
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Maine Voices Live with Morgan Talty
Portland Press Herald staff writer Eric Russell talks with Morgan Talty about his new book, Night of the Living Rez during a virtual conversation on Tuesday, December 6. Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. He is the author of the story collection Night of…
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The Business Series: Is social media worth it?
Should social media even be in your advertising budget in 2023? From navigating targeting capabilities to tracking brand safety on turbulent platforms, it takes insight to design an effective strategy. Join moderator Carol Coultas and social media experts Dan Reed of SCORE, Izzy Siedman of flyte...
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Maine Voices Live with Tara Jensen
Portland Press Herald food writer Peggy Grodinsky talks with Tara Jensen about her new book, Flour Power. About Tara Tara Jensen is the author of A Baker's Year and the just published Flour Power. She grew up in Naples, Maine, attended Lake Region High School and graduated from College of the...
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Newsroom Live: From A to B – Unpacking Portland's Competing Referendum Questions on Short-Term Rentals
Question A, proposed by a group of short-term rental operators, seeks to limit corporate owners from registering short-term rentals. Question B, one of the questions proposed by the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, would reduce the number of short-term rentals. Both groups...
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Maine Voices Live with columnist Bill Nemitz on the occasion of his retirement
Video of this event is available here: https://www.pressherald.com/2022/04/30/maine-voices-live-with-bill-nemitz/ Bill Nemitz Bill Nemitz has worked as a journalist in Maine since 1977, when he became a reporter for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville after graduating from the University of...
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Like a Boss with Andrew Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth
Like a Boss conversation between Lisa DeSisto, Publisher of the Portland Press Herald and CEO of Masthead Maine and Andrew Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth on Friday, April 29, 2022
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Maine Voices Live with Brian Ross of Quarantine Kitchen
Brian Ross–or Chef Brian, as he's known around Hampden, where he lives–started the Facebook group Quarantine Kitchen in March 2020 so people could share pantry recipes during the lockdown phase of the pandemic. His network of foodie friends around Maine signed on as charter members. Two weeks...
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Insider Tips on the Outdoors: Birding
From tips on how to identify native Maine species to the best locations in Maine to find the most exciting birds, Maine Audubon Naturalist and Press Herald nature columnist Doug Hitchcox shares his vast knowledge in a lively discussion with outdoors reporter Deirdre Fleming.
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The Lobster Trap
About the partnership No news organization is more invested in the health of the Gulf of Maine and the region's residents than the Portland Press Herald and The Boston Globe. So, as the gulf's warming waters pose an increasingly existential threat to Maine's signature industry, lobster, we joined...
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Newsroom Live with Meredith Goad
After 33 years at the Portland Press Herald, reporter Meredith Goad is retiring and moving back to her childhood home of Tennessee. She talked with food editor Peggy Grodinsky about how the food and drinks scene in Portland, and Maine, has exploded over the 15 + years she has chronicled it, from...
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Newsroom Live with Bob Keyes talking about his book , 'The Isolation Artist'
Since Robert Indiana's death in 2018, Portland Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keyes has been covering the complicated saga surrounding the "LOVE" artist's life and legacy. But there were more notes and conversations than what made it into print. During the pandemic, Bob spent much of his downtime...
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Maine Voices Live with Cynthia McFadden
An evening of live conversation with Cynthia McFadden, the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News. She is a Lewiston native who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Bowdoin College. McFadden was interviewed by Portland Press Herald reporter Kelley Bouchard.
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Maine Voices Live - Sam Sifton
Sam Sifton is the assistant managing editor of The New York Times, overseeing culture and lifestyle coverage. He is the founding editor of NYT Cooking and writes a food column for The New York Times Magazine. Based in New York City, Sifton has spent time in Maine every year of his life. His love…
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Maine Voices Live: Abdi Iftin
Abdi Nor Iftin is a reporter and the author of "Call Me American," a memoir of his immigration to the United States. Growing up in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iftin learned English by watching action movies. When U.S. Marines landed in the 1990s to get involved in the civil conflict, Iftin felt it was an...
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Maine Voices Live: Daniel and Marcia Minter
Daniel and Marcia Minter are a Portland power couple in the arts, advertising, culture and history scenes. In 2019 they co-founded the Indigo Arts Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to the creative cultivation of artists of African descent. Daniel Minter is an internationally exhibited artist…
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Maine Voices Live: NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
Meir lived in space for 205 days on the International Space Station. She conducted three spacewalks with crewmate Christina Koch of NASA, for a total of 21 hours and 44 minutes outside of the ISS. Meir has a Ph.D. in marine biology. She contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, Earth...
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Maine Voices Live - Actor Timothy Simons
Timothy Simons grew up in Readfield and attended University of Maine in Orono, where he discovered his love of acting. He then worked in the Chicago theater scene before moving to Los Angeles. In just a few years, he landed his breakout role on HBO's "Veep," starring as the lovingly hated Jonah...
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Like a Boss: One-on-one with Liz Cotter Schlax
Like A Boss is a live Q&A business event where you can hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business. Portland Press Herald CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto interviews local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs...
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