Each week, host Dr. Lisa Belisle sits down with the people who shape the state: entrepreneurs and educators, physicians and artists, community builders and keepers of place. She brings a clinician's ear and two decades in radio and writing to every conversation.
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The interesting thing about philosophy as opposed to many, if not most other subjects, is that it doesn't deal with questions that have settled answers. So kids have a lot of room to think imaginatively and creatively and critically about questions where there are lots of possible good answers.
I think that you can have both. You can have an analytical, mathematical science type of mind, but you can also pursue the arts. And I've always wanted to pursue a path in the arts, and I think I'm here to say, you can do both.
If you don't have housing, you can't attract a workforce. If we can't house them, all of that work is kind of for nothing.
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MD · PhD · MPH · MBA
Dr. Lisa Belisle is a board-certified family physician, writer, and the host of Radio Maine. She works at the intersection of medicine and the human spirit, in the clinic, on the air, and on the page.
Read More About LisaA selection of the most recent guests on Radio Maine.
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Kim Holden, founder of Doula by Design and founding principal of SHoP Architects, joins Dr. Lisa Belisle to explore an unexpected question:…
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Tom Mahoney, community connector and resource team leader with Harpswell Aging at Home, joins Dr. Lisa Belisle to discuss one of today's mos…
July 14, 2026
Jennifer Merz, writer, illustrator, collage artist, and author of "Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers' Rights," joins Dr. Lisa…
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Radio Maine is produced in partnership with the Portland Art Gallery, Maine's premier destination for contemporary fine art. Visit the gallery at 154 Middle Street in Portland, or explore the work of gallery artists online.
From Off the Wall · Portland Art Gallery Artist
I consider the opportunity I have to paint to be a gift.
Recent essays from Dr. Lisa Belisle's Substack on medicine, place, and the creative life.
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