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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When you come over the bridge, there's no more billboards and you don't realize it probably until you get past Portland. Maine removes the noise that you don't even hear.
I saw in the back of a car, a Maine College of Art bumper sticker, and I was like, great, you know, sold. I loved Portland. So I moved here in 2000 for my undergrad and then was here for three years living.
I try to sign out of each day with exploration. Get a cup of coffee and go sit outside and just look at things for awhile, to sit and just practice looking. Usually it doesn't take long, but something clicks with that process of looking.
Meet Your Host
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.
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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.
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Previously: Love Maine Radio
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