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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I didn't wanna keep going and piling it on, but I was really convinced and, maybe delusively, so I was convinced. I would say, you might be right. Call you back in a year. We'll know better by then.
I realized that as a psychiatrist, that's what I do every day with my patients, their families. I consult to businesses and do corporate consultations. It's to provide a process that's calm and not contentious.
I think certain things in certain colors and the amount of time I spend in certain areas really reflect a lot of those emotions and those things that I deal with. So maybe the code is personal to me, but I like to leave things open to interpretation.
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.
Read More About LisaA selection of the most recent guests on Radio Maine.
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Amy VanHaren is a founding partner of the Northbound Company, which helps women prepare their businesses, and themselves, for an exit, so th…
October 20, 2026
For 50 years, Mel Allen has been listening for stories. His first published piece appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram in 1975, beginning a…
October 13, 2026
Jeff Zachau grew up around construction. His father started a small carpentry business in 1969, his mother kept the books, and Jeff spent we…
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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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