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 think it's actually extremely creative to make anything, whether you're coding an application or you're creating a painting or a film or a podcast, it's making something from your own intuition in your own ideas.
Very often Lisa will read poetry to me in the studio, or other books, and when she does, she'll assume the characters and read them. So our relationship is very different, and she knows what I'm after.
What breaks your heart is your mission. Find what breaks your heart and do that because you'll always be fueled. You will find your purpose.
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.
July 7, 2026
Dr. Jennifer Monti, cardiologist, critical care physician, and Chief Growth Officer of Prescriby Health, joins Dr. Lisa Belisle on Radio Mai…
June 30, 2026
Gretchen Halpert, scientific illustrator, educator, former molecular biologist, and founder of a scientific illustration distance program, j…
June 23, 2026
Susan Newbold, artist, teacher, printmaker, bookmaker, and author of “Reveries: Journaling in Place,” joins Dr. Lisa Belisle on Radio Maine…
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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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Previously: Love Maine Radio
Quick clips from recent conversations.
