Dr. Lisa Belisle in the Radio Maine studio

Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

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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Voices from Radio Maine

I don't need them to see the fish the way I see the fish artistically. But how do I get them to look closely at the fish and see something they haven't seen before and try to depict it without being fearful about it not being perfect?
Susan Johnson ·Episode 177 →
Silence can be deafening. Silence speaks volumes. So if they're avoiding talking about disability, for example, because they're worried, do I say non apparent or invisible or hidden? What do I do? So they say nothing.
Pasha Marlowe ·Episode 191 →
More than one time have people chosen to use our blankets as a death shroud. To me it really hearkens to how people feel about certain objects in their life that, again, in this case, I want to go out with this thing that has as much integrity that an object can have an authenticity.
Bill Laurita ·Episode 151 →
Dr. Lisa Belisle in the Radio Maine studio

Meet Your Host

Dr. Lisa Belisle

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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Recent Conversations

A selection of the most recent guests on Radio Maine.

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Portland Art Gallery

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.

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I consider the opportunity I have to paint to be a gift.

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Fishing boat at sunset on the Maine coast, seasonal image for The Bountiful Path

The Bountiful Path

Reflections on the art of living well by Dr. Lisa Belisle.

Video and essay reflections on medicine, place, and the creative life, from the coast of Maine.

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From The Bountiful Path

Recent essays from Dr. Lisa Belisle's Substack on medicine, place, and the creative life.

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