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're in a whole new place, there's a person and you think, oh, I have to sort of talk about what I'm doing here, because that person really doesn't know what I do. So there is that aspect of it that I think is exciting for me.
I like the story behind the piece. We do a barn board frame and we do a Maine maple, which I think is for me very inspiring to have something sourced locally. So then people get the story, not only of the piece itself, but also of the frame around the piece.
Walk around the room. Look around, take note of things. Then I have them sit on the floor and then if they're willing, stand on a chair or a table and I say, did you see the same things when you were in those three different levels? And the answer is no. That's the same room, we're all in the same room, but that room has multiple realities.
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
Quick clips from recent conversations.