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 don't want motherhood to be my identity and it couldn't be, I needed to have something that was me. My art is mine and my children aren't, my children aren't mine, but my art is, and I need that because it's been my identity.
All art isn't necessarily original. There is always a point of reference and a point of context.
The people that have organized in Cancer Alley are people who had no experience organizing. They had no connections to anyone in authority, and they had no money. They said, no, we deserve clean air and clean water here in our community, and we're going to stand up and we're not going to stop until we get that.
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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Growing up inside New York’s postwar art world gave Gina Sawin an extraordinary education. But becoming her own artist required something el…
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For five years, Radio Maine has brought people together through long-form conversations. Now that conversation is moving into the room. Rec…
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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.