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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Her family is from Newcastle, Maine, a saltwater farm on River Road, 57 acres. When you think about great leaders and particularly great women looking back in time at where the places that shaped them, it really gives you a sense of why they pursued the certain career paths that they did, why they bucked certain expectations of them.
The more we can respect each other's views and have open honest conversations and be okay with it, the better off we're all going to be.
What we talk about extensively is ensuring that we pay deep attention to each encounter, each encounter with our patient, and that we demonstrate love and compassion, but also with each other. Healthcare is hard.
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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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Dr. Carrie Niederman knew something had changed. An athlete and veterinarian with a background in biochemistry, Carrie became suddenly ill…
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Bibby Gignilliat stopped painting at age 10 after an encounter with a critical teacher helped turn her into a perfectionist. But the idea of…
September 22, 2026
Most of us already know the basics: move more, eat better, manage stress, stop working at a reasonable hour. So why can doing those things s…
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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.
