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Maine Voices Live with Cynthia McFadden
Portland Press Herald Audio - May 11, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAn evening of live conversation with Cynthia McFadden, the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News. She is a Lewiston native who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Bowdoin College. McFadden was interviewed by Portland Press Herald reporter Kelley Bouchard.
Maine Voices Live - Sam Sifton
Portland Press Herald Audio - May 04, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam Sifton is the assistant managing editor of The New York Times, overseeing culture and lifestyle coverage. He is the founding editor of NYT Cooking and writes a food column for The New York Times Magazine. Based in New York City, Sifton has spent time in Maine every year of his life. His love...
Maine Voices Live: Abdi Iftin
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 27, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAbdi Nor Iftin is a reporter and the author of “Call Me American,” a memoir of his immigration to the United States. Growing up in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iftin learned English by watching action movies. When U.S. Marines landed in the 1990s to get involved in the civil conflict, Iftin felt it was a...
Maine Voices Live: Daniel and Marcia Minter
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 20, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsDaniel and Marcia Minter are a Portland power couple in the arts, advertising, culture and history scenes. In 2019 they co-founded the Indigo Arts Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to the creative cultivation of artists of African descent. Daniel Minter is an internationally exhibited artist, v...
Maine Voices Live: NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 13, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMeir lived in space for 205 days on the International Space Station. She conducted three spacewalks with crewmate Christina Koch of NASA, for a total of 21 hours and 44 minutes outside of the ISS. Meir has a Ph.D. in marine biology. She contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, Earth ...
Maine Voices Live - Actor Timothy Simons
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 06, 2021 15:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsTimothy Simons grew up in Readfield and attended University of Maine in Orono, where he discovered his love of acting. He then worked in the Chicago theater scene before moving to Los Angeles. In just a few years, he landed his breakout role on HBO’s “Veep,” starring as the lovingly hated Jonah ...
Like a Boss: One-on-one with Liz Cotter Schlax
Portland Press Herald Audio - November 03, 2020 19:30 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLike A Boss is a live Q&A business event where you can hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business. Portland Press Herald CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto interviews local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and down...
2020 Insight: Our Sunday columnists on what will happen on Election Day
Portland Press Herald Audio - October 30, 2020 16:33 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsA live panel discussion with our Sunday columnists – Greg Kesich, Bill Nemitz, Victoria Hugo-Vidal and Jim Fossel – for their views on what will happen on Election Day. Conversation starts at 7:00 p.m. Bill Nemitz is the award-winning metro columnist for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Te...
Making It Work: How Small Businesses Can Close the Books on 2020
Portland Press Herald Audio - October 23, 2020 20:50 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsCongrats to small businesses on making it this far. Now join us on Oct. 21 to learn what tax, accounting and operational issues you should consider before year’s end. How about a primer on the more than a dozen grants and programs that could help your business now? Or a checklist to assess y...
Like a Boss: One-on-one with Clayton Rose, President of Bowdoin College
Portland Press Herald Audio - October 08, 2020 18:22 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLike A Boss is a live Q&A business event where you can hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business. Our CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto interviews local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs of running their...
Maine Voices Live - Bill Green
Portland Press Herald Audio - September 16, 2020 15:33 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsOver his 47 years in broadcasting, Bill Green became a household name in Maine, starting as a sportscaster in Bangor to hosting 19 seasons of his own Saturday magazine show, the last episode of which aired last fall, when he retired. This interview was online live on September 15, 2020.
The Maine Senatorial Debate
Portland Press Herald Audio - September 12, 2020 02:19 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsRepublican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Sara Gideon traded shots over health care, money in politics, judicial nominees and President Trump’s reelection campaign during a fast-paced first debate of Maine’s closely watched Senate race. Appearing together for the first time, alongside indepen...
Like a Boss: Tony Shurman - President and CEO of Jasper Wyman & Son
Portland Press Herald Audio - February 28, 2020 18:35 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPortland Press Herald Publisher and CEO Lisa DeSisto interviews Tony Shurman at the Portland House of Music in Portland Maine on February 28, 2020. Shurman is President and CEO of Jasper Wyman & Son (“Wyman’s”) the second largest brand in the retail frozen fruit category in the U.S. with its m...
Maine Voices Live - Playwright John Cariani
Portland Press Herald Audio - January 16, 2020 21:24 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsJohn Cariani is an actor and a playwright from Presque Isle. His first play, “Almost, Maine,” which he describes as “a love letter to northern Maine,” premiered at Portland Stage in 2004 and opened off-Broadway in 2006. It has since become one of the most frequently produced plays in the United ...
Maine Voices Live: Brother Arnold talks about the Shaker life, spiritual and otherwise
Portland Press Herald Audio - December 20, 2019 16:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsBrother Arnold, as he calls himself, spoke in Portland before a sold-out crowd Tuesday about his life as one of the last three living Shakers in the world. He lives at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, the sole remaining active Shaker community. Arnold Hadd, who joined the Shak...
Maine Voices Live - Meteorologist Keith Carson
Portland Press Herald Audio - November 13, 2019 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNews Center Maine meteorologist Keith Carson talked Tuesday, October 29 about the places he traveled working for The Weather Channel, the problem with the term bomb cyclone and the reason he hasn’t pursued a career in comedy in front of a sold-out crowd at One Longfellow Square in Portland. Ca...
Business Breakfast, November 6, 2019 - HR Drives Culture
Portland Press Herald Audio - November 07, 2019 18:29 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is a recording of the Portland Press Herald Business Breakfast, November 6, 2019 HR Drives Culture - creating an appealing place to work. HR used to just process payroll checks and handle employee benefits. But today, the ability to attract and retain workers is a priority for Maine busin...
Maine Voices Live - Cartoonist and author Lincoln Peirce
Portland Press Herald Audio - September 11, 2019 21:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPortland Press Herald Director of Digital Nerd stuff Chad Gilley sits down for a chat with Lincoln Peirce, whose has been writing and drawing his "Big Nate" strip for more than 25 years. The comic strip appears in over 400 newspapers nationwide, including the Portland Press Herald. Video of th...
Maine Voices Live with Pat Gallant-Charette
Portland Press Herald Audio - August 01, 2019 20:49 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPat Gallant-Charette is a native of Maine, Westbrook resident, University of Southern Maine graduate, wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and retired nurse. In her spare time, 68-year-old Pat is a marathon swimmer. She started marathon swimming at the age of 58 and was inducted into the Inter...
Maine Voices Live with Doug Hitchcox and Nicholas Lund
Portland Press Herald Audio - June 07, 2019 20:18 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsCalling all birdwatchers for our next Maine Voices Live! Naturalist Doug Hitchcox and nature writer Nicholas Lund have advice on how to make the most of your spring, summer and fall birding season and discuss the background of Maine’s unusual number of bird-centric news events in the past year, ...
Business Breakfast Forum: Getting a Bead on Broadband
Portland Press Herald Audio - May 22, 2019 18:27 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsHigh-speed internet service is essential to Maine businesses, but access is often determined by where you live. Gov. Janet Mills pledged to make statewide broadband access a priority. What changes are needed? What are providers doing? What is working? This event was recorded live on May 22, ...
Like a Boss - Michelle Hood - Northern Light Health
Portland Press Herald Audio - May 17, 2019 18:54 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLike A Boss is a live Q&A business event where you can hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business. Our CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto interviews local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs of running their...
MaineVoices Live with ‘Chopped’ champions Matt Ginn and Christian Hayes
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 26, 2019 13:37 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPortland Press Herald food writer Meredith Goad interviewed the chefs on stage on April 23, 2019. Maine chefs Matt Ginn of Evo in Portland and the Chebeague Island Inn and Christian Hayes of Dandelion Catering and the soon-to-open Garrison in Yarmouth revealed what it’s really like to be on F...
Business Breakfast Forum: Hiring Seasonal Workforces – What’s Working?
Portland Press Herald Audio - April 24, 2019 14:25 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMaine’s labor crunch is never more apparent than in the spring when the state’s $6 billion tourism industry scrambles for workers. Construction and landscaping services ramp up, too. They are finding success in some surprising places. On the panel Host: Press Herald Business Reporter Pet...
Maine Voices Live: Author Monica Wood
Portland Press Herald Audio - March 07, 2019 16:16 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPortland, Maine writer Monica Wood, whose second play “The Half-Light” premiered last week at Portland Stage, talked about her writing process, her mutually supportive marriage and the importance of teaching the arts, among other things, in front of a sold-out audience Tuesday at One Longfellow ...
Business Breakfast Forum: The Future of Home Buying
Portland Press Herald Audio - February 28, 2019 17:55 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMillennials, people from their late 30s to early 20s, are expected to make 45 percent of home purchases in the U.S. this year. That influx is changing the way people buy and sell homes, and creating new challenges for real estate agents. iBuying, anyone? On the panel Host: Press Herald Bu...
Business Breakfast Forum: Innovative Retail - January 23, 2019
Portland Press Herald Audio - January 23, 2019 20:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsShopping, whether in store or online, has become a magnet for innovation. Pick a product off a shelf and see a video display of its uses. Overwhelmed by online choices? A personal shopping guide is at the ready. Concierge services are becoming the norm as retailers offer customized convenience ...
Maine Voices Live: Tom Caron
Portland Press Herald Audio - January 18, 2019 19:50 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsSince 1995, Tom Caron has been a studio host on NESN, covering the Boston Red Sox, Bruins and play-by-play announcing for college hockey. His weekly column on the Red Sox, Bruins and Patriots runs on Tuesdays in the Portland Press Herald. A graduate of Lewiston High School, he began his broadc...
Business Breakfast Forum November 28, 2018
Portland Press Herald Audio - November 28, 2018 16:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLess than a month after Election Day, Business Editor Carol Coultas sat down with a panel of analysts to assess the effects of election results on Maine businesses and the Portland business community in particular. Michael Saxl, Managing Principal, Maine Street Solutions Michael Saxl joi...
Maine Voices Live: Chefs Ilma Lopez and Cara Stadler
Portland Press Herald Audio - November 05, 2018 20:28 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIlma Lopez grew up in Venezuela, cooking in the kitchen alongside her grandmother. After getting her start in Caracas, she was accepted to the pastry program at Stratford University in Virginia. Today, Lopez is the Pastry Chef and co-owner of Piccolo and Chaval in Portland. She is a veteran of s...
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