Podcasts
The Maine Monitor is pleased to host its own podcast and also help our partner podcasts reach a wider audience with the distribution of select episodes.
Maine Reckoning, The Monitor’s debut podcast, explores Black lives in Maine a year after the murder of George Floyd.
All podcasts published or syndicated by The Maine Monitor cover a variety of topics and spotlight Mainers from all walks of life.
We hope our podcasts help you connect with those that shape Maine, and inspires you to also shape Maine in your own way.
Latest Episodes
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: maritime historian Lincoln Paine
In this episode, professor and maritime historian Lincoln Paine discusses Maine’s coastal history.
Intriguing Individuals: Miss Maine Mariah Larocque
Miss Maine 2021 joins the Intriguing Individuals Podcast to discuss exploitation and human trafficking advocacy, and finding justice through art.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: author Christopher Packard
In this episode, author Christopher Packard discusses Maine’s rich folklore.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: historian Earl H. Smith
In this episode, historian Earl H. Smith discusses Maine’s rich invention and maker culture.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: Singer, songwriter Gordon Bok
Bok discusses traditional ways of thinking unique to Maine, and to the cultural flow of humanity as informed and shaped by our ocean world.
Maine Reckoning: Portland newsmaker Jill Duson
Maine Reckoning reflects on the lives of Black Mainers since the George Floyd murder, asking a key question: Has anything changed? Episode two features Jill Duson, a respected, long-time leader in Portland government, social policy and politics. ‘It’s important to take action, not credit,’ Duson says.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: Minister, musician and author Rob McCall
Rob McCall joins host Peter Neill to discuss the tradition of nature writing in Maine, the characteristics of the genre, and the various methodologies and principles that underlie this special means by which to evoke and understand the natural world that surrounds us.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: Former Abbe Museum Director Chris Newell
Chris Newell joins host Peter Neill for an episode that will evoke the spirit of Maine as seen through the history of the native people who lived here since the beginning.
Maine Reckoning: Our first podcast explores Black lives in Maine a year after the murder of George Floyd
Episode one features Dustin Ward, a racial justice and reconciliation advocate who also serves on the New Gloucester town select board.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: Poet and activist Mihku Paul
Host Peter Neill talks with poet and activist Mihku Paul about concepts of “wilderness” and her experience growing up as an indigenous native of Maine.
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