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Grit is a podcast on WMPG exploring how Mainers respond to challenges and issues like the coronavirus pandemic, racism and climate change through interviews and personal stories.grit: courage,... more
December 26, 2020episode 12“Is the Air Safe to Breathe?” In part two of our story on the South Portland Tank Emissions we talk with Jeff Crawford and Andrew Johnson from the Bureau of Air Quality, Maine Department of Environmental Protection....more31minPlay
November 15, 2020episode10Today we talk with Julie Rosenbach and Troy Moon about One Climate Future, but we begin with a conversation with local youth climate activist Anna Seigel, a student at Waynflete high school....more30minPlay
November 15, 2020episode 9In this episode we talk with Ania Wright, who is a recent graduate of the College Of the Atlantic and grassroots climate action organizer for Sierra Club Maine....more31minPlay
October 27, 2020episode 8In this episode we talk with Kate Sykes, who is running for a seat on the Portland City Council and one of the authors of the Green New Deal for Portland......more31minPlay
August 10, 2020episode 7In this episode we talk with Michael McAlister, director of SailMaine, and some of the sailors and crew. We also talk with Jesse Salisbury, a contemporary sculptor about his recent installment at Fish Point along the Eastern Prom Trail in Portland. We will also hear from Beth, Sarah and Kate about neighborhood life during the pandemic. We begin this episode talking with an anonymous author as she describes the final editing process of a book she is working on....more31minPlay
July 10, 2020episode 6In this episode we talk with Deqa Dhalac, Family Engagement and Cultural Responsiveness Specialist with the Maine Department of Education. Deqa also serves as a South Portland city councilor....more31minPlay
June 26, 2020episode 5In this episode we talk with Roberto Rodriguez, Chair of the Portland Board of Public Education and Jody Capelutti, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Southern Maine....more31minPlay
June 06, 2020episode 4In this episode we talk with Doris Santoro, educator at Bowdoin College and hear about her experience with covid 19 and her perspective on the two pandemics our country is facing- the covid 19 pandemic and the pandemic of white supremacy....more31minPlay
May 19, 2020episode 3We begin this episode talking with Ben Shambaugh, dean of St. Luke’s Cathedral in Portland and hear how the church is adapting to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Then we head north to the Carrabassett River where we find registered Maine Guide Jake Carlton....more30minPlay