Sometimes it takes a willingness to engage in conflict—and work our way through difficult situations—in order to succeed. Today we discuss this idea with executive and entrepreneur Jean Hoffman, and we also speak with the superintendent of Portland public schools, Xavier Botana. Both Hoffman and Botana were recently featured in Maine magazine’s 50 Mainers issue for their contributions to our state.

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/07/entrepreneurship-education-304/

Music is part of our celebrations and our inspiration. It can serve as a means of commonality between humans. It can also heal. Today we speak with Pamela Florea, a psychotherapist who integrates sound into the modalities she offers her clients, in order to help them break cycles of physical, emotional and spiritual suffering. We also have a conversation with Maine singer/songwriter Dan Connor, who has returned to his music as a way of returning to health after having surgery for a brain tumor in 2012.

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/07/musical-healing-303/

Maine is known for its commitment to education, at all levels. Today we speak with Hebron Academy head of school, Daniel Marchetti and with Luke Shorty, the executive director of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, a top-ranked charter school based in Limestone.

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/06/high-quality-high-schools-302/

There is an inherent joy in working with what the Earth offers. Today we speak with Stacy Brenner who ‘lives, farms, and flowers’ at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough. We also discuss the Portland-based Rwanda Bean Company, a company that returns 50% of its profits to coffee farmers in Rwanda, with co-founder Mike Mwenedata.

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/06/farming-flowers-cultivating-coffee-301/

We all have had experiences that push us to go beyond what we know in our daily lives. Today we speak with Dr. Emily Isaacson, the artistic director of the Oratorio Chorale and Maine Chamber Ensemble, about her unique commitment to music and how she came to make her life’s choices. We also explore ideas of grief in childhood, with psychologist Dr. Mary Plouffe, author of the memoir I Know It in My Heart.

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/06/from-the-heart-300/

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/06/living-history-299/

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/06/three-magic-number-winning-james-beard-298/

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/05/island-authors-297/

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/05/farms-food-296/

https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/05/exile-art-new-lives-295/