Nearly 30 million Americans have diabetes. Approximately 11.1 percent of the adult population in Maine have it and 36,000 Mainers have diabetes but don’t know it. In addition, 386,000 adult Mainers have prediabetes with blood glucose levels higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

With winter essentially here, our panel offers ways to save on home energy costs and to prepare for seasonal challenges.

We speak with female legislators, both new and experienced, about the issues they will focus on. We’ll also talk about what it means that a record number of women will be serving in the Maine Legislature.

An annual favorite! Our panelists discuss the books that got people reading this year, those that should have received more attention, and the classics they chose to revisit.

University of Maine professor of sociology Amy Blackstone and her husband Lance blog about the child-free choice. What are the reasons a couple may choose not to have children, and how does society respond to their choice?

After the state funeral in Washington, D.C. , for President George Herbert Walker Bush, we follow up with a special show about the 41st president's life and impact in Maine.

With the deadline for signing up for Obamacare approaching (Dec. 15), our panel of experts answers listener questions about the ACA.

We'll speak with the Maine filmmaker behind the documentary "Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul," which airs on Maine Public Television on Dec. 6.

The top stories in Maine from the month of November, including election results, Medicaid expansion and more.

Underbug tells the fascinating story of the lowly termite–a bug that collectively outweighs human beings by 10 to 1 and consume $40 billion worth of valuable stuff each year. Lisa Margonelli is an award-winning journalist and author of the national bestseller Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank . She is based in Maine.