North by Northeast

Host Crystal Canney interviews Lincoln Millstein, the journalist behind "The Quietside Journal". The blog is described by Millstein as "a news blog on Mount Desert Island written in the tradition of pamphleteers to stir the citizenry toward a common good". A very interesting article about what's going on Downeast!

Special guest host Kim Block interviews founder of Man Up to Cancer, Trevor Maxwell.

In this episode of North By Northeast, Crystal talks with the authors of the book "Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish". Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins discuss the industrialization of aquaculture and the selling of our coast.

Host Crystal Canney talks with newspaper icon Bill Nemitz, who is signing off after 45 years in Maine journalism. The discussion ranges from recollections of stories that stick with Bill to this day, Maine politics, and the future of the State.

In the episode, Crystal talks with Bill Nemitz. Upon his retirement after decades in the newspaper business, the topics range from reflections on his long career, politics in Maine, and the future of the state.

At first blush, a Government Oversight Review gives us no answers as to why Maine's children are dying at the hands of their parents and caregivers. Is the state's appetite to keep children in homes that are dangerous one reason? As Senator Bill Diamond says: "It makes my head explode as to why some of these decisions are being made. We need transparency. Every bill I sponsor DHHS fights it. Without the transparency we can't see what is going on." The death of children will become a political football in an election year. Will anyone stand up to protect Maine's most vulnerable children?

James "Allie" McCormack has been working to help fix Maine's child protection system for years. Hear why this summer he couldn't take it anymore and how the state needs to step up its game to protect Maine's most vulnerable children.

Senator Bill Diamond, a long-time Democrat elected official from Windham is speaking out about the number of children in Maine's system who are dying. It is a riveting interview and he pulls no punches.

A controversial newcomer to the Portland, Maine political scene, Nasreen Sheikh-Yousef is ready to talk politics.

Bar Harbor Lobsterman Jim Hanscom talks about the future of Frenchman Bay and industrial-scale aquaculture. Maine has set the table for large aquaculture projects, but is that what we really want with the consequences around the environment, the impact on lobsters and more?