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From hospitals to classrooms, Maine unions push for change
This week on the podcast, Esther is joined by union members and leaders from across Maine for a conversation about why organizing still matters and why more workers are getting inv...
What’s at stake with Trump’s war rhetoric and the Maine state budget
This week on the podcast, Cate and Esther unpack the political and human consequences of Pres. Donald Trump’s threats of war crimes and the fragile ceasefire that followed, e...
The cost of staying: Maine mobile home park residents pushed to the brink as rent spikes
Maine’s housing crisis is hitting some of the state’s most overlooked communities: mobile home parks. In this episode, Cate and Esther take a closer look at how corporate ownership...
How Janet Mills’ old-school ad attack missed the mark
Ads in the U.S. Senate race are heating up! This week on the podcast, Esther and Cate break down Gov. Janet Mills’ newest attack ad on fellow Democratic candidate Graham Plat...
Nirav Shah on public health, housing and the race for governor
Dr. Nirav Shah joins our host Cate Blackford on the podcast to discuss his run for Maine governor and how his background in public health as the former director of the Maine CDC sh...
Why business is political and what to look out for in Maine’s budget hearings
On our latest podcast episode, Esther and Cate look at what has been happening with ICE in Maine and how Mainers have been responding. Beth Weisberger, the owner of Gneiss Spice in...
How language can mobilize people to fight fascism with Anat Shenker-Osorio
On the podcast, Senior Organizing Director Esther Pew interviews Anat Shenker-Osorio, a linguistics and cognition expert, about how movements can more effectively mobilize folks to...
ICE’s unpopularity, taxing the rich and MLK with Sen. Mike Tipping
For the first podcast of the new year, Esther is joined by former podcast host Sen. Mike Tipping to preview the legislative session and talk about some priorities, including health...
Podcast: Graham Platner on building a movement larger than his U.S. Senate campaign
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner joins our host Cate Blackford this week on the podcast to chat about why he’s jumping into politics and what a true populist agenda ...
Podcast: What Maine’s Election Day says about the future
This week on the podcast, Cate and Channa break down Maine’s big Election Day results — from voters rejecting a restrictive voter suppression law to passing new gun safety measures...
Podcast: Absentee voting, gun safety and why mutual aid isn’t enough
Election Day is just around the corner, and Esther and Ben are back to remind Mainers to protect absentee voting by casting a “no” vote on Question 1. On the other stat...
Podcast: Federal shutdown, SNAP concerns and Graham Platner make headlines
This week on the podcast, Cate and Ben break down how the federal shutdown is hitting Maine — from potential SNAP cuts to thousands of state workers facing layoffs — and how a tax ...
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