Working with the Homeless
The inner Experience of Working with the Homeless: An interview with Street minister Pastor Mair Honan about her work with the homeless in Portland. Pastor Mair talks about the power of listening and...
View ArticleTelling Difficult Stories
An interview with storyteller, Laura Simms about the power of stories to remind us of what is good inside us. Laura describes the way that stories take the listener on a unique journey where each...
View ArticleThe Role of Health Care Providers in Preventing Domestic Violence
An interview with playwright, Cathy Plourde, founder of Add Verb productions about her new play, Major Medical Breakthrough. Cathy tells the story of writing a play to inspire health care providers to...
View ArticleHigh School Friendships between Somalis and Traditional Mainers
An interview with Maria Padian, author of Out of Nowhere, about friendships between Somali and franco-catholic high school students in Maine. Maria talks about her own experience with four immigrant...
View ArticleSomali Women’s Roles in Maine
An interview with Fatuma Hussein, the director of the United Somali Women of Maine. Fatuma describes the pervasive atmosphere of fear in the refugee camps where she lived for two years after leaving...
View ArticleDefending the Accused
A conversation with public defender Michael Lepie about the his work with indigent clients, and why he considers criminal defense to be a civil rights issue. He discusses how he tries to seek outcomes...
View ArticlePrison Perspectives
This week’s show concludes our series on incarceration. We speak with Dostoevsky scholar Dr. Robin Feuer Miller about how the classic novel Crime and Punishment is relevant to the experiences of...
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