Podcasts

Published
May 23, 2018

Janet Mills, ‘I was a bit of a rebel.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, Attorney General Janet Mills talks about her well-known family and her iconoclastic spirit.
Published
May 23, 2018

Betsy Sweet: ‘Starting at 13, I had to work.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, lobbyist Betsy Sweet talks about spending her summers on North Haven and her love of the state of Maine.
Published
May 23, 2018

Mark Dion: ‘There was thoughts that I would go into seminary. So I did the best I could. I became a cop instead.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, former Cumberland County sheriff and current state Sen. Mark Dion talks about growing up in Lewiston and how he remembers it differently from Gov. Paul LePage.
Published
May 23, 2018

Donna Dion: ‘I was always a fixer.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, Donna Dion talks about her long history in the politics and history of Biddeford.
Published
May 23, 2018

Mark Eves: ‘My parents raised me in a way that led toward wanting to help people.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, state Rep. Mark Eves talks about growing up the son of a military chaplain.

Published
May 23, 2018

Mary Mayhew: ‘I would fall asleep at night listening to the woolen mill right next door.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, former DHHS commissioner Mary Mayhew talks about growing up in Pittsfield and her love of gardening.
Published
January 24, 2018

Listen: Portland Press Herald’s Business Breakfast Forum on cybersecurity and privacy

All businesses need to protect their networked assets, and securing customer data from the start is a top priority for best practices.
Published
January 10, 2018

Podcast: Portland’s mayor discusses his combative relationships within City Hall and the media

Mayor Ethan Strimling critiques what he sees as the media's focus on personality over policies.
Published
November 14, 2017

Opinion podcast: How the Maine People’s Alliance is cracking the code

Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich and columnist Bill Nemitz dig into last week’s election results with Taryn Hallweaver of the MPA, and see what’s behind the organization’s big win on Medicaid expansion.
Published
November 7, 2017

Opinion podcast: Whose opinion is ‘Our View?’

Editorial page editors Greg Kesich and Sarah Collins try to demystify the endorsement process and columnist Bill Nemitz talks about the endorsement that wasn’t.