Beacon Podcast

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Episodes: 40

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News and information for the people of Maine

Episode Date
Who holds politicians accountable? Bellows and Platner point to grassroots organizing
Jun 05, 2026
Maine voters head into high-profile primaries
May 22, 2026
What it would take to build a truly universal child care system
May 08, 2026
From hospitals to classrooms, Maine unions push for change
Apr 24, 2026
What’s at stake with Trump’s war rhetoric and the Maine state budget
Apr 10, 2026
The cost of staying: Maine mobile home park residents pushed to the brink as rent spikes
Mar 27, 2026
How Janet Mills’ old-school ad attack missed the mark
Mar 20, 2026
Nirav Shah on public health, housing and the race for governor
Feb 27, 2026
Why business is political and what to look out for in Maine’s budget hearings
Feb 17, 2026
How language can mobilize people to fight fascism with Anat Shenker-Osorio
Feb 06, 2026
ICE’s unpopularity, taxing the rich and MLK with Sen. Mike Tipping
Jan 15, 2026
Podcast: Graham Platner on building a movement larger than his U.S. Senate campaign
Dec 12, 2025
Podcast: What Maine’s Election Day says about the future
Nov 08, 2025
Podcast: Absentee voting, gun safety and why mutual aid isn’t enough
Oct 31, 2025
Podcast: Federal shutdown, SNAP concerns and Graham Platner make headlines
Oct 24, 2025
Podcast: Shenna Bellows draws on rural Maine roots in campaign for governor
Oct 21, 2025
Podcast: A voter guide to Maine’s 2025 statewide referendums
Oct 10, 2025
Podcast: Angus King III brings a business mindset to the governor’s race
Oct 03, 2025
Podcast: Hannah Pingree stresses urgency on housing, climate in run for Maine governor
Sep 19, 2025
Podcast: Mills should be pressuring Collins, not praising her
Sep 12, 2025
Podcast: Rafael Macias challenges Maine Democrats to deliver
Aug 29, 2025
Podcast: Marshall Ganz on the problems of modern organizing
Aug 15, 2025
Podcast: The battles over health insurance and voting rights in Maine
Aug 08, 2025
Podcast: How Sen. candidate Jordan Wood would take on Collins and big money
Aug 01, 2025
Podcast: Building a universal childcare system that works for all
Jul 25, 2025
Podcast: Why Americans are backing immigration under Trump’s presidency
Jul 18, 2025
Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill
Jul 11, 2025
Podcast: Breaking down Maine labor wins and losses in 2025 legislative session
Jul 03, 2025
Podcast: Inside Maine’s part 2 budget deal
Jun 20, 2025
Podcast: How the federal budget threatens reproductive healthcare and Mainers
Jun 13, 2025
Podcast: Trump’s budget is a disaster. Here’s what you can do about it.
Jun 06, 2025
Podcast: How Trump’s budget cuts would hurt Mainers
May 30, 2025
Podcast: AG Aaron Frey on defending Maine from Trump administration policies
May 23, 2025
Podcast: ‘A Day Without Childcare’ and the real cost of care gaps
May 16, 2025
Podcast: Ron Currie explores Franco-American culture through fiction writing
May 09, 2025
Podcast: What the media gets wrong about the Maine immigrant experience
May 01, 2025
Podcast: Protecting paid family and medical leave for Mainers
Apr 25, 2025
Podcast: Why Trump’s tax plan would leave everyday Mainers ‘paying more, getting less’
Apr 18, 2025
Podcast: Building a more humane justice system in Maine with Jan Collins
Apr 11, 2025
Podcast: Trump administration targets immigration (again)
Apr 03, 2025