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Beacon Podcast

Beacon

News and information for the people of Maine

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40 episodi

  1. Podcast: Why voting ‘No’ on Question 1 in Lewiston will save lives
  2. Podcast: Matt Dunlap on taking on LePage and standing up to Trump
  3. Podcast Special: Burning it Down — LePage and the Climate 29:49
  4. Podcast Special: Divide and Conquer — LePage and Race 29:21
  5. Podcast Special: Run it Like a Business — LePage and the Economy 29:51
  6. Podcast Special: Slash and Burn — LePage and the Social Safety Net 29:48
  7. The other side of the knock: Stories from Maine’s progressive canvassers
  8. What if we rethought money through public banking?
  9. How taxing the rich helps everyone, and how we can do it more
  10. What Heather McGhee says we lose when communities are divided
  11. Who holds politicians accountable? Bellows and Platner point to grassroots organizing
  12. Maine voters head into high-profile primaries
  13. What it would take to build a truly universal child care system
  14. From hospitals to classrooms, Maine unions push for change
  15. What’s at stake with Trump’s war rhetoric and the Maine state budget
  16. The cost of staying: Maine mobile home park residents pushed to the brink as rent spikes
  17. How Janet Mills’ old-school ad attack missed the mark
  18. Nirav Shah on public health, housing and the race for governor
  19. Why business is political and what to look out for in Maine’s budget hearings
  20. How language can mobilize people to fight fascism with Anat Shenker-Osorio
  21. ICE’s unpopularity, taxing the rich and MLK with Sen. Mike Tipping 32:09
  22. Podcast: Graham Platner on building a movement larger than his U.S. Senate campaign 46:29
  23. Podcast: What Maine’s Election Day says about the future 30:18
  24. Podcast: Absentee voting, gun safety and why mutual aid isn’t enough 29:02
  25. Podcast: Federal shutdown, SNAP concerns and Graham Platner make headlines 38:49
  26. Podcast: Shenna Bellows draws on rural Maine roots in campaign for governor 29:00
  27. Podcast: A voter guide to Maine’s 2025 statewide referendums 28:55
  28. Podcast: Angus King III brings a business mindset to the governor’s race 31:56
  29. Podcast: Hannah Pingree stresses urgency on housing, climate in run for Maine governor 44:05
  30. Podcast: Mills should be pressuring Collins, not praising her 42:11
  31. Podcast: Rafael Macias challenges Maine Democrats to deliver 37:41
  32. Podcast: Marshall Ganz on the problems of modern organizing 55:03
  33. Podcast: The battles over health insurance and voting rights in Maine 33:20
  34. Podcast: How Sen. candidate Jordan Wood would take on Collins and big money 39:14
  35. Podcast: Building a universal childcare system that works for all 30:53
  36. Podcast: Why Americans are backing immigration under Trump’s presidency 27:37
  37. Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill 48:50
  38. Podcast: Breaking down Maine labor wins and losses in 2025 legislative session 33:55
  39. Podcast: Inside Maine’s part 2 budget deal 28:59
  40. Podcast: How the federal budget threatens reproductive healthcare and Mainers 28:59