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One of the many public affairs lecture series Maine Public Radio presents weekdays at 2:00 pm, In partnership with many civic minding organizations and education institutions from all around the state, Speaking in Maine features diverse speakers addressing many of the important issues of our day. Th…

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    • May 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Joshua Landis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 58:47


    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Martin Mühleisen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 57:14


    On today's Speaking in Maine, we hear from financial diplomacy expert Martin Mühleisen at the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations.

    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Admiral Michael Rogers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 58:41


    Speaking in Maine: 2025 Camden Conference: John Shattuck and Jennifer McCoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 58:11


    Hear from former ambassador John Shattuck on the rise of Viktor Orban followed by political scientist Jennifer McCoy's analysis of Venezuela's backslide into authoritarianism.

    Speaking in Maine: 2025 Camden Conference: David Stasavage and Matt Goodwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 58:21


    Today we return to the 2025 Camden Conference for a talk by David Stasavage: “What Is Democracy, How Did It Start, and When Does It Prosper?” followed by “Drivers of National Populism,” from Matt Goodwin.

    Speaking in Maine: 2025 Camden Conference: Maria Ressa and Joshua Tucker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 59:42


    Hear journalist and activist Maria Ressa's keynote address to the 2025 Camden Conference followed by political scientist Joshua Tucker's discussion of social media and the polarization of politics.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Henry Haggard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 58:36


    Henry Haggard is the founding partner of Seekonk LLC. Following a twenty-five-year career at the U.S. State Department during which he attained the rank of Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service, From 2021-2023, he served as Minister Counsellor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in South Korea. Prior to that, he served as Director at the National Security Council under both the Trump and Biden administrations. His talk, "US-Korea Relationship in Transition", was recorded for broadcast on February 10, 2025.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Doug Lute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 58:24


    Ambassador Douglas Lute is the former United States Ambassador to NATO. Appointed by President Obama, he assumed the Brussels-based post in 2013 and served until 2017. During this period, he was instrumental in designing and implementing the 28-nation Alliance responses to the most severe security challenges in Europe since the end of the Cold War. His talk, "The Future of NATO," was recorded for broadcast on January 13, 2025.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: James Bosworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 58:19


    James Bosworth is the founder of Hxagon, a company that provides political risk analysis and bespoke research in Latin America. With over 20 years of experience researching and writing about Latin America, he assists financial institutions, investors, and analysts at corporations operating throughout the Western Hemisphere understand current events, potential scenarios, and risks to monitor. His talk, "Mapping Latin America's Current Politics," was recorded for broadcast on December 9, 2024.

    UMaine Mitchell Center: Zeke Kimball and Cat Biddle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 52:31


    In this talk hosted by the University of Maine's Mitchell Center in Orono, Cat Biddle and Zeke Kimball explore the relationship between Maine's schools, rural communities, and future. Their talk,"Education as a Rural, Public Good: Preparing Maine's People, Families, Schools, & Communities for the Opportunities of Tomorrow" was recorded on November 25th, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Jeremy Konyndyk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 57:51


    Jeremy Konyndyk is president of Refugees International. A committed humanitarian advocate and seasoned emergency operator, he has served in senior appointments in two U.S. administrations and in a range of U.S. and overseas NGO leadership positions. His talk, “Refuge At Risk: Can Humanitarian Law Survive 21st Century Geopolitics?” was recorded for broadcast on October 15, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: John Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 56:03


    John Lee is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He is also a senior fellow (non-resident) at the United States Studies Centre and adjunct professor at the University of Sydney. From 2016 to 2018, he was senior national security adviser to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. In this role, he served as the principal adviser on Asia and for economic, strategic, and political affairs in the Indo-Pacific region.

    Speaking in Maine: COA Summer Institute: Tim Alberta and R. Marie Griffith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 58:21


    Tuesday, September 24, 2024

    College of the Atlantic Summer Institute: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 58:22


    Jeffrey Rosen, president & CEO of the National Constitution Center, speaks with Judith S. Goldstein, founder and executive director emeritus of Humanity in Action, Inc.

    COA Summer Institute: Joe Scarborough and William C. Eacho

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 57:08


    Speaking In Maine returns to the 2024 COA Summer Institute at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. Today we'll hear from Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe and former US Representative, in conversation with former US Ambassador and board chair of The International Foundation for Electoral Systems William C. Eacho. They will discuss “Challenges to Democracy: Media, Misinformation, and the Rise of Authoritarianism.” This conversation was recorded for broadcast on July 31, 2024.

    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Steven Koonin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 57:36


    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Dr. Elizabeth Cameron

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 57:27


    Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Cameron is a Professor of the Practice and Senior Advisor to the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. She also serves as a senior advisor for global health security at the U.S. Agency for International Development and is a Practitioner Senior Fellow of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. Her talk, “National Security in an Age of Pandemic Threats,” was recorded for broadcast on July 29, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Lawrence Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 57:31


    Ambassador Lawrence Butler devoted four decades as an American and international diplomat to deterrence, crisis management, conflict prevention, and promotion of human rights and democracy. He currently helps train U.S. Army units preparing to serve in Europe, the Middle East, and Korea. He served two decades on the front lines of Cold War diplomacy before playing pivotal roles in ending conflicts in the Balkans and Northern Ireland, and then engaged himself in the Middle East and Afghanistan. His talk, “NATO at 75 - Relevant, Obsolete, or Dangerous?,” was recorded for broadcast on July 8, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Jack Goldsmith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 56:11


    Jack Goldsmith is Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University. He is the author, most recently, of After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency and In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, A Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth, as well as of other books and articles on many topics related to presidential power, terrorism, national security, international law, and internet law. His talk, “The Decline of Congress in the Conduct of Foreign Affairs,” was recorded for broadcast on June 10, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Robert Einhorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 57:58


    Today's edition of Speaking In Maine brings us to the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations for a talk by Robert Einhorn.His talk, “Are We Heading Toward a World with Many Nuclear-armed States?” was recorded on May 20th, 2024.

    Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Matt Goodwin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 57:20


    Matt Goodwin is an academic, bestselling author, pollster, and speaker known for his research on: politics, populism, elections, voting, public opinion, Brexit, Europe, academic freedom and more. He is Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent, recently served as Senior Visiting Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, at Chatham House, Senior Fellow with the UK In a Changing Europe, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute, and Senior Advisor to the UK Education Committee. His talk, “Brexit, Trump, Le Pen and the Rise of National Populism,” was recorded on May 6, 2024.

    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Ambassador Anne Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 56:49


    Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Jake Walles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 55:24


    Speaking in Maine: University of New England's President's Forum: Maine's Homelessness Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 55:49


    Speaking in Maine: 2024 Camden Conference: Ashley J. Tellis and Tanvi Madan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 59:01


    March 28, 2024

    Speaking in Maine: 2024 Camden Conference: Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Ashutosh Varshney

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 57:06


    March 26, 2024

    Speaking in Maine: 2024 Camden Conference: Fernand de Varennes and Daniel Markey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 57:35


    Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Speaking in Maine: 2024 Camden Conference: Nirupama Rao and Emily Schmall

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 56:03


    Monday, March 25, 2024

    Speaking In Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Heather Cox Richardson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 54:16


    Speaking In Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Ambassador Ronald Lehman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 57:51


    Speaking in Maine: Camden Conference: Sergei Medvedev

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 57:51


    Speaking in Maine: Camden Conference: Sergei Medvedev

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 57:51


    Speaking In Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Thomas S. Blanton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 57:46


    Speaking in Maine: College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, North Sentinel Island: Isolation and the Human Desire for Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 53:44


    Speaking in Maine: College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 58:54


    Speaking in Maine: College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Viruses: The Boundaries Between Humans and Non-humans

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 56:28


    Speaking in Maine: College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Expanding Exploration: Indigenous Futures and Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 59:00


    Speaking in Maine: College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Expanding Exploration: Indigenous Futures and Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 59:00


    Christopher Costa: Reflections on Counterterrorism and the Future of Terrorism Threat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 58:55


    Jennifer Hillman and John Sununu: Camden Conference "Global Trade and Politics"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 54:24


    Peter S. Goodman: Is Globalization Over?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 59:00


    Derek Mitchell: Democracy and International Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 58:37


    Daniel Golden: Ransomware, A Global Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 53:18


    Steven Pifer: Putin's War - Ramifications and Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 58:38


    Dr. Heather Cox Richardson: "The Future of the Humanities"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 57:17


    Colin Woodard: What Holds Us Together: How Dueling National Narratives Impact our Environmental Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 32:27


    Christoper Miller: Warnings about America's most dangerous enemies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 58:29


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