A Healthy Conversation
Each week on A Healthy Conversation, hosts Dr. Jeff Barkin and Dr. Lisa Belisle engage national leaders and local experts from the clinical, business, scientific, academic, and political communities about the issues that impact us all. Topics on the show cover everything from emerging technologies and policy work, to personal and/or public health, to educational and environmental issues. Show guests have included representatives from the CDC and medical companies, educators and innovators, as well as local business leaders, retailers, and government officials. An honest and upbeat dialogue about today’s realities and tomorrow’s developing opportunities, each show showcases the thinkers and explores the thinking that will help us change the conversation.
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Sunday, April 5, 202604/05/2026
Evan Amill of EA Fitness & Performance joins Dr. Jeff Barkin to discuss exactly what an individualized healthy fitness plan is.
Monday, March 30, 202603/30/2026
Dr. Jim Jarvis, chief of medical education at Northern Light Health, joins us to discuss the physician needs of Maine given our unique demographics
Sunday, March 22, 202603/22/2026
In this episode of “A Healthy Conversation,” Dr. Jeff Barkin and Dr. Lisa Beslisle discuss the issues that people are affected by when facing trauma and PSTD.
Sunday, March 15, 202603/15/2026
Dr. Jeffrey Barkin and Dr. Lisa Belisle welcome gubernatorial candidate Hannah Pingree on to talk about her views and why she thinks she will be a great choice for Maine’s next Governor.
Sunday, March 8, 202603/08/2026
This week, Dr. Lisa Belisle joins Dr. Jeff Barkin as the new co-host of A Healthy Conversation. She brings her…
Friday, February 27, 202602/27/2026
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Angus King III, who is running as a Democrat to become Maine’s next governor.
Tuesday, February 24, 202602/24/2026
Steve and Jeff welcome the iconic Bill Green of Bill Green’s Maine on News Center Maine, for a free-ranging discussion…
Friday, February 13, 202602/13/2026
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Gordon Smith, Director of Opioid Response for Governor Janet Mills, to discuss the wonderful…
Wednesday, February 11, 202602/11/2026
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome journalist Adrienne Stein to talk about the local media landscape here in Maine, and…
Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Nirav Shah, former director of the Maine CDC who led us all through COVID,…