Each week on A Healthy Conversation , hosts Steve Woods and Dr. Jeff Barkin 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
Podcasts

A Healthy Conversation
Friday, March 7, 202503/07/2025
A Healthy Conversation 3/9/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Bob Crowley, winner of Season 17 of the TV show Survivor. They talk…
Wednesday, March 5, 202503/05/2025
A Healthy Conversation 3/2/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Rabbi Levi Wilansky, the Rabbi at Chabad Lubavitch of Maine joins us to discuss…
Thursday, February 20, 202502/20/2025
A Healthy Conversation 2/23/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Jess Maurer, the Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging. They talk about…
Thursday, February 13, 202502/13/2025
A Healthy Conversation 2/16/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Dave Packhem, Executive Director of Students Empowered to End Dependency, to discuss the upcoming…
Friday, February 7, 202502/07/2025
A Healthy Conversation 2/9/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Sam Morse, a member of the US Ski Team, who joins them from Austria…
Thursday, January 30, 202501/30/2025
A Healthy Conversation 2/2/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Portland Press Herald restaurant critic Andrew Ross to discuss the restaurant scene in Portland,…
Thursday, January 23, 202501/23/2025
A Healthy Conversation 1/26/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Steven Michaud, President of the Maine Hospital Association, to talk about Maine’s budget shortfalls…
Thursday, January 16, 202501/16/2025
A Healthy Conversation 1/19/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Ray Dumont, Executive Director of The Public Theater in Lewiston, to discuss all things…
Thursday, January 9, 202501/09/2025
A Healthy Conversation 1/12/25
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, Darcie McElwee, to discuss her tenure…
Friday, January 3, 202501/03/2025
A Healthy Conversation 1/5/2025
This week, Steve and Jeff welcome Portland Press Herald restaurant critic Andrew Ross to discuss the restaurant scene in Portland,…