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SHOW INFORMATION Show: 203 Air Date: Saturday, 18 February 2017 Guest:Mo Mehlsak Host: Steve Woods (Stevoe) Studio Contributor: Debi Davis Executive Producer: Emily Sullivan (Sully) In this episode, Stevoe talks with Mo Mehlsak of The Forecaster [http://theforecaster.net], where Stevoe writes a bi-weekly column called “Intentionally Unreasonable.” Mehlsak, a New York City native, has been with The Forecaster since 2004 and has been in Maine since 1985 when his wife accepted a position in Portland. The Forecaster is a free weekly local newspaper with four editions covering various areas of the state (Portland, Northern, Mid-Coast, and Southern). Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Mo Mehlsak, Executive Editor of The Forecaster (at right). [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170217_104508.jpg] [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170217_104508.jpg]Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Mo Mehlsak, Executive Editor of The Forecaster (at right). Mo Mehlsak is a Syracuse graduate of the Newhouse School [http://newhouse.syr.edu/]. He didn’t go into it convinced he wanted to go into journalism, but he did leave convinced. He and his now wife (also a Newhouse graduate) took the advice of a professor and moved across the country while they were still uninhibited in their lives. His wife took a position with the Associated Press in Los Angeles and Mehlsak joined Automotive Age on the business desk. His wife decided to make a career change, went back to law school, and they moved their new family to Maine. Mehlsak worked his way through the ranks at Biddeford’s Journal Tribune [http://www.journaltribune.com/]for 20 years before new management told him he was “no longer invited to come back to work.” Mehlsak has now been with The Forecaster for 13 years and has seen the paper change and grow as it has merged with other existing local newspapers to continue to provide quality, trustworthy, community news that is relevant to residents. To learn more about Mo or The Forecaster, visit theforecaster.net [http://theforecaster.net] and listen to the interview below. The post Show 203: Executive Editor of The Forecaster Mo Mehlsak [https://tidesmartradio.com/mo-mehlsak/] first appeared on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe » Podcast Feed [https://tidesmartradio.com].

SHOW INFORMATION Show: 202 Air Date: 11 February 2017 Guest:Chris Sauer Host: Steve Woods (Stevoe) Studio Contributor: Debi Davis Executive Producer: Emily Sullivan (Sully) Chris Sauer is from the midwest and hadn’t seen the ocean until he was twenty. Until then, he built bridges and loved it… for a while. When he got bored, he joined a firm designing energy facilities. From there, Sauer’s career took him to Florida where he had been working on energy start-up companies and met John Cooper. Cooper had the idea to harness energy from the Florida current and with Sauer’s experience in the energy industry, this eventually led to the creation of Ocean Renewable Power Company [http://orpc.co].Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Chris Sauer, Co-Founder & CEO of Ocean Renewable Power Company (at right). [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170210_110221.jpg] [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170210_110221.jpg]Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Chris Sauer, Co-Founder & CEO of Ocean Renewable Power Company (at right). Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has been based in Maine since 2008 when they went from a digital company, to having a brick-and-mortar presence. When asked why he chose Portland, the answer was simple: He wanted to be here. ORPC moved away from the original idea of using the Florida current’s hydro-kinetic energy and moved to tidal and river energy. Sauer always liked Maine during his previous visits and its proximity to the Bay of Fundy (home of the world’s most drastic tides). Their hallmark installation was the Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project, the first hydrokinetic project to provide power to an American grid. Their first installation outside of Maine was in a river near a remote, off-the-grid village in Alaska. This community had been using diesel fuel generators to create power, but with the installation of ORPC’s generator, they were able to drastically cut their energy costs and no longer be solely dependent on diesel fuel. ORPC is hoping to target other areas like this and they are finding that many are in Canada. Even though Hydro-Quebec [http://www.hydroquebec.com/about/] is one of the largest electricity providers in the world, Sauer finds that they are supportive of the renewable energy efforts. Sauer says that they have had a 70% success rate with their grant proposals, which has been key to their future. Their systems aren’t commercial-ready yet and have not generated any profit as a company, but they’re almost there. To learn more about Chris Sauer and Ocean Renewable Power Company, visit their website at ORPC.co [http://orpc.co] or listen to the interview below. The post Show 202: Co-Founder & CEO of Ocean Renewable Power Company Chris Sauer [https://tidesmartradio.com/chris-sauer/] first appeared on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe » Podcast Feed [https://tidesmartradio.com].

SHOW INFORMATION Show: 201 Air Date: Saturday 04 February 2017 Guest:Robert Fisk Host: Steve Woods (Stevoe) Studio Contributor: Debi Davis Executive Producer: Emily Sullivan (Sully) Robert Fisk of Maine Friends of Animals [http://mfoa.net] (MFOA) didn’t start his career planning to help animals, but it seems he plans on ending that way. Fisk, an Exeter, NH native, was an athlete: a physical education major, a college basketball coach, and the owner of the Portland Athletic Club. He says he’s always been “politically inclined,” so he decided to run for state legislature in 1997 and did a 2-year stint in Augusta which was his first step in animal welfare advocacy. When Fisk was campaigning, the issues he ran on were small business advocacy, environmentalism, government campaign reform, and animal rights advocacy to a lesser degree. He was always a supporter of animal rights, but after he was elected he realized that many other legislators were supporters of his other issues so he became the “de-facto animal guy” in his party. After leaving Augusta, Fisk felt he needed to continue his animal advocacy efforts in Augusta and formed Maine Friends of Animals to do so (a 501c4 at the time). The mission of MFOA is to promote the humane treatment of animals through education and legislation. Fisk and a small staff manage a membership of 1500 strong and as a non-profit, operate completely on donations. One of the biggest issues MFOA has been dealing with lately has been the treatment of retired harness racing horses. Scarborough Downs, southern Maine’s harness racing track, has been struggling to stay open and is actively searching for a financial partner or risks having to close their doors forever. According to Fisk, this is a clear sign that the harness racing industry should no longer be an industry. In Maine, many retired horses (who could be as young as three) are sent to Mexico or Quebec, Canada to be slaughtered. Fisk and MFOA are working to educate the public on the treatment of these horses. They are also attempting to convince legislators to re-write the line in the “cascade funds” where money goes back to the racing facilites to deter racing teams/owners from further investing in the dying industry. MFOA was also very active in November 2015 with the “Bear Baiting” ballot question. Fisk says Maine is the only state in the country where people are still allowed to use steel traps. He speculates that the controversy between hunters and animal activists/advocates forced more LePage supporters to the voting booths. Fisk says although there have been struggles like these, Maine is still a leader in regards animal treatment. In the early 2000’s the house was the first legislative body to ban the use of circus elephants and temporarily banned Barnum and Bailey from bringing that act to Maine.It did not pass the Senate because according to Fisk, when Barnum and Bailey caught wind, they sent lobbyists to sway the senators. To learn more about Maine Friends of Animals, please visit their website at mfoa.net [http://mfoa.net] or listen to the interview below. The post Show 201: President and Director of Maine Friends of Animals Robert Fisk, Jr. [https://tidesmartradio.com/robert-fisk/] first appeared on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe » Podcast Feed [https://tidesmartradio.com].

SHOW INFORMATION Show: 200! Air Date: Saturday 28 January 2017 Guest:Dr. Aileen Yingst Host: Steve Woods (Stevoe) Studio Contributor: Debi Davis Executive Producer: Emily Sullivan (Sully) It was a big day in the stuido this week! Our interview with Dr. Aileen Yingst marks our 200th episode of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe. In the four years, ten months, and three weeks that we have been on the air Stevoe has talked with over 263 individual guests coming from an extensive range of backgrounds. We have welcomed governors, senators, Olympians, college presidents, Nobel prize winners, NASCAR drivers, celebrity chefs, authors, and presidential candidates to our show. We have come a long way since the very first episode where we talked with The Amazing Kreskin and lawyer F. Lee Bailey on 03 March 2012. Thank you, thank you, thank you to our listeners – we’re looking forward to another 200 shows that are as entertaining as they are informative. Please read on to hear about our special guest, Dr. Aileen Yingst of the Planetary Science Institute. Cheers! Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Dr. Aileen Yingst, Senior Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute (at right). [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170127_103353.jpg] [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170127_103353.jpg]Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Dr. Aileen Yingst, Senior Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute (at right). Aileen Yingst is a southwest Michigan native and a graduate of Dartmouth [http://dartmouth.edu/]and Brown [http://www.brown.edu/]and is one of the lucky ones who had “a calling” and has known it her whole life. For as long as she can remember, Yingst has wanted to be a space scientist. She was(and still is) a Star Trek fan who would be disappointed when Sunday night football ran long and she was unable to watch the show; She claims she’s only been star struck once – when meeting Levar Burton, who was equally impressed with Yingst after learning she actually works for NASA [https://www.nasa.gov/], kind of. Yingst is actually employed by the Planetary Science Institute [http://psi.edu/](PSI), a non-profit company with the goal of exploring the Solar System. While PSI is technically headquartered in Tuscon, Arizona, they pride themselves on hiring Space Scientists who are capable of working anywhere in the world – which is how Yingst ended up in Brunswick, Maine. From her home office, or kitchen counter, or comfort of her couch, she is able to do her work: taking and examining photographs from the Curiosity Mars rover. When NASA sets out their plans or goals, companies like PSI can bid on the work and contract with NASA. For other projects, staff scientists can submit their proposals for grant money and still work for PSI. Yingst and her team are currently responsible for planning Curiosity’s movements one sol ahead of time (a sol is the name for a “day” on Mars). It takes about 20 minutes to send instruction to Mars and another 20 minutes to receive feedback, so the PSI team plans the whole sol at once and waits to see what comes back when the rover has the chance to pass information to an orbiting relay station. The most important information the team has discovered recently is evidenced in photographs Yingst believes could have once been a lake or waterway. She says Mars is fairly similar to Earth, but they are working to determine what happened on that planet to make it inhabitable. She is looking forward to 2020 when NASA will launch the newest rover with the intention of taking and storing samples from Mars. To view the same photos Yingst studies from Curiosity, visit JPL.NASA.gov [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/]. To learn more about Dr. Yingst and PSI’s work, please visit psi.edu [http://psi.edu/] and listen to the interview below. The post Show 200: Senior Scientist with the Curiosity Mars rover Dr. Aileen Yingst [https://tidesmartradio.com/aileen-yingst/] first appeared on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe » Podcast Feed [https://tidesmartradio.com].

SHOW INFORMATION Show: 199 Air Date: Saturday 21 January 2017 Guest:Alison Beyea Host: Steve Woods (Stevoe) Studio Contributor: Debi Davis Executive Producer: Emily Sullivan (Sully) Alison Beyea has been the Executive Director of the ACLU Maine [http://www.aclumaine.org] since 2014, but she’s really been a part of it since her childhood. Originally from New York City, Beyea’s parents both made careers in non-profit fields with her mother working for the ACLU [http://www.aclu.org] in New York. Beyea said she grew up in a community that protected those who had been marginalized and it became a part of who she was. She has made her career helping others, especially those in Maine. Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Alison Beyea, Executive Director of the ACLU Maine (at right). [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170120_093010.jpg] [https://tidesmartradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170120_093010.jpg] Host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, Steve Woods, welcomed Alison Beyea, Executive Director of the ACLU Maine (at right). Beyea went to a small liberal arts college in Ohio where she said her conservative Political Science professors challenged her more liberal views. “DC was calling me,” she recalls. So she went to work on the hill for former Congressman Lane Evans who taught her two important lessons: if you’re too outspoken, it will be hard to incite change; and it’s still hard to be respected professionally as a woman. Evans suggested she become a lawyer so Beyea looked at only public schools knowing she wanted to avoid the private sector. Someone suggested she look at UMaine School of Law [https://mainelaw.maine.edu/], one of the smallest programs in the country. She had never been to our state before, but knew it was home when she came to visit. She fell in love with the smaller communities and the faculty who work with the students and local residents in need. Beyea worked with Pine Tree Legal Assistance [http://ptla.org/] after her graduation and helped to create KIDS Legal, a service to help low-income youth in Maine and a passion project for her. Afterwards, she went back to UMaine Law as the Director of Admissions for a short time before becoming the Executive Director of the ACLU Maine. She has been with the ACLU Maine since 2014 where she oversees the advocacy, legal, educational, developmental, and legislative activities. The main branch of the ACLU, located in New York City, was founded in 1920 when our country was going through a time of anti-immigrant stage (not unlike today, Beyea notes). Their main goal is to protect all citizens from government overstep and they do so by using the Constitution as a guideline and attempt to interpret its meaning as it regards to each individual case. Beyea says that most of the time the ACLU deals with the first and 14th amendments (free speech and due process). Also discussed was if the controversy of the new presidential administration would affect the ACLU. Beyea says that while the ACLU has already filed a suit against President Trump, they will only act when he does, meaning if he forces an issue that could be unconstitutional, the ACLU will respond. Beyea mentioned that in Maine alone, their membership increased 30% within one week from the election in November 2016. If you are interested in becoming a member of the ACLU of Maine, interested in learning more, or believe you need legal aid, please visit their website at aclumaine.org [http://www.aclumaine.org]. To learn more about Alison, please listen to the interview in its entirety below. The post Show 199: Executive Director of the ACLU Maine Alison Beyea [https://tidesmartradio.com/alison-beyea/] first appeared on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe » Podcast Feed [https://tidesmartradio.com].