Heather Sanborn, Maine Public Advocate: Why is electricity in Maine so damn expensive?

Heather Sanborn, Maine Public Advocate: Why is electricity in Maine so damn expensive?

Heather Sanborn is Maines public advocate today I talk to her why our electricity rates are so high in this state, if more natural gas pipeline capacity could be the answer and why community solar messed up so badly explaining billing to its customers that people thought it was a scam.

Benjamin Williamson: Juiced up fall foliage pictures, how Keith hates the movie "Twister" and what AI is doing to photography.

Benjamin Williamson is the former staff photographer and photo editor for Downeast Magazine. He's also a highly regarded photography educator, leading works in Maine and around the U.S. Today, I talk to him about what AI will do to photography, why I actually really don't like the movie "Twister" and if juiced up fall foliage pictures annoy him as much as they annoy me.

Donny Pelletier: Maine's Finest Athlete

Today’s guest is Donny Pelletier- Maines finest athlete, LL bean model and part time road construction foreman. He’s the 8 time Bust n Burn grand champion, 2 time runner up in Nathan’s red snapper eating contest and Moxies highest volume non commercial costumer. Today he talks to me about the best lobster roll in Maine, why McDreamy is too McChicken to race him and how climate change deniers might just be looking to get a rise out of us.

Jim Cantore: The worst storm he's ever been in, how we can approach climate change, and early days of The Weather Channel.

If you like weather, you know Jim Cantore. He's been the face of The Weather Channel since the 1990s, earning the reputation as the guy who would go into the worst of the storm. I talk to him about those early days of cable TV, how we can shift the conversation on climate change and pollution, and what storm he's been in that actually scared him.

Bill Green: On the glory days of TV, what conservation means to him, and his 2020 endorsement of Susan Collins.

Bill Green is a Maine legend after 47 years on television in the state. I talk to him about what it was like in the "good ole days" of TV, what spot in Maine took his breath away, and if he was surprised by the strong reaction to his endorsement of Susan Collins.