Maine's Political Pulse
Steve Mistler, Kevin Miller
4.8from 24 ratings
- 62
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 24
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 4M
- YouTube views
About Maine's Political Pulse
The Maine Political Pulse features news and analysis of politics and government by correspondents Steve Mistler and Kevin Miller. Both have extensive experience covering the Maine Legislature, U.S. Congress and state elections for newspapers like the Portland Press Herald and now for Maine Public. The Pulse is offered as a podcast and a newsletter and is excerpted for broadcast segments during All Things Considered and Morning Edition. You can subscribe to the newsletter here and you can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other streaming services.
- Publisher
- Steve Mistler, Kevin Miller
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 62 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Oct. 1, 2026: Old foes face off once more in 2nd District contest
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sept. 25, 2026: Assessing the fallout from ProPublica's Susan Collins bombshell
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sept. 23, 2026: ProPublica reporter shares key takeaways from investigative story involving Susan Collins
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Oct. 1, 2026: Old foes face off once more in 2nd District contest
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And LePage is basically running on his record as governor. Now, Republicans do outnumber Democrats in the second district, and those are some of the reasons why many election prognosticators give LePage the advantage. But I think Matt Dunlap, he definitely has some name recognition because he was in the spotlight quite a bit during his years as Secretary of State. You know, he oversaw the implementation of ranked choice voting including that first big runoff when Golden beat Poliquin. He's now a state auditor. That's a much lower profile position. But I'd say that Matt is fairly progressive on many issues. […]
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- YouTube views
- 3,687,779
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100
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- Quality
- 31
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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