New Mainers Speak shares delightful, meaningful, funny yet sensitive conversations about what life is like in Maine for immigrants, in their own words. In each episode a member of the community shares personal experiences from his or her home country, as well as stories about life in Maine. New Mainers Speak is a 30 minute interview between a foreign-born resident of Maine and Kate Manahan, the show’s producer and host. Genuine empathy develops from witnessing an individual’s story. That information then informs the conversation about immigration and helps develop a more rich concept of what immigrants in Maine are thinking, doing and dreaming.
Kate Manahan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a certificate in audio documentary studies from The Salt Institute. In 2019 New Mainers Speak won the second place award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters for Best Public Affairs Show.
More than 200 guests, ages 8 to 93, have been interviewed from over 70 countries since 2014 and are also available to download at www.newmainersspeak.com (http://www.newmainersspeak.com). Follow the show on facebook.com/newmainersspeak.
Anne Hallward came to the US as a 17 year old from Canada. She is now a psychiatrist and Gracie Award-Winning host of Safe Space Radio, which got its start at WMPG. Anne kindly agreed to interview me as a way of saying goodbye to this beautiful community of listeners.
This show completes the 250 episode series of New Mainers Speak. Thank you for being part of this 7-year show, born and raised at and for WMPGand rebroadcast at WERU. This website will stick around so you can have access to the interviews from 2014 to 2021. Please enjoy the archived shows and drop me a line through the Contact page, anytime. And starting this spring, I can also be reached through www.ThumbprintAudio.com (http://www.ThumbprintAudio.com).
Thank you!
Music: Carrie Newcomer sings "You Can Do This Hard Thing."
27 Mar 2021
Elise Malongi, DR Congo,
Elise Malongi arrived in Maine with her three young children from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo during the summer of 2012. A year and a half later she courageously agreed to be my very first guest on New Mainers Speak. Seven years later she is my last formal interview in this series.
A lot has happened in Elise's life in her first seven years in Maine. She has learned English, gotten her driver's license, raised three very active children, and has said "Yes!" to nearly every opportunity that has come her way: Most recently--downhill ski lessons so she could enjoy Maine with her kids.
When she said yes to learning to play squash at Portland Community Squash she had no idea that it would one day blossom into a full time job, in her field. Elise is the Finance and Facilities Director at PCS, which is a perfect job for someone with a bachelor's degree Economics and Business Administration.
Music: "Sur et Certain" (Sure and Certain) by Mama Lydia, a song that gives Elise hope.
27 Mar 2021
Phuntsho Choden, Bhutan
Phuntsho came to the US in 2018 from Bhutan to study Global Media and Communications at the University of Bridgeport. Now with master's degree in hand, she lives in Newcastle, Maine where she volunteers her expertise with Lincoln County TV. As a digital media consultant, Phuntsho loves learning new media skills while helping to support Maine Challenge, (a political talk show, with YouTube link below).
Phuntsho continues to work toward her goal of being an embedded investigative reporter in a war zone so that she can tell the stories of the impacted people. She is grateful to come from a country that values and measures people's happiness and hopes to be able to make good use of her balanced upbringing in a chaotic world.
Bhutan is home to the black-necked crane, the national index of Gross National Happiness and is the only carbon negative country in the world.
Music: "My Home" by Sergi Meto
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