Community Voices For Change

Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The program  is an interview of Carrie Baker, who is a professor and chair of the program for the study of women and gender at Smith College.  She recently wrote an op ed  "America is an increasingly dangerous place for women and girls".  She talked about the current situation that women are facing today regarding sexual violence and physical violence an...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired December 22, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Rachel Flehinger who has created a new organization called Activate Maine.   Her background includes teaching performance art in New York City and serving as the morning radio host on WPOR 101.9 FM. ...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired December 15, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Dylan Oliver, a native of Hodgson, Maine who is a staff member of the Alliance for Secure AI.  Dylan talked about how a number of communities in the state have installed AI surveillance cameras which...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired December 8, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Gia Drew who is the executive director of Equality Maine   She talked about the latest efforts to ban transgender students from bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletic teams and recognizing only two sex...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired November 24, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Reverend Nathan Pepo who is the Bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  He talked about the church's progressive stances on a number of issues such as its com...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired Nov 17, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Heather Patuett who is the CEO of  the Good Shepherd Food Bank which provides food assistance to over 600 agencies in the state. Heather talked about this work and how the ongoing delay in providing SNAP...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired November 10, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ. of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The show is an interview of Ray Madoff who is the author  of "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy," which was recently published by the University of Chicago Press.   She talked about how the rich and...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired Nov 3, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of  Hillary Schneider who is the Director of the Health Insurance Marketplace in the Maine Department of Health and Human Service.  The show focused on the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act premi...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired October 27, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of James Myall who is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy.  He has recently written an "Analysis of the Proposed Minimum Wage Increases for the City of Portland, 2026-2028." ...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired October 20, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Ethan Strimling, a former Mayor of Portland who talked about why Portland, Maine's  rent control is saving renters $500 a month thanks to the ordinance which was first passed in November 2020.  He al...

Community Voices for Change  - 30 mins - First Aired October 13, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine  - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview with Sam Boss, the Maine AFL-CIO Apprenticeship, Work Force & Equity Director.  Sam talked about the new exciting program which is being launched called the Union Pathways of Maine.  This new effo...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired October 6, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD .The show interviews Shenna Bellows, Maine's Secretary of State. The show focused on how she first got involved in the work that she currently does as one of the three constitutional officers of Maine State Government. She described...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired Sept. 29, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Seth Berry who is a leading critic of Central Maine Power Company.  He was the lead House sponsor of LD1708, the Maine bill to create a consumer owned electric utility company.  The show today focused...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired September 22, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast  is an interview of Kate Sykes who is a member of the Portland City Council representing District 5.  She is also the co-chair of Portland's Social Housing Task Force which was created in March 2025 to explore the cre...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired Sept. 15, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. This show is an interview with Destie Hofman Sprague, who is the executive director of the Maine Women's Lobby.  Destie talked about Question 1 which is on the ballot this November [2025] in Maine  and why the Women's Lobby is oppos...

Community Voices for Change  - 30 mins - First Aired Sept 8, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine  - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. This show is an interview with Sarah Alexander who is  the executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Organization.  Sarah talked about the ongoing effort to train farmers to make the transition to organic farming...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired September 1, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The program is an interview of Megan Gray who is the president of the News Guild of Maine and is also the arts and culture reporter at the Portland [ME.] Press Herald (PPH). Meagan talked about her work as a writer and how she fi...

Community Voices for Change  - 30 mins - First Aired August 25, 2025 WMPG-FM.  Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast  is an interview of Karl Meyer who is a member of the Fish & Aquatics Studies Team and an intervenor in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission re-licensing  process for three Massachusetts facilities on the Conn...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired August 18, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host :  Richard Rudolph, PhD. An interview with  Dr. Brendan McQuade,  the chair of the Sociology and Criminal Justice Departments at the University of Southern Maine. He talked about the seizing of immigrants, some of whom are now locked up in the Cumberland C...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired August 11, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host :  Richard Rudolph, PhD. An interview of Bruce King who is the executive director of "Maine Boys to Men."  Bruce talked about some of the problems that boys are facing as they grow up to be men, and the programs that the agency has developed to empower you...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired August 4, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ. of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host:   Richard Rudolph, PhD.   An interview with Chuck Hayward who is a member of Revision Energy.  He is an EV Infrastructure Designer who talked about the benefits of driving and owning an electric vehicle in Maine and why folks should purchase one if they h...

Our Guest is Andy O'Brien who is the Communication Director of  Maine AFL-CIO union organization.  He talked about some of the legislative victories that the union has won in the Maine State Legislature this year such as finally winning the right  to establish a minimum wage for farm workers.  Unfortunately, they are still unable to formally establish a union in the state. He  also talked about se...

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired July 21, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ. of So. Maine - Mondays - Weekly 1:00 PM Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD. An interview with Sarah Alexander who is the executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.  She talked about the organization's efforts to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection agency for its failure to reg...

Author Mike Prokosch who recently conducted a workshop entitled, "Shrink, Shift and Shaft" at the Maine AFL-CIO Local 14 Solidarity Center in Jay, Maine gives an overview of that lecture and his other publications.  Mike is a carpenter and popular economics educator in Boston, MA.  He is also a member of the "Dollars & Sense" Board of Directors.  Among topics were his recent article  that he h...

Gia Drew who is the executive director of Equality Maine speaks about the  8 different bills that were ultimately defeated in the Maine Legislature regarding restricting the rights of LGBTQ+ folks living  in Maine.   At least 28 other states led by Republican majorities have passed legislation that will roll back protections that transgender students currently enjoy in Maine, such as bathrooms and...