Mainely History
Ian Saxine & Tiffany Link
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Unscripted conversations about Maine and New England history. Join Ian Saxine and Tiffany Link as they speak with writers, curators, and other knowledgeable guests, connecting colorful local stories to big ideas.
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DEC 23, 2025
The 12 Dogs of Christmas with Vaughn Joy
Tis the season for our Christmas bonus episode, featuring returning film historian Vaughn Joy and a discussion of The 12 Dogs of Christmas, a movie about a fictional Maine town that outlawed dogs during the Great Depression.
92 MIN
DEC 20, 2025
Death by Lightning with Gideon Cohn-Postar
Gilded Age historian Gideon Cohn-Postar returns to the show to discuss the Netflix Series Death by Lightning, which dramatizes the election and assassination of James A. Garfield, and includes a major focus on Maine's own James G. Blaine.
80 MIN
OCT 29, 2025
Civil War Hauntings with Amy Fluker
Amy Fluker is the guest for this Halloween discussion of Civil War hauntings, the marketing and reception of ghost stories, and which states are the most haunted.
52 MIN
OCT 17, 2025
The International Appalachian Trail with Don Hudson
Tiffany and Ian discuss the founding of the International Appalachian Trail, which now extends from Maine to Morocco, with one of its early architects, Don Hudson.
63 MIN
JUL 31, 2025
Descendants Walk in York with Meadow Dibble, Danny Bottino and James Kences
Three organizers of the November 2024 Descendants Walk in York discuss the practice of public history and commemoration of tragic local history, in this case York's role in the 1724 massacre at Norridgewock.
71 MIN
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