Voices from the Other Side

Voices from the Other Side

In this episode, Michael Paddleford shares his journey through recovery, his work with Recover Loud and Recovery on the Road, and the challenges and successes of building recovery communities in Maine. We explore the importance of persistence, community support, and innovative outreach in overcoming addiction.

Voices from the Other Side

Please view this brief, but critically important video clip, featuring Bob Staples, Pres.of the 'Brett M Staples Brain Disorder Awareness Coalition,'   John Nutting, retired Maine State Legislator, and Jofullseph Scamman, a certified Peer Support Specialist. A full length studio video recording will address a number of critical  initiatives, currently in the planning stage, and being reviewed for the next legislative session.       

Voices from the Other Side

Legislative Journey of the  'AOT Law; The Progressive Treatment Plan  - w/ John Nutting, Ret. Maine Legislator & Bob Staples,  of the Brett M Staples Brain Disorder Awareness Coalition. Following Legislative Developments 

Voices from the Other Side

 Mitch Pearlstein has a Doctorate in Education and is a Senior Fellow of Center for the American Experiment, a think tank located in Minnesota. Mitch Pearlstein discusses his newly published book, Second Chance Hiring:  An Economic and Ethical Necessity . Interview recorded remotely, December 1st, 2025. With special thanks to Nick Johnson     We have to be able to see the infinate worth of every human being.                                                ...

Voices from the Other Side

Second Chance Hiring: An Economic and Ethical Necessity Mitch Pearlstein, PH.D.   in this interview, recorded Dec.1st, 2025, Mitch Pearlstein discusses the themes of his latest Book ,Second Chance Hiring: An Economic and Ethical Necessity, puiblished Nov. 13, 2025, Bloomsbury Pub. Mitch Pearlstein has a Doctorate in Education and is a Senior Fellow, Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank, located in Minnesota.     saac Shainblum (00:02) Good afternoon, welcome to Voices from the Other Side. ⁓ This is Isaac and I have a very special guest today. am honored...

Voices from the Other Side

Audio assitance by Alan Bean of Baked Beans Recording  as well as from Giorgi Baino      

Voices from the Other Side

This is a considerable  improvement made upon an earlier interview, I held this past summer (2025) w/  Marnie Darling Voter.  Marnie ,a  direct decendent of Benjamin Darling, of whom all other  residents decended from, were, at the turn of the century in 1912,   evicted from Malaga Island, Maine.  These Malaga Island residents, were primarily subsistence fishermen along the coastal Islands of Maine, who  were victimized by " a blanket of yellow journalism," eugenics, and racism in the extreme. With the official assistance and "blessings" from the...

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Marnie Darling Voter, historian, along with her late husband , Del, a professional geneologist, decided, after pouring over tomes of DNA research of her family one day in the library, ...when they happened upon a rather inconspicuous brass clasped and mimeograph paged ledger containing geneology of a particular black gentleman. Almost dismissively , had it not been a bit of curiosity on Del's part , Marnie  may have missed a key link , that tied her fate to bringing justice to the inhabitants of Malaga Island, and ultimately helped those decendants with some form of closure to a very sad...

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Part 2  continues... w/ Deb Scamman & Janet Byrne A childrens game... Warmer?...Colder? "We are each other's keeper" We are here to feel  joy..."   

Voices from the Other Side

  Deborah Scamman and Janet Byrne, both "sister's" of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, candidly share many experiences of both joyous exultation in the glory and worship of their lord.  At the same time, both have had, on occasion, their spiritual faith and personal boundaries tested, by both internal clergy, as well as the at the graduate level of higher education.    Please also support this podcast and others supporting Incarcerated individuals ...please see link below .Thank you!!