How gynecologists learn to do a pelvic exam remains a mystery for many people. Behind the scenes is a community of trained lay people called Gynecological Teaching Associates (GTAs.) These individuals instruct medical students on how to give breast and pelvic exams with a patient-centered approach. However, numerous teaching hospitals still violate patient consent supposedly in the service of medical education. Hear directly from GTAs as they show students how to locate a cervix while interrogating the medical system.

Heather Flor is a Peruvian-American farmer and artist who uses rest as a radical tool. Heather’s mother, María Rosita, and her four-year old nephew, Ediercito, do too.

Across the country, trans rights are under attack. In a small town in Maine, a Middle School Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club faces fear and suspicion from the community. Can these young people turn this moment of tension into a learning opportunity?

In the small border town of St. Stephen, a fire uncovers a piece of sports history. A group of locals try to seize this opportunity and transform their town into a tourist destination.

The three women of Bait Bag found one another and their sound in the wake of the political turmoil of 2018. Fellow musician Ashraya Gupta meets the band and confronts questions about how to be a woman making music.

Dr. Jay Traver was a successful entomologist working at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the 1940’s, she started to feel insects crawling on her skin. Despite all her expertise, she couldn’t find a solution for her discomfort. PLEASE NOTE: This piece contains a mention of suicide,

In 1936, 14 school children died over the course of one summer in Lubec, Maine. The tragedies cast a long shadow over the town and for years nobody spoke about the deaths. That is, until Vicki Reynolds Schad, a descendant of two of the children lost that summer, decided to help break the silence. What followed is the story of a small town finally speaking about a grief that had been buried for nearly one hundred years. Producer Marina Henke has the story.

Maine Lobsterman Dustin Delano is dead set against the building of a massive experimental wind turbine in the waters where he and his family have fished for generations. But what he wants may not matter.

The Westbrook High School Marching Band received a gold medal at the last Maine State Finals in 2019. Whether they can repeat that success depends on how much the band has been impacted by two big major events— the COVID-19 pandemic and a fire that has kept students from attending class together as the high school rebuilds. Is it really about gold medals or the community that marching band creates?

Every Sunday morning, chess players in Westbrook meet at a local grocery store to play chess. This piece explores the boundaries of the chessboard, and tries to understand how community is formed from such a silent endeavor.

Jesse Harvey created the Church of Safe Injection to give drug users in Maine the resources and support they needed. This story is about how the organization decided to move forward in the wake of his passing and the women who kept his dream alive. PLEASE NOTE: This story contains references to substance misuse disorder and sexual abuse. Please take care while listening.