Did you know that people of color have better health outcomes when they are treated by people who share their racial/ethnic background and better understand their lived experiences. As our nation diversifies, there will be a growing need to have more people of color in the medical field. Dr. Linwood McAllister of Morehouse School of Medicine, an historically black college, talks with Tim about the efforts to diversify the medical workforce. They also talk about the significance of the Juneteenth holiday and why it’s important that it be recognized as a holiday for all Americans.

Did you know that changes to our climate, is affecting everything in Maine from the fishing and lumber industries to the air we breathe when enjoying the outdoors?

In this episode of Tim Talk, we tackle climate change.  Our guests include a climate scientist who’s travelled to the ends of the earth, and a pair of Bangor High School students with a passion for making a brighter future.

During this Tim Talk, We honor women’s history month with Dr. Mazie Hough, a University of Maine professor emerita of history and women’s gender and sexuality studies. Her work has included research on women and reform, legal history, social activism, and Maine women’s history. She and Tim discuss social and medical justice issues facing women today. She also talks about her work with the Somali Narratives Project – in Lewiston and the Maine Feminist Oral History Project which worked to produce a history of Partners for Peace, a domestic violence agency in Bangor.