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A 785 foot cruise ship named the Riviera tied up to the Breakwater in Eastport on Sunday, with a skeleton crew of 135 workers. The vessel is slated to remain in Eastport indefinitely, or until the cruise ship industry re-opens after shutting down due to the pandemic. In this episode, we speak to two Washington County residents. The first is a fella called Nateshaw Rick and he's been asking around the island city for the locals' opinion of the ship's visit. And then we'll hear from Chris Gardner, executive director of the Port of Eastport, about the details of the deal that are expected to bring in almost $50,000 monthly in mooring fees.

 

Tonight, our guest is Lokotah Sanborn, a member of the Penobscot Nation and an anti-racist and anti-fascist activist from Indian Island, Maine. We’ll be discussing the anti-Trump protests in Bangor on Friday, plus we’ll hear his perspective on Black Lives Matter, white allies and white supremacy and the impact of colonialism on his tribe and other indigenous peoples. *** recommended reading list:
Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz FanonMe and White Supremacy   - Layla SaadAssata: An Autobiography - Assata ShakurOur History is the Future - Nick EstesHow to Be an Antiracist - Ibram KendiNotes of a Native Son - James BaldwinBlack Marxism - Cedric RobinsonRed Skin, White Masks -Glen Sean CoulthardWhite Fragility - Robin Diangelo
 

Tonight, a conversation with activist and author Reza Jalali about this week's street demonstrations in Portland and how COVID-19 is impacting Maine's refugee and immigrant communities.

 

Some thoughts on the protests of the murder of George Floyd and then a conversation with Captain Noah Barnes about the impact of COVID-19 on Maine's windjammer fleet.

Two guests with dramatically different points of view on the COVID-19 pandemic AND the state of Maine’s State of Emergency rules. First, Phoebe Kolbert, a college student and writer, then Pete Guidi, an innkeeper with a large investment in Old Orchard Beach.

 

On today’s show, we’ll be talking about pandemic restauranteering with Erin Bruns of Bruce’s Burritos in Yarmouth. We’ll hear what it was like to pivot to curbside only food service, functioning under the state’s new rules and her thoughts on the tough times ahead for Maine’s restaurant culture.