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.

  1. FEB 15

    Maine's Great Awakening with Douglas Winiarski

    Renowned historian of the Great Awakening Douglas Winiarski discusses the major role southern Maine played in the origins of American Evangelical Protestantism.

    1h 15m

  2. 12/23/2025 · BONUS

    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.

    1h 33m

  3. 12/20/2025

    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.

    1h 20m

  4. 10/29/2025

    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

  5. 10/17/2025

    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.

    1h 4m

  6. 07/31/2025

    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.

    1h 11m

  7. 07/24/2025

    Dogsledding in Maine with Jonathan Hayes

    Jonathan Hayes, a breeder, musher, and historian of Seppala sled dogs discusses the history of Maine's own breed of Siberian Husky, descended from Togo, a famous canine participant in the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, Alaska.

    1h 21m

  8. 06/27/2025

    It's Pronounced "Jail": an Old York Live Show!

    Joel Lefever and Erin Tewksbury join Tiffany, Ian, and a live audience at the Old York Historical Society to talk about the history of the Old York Gaol, and how it transformed from a prison to an icon of local history and, eventually, tourism.

    1h 1m
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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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  • Creator
    Ian Saxine & Tiffany Link
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Mainely History