Oct 22, 202638 minS1
Jennifer Goddard came to Maine from New Jersey for her grandchildren, won the USOA Mrs. Maine 2025 crown on her second try, and built Thriving Proof in Bangor on one belief: your health is not a hand you're dealt and...
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Maine Thrive Voices
Hosted by Sandy Smith · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Maine Thrive Voices highlights the people, businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders helping Maine communities thrive.Through conversations, interviews, and local insights, we explore stories about business, wellness, community growth, local events, and the people making a difference across Maine.Episodes feature local business owners, healthcare professionals, nonprofit leaders, community organizations, and voices from regions throughout the state — including the Penobscot Valley, Kennebec Valley, Casco Bay, and beyond.Produced by Maine Valley Voices Media.
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What is Maine Thrive Voices about?
Maine Thrive Voices highlights the people, businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders helping Maine communities thrive. Through conversations, interviews, and local insights, we explore stories about business, wellness, community growth, local events, and the people making a difference across Maine.
Who hosts Maine Thrive Voices?
Maine Thrive Voices is hosted by Sandy Smith. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
What has Maine Thrive Voices covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Living the Life I Choose, Jennifer Goddard, Thriving Proof" (22 October 2026, 38 minutes), "From Rivals to "We're Doing It", Molly Hooper & Paige Teal, Tides to Pines" (30 September 2026, 53 minutes), and "It’s What I Was Born to Do" (11 September 2026, 47 minutes).
How often does Maine Thrive Voices publish?
Maine Thrive Voices publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 16 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Maine Thrive Voices?
Booking probability for Maine Thrive Voices is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Maine Thrive Voices requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Maine Thrive Voices's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Maine Thrive Voices?
The strongest fits for Maine Thrive Voices are Associations, Unions & Political Groups. Maine Thrive Voices has a business audience.
About the host
Sandy Smith hosts Maine Thrive Voices, a business podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Sep 30, 202653 minS1Maine Thrive Voices opens its Community Voices chapter with its first two-guest episode. Before there was a Tides to Pines, Molly Hooper and Paige Teal ran the two biggest competing property management companies in...
Episode #13
It’s What I Was Born to Do
Sep 11, 202647 minS1Nancy Marshall trademarked herself. The PR Maven® has spent more than four decades in public relations,and this year Marshall Communications — whose client list reads like a tour of the Maine economy — celebrates its...
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Episode 12 — The Sign Meaghan Staples Asked For
Sep 2, 202621 minEpisode 12 — The Sign Meaghan Staples Asked For Guest: Dr. Meaghan Staples, DPT, Owner, Refine PhysicalTherapy (Hermon, Maine) Dr. Meaghan Staples grew up a gymnast and college polevaulter in small-town Minnesota, tore...
Episode #11
Adam Barker-Hoyt Did The Math
Aug 27, 202631 minS1Episode 11 — Adam Barker-Hoyt Did the Math Guest: Adam Barker-Hoyt, Owner, MAC Heat Pumps (Bangor, Maine) Fifteen years ago, Adam Barker-Hoyt was a university mathematics instructor who had never heard of a heat pump...
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Jul 24, 202633 minS1"I would love for us to go out of business because no one needed our help. That would be a lovely day." That's Suzan Prendergast, Executive Director of the Bangor Humane Society, after eighteen years leading the shelter...
Jul 23, 202628 minS1Chris Mendoza's life changed with a piece of mail. He was living on Long Island, working in retail, engaged to be married — and then a hand-written letter arrived from his grandfather Jack, who had run The Appliance...
Maine Thrive Voices
Episode 8 — Second Chances and Forever Homes | Britney Ellis, The Animal Orphanage
Jul 17, 202622 min"These animals aren't damaged, and they aren't broken. They're just waiting." In this episode of Maine Thrive Voices, host Sandy Smith sits down with Britney Ellis, Public Relations Specialist at The Animal Orphanage in...
Maine Thrive Voices
The Day Tony LaPrino Said Yes
Jul 12, 202643 minTony LaPrino was standing in a half-finished new build, picking up a check from his builder, when he said the five words that changed everything: "I'd love to learn how to do this." The room went quiet. The builder...
Jun 28, 202630 minS1Peter Richmond never grew up with a dog. But when his son got a husky named Luca, something clicked — and it never stopped. What started as a friendship with a dog daycare owner named Hallie Tyler turned into an...
Jun 27, 202634 minS1Laura McIntyre has been running large-scale event logistics since before most people knew that was a job. From managing 5.5 million square feet of warehousing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to coordinating Hurricane...
Maine Thrive Voices
Episode 4: Flori Davis — 2025 Bangor Marathon Women's Course Record Holder
Jun 12, 202624 minIn this episode of Maine Thrive Voices, Sandy Smith sits down with Flori Davis of Hermon, one of the original runners of the Bangor Marathon and the 2025 women's course record holder. Flori has been running for more...
Jun 11, 202648 minS1Episode 3: Amber Willey — 207 Wellness, Veazie, Maine In this episode of Maine Thrive Voices, Sandy Smith sits down with Amber Willey, co-owner and nurse practitioner at 207 Wellness in Veazie, Maine. Amber shares her...
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Dreamer Food — How Anik Derphilibossian Brought Lebanese Flavors to Bangor
Jun 3, 202630 minIn this special founding guest episode, Anik Derphilibossian shares her inspiring journey from nurse to food entrepreneur. From growing up in a food-loving Lebanese household to chasing her American dream, Anik opens up...
May 20, 202621 minS1Brad Libby of Performance Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation joins Maine Thrive Voices to discuss helping Mainers recover from injuries, stay active, and improve long-term mobility and wellness. In this...
Recent guests
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Nancy Marshall
therapist and researcher, Marshall Communications
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Molly Hooper
Tides to Pines
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Dr. Meaghan Staples
Refine PhysicalTherapy
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Adam Barker-Hoyt
MAC Heat Pumps
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