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PODCAST WEBSITE: http://www.saltsandwater.org
AVAILABLE ON ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/salts-water-stories-from-maine-coast-by-experience/id1265903653%20?ls=1
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-121694568-646755567
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Contacts:
Crystal Hitchings: 207-546-3600
Jenna Howard: 207-443-2067
Kevin Johnson: 207-548-2529 ext. 210
MAINE’S MARITIME CULTURE FEATURED
IN NEW PODCAST SERIES “SALTS &WATER”
Experience Maritime Maine, a partnership of organizations and regions that promote and celebrate the rich heritage, culture, and dramatic natural beauty of Maine’s coast recently launched “Salts & Water,” a six-part audio series, offering a unique and creative opportunity for listeners to experience thepeople and places along Maine’s coast in sound.
Produced by Rob Rosenthal, “Salts & Water” is designed to help deepen and enrich the visitor experience by highlighting the maritime traditions and culture of Maine. Rosenthal, an award-winning radio and audio producer currently heads up the Transom Story Workshop and formerly taught at the Salt Institute.
Throughout 2016 community forums were held to gather information and stories that helped create the podcast series. The audio stories feature people and places along the coast of Maine in Eastport, Stonington, Searsport, Rockland, Bath, and Portland.
Listeners will meet the women lobstermen of Stonington, island-hop aboard a windjammer in Penobscot Bay, discover the salty fishmonger of Portland’s piers, get to know meticulous boat builders, feel the spirit of maritime history in Searsport, and learn how the dramatic tides shape life in Downeast Maine. The podcast captures the people behind the scenes that are integral to Maine’s maritime culture and heritage.
The podcast is available at saltsandwater.org, and can also be found on iTunes, Stitcher and Soundcloud.
Community listening sessions will be held in Eastport, Stonington, and Bath. Visit ExperiencemaritimeMaine.com for a schedule of these events.
About “Salts & Water”:
“Salts & Water” is a project of Experience Maritime Maine, funded in part by the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Maine Office of Tourism, Hamilton Marine, Maine’s MidCoast & Islands, DownEast Acadia Regional Tourism, and is sponsored by Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors. The podcast series can be found at http://www.saltsandwater.org
About Experience Maritime Maine:
Experience Maritime Maine is a partnership between organizations and regions to promote and celebrate the rich heritage, culture, and dramatic natural beauty of Maine’s coast. This working consortium of communities, organizations, and businesses helps to increase cultural tourism, preserve traditions, develop resources, support local economies, and raise the public’s awareness of Maine’s rich maritime heritage and culture. For more information, please visit: http://www.experiencemaritimemaine.org
SOME MAINE MARITIME FACTS
SCHEDULED LAUNCH EVENTS & LISTENING SESSIONS
OTHER RESOURCES
MARITIME MAINE (Maine Quarterly)
More Women Move Into Maine’s Rough And Risky World Of Lobstering (NPR)
Way Back When — MBH&H Issue 143 Traffic on the Penobscot
Listen to Coastal Conversations radio podcast by Maine Seagrant
Youth Boat building Program at the Hamilton Learning Center in Searsport Maine
Maine’s First Ship – The 51 foot reconstruction of the pinnace 1606-1607 Virginia in Bath Maine.
Maine’s “Tidal” or “Reversing Falls”: HERE (Source: Maine Seagrant)
History of Bath, Maine: HERE (Source: Town of Bath)
History of Searsport Maine: HERE (Source: Town of Searsport)
Listen to Trailer:
MEDIA RESOURCES
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Caption: Audio Producer Rob Rosenthal.
Photo credits: “Photograph by Ed Kashi”