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Neil Levesque oversees the Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll, one of  the most respected polls in any swing state in the country.  Their  newest survey shows an uptick in voter mood over the past two months,  creating some hopeful signs for Democratic incumbents facing  re-election, including in the most-watched Senate race in the country.  So what's going on here, how much further do Dems need to go to pull things out in 2022, and what issues are driving the discussion heading  into the summer? Neil and Matt break it all down.

Paul speaks with Karen O'Keefe, the State Policy director for the Marijuana Policy project, the national organization working to reform cannabis laws in the United States. The New Hampshire House has just passed HB 1598 which proposes to give the State Liquor Commission a monopoly on regulating, growing, and selling retail recreational marijuana in state liquor stores. With its fate uncertain in the Senate, the Governor sounds open to this new source of revenue for the state coffers. Opponents say its unworkable. In a wide-ranging discussion, Paul and Karen cover the history of marijuana in the United States from colonial times to the present day and dig deep into the potential problems the latest proposed New Hampshire marijuana scheme presents.

Is the person who really deserved a smack...Ted Cruz? Also, "This Week in Insurrection," the Hunter Biden BS continues, the "gaffe" that wasn't a gaffe, and Israel realignment. 

In part two, Mike and I continue answering the listener question ”What apps or tech do you use to help manage your finances?”

In part 1 of this two-part show we spoke about budgeting and expenses. In part 2, we talk about:

A listener asks ”What apps or tech do you use to help manage your finances?” So in part 1 of this two-part show, Mike Morton and Matt Robison talk about:

Why it’s important to build awareness about your expenses, easy apps for budgeting and other household spending needs, and the easy hack for setting savings and spending levels. 

How will Republicans walk the line in the Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, or will the potential 2024 Presidential candidates even try to restrain themselves? (hint: no).  Also, why is a Republican governor vetoing a Republican map in a purple state? And what's up with that big NYT editorial on free speech?  Hypocrisy, spot-on, or both?

Paul and his special Guest Peggo Horstmann Hodes celebrate the first day of Spring and his birthday with a special show with poetry and song, including a fascinating expose on the little known truth about the history of Daylight Savings time from the Ancient Romans to the present day.

As our minds focus on the people of Ukraine, and the world focuses on cutting off financial ties to Russia, what should you do with your personal finance? Should you remove investments with ties to regimes you don't support, and is it really all that straightforward to do that?  Mike Morton of Morton financial advice has some answers.

Also, do Democrats need to get more social agenda items done to avoid feeling voter wrath?  And why has Florida gone over a right-wing cliff?

Paul speaks with Zandra Rice Hawkins and Sarah Robinson of Granite State progress about the assault on public education in New Hampshire, and how Governor Chris Sununu, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, and Republican legislators have teamed up with radical "free staters."  The good news? Unexpectedly positive results of recent school board elections, showing that Granite State parents and citizens care about public education and are determined to stand up against the right wing attack.