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Financial planner Mike Morton tackles a listener question that many of us face: what do you do if you're saving for a critical need in the future (i.e., college) and your situation changes? Especially if you didn't think you could cover the full cost of college in the first place? And most especially if you are going to have even less to save than you had before?!? Do you take more risks? Save less for other needs? Panic??? Mike runs through the options (including a great trick to save on taxes and stretch your spending further) and how to think through one of the biggest financial challenges out there. 

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There are some bizarre things happening around the domestic politics of Ukraine.  Also, Mike Pence for President?!? Should the White House join the fray on ending mask mandates? And why is the Congress getting a bunch of bipartisan stuff done suddenly?

Financial advisor Mike Morton explains what to do if you've got an inkling about a company, a sector, or something that is going to happen in the economy.  It could be an opportunity if you're right.  Or a risk if you're wrong.  So...what should you?

Also, WTF is up with "legitimate political discourse"??? And is Mike Bloomberg right that big tech doesn't need regulation because the market takes care of it?

Paul speaks with Jane Presby of Concord's Dimond Hill Farm. They talk about growing up on a farm, Jane's career as  a pioneer of sports for women and girls in Concord's schools, The  difference between natural and organic farming, How to grow killer tomatoes and food policy. https://dimondhillfarm.square.site/, https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=dimond%20hill%20farm.

Personal financial advisor Mike Morton of Morton Financial Advice and host of Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs gives a quick and easy guide to how to handle rising interest rates.  Should you change your investments? Keep more cash? Sell your house (no)? Mike has the answers.

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Also, is the slow motion Trump breakup happening?  And what's the difference between banning books and fighting Joe Rogin misinformation?

Paul speaks with Attorney Michael Lewis about the case of Harmony Montgomery, the child whose disappearance has received national attention and sparked a cross border blame game about the failings of the child protective services, law enforcement and the courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Lewis has requested Federal intervention to address New Hampshire's long-standing failure to adequately protect abused and neglected children.

In this crossover episode with the Beyond Politics Podcast, we cover what Americans are telling top pollsters right now, and what it means. Americans are sad, angry, and fed up these days...and with the lingering pandemic, high prices, and continued partisan bitterness, it's understandable.  So what is that doing to elected officeholders, voter perceptions of the two parties, and re-election prospects for everyone on the ballot in 2022? Neil Levesque of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics who oversees the top-rated St. Anselm's poll walks through their latest findings, and what they mean for the direction of public opinion and politics as we head toward the mid-term elections.

Mike Morton of Morton Financial Advice joins the show to answer a listener question: what should I do to start investing if I'm a young worker (18-24) and just getting started out? Mike runs through the basics in 20 minutes to get anyone started.