NightSide With Dan Rea

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!

Can Retirees BENEFIT From A Recession? Chris Carosa - Certified Trust & Fiduciary Advisor - Senior Contributor to Forbes and author of Hey! What's My Number: How to Improve the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort has the answer.

Most compounded versions of popular drugs used for weight loss including Wegovy and Zepbound may soon no longer be available after a U.S. judge declined an initial injunction to allow compounding pharmacies to continue making versions. What does this mean for patients using these weight loss drugs? Dr. Lydia Alexander - current President of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), a board-certified expert in obesity medicine, lifestyle medicine, and internal medicine discussed it with Dan.

20+ tips for a budget-friendly vacation (and five costly mistakes). With  Alyssa Giacobbe – Boston Globe Magazine contributor.

Garden Trends & Basic Gardening Tips for Beginners. When is a good time to start preparing your gardens in New England? What should you be doing to get your gardens ready for the season? Katie Tamony – Chief Marketing Officer at Monrovia Plants checked in!

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The Trump Administration’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking a lot of heat for sharing highly sensitive attack plans on Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal. That group chat accidentally included a journalist from The Atlantic... How secure is Signal and should government officials be using this type of service to share such sensitive material? Is this hypocritical of the Republicans to use a commercial app when in the past the Trump campaign criticized former Sec. of State Hilary Clinton for using a private email server…?

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The Trump Administration’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking a lot of heat for sharing highly sensitive attack plans on Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal. That group chat accidentally included a journalist from The Atlantic... How secure is Signal and should government officials be using this type of service to share such sensitive material? Is this hypocritical of the Republicans to use a commercial app when in the past the Trump campaign criticized former Sec. of State Hilary Clinton for using a private email server…?

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Jill Kornetsky’s story is not your average tale about a woman from New England. Jill is one of a handful of Americans who the Taliban allow to live and work in Afghanistan. The young woman is a Harvard-trained laboratory scientist, a Brandeis-trained social scientist, and a US Department of State and Melikian Center Graduate Fellow in Persian Language and Culture, who founded the non-profit organization, Homestead Afghanistan. Her mission is to “address the urgent need to generate employment, increase incomes at the family level, and improve the safety, security, and resilience of Afghanistan’s rural communities.” Jill joined us on NightSide to discuss her unique calling in life and what her non-profit is trying to achieve in Kabul, Afghanistan.


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We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!

Combatting High Food Prices with a Free app (called Flashfood) that’s partnering with groceries stores to offer nutritious food at affordable prices. Esther Cohn - VP of Communications & Public Affairs at Flashfood joined Dan.

James Brown Saves Boston Tribute Concert to be held April 5th at Prince Hall in Dorchester! Tony Wilson – aka Young James Brown -James Brown impersonator/performer checked in.

MBTA's South Coast Rail Is Up and Running After 34 Years In The Making. Nichole Davis – WBZ NewsRadio Anchor stopped by!

Beth Israel performs its first robot-assisted live liver transplant! Dr. Martin Dib – surgeon involved in the procedure and director of Beth Israel’s living liver transplant program explained.

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Recent polling shows a conservative shift among our youngest voters, Gen Z, particularly among young men. What can the Democratic Party do to regain voters? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been rallying with Sen. Bernie Sanders trying to reach disenchanted Democrats. Do you think AOC is a good leadership choice for the Democratic Party to try to bridge the gap between voters and regain some of their base?
 
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Recent polling shows a conservative shift among our youngest voters, Gen Z, particularly among young men. What can the Democratic Party do to regain voters? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been rallying with Sen. Bernie Sanders trying to reach disenchanted Democrats. Do you think AOC is a good leadership choice for the Democratic Party to try to bridge the gap between voters and regain some of their base?

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The Boston City Council is toying with the idea of a new food delivery tax, that’s part of the city’s efforts to crackdown on food-app delivery drivers and their “dangerous” and at times “unlawful” driving. The Council is weighing an amendment to Boston Mayor Wu’s “road safety and accountability for delivery providers ordinance” that would add a 15-cent delivery fee per order for national third-party food delivery companies like Uber Eats, Grubhub, and others that operate in Boston. Opponents of the measure fear the tax would hurt consumers and restaurants. 

*The MA Restaurant Association declined our invitation to join. & Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan did not return our request to join.*

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We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!

Mark Epstein – Author of "Cape Dreams: A Season with the Brewster Whitecaps" joined Dan.

New Analysis: NH Women's Pay Gap Larger Than National Average. Jessica Williams - Policy Analyst for New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute checked in.

Abby Foster – Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for REAL (The Retail Advancement Energy League) on how consumers can save money by shopping for better electric rates, and why Mass. should keep this important consumer savings tool!

Most workers say they’ve been ‘catfished’ into taking a job! With Meridith Elliott Powell – Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity.

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For this week’s last broadcast hour of NightSide, we talk about dead retail chain stores that you wish you could revive! Which chain do you miss and why? Is it The Christmas Tree Shops? How about Bradlees or even Ames?

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