NightSide With Dan Rea

In an anonymous players’ survey, the NFL Players Association ranked the New England Patriots as the second worst NFL franchise out of 32 teams. Why? The Pats received a grade of F for their weight room and team travel and a D for ownership. We discussed the Patriots’ full grades and rankings in each category and heard your thoughts!

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Google Reveals Top Monthly Search Trends for February with Nick Burns, a Google Trends Expert.

Fierce Planets The Exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum! Dr. Sabine Stanley – Planetary Scientist checked in with Dan.

Red Cross offers free A1C testing for blood donors in March! Kelly Isenor – Director of Communications for The American Red Cross of Massachusetts explains.

Experts Predict An Uptick In Rodents, Ticks This Spring In Boston! Galvin Murphy – Rodent Expert & Preventive Controls Qualified Individual with Yankee Pest Control has the warning!

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Egg prices are skyrocketing right now due to the impact that the bird flu has had on the nation’s poultry population. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report this week saying the agency predicts that egg prices will increase 41% this year. The USDA also reported that retail egg prices increased 13.8% in January. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has laid out a plan to lower egg prices, in which we will discuss. What are you seeing for egg prices in your area and have you cut back on egg consumption?


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Have you recently seen your utility bill almost double in price? A lot of Massachusetts residents are fed up with the rising cost of gas and the fees that go with it. The cost of natural gas is on the rise again as cold weather, production challenges, and rising export demands squeeze supplies. Natural gas futures jumped 13.66% as storage falls 5.3% below the five-year average. Why are delivery fees so high for gas and what's being done (if anything) to help ease the financial hit?


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Have you recently seen your utility bill almost double in price? A lot of Massachusetts residents are fed up with the rising cost of gas and the fees that go with it. The cost of natural gas is on the rise again as cold weather, production challenges, and rising export demands squeeze supplies. Natural gas futures jumped 13.66% as storage falls 5.3% below the five-year average. Why are delivery fees so high for gas and what's being done (if anything) to help ease the financial hit?



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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!

New Guidelines Released to Govern Self-Collection for HPV Screening & The Importance of HPV Screening. What is HPV & How Do You Get It? Rebecca Perkins - MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Investigator at the Mother-Infant Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center explained it to Dan.

Award-winning Irish band Lúnasa to play in Somerville on March 8!  Kevin Crawford - Flute player, considered one of Ireland’s greatest flute players checked in with Dan.

Clinical Advisory Issued Over Neurological Complications Tied To Flu.  Alison Kuznitz – State House News Reporter shared the details.

POLLING: Bay Staters Not Sweet on Taxing Candy. Christopher R. Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council—one of the co-organizers of the Mass Opportunity Alliance joined Dan.


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This week the U.S. split from its European allies when refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions seeking an end to the war in Ukraine. This comes at a time when tensions have already been rising between the U.S. and Ukraine…President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator without elections," after Zelensky said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation. We discussed the United States’ changing view on the war in Ukraine and hear your thoughts on a possible solution.

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This week the U.S. split from its European allies when refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions seeking an end to the war in Ukraine. This comes at a time when tensions have already been rising between the U.S. and Ukraine…President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator without elections," after Zelensky said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation. We discussed the United States’ changing view on the war in Ukraine and hear your thoughts on a possible solution.
 

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Leah Foley, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts joined us on NightSide to discuss tackling crime in Boston. Most recently the Office of the United States Attorney for Massachusetts charged twenty-two Trinitarios gang members with federal offenses, including racketeering conspiracy in connection with six murders and 11 attempted murders. Attorney Foley discussed the Trinitarios allegations and her office’s dedication to cracking down on violent crime in Boston.

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We kick off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! For one of our segments this evening we discuss the Karen Read hearing today in which Read’s defense was pressed over information of “grave concern.”

Attorney Phil Tracy joined Dan to Talk about the Karen Read case.

Scott Speranza - CEO of HealthLock- Americans are drowning in debt - overall debt levels increased by 0.5% to $18.04 trillion. Share of households becoming seriously delinquent on payments is at a 14-year high. How consumers can negotiate down their medical bills so they can get out of debt.

Dale Stephanos-Local artist/illustrator-New USPS Forever Stamp Commemorates Betty White – Stamp was illustrated by a local artist. How do illustrations get chosen to become featured on stamps?

Meredith Elliott Powell-Business strategist, keynote speaker and the author of the bestselling book Mentally Fit, Powerfully Resilient, Competitively Strong: The 9 Strategy Formula for Thriving in Your Personal Life. - From classroom to office – why Gen Z feel like they’re stepping onto a different planet at work and how to help them.


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