NightSide With Dan Rea

NightSide turned sixteen this weekend! On October 1, 2023, NightSide began its seventeenth year on the air. Dan reminisced with former WBZ Radio News and Programming Director Peter Casey!

Dan kicked off the show with an examination and exploration of today’s top stories with various experts and reporters. Joining the program was Washington Post Business Reporter Jacob Bogage, General Manager of the Topsfield Fair Jim O’Brien, Co-Principal Investigator of MIT’s RAISE Initiative Professor Eric Klopfer, and Executive Director at MassRobotics Tom Ryden.

Continued conversation about the current COVID numbers in Massachusetts and beyond. Dan opened the lines for comment.

Every week, the MA Dept. of Public Health updates its COVID-19 Dashboard with the latest statistics. Dan’s been keeping track and has seen some recent changes. He went over the numbers and asked for listener input!

Michael Fallon is living a nightmare. About three months ago he came home to find his wife and 14-month-old son gone. Fallon joined Dan to tell his story and how he’s fighting to get Michael Jr. back from South Korea.

Dan kicked off the show with an examination and exploration of today’s top stories with various experts and reporters. Joining the program was Infectious Disease Physician and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center Dr. Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, Dir. of the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment (ITA) and an Assoc. Professor at Harvard Medical School Dr. Jagpreet Chhatwal, Tantasqua Regional Senior High School Assistant Principal and handler of NEADS Assistance Dog “J.D.” Beth Johnson, and Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk Director Zack Blackburn.

Dan opened the lines for comment on whatever topic you wanted! Topics included the future of the City of Boston, lack of White House transparency, and Boston politics.

The debate over whether to change or keep the Town of Foxborough’s mascot continues. Some residents feel the continued use of the logo would be dishonorable to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, others feel it's part of the town’s tradition and doesn’t invoke a slur. Dan weighed in.

States have different requirements for access to voter lists and the information they contain. Some states keep portions confidential while others put restrictions on their use. J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, talked with Dan about why he’s fighting to change this lack of transparency.

Dan kicked off the show with an examination and exploration of today’s top stories with various experts and reporters. Joining the program was Washington Post Features Reporter Herb Scribner, Deputy Executive Director of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Steve DeWitt, CEO of Common Sense Media Jim Steyer, and Employment Policies Institute Director of Research Rebekah Paxton.