The Exchange

The New Hampshire House gets ready to vote on it's version of the state budget, but some conservatives say the Republican-crafted budget is too rich. New Hampshire's two U.S. senators say they'll vote against Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's Supreme Court pick. A new energy project coming from Canada and an adverse decision by regulators thickens the plot when it comes to the Northern Pass project.

It's no accident many Americans are obsessed with their screens - whether it's social media, video games, or plain old email, they're designed to keep us playing, looking, and checking. In his book, Irresistible , marketing professor Adam Alter say that we’re just beginning to understand the epidemic of behavioral addiction gripping society and lays out options we have to address the problem before it consumes us.

Many people struggle with basic questions about gender and labels, including the concept of a transgender identity. While debate around recent legislation has brought the issue into the spotlight, social media and the internet have played a key role in shifting the culture's perspective on gender for several years. On this edition of The Exchange, we'll look at the terms, the biology, and the emotional aspects of gender identity.

This post has been corrected and revised to reflect the following : The House Finance Committee recently approved funding for a position to work with the N.H. Dept. of Education to fulfill aspects of the state's new "Dyslexia Law." The position was not originally in the Governor's version of the budget. The full House votes on this next week, and, after that, the state senate will makes its own budgetary decision on the position. For more, read here . Once described as " word blindness,"

It's been about a month since N.H. Governor Chris Sununu delivered his budget address, which included $18 million for full-day kindergarten. The House meanwhile appears to have somewhat different priorities -- eliminating that funding in its version of the budget. Scroll down to watch our Facebook Live video stream of Governor Sununu on The Exchange. We'll get the Governor's take on this development, as well as his views on last week's c ollapse of the GOP health care bill. And we'll find out

Our guest says most of us are pretty clueless about this - given all the misinformation on how our brains and bodies create our feelings. In her new book, Lisa Feldman Barrett challenges long-held theories about emotions, debunked by modern neuroscience, but still shaping everything from health care to public safety. This show was originally broadcast on February 27th, 2017. GUEST: Lisa Feldman Barrett - A University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She received

Governor Chris Sununu made an unannounced trade mission to Montreal, re-affirming his support for Northern Pass and urging updates to NAFTA. House budget writers craft their version of the new state spending plan, eliminating 18 million dollars in kindergarten funding. And flags are lowered to half-staff on the news of the death of State Senator Scott McGilvray.

We examine nuclear security in a world where Cold War policies have left the country's nuclear weapons on a hair-trigger alert. President Donald Trump has proposed boosting federal spending on the production of nuclear weapons by more than $1 billion in 2018. With escalating tensions recently due to nuclear weapons testing by North Korea, we discuss nuclear weapons policy, the current international situation, and h ow we can reduce the risk of nuclear war.

The wave of fake news that flooded Facebook and other social media during last year's election campaign was a wake-up call for many. But fake news has actually been around for a long time. Seventy-five years ago, regional newspapers in the South falsely reported that first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was quietly organizing black women into secret "Eleanor Clubs," with the motto: "A white woman in the kitchen by 1943." In the digital era, that kind of rumor can spread far and worldwide, in no time.

Last month, NASA announced the discovery of a seven-planet system called TRAPPIST-1, just 39 light-years from our Sun. The Sky Guys will discuss why this system might give hope for other habitable planets beyond our solar system. And SpaceX announces that two people have already put down a deposit for a trip to the moon and back in 2018. Plus a look at NASA's research into the effects of space travel on humans, and how you can join the search for Planet 9.