The Exchange

U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan joins The Exchange on Monday to discuss national security, health care, and education. We also get her take on the Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential race and on proposals such as the Green New Deal and Medicare-for-all. Hassan serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; the Finance Committee; and the Joint Economic Committee.

The battle to abolish the death penalty advances to the state senate. Governor Sununu sends stronger signal that he may run for the Senate next year, boosted by polls suggesting he may have a chance at defeating Senator Shaheen. And we look how several national issues may affect the state, including a federal court ruling on Medicaid work requirements, and a multi-million dollar settlement against Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin. Dean Spiliotes is guest host.

Former three-term Maryland Congressman John Delaney announced his run for the Democratic nomination in July 2017, the earliest of any candidate--a move seen as unusual even as candidates trend toward announcing earlier. Delaney casts himself as a moderate and says if elected he would sign only bipartisan legislation in his first 100 days as President. He has said he will focus on what he believes matters to most Americans: jobs, wages, and opportunities for their children.

Two gun-related topics debated in the legislature recently raised longstanding, familiar arguments. But with Democrats in power at the Statehouse, these bills have advanced. Meanwhile, Governor Sununu has said the state's gun laws are fine as is, so their future is uncertain even if they make it through the Senate. Activists on both sides of this issue are also watching the national debate, with the U.S. House of Representatives recently passing the first major gun-control bills in decades. This

We sit down with Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers. The Department of Health and Human Services is the largest state agency and accounts for approximately forty percent of the state budget. We discuss the state's ten-year mental health plan, as well as recent challenges to medicaid work requirements. And we get an update on the state's hub and spoke system for addiction treatment, and concerns about the Division of Children, Youth and Families. GUEST: Jeffrey

Ted Kitchens came to New Hampshire last fall, after serving as manager at Houston Intercontinental Airport. We'll hear his ideas on how to boost passenger traffic in Manchester, which has declined for the past thirteen years, and the unique challenges of regional airports, and issues facing the aviation industry at large.

Democratic Presidential candidate Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said ending regime-change wars is among her top priorities on NHPR's The Exchange hosted by Peter Biello. Rep. Gabbard, D-HI, currently serves as Major in the Hawaii National Guard and served two tours in the Middle East. Rep. Gabbard stayed after The Exchange to address veteran's health, the question of privatization and women's health care in the VA. She also answered a listener question: What does she do for fun?

Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii declared her candidacy early this year, one of the first Democrats to do so in what has since become a crowded Primary field, with more candidates likely to jump in. Gabbard is a Major in the Army National Guard and deployed twice to the Middle East. She has called for a "sea change" in U.S. foreign policy and supports Medicare For All.

In her new book, The Identity Trade: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online , UNH assistant professor Nora Draper explores how notions of privacy have changed in the digital era, and how our personal information and online behavior can be used as a currency. We discuss how much control we have over our personal information online, and how a consumer privacy industry has grown in the social media age.

Many museums are seeking new ways to stay relevant and draw visitors -- in some ways expanding the very meaning of museum. These include hosting community events, commissioning neighborhood murals, pop-up exhibits, offering virtual tours and even responding to public crises such as the opioid epidemic.