The Exchange

Massachusetts picks Northern Pass for major energy contract. A financially troubled addiction treatment center in Manchester shuts its doors, and sends its services to other local health providers. The N.H. legislature considers lowering the state's drinking age. And a massive ice jam on the Piscataquog River causes concerns about Spring flooding.

Movies, politics, culture... and the Oscars. We look at what this year's Academy Awards try to reflect about American society, and whether they do it well. We also talk about other movies that were huge hits last year, even if they weren't considered "Oscar-worthy", and the films to look forward to in 2018.

How young is too young to get married and who decides? The current legal age in New Hampshire is thirteen for girls and fourteen for boys. Now, as the legislature debates several bills to change this, we examine the legal, cultural, and political issues involved.

It's been a year since an investigation of the state's Division of Children Youth And Families revealed an agency in crisis. At the time, officials and lawmakers promised a major overhaul, with new leadership, policies and funding. We check in on what progress has been made in protecting New Hampshire's children.

As overdoses and deaths continue, New Hampshire physicians are responding to criticism that they've overprescribed. Now, some patients with chronic pain find themselves cut off from access to medications, left without other treatment options, and feeling that the anti-opioid push has gone overboard.

Sam Evans-Brown, host of Outside/In, the NHPR podcast about the natural world and how we use it, discusses the podcast's latest series, Powerline. We hear about how the development of the world's fourth-largest hydropower producer, Hydro-Québec, impacted French Canadians, and the indigenous people of Québec...also, how this hydropower company is connected to a controversial power project in New Hampshire, Northern Pass. This show originally aired on November 29, 2017.

Governor Chris Sununu appears to open the door to commuter rail, supporting a study to explore whether it could work in New Hampshire. A bill to strengthen victims' rights makes its way through the legislature with bipartisan support. And enthusiasm over a snowy owl ruffles feathers on the Seacoast.

There's an entire section of the bookstore devoted to child-rearing, but what's really behind the advice? We look at the sociology, psychology, research, and opinion included in those parenting manuals, and how to sort out what's useful and what isn't.

How much should the U.S. be open to business with other countries, and how much should we protect our industries from foreign competition? This question has been at the heart of trade policy for centuries. Now, in his comprehensive new book, author Douglas Irwin gives historical context to our current trade debates.

The headlines involving North Korea, Russia and Iran have been alarming, including even the threat of nuclear war. But fraught relations involving these countries go back decades. We examine that geopolitical history -- and try to untangle recent developments. GUEST: Wayne Lesperance - Professor of political science and D ean of undergraduate programs a t New England College. RUSSIA 1) From The NY Time s: American spy agencies have concluded that Mr. Putin directed a multifaceted campaign using