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As we celebrate one year of Your Health New Hampshire, Paula, Carli, and Jodi were in the studio to reminisce on how the past year has been for Southern NH AHEC. We heard highlights from some of our favorite episodes, featuring stories from Jim Terrero, Wanda Castillo, and Nishimwe Bitimea. You can learn more about what AHEC is up to at www.snhahec.org or don’t forget, you can sign up for Walk with Ease any time at www.startwalkwithease.org/nhdhhs.

Monday's show featured some thoughts on Tuesday's First in the Nation, New Hampshire Primary. Also, a visit from our Hockey East correspondent John Leahy.

People local to the Manchester, NH area know that McIntyre Ski Area has a great easily accessible location and is a GREAT place to have your children learn to ski or snowboard. Aly Coakley, Marketing Director at McIntyre Ski Area, joins WKXL Spotlight today to let us know a whole lot more about McIntyre. McIntyre Ski Area is local and affordable - and there are plenty of group lessons and private lessons available to join. But did you know that McIntyre Ski Area has 8 tubing lanes? Do you know about their One Great Rate package? And how much do you know about The Hill Bar & Grille? There is so much going on at this local ski mountain and today you will learn about it all during this WKXL Spotlight!

Today's date is January 19, 2024. Most times, a regular season game in January is not something that can be classified as a "must win". But things are different tonight. The defending champion Denver Nuggets are coming into the Garden and the Boston Celtics need to rise to the challenge. The Celtics are 20-0 at home this year. Denver is coming off a loss to Philly earlier this week. Denver will be ready for this game. If the Celtics are unable to beat Denver tonight, they will not be ready to do it in the playoffs either. Tonight is a MUST WIN! We discuss it today on The Sports Machine with Slim. Of course, we also have the NFL Playoff action for this coming weekend covered. Our resident Sports Talk Caller Experts fill the phone lines today to help us break down the games. On top of that, we have our expert hockey caller on to discuss the 5-2 Bruins win from last night. Pasta had a hat trick!

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

WOW there are a lot of gambling commercials all over the place. The radio, television, internet........we are all constantly being encouraged to wager. People have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they should gamble. Nobody is saying otherwise. But on this WKXL Spotlight, we discuss the other side of the story: What resources are available for people who have developed a gambling addiction? The New Hampshire Council on Problem Gambling is at the forefront of the battle against problem gambling in New Hampshire. Ed Talbot is Co-Director of NHCPG and he joins us today on WKXL Spotlight to discuss the real-world difficulties for people with hardcore gambling addictions. Ed shares his own personal story with us and talks about some of the successes and challenges that exist in trying to help people who are unable to quit gambling. The younger generation and the prevalent access to gambling should be a concern in our society but unfortunately it does now get discussed enough. Listen to this heartfelt conversation to learn the warning signs for yourself and/or anyone else you love who might have a gambling problem.

The Sports Machine with Slim doesn't talk much about the UFC. But we do know that a lot of people out there love it. And a few of our regular callers love the heck out of it! McBFQ and The Pistol call the show today to talk about the title fights coming up this Saturday night. Do you know more about the UFC than our expert callers? Give today's show a listen and find out! During our last segment of the show, we talk about the Celtics easy win over San Antonio and we look ahead to Friday's matchup against Denver. We also preview the Bruins/Colorado Avalanche matchup tonight. Plus we ask a question: Is Patrice Bergeron going to make a comeback?

Jane welcomes Francesca Vesey on Artful Living.  Francesca is a freshman at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, NH.  Studying Criminal Justice, Francesca still maintains her musical love for singing and brings her new college journey to our listening audience.  Join us!

Thursday's program featured the many and diverse courses being offered starting next month by OLLI at UNH. OLLI is the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and program manager Tori Berube joined us in studio to discuss what's on their schedule for the coming semester. For more information it's www.uhh.edu/olli or call (603) 255-3553.

This week on Facing the Future, our guest is Rachel Snyderman, Director of Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. We’ll ask her about the fiscal challenges awaiting the winner of the 2024 presidential election and the more immediate challenge of finally passing the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills – something that is now four months overdue.