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Not anymore, he isn't. Except maybe for his final press conference today where he will officially part ways with the New England Patriots. It's a sad day, isn't it? The end of an era. The Sports Machine with Slim shares his ideas with the listening audience and discusses the future with a couple of his dedicated, professional quality sports talk callers. The Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime last night by a score of 127-120. Did you see Jayson Tatum's "angry face" last night after hitting a huge 3 in ot? I'm here for it, and you should be too. It is time for the Celtics to come of age and start to win these close games. Let's build on it tonight vs the Bucks!

Jane welcomes Megan Schmitt from NH Patriot Hub who is offering a free family event "Let Freedom Ring" in Concord on Jan. 17. Join Artful Living and check out this amazing opportunity to learn about our constitution and share some birthday cake for Ben Franklin's 318th birthday!

The Thursday Program featured the major breaking sports news....the departure of Bill Belichick as head coach of the New England Patriots after 24 seasons. In fact it turned out to be a day of departures, Belichick from the Pats, Chris Christie from the Republican Primary race, and Hunter Biden, swiftly, from a Congressional hearing.

This week on Facing the Future, we talked with Molly Reynolds, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, about the breakdown of the congressional budget process.

With another partial shutdown looming on January 19, we discussed why Congress never passes its annual appropriations bills on time, the problems this creates and whether there are any remedies.

Jaylen Brown said it yesterday. And The Sports Machine with Slim is saying it today! The NBA needs an investigation! The travesty that took place in Indiana on Monday night was bad enough. But the NBA decided to go "double down" mode in the Lakers vs Toronto game last night. The NBA needs somebody who will look into what the heck is happening with its referees - and Slim is the man to do it. Listen to the set of rants he gives us today! Or you can listen to Slim and Thomas Poeck discuss the Bruins overtime losses from the past couple of nights. Do our B's have what it takes to win it all this year?

Another good friend of mine, Jim Rogato (aka the voice of God), stopped by to talk about his recent role in the Traditional English Panto that played at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. He’s been seen by thousands of theater goers over the years and Jim is a founding member of the Rockin’ Daddios as well. The Rockin’ Daddios bring back some of the best loved songs from the 50’s and 60’s sung in a doo-wop style with the accent on harmonies and FUN. They’ve performed all around NH as well as a 3 year stint at Mohegan Sun! Jim shares great stories about how the Daddios met and got to sing with the Tokens and the Shirrelles. And a lot more!

With the First in the Nation Presidential Primary coming up in less than two weeks, our Wednesday guest was Neil Levesque, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm. Neil discussed the latest polling on the Republican side and the controversy in the aftermath of the Democratic National Committee declaring the New Hampshire Primary "meaningless".

What happened in Indianapolis last night was nothing short of theft. Straight up robbery. The Boston Celtics fairly and squarely were in position to win that game and the refs came in and took it away from them. It leaves one to ask: Was it intentional? Jaylen Brown certainly has his thoughts. "I think they definitely need to do some sort of investigation". That's what Jaylen had to say after the game. Slim agrees. And so does Mitty, who was in studio today to help bring in the listeners. The Sports Machine with Slim (and Mitty) goes from the Celtics to the Bruins to the Michigan Wolverines to cryptocurrency to finding wallets and all the way back again during this all over the place episode!

Artful Living welcomes GoodLife once more.  Katlyn and Jane will talk about the many trip offerings this year!  There has never been more opportunities to visit New England and beyond.  Join our "chat" and see what GoodLife is bringing to their members in 2024!

Concord attorney and citizen activist Charlie Russell joined us in studio on Tuesday to talk about the history of the New Hampshire Primary which is now just two weeks away. From Truman to Trump and all candidates in between there have been many stories to share along campaign trail and Charlie was a collaborator with writer David Tirrell-Wysocki and illustrator Mel Bolden on a publication titled "New Hampshire Primary Rule Book", stories from which we discussed on the today's program.