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Dr. Barry Taylor of the “Love Your Body” program joined us in studio on Monday to discuss Aging with Vitality and Mindfulness, stressing the three C’s, Community, Connection and Communication. Studies have shown that the biggest risk for the senior population is loneliness and being alone.

Dr. Barry talked about the importance of having a sense of purpose through communication and community involvement and having a sense of purpose.

Jane welcomes artist Jackie Hanson on Artful Living today and they discuss the challenging world of a producing young artist in action! Join Jane and Jackie on this informative but entertaining segment of Artful Living.

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."

Artful Living is excited to host Maria DeVito Palmer as Jane and Maria chat about Concord Market Days and Maria's beautiful art designs! Join Jane and Maria as they share their love of beauty and grace and all the artworks available at Maria DeVito Palmer Designs.

We spent a fun Thursday morning with legendary entertainer John Davidson and America-Ukrainian singer/songwriter Andriana. A number of years ago John moved from Hollywood to Sandwich, NH and ultimately became the proprietor of Club Sandwich a barn converted into a music venue with a total of 44 seats.

You can get more information at www.John Davidson.com. John performs every Friday and Saturday night. Andriana will make a guest appearance at Club Sandwich on Thursday, August 17.

This week on Facing the Future, we talk to Richard Jackson, President of the Global Aging Institute about the combined effects of declining fertility rates, longer life expectancy and the baby boomers entering retirement en masse on our federal budget and our economy. It means more spending on Medicare and Social Security, with a smaller working age population to pay into these safety net programs and sustain them. We will also catch up with Concord Coalition policy director Tori Gorman and chief economist Steve Robinson on the latest economic news.

Neil Levesque, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College was our Wednesday guest and he broke some news. Next Monday night at 5:30 there will be a “No Labels” event at St. Anselm fueling speculation that there exists a possibility of a Third Party presidential candidacy in 2024. The headliner at the event will be West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin. Manchin will be joined by the former Republican Governor of Utah John Huntsman and former Connecticut Senator and 2000 Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman who left the Democratic Party in 2006 to become an Independent.

Tuesday’s show went from motor sports to medicine as we chatted with NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Kaz Grala who, at 24, has raced at every level there is in the NASCAR circuit including a number of Cup Series races filling in for other drivers as he awaits a regular spot in the sport’s premier series.

Later in the program we were joined by Dr. Jason Aziz, Director of Health Economics, Life and Health at the New Hampshire Insurance Department. The topic: price transparency when it comes to insurance costs for medical procedures and prescription drugs.

An important website to have in regard to that topic is; www.nhhealthcost.nh.gov

In today’s episode we hear from Lynn at Navlyn Resources and Macey from UNH along with Jodi and Paula from AHEC to learn about current health care workforce needs and a few of the great job training programs available!

Don’t forget to sign up for Walk with Ease at www.startwalkwithease.org/nhdhhs.

It’s NASCAR Cup Series week in the Granite State at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. One of the biggest travel and tourism events of the year in N.H. Speedway Executive V.P. and General Manager David McGrath joined the show to detail the events leading up to the Cup race on Sunday at 2:30 PM.

For more info, visit www.nhms.com!