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This morning, we were joined by Former CNN pundit Chris Cillizza discussed his just-released book, “Power Players: Sports, Politics and the America Presidency”.

Regardless of your political affiliation you’ll enjoy reading about presidents from Eisenhower to Biden, their athleticism, or lack thereof, and their enjoyment of the sports they embraced and followed intensely.

New Hampshire State Representative Michael Moffett of Merrimack District 4 was in studio discussing a variety of topics including some recent legislative bills concerning the legalization of marijuana and expanded gaming.

Michael served as a reserve Marine Corps infantry officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel after years of service which included deployments to the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. His sports column appears weekly in the Weirs Times and he is also the author of a non-fiction book entitled “ Fahim Speaks."

Host Chris Ryan goes in-depth on the Bruins and Celtics playoff runs and checks in on the Red Sox. Interviews this week include Dominique Wilkins, Charlie McAvoy, Garnet Hathaway, Kike Hernandez and Christian Vazquez.

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."

Reporter Ethan DeWitt of the New Hampshire Bulletin joins A. J. Kierstead to discuss the ESG debate in New Hampshire and lawsuits around school funding. More from them at https://newhampshirebulletin.com

A wide-ranging freewheeling show on this Thursday including the Presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy, Junior and the almost certain future move of the Oakland ‘s to Las Vegas.

We were joined by Andrew of Andrew North and the Rangers to talk about their Thursday event in downtown Concord which will also feature Lucas Gallo.

Also discussed were Saturday’s Earth Day celebration, an upcoming Concord Red Cross Blood Drive and the recent severe injuries suffered by Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens in a Florida bicycle accident.

In "Artful Living" today, Jane talks all things DANCE with Jeremiah and Shayla of Royal Palace Dance Studios in Concord, NH. Dance is becoming all the rage, so come join our conversation!

Facing the Future was in Washington DC this week for the national finals of the annual "Fiscal Challenge" competition among college students all over the country. The students put forward some thorough and well-researched plans to reduce the national debt as a share of the American economy over the next 30 years. Concord Coalition Communications Director Av Harris spoke in detail with the college teams about their proposals to raise revenue, reduce federal spending, and grow the economy. He also spoke with professor Sita Slavov of George Mason University's Schar School of Public Policy, who evaluated and scored these plans as one of the fiscal challenge judges.

Scott Spradling of the Spradling Group and the Scott Spradling Band joined the program to talk some sports and the next performance of his band which will be at the Rex Theatre in Manchester on Sunday, April 30 at 2PM. Tickets available at rextheatre.org or palacetheatre.org!

Also on the show, sportswriter Curtis Stock, a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and author of the new book, “The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty.” It’s based on the five Turcotte brothers who became very successful jockeys. Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat to horse racing’s Triple Crown in 1973 and together the Brothers Turcotte combined for 8,251 wins and prize money of nearly 60-million dollars. There was much triumph but also much tragedy along the way in this intriguing and heartbreaking story.

You won’t want to miss our conversation with the multi-talented Masheri Chappelle. Masheri is the Chair of the New Hampshire Writer’s Project as well as the author of the “Oracle Files” series and “The Descendant”. A graduate of Smith College, where she received a B.A. in theatre and writing, Masheri is a data analyst by day and novelist, playwright and intuitive consultant by night.