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State Senator Cindy Rosenwald of Nashua on the state budget vote in the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Amy Hall, Executive Director of the Granite State Dairy Promotion and Dr. Peter Erickson, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist at the University of New Hampshire

This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Co-Chairs Bob Kerrey and Jack Danforth discuss their recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, "How Long Can America Keep Borrowing?" They argue that our fiscal challenges are worse than in 1994 when they chaired a bipartisan presidential commission. They also argue that a Senate Centrist Caucus could help forge consensus.

What's next for the Bruins? J.D. Martinez on the "sticky stuff", Blue Jays stars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette talk with Chris, and much more!

Dan Weeks, Director of Market Development at Revision Energy, a solar energy company based in Brentwood, NH

This week on Facing the Future we look at what’s on the minds of swing voters with Rich Thau, President of Engagious, a firm that has been conducting focus groups across the country with people who voted for Trump in 2016 and for Biden in 2020. Then we’ll talk with Concord Coalition Chief Economist Steve Robinson about his new issue brief on the uncertainties of projecting costs for major new programs and why some of the projections in President Biden’s budget might understate the potential costs.

John Clayton, Executive Director of the Manchester Historic Association and the Millyard Museum in Manchester and Amy Hall, Executive Director of the Granite State Dairy Promotion.

Host Chris Ryan breaks down the Boston Bruins disappointing second round playoff loss to the Islanders with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron, looks at the Red Sox with Alex Verdugo and Alex Cora and talks (in person) with AL MVP candidate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at Fenway Park.

Nate Ebner-Former New England Patriots Special Teams Specialist now a member of the NY Giants. The only person to ever compete in the Olympics and then go on to win a Super Bowl. Ebner competed in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as one of 12 members of the U.S. Rugby team. He won three Super Bowls with the Patriots.

Also, Lisabritt Solsky, V.P. of Strategy and Corporate Development for Granite State Independent Living.

This week on Facing the Future, we look at why it has become so difficult to shift budgetary priorities and why that is a problem for the future. Our guest is Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute, author of the book Dead Men Ruling. Then, my Concord Coalition colleagues, Tori Gorman and Steve Robinson, join the show to discuss the politics and economics of a big infrastructure spending package.