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Senator John Kerry won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary. We'll find out more about the Senator from Massachusetts, including what motivates him and who he is as a person.

*This is a rebroadcast, so we will not be taking any new calls.

What differentiates voters in Berlin versus Belmont or Claremont from Concord or East Manchester from West Manchester? As we hit the polls on Primary Day, we'll see how the education, occupations and native born populations of different Granite State towns affects they way it may tend to vote. Laura's guests are Michael Dupre, Professor of Sociology at Saint Anselm College and research fellow at The New Hampshire Institute of Politics along with NHPR reporters Raquel Maria Dillon, Dan Gorenstein, and Trish Anderton.

The remaining Democratic candidates for president squared off for the last time at St. Anselm College before the New Hampshire Primary. We'll recap the issues, the exchanges, and the notable moments. Laura's guests are Jon Greenberg, Executive Editor at NHPR, and Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at St. Anselm College and author of "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics".

They make up a huge bloc of New Hampshire's electorate - thirty-eight percent. We'll talk about their possible role in next week's primary. Plus, President Bush's State of the Union address- its message, timing and impact on the primary candidates. Laura's guests are Jacqueline Salit, Political Coordinator for "Choosing an independent President 2004", Political Analyst and Executive Editor for The Neo Independent Magazine and Rich Killion, Director of the Marlin Fitzwater Center at Franklin Pierce College. We'll also hear from Mark Wrighton, Assistant Professor of Politics at UNH.

In 1519, over a quarter-century after Christopher Columbus's first expedition, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set off with a fleet of five ships and 260 men with hopes to be the first to circumnavigate the globe and find a western route to the Spice Islands. The expedition ended up becoming a three year odyssey filled with sex, violence, death, mutiny and amazing adventure. We'll re-tell the incredible voyage of Ferdinand Magellan. Laura's guest is Laurence Bergreen, author of "Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe".

*THIS SHOW IS A REBROADCAST, SO THERE WILL BE NO CALLS TAKEN*