Keith Shields

Next week on The Exchange, with expanded gambling now off the table, we look at how that might affect the state budget, as the Governor, House and Senate all hold strong to their positions.  Then, what’s next for newspapers in New Hampshire, with recent headlines of more layoffs and cutbacks in this industry.

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with the end of NECAPs, the standardized tests that Granite State students have long taken are being replaced by a whole new system.  Then, an energy plan for New Hampshire with so many proposals on the table now, some say it’s time to look at “the big picture”.  And we’ll close out the week with our Friday New Hampshire news roundup.  E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for The Exchange every morning live at 9/and again at 8 pm, here on NHPR!

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with a new biography of our thirtieth President Calvin Coolidge. The stoic Vermonter known as Silent Cal.  Then the one-hundredth birthday of the Federal Income tax, we’ll look at its history and controversy. Later, we sit down with New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Commissioner, Tom Burack.  And we end the week with our Friday New Hampshire News roundup.  E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for the exchange every morning live at 9/and again at 8 p m, here on NHPR!

There was hardly a single person who thought that Henri Charles Renaud would win the 13th running of the Boston Marathon in 1909.  He was just 19 years old, a son of French Canadian immigrants who worked in the Nashua mills. And is his great grandson, Brett Misenor says he had only started running seven months earlier.

Next week on the exchange, we begin with the latest over the debate on the stand your ground law. House Democrats narrowly repealed this Gun-rights legislation recently, but the repeal faces a tough climb in the senate.  Later in the week we look at the Free State Movement. Ten years ago, its members began to move to New Hampshire to make political change, we’ll look at their impact and why their movement remains controversial. E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for the Exchange, every morning live at 9/and again at 8 p m here on NHPR!

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with the question of government’s role in fighting obesity, given the recent challenge to New York City’s super-size-soda ban.  Then, we sit down with Mark Huddleston, President of the University of New Hampshire.  And on Friday,  a new tradition in the making on “The Exchange”, our weekly news roundup where we look at the issues Granite Staters are talking about. E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for the Exchange, every morning live at 9/and again at 8 p m....here on NHPR!

This year, 13 New Hampshire towns are celebrating their 250th anniversaries.  As part of a new series called “250 Years In The Making: Stories From 13 New Hampshire Towns," NHPR’s Keith Shields will travel to each of these places, learn more about their founding and find the unique stories buried within their borders. But before we do, we begin with a look back two and a half centuries to the year 1763.

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with frustration over sequestration, we’ll catch up on the latest news and what it means for the Granite State.  Then, a roundtable of Granite State Catholics reflect on changes at the Vatican. The Exchange’s “Book Buffs” join us, our independent booksellers for a special program during our March fund-drive.  And later, gossip over the Gas Tax, and whether New Hampshire should raise it or not, to pay for highway, road and bridge repair.  Join us all next week for the Exchange every morning live at 9/and again at 8 p m  here on NHPR!

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with a look at New Hampshire’s housing market. It's showing some “green shoots” of recovery well before spring with sales on the upswing. Still prices remain flat and new mortgage rules have stirred controversy. Later in the week, a roundtable of Granite Staters with ties to Egypt joins us on the recent unrest in that country, after hopes were so high during the Arab Spring two years ago. E-mail us at exchange@nhpr.org and join us all next week for the Exchange every morning live at 9, and again at 8 pm, here on NHPR!

Next week on The Exchange, we  sit down with two of our state's commissioners, Corrections Department chief William Wren and then, Transportation Commissioner Chris Clement.  Later in the week, with the Fortieth Anniversary of the Roe V. Wade decision. We’ll examine how the issue of Abortion has played out over time in New Hampshire.  E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for the Exchange every morning live at 9/and again at 8 p m here on NHPR!

Next week on The Exchange, we’ll listen back to parts of President Obama’s inauguration speech and talk about what it may say for his next four years.  Then the debate over privacy in an age of information saturation, we’ll look at several proposals to overhaul New Hampshire’s privacy laws.  And we end the week with New Hampshire Health and Human Services Department Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas.  E-mail us at NHPR dot org and join us all next week for the Exchange every morning live at 9/and again at 8 pm here on NHPR

Next week on The Exchange, we begin with a new book called “Tax and Spend” exploring the long, deep American hostility toward taxes.  Then: we look at Health exchanges.  Under the Affordable Care Act, New Hampshire is laying the groundwork for these marketplaces where consumers shop around for health coverage.  We catch up on the latest research and challenges around Alzheimer's disease and later, NPR’s Dina Temple Raston is here, with stories of her beat: covering counter-terrorism.

Twenty twelve was a year where presidential politics topped the headlines and we elected the first new Governor in 8 years.  A new Catholic Bishop begin his first year, while the Episcopal bishop stepped down. We had controversy at Exeter Hospital over a Hepatitis C outbrak and we lost a beloved political figure, Senator Warren Rudman.  We’ll look back at the top stories of 2012, see what's happened since those stories aired and how they may play out in 2013.  

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Next week on The Exchange”, we begin with our 10th annual New Hampshire Newsmakers of the Year broadcast, looking back at some of twenty twelve’s top stories and how they’ve evolved over time. Then NHPR’s President Betsy Gardella joins us to tell us some of the latest news of this public radio station and a roundtable of Granite State House and Senate leaders look ahead at the upcoming legislative year. Email your thoughts to NHPR.or and join us for “The Exchange”, every day live at 9 and again at 8 p.m. here on NHPR.