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A. J. dives into the universal failure of Republicans in state and federal elections, likely due to President Trump, but Democrats better be careful. Is this a mandate or a response to the death of MAGA? Join the community at https://newenglandtake.com and email me at [email protected] Unheard, "It’s the war, stupid: The hawks brought down the Republicans": https://unherd.com/2026/11/its-the-war-stupid/?edition=us NH Property Tax Cap Results: https://elections.nhhouse.gop/taxcap JD Vance on why Republicans lost: https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835

A remarkable true story from today’s call in guest: Cody Sheehy, director of the documentary THE LAST DIVE. The film follows Terry Kennedy, a Navy veteran, and former Hell's Angels associate who, decades ago, formed an unlikely bond with a giant oceanic manta ray he named Willy while diving off San Benedicto Island in Mexico. Now in his eighties, Terry gathers his old friends for one more trip, hoping to swim with Willy one last time.

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, Ellen Raffio, and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

"Ken Cail and Alex Posani return to preview 3, count em, 3 New Hampshire Mountain Kings games this week. Liam Frier and Brayden Scali join them to talk about the Mountain Kings recent trip to South Jersey and what’ll it take to keep up the good start to the season. This weekend is also Mountain King's ""Salute to Service Weekend."" Both teams will be wearing their specialty jersey! 5 jerseys from each team will be auctioned off starting on Friday, and the auction will end next Wednesday, the 11th.  Auction Link - https://fans.winwithdash.com/team/newhampshiremountainkings All that and more on Mountain Kings catch up!"

This week on Facing the Future, Capitol Hill budget experts Bill Hoagland of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Tom Kahn of American University join Concord Coalition executive director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux and host Bob Bixby to discuss how the midterm elections could affect the budget and the economy.

Suit up with Soundtrack Cinema as we join the Agents Of SHIELD, play at the Space Jam, pay tribute to Sir Patrick, try to Catch Me If You Can, and rap with the Jetsons. It's a show full of segways, trust me!

Thursday’s show featured “New Hampshire Unscripted” host Ray Dudley as we discussed some of the best and worst songs from 1980-2025. Also joining us Thursday, the head coach of football at New England College, Kevin Kelly.

Buckle up fans! Today’s discussion with Kenn Cramer,  MA, MA is a Catholic writer, speaker, and ministry professional, was wonderfully and refreshingly fairly deep. Arts, artists, philosophy, theology, artists in residence, spirituality, the church, etc. it ALL gets touched in todays episode. He believes in the power of storytelling to inspire and challenge, and his work often blends theology, philosophy, and fruit from personal contemplation.

Wednesday’s program featured Dan Weed of Weed Family Automotive in Concord www.weedfamilyautomotive.com We were also joined by Lloyd Doughty of Concord’s Bektash Shrine which will be hosting the annual Feztival of Trees from November 21-29 at 189 Pembroke Road to benefit Shriner’s Hospitals and Clinics around the world. bektashshriners.org.

Pam Hannan, the Senior Vice President from Independent Financial Advisors stops by to talk about retirement, financial planning and more for the retired years.

Rick Blais returns to talk finances and how to help train our kids to handle their finances even at an early age to prepare them as they get older.

On Soundtrack Cinema, we listen to everything. But sometimes, they're polar opposites! We listen to Roots, then Monsters Inc. MIB, then Mr. Rogers. ER, then a Coca Cola commercial. This type of stuff only happens on this show!

The first Tuesday of the month means our visit with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. Joining us to discuss the annual open enrollment for www.healthcare.gov insurance plans was the Department’s Health Reform Coordinator Leigh Curtis. Also joining the show was Mark Shilansky who along with family and fellow musicians will be presenting a charity concert this Sunday,11/8, to benefit the memorial scholarship named in honor of mother, Sandra Rudman Shilansky. The concert gets underway at 3 PM at Merrimack Valley High School. For more info: MVHSalumni.org

I was told recently by a friend that the vocal chords are muscles and need to be exercised regularly. So here’s your chance to begin exercising! Today we’re spotlighting some of the most popular songs that tend to want to make you throw caution out the window, toss your pride out with it and rock out in the comfort of your vehicle. Think Van Morrison, The Turtles, The Archies, Neil Diamond and many more!!!!

Monday’s program was sports oriented after a busy weekend on the local scene. Sunday marked the annual awards ceremony for the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey as five new members were inducted. We were joined by our correspondent John Leahy who brought us up to date on Hockey East and also with us on Monday, University of New Hampshire head football coach Sean Goodrich looking ahead to Sunday’s game at home against Rhode Island at 1 PM.