Episodios

  • Reefer Sanity? Kevin Sabet Says It's Time to Re-Think Legal Weed
    Aug 5 2025

    Kevin Sabet is President and CEO of the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana. He was in New Hampshire to talk to the National Association of Attorneys General about the impact of America's mass experiment with the commercial marijuana industry. His first book was called Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana, and he talks to NHJournal's Michael Graham about how New Hampshire's decision to stay out of the pot business may put it at the forefront of new thinking regarding legal weed.

    Graham also gives a shout out to the New Hampshire progressives who've taken a break from chanting "Globalize the Intifada" and "From the River to the Sea" to denounce the handful of neo-Nazis who showed up at the state house.

    Plus -- Why are your energy bills so damn high?

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    43 m
  • NH Dems Vs. Sydney Sweeney
    Aug 2 2025

    Want to know why the Sydney Sweeney "Good Jeans" ad upset political progressives so much? Just check the reaction to Gov. Kelly Ayotte's decision to sign bills banning sex-change procedures for minor children.

    PLUS -- Why GOP midterm gerrymandering in Texas means there's almost no chance you'll see it in New Hampshire.

    Hosted by Michael Graham, managing editor of NHJournal.com.

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    29 m
  • Do NH Democrats Even WANT to Win?
    Jul 15 2025

    A new NHJournal/Praecones Analytica poll has dropped, and NHJ Managing Editor Michael Graham talks about it with New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) Director Neil Levesque.

    But first, it's Executive Councilor John Stephen venting his outrage at Magistrate Stephanie Johnson and her mishandling of two high-profile cases, including the horrific murder-suicide in Berlin. He says it's time for Johnson to go and the court has the power to kick her out.

    Plus, a bit of rank punditry from Graham as he tries to figure out what the heck NH Democrats are up to.

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    52 m
  • Gov. Kelly Ayotte On Budget Battle Win
    Jun 27 2025

    Just minutes after her budget deal passes the legislature and is headed to her desk, Gov. Kelly Ayotte joins NHJournal to talk about the process, her priorities and her very public battle with Republican legislators.

    Did Ayotte get everything she wanted? Does she think she went too far in her fight with the state Senate?

    She talks about it with NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham.

    Also, some rank punditry on the current state of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. (Hint: Not Great, Bob.)


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    34 m
  • Tragedy at DC Jewish Museum, Farce in Biden White House
    May 23 2025

    Tracy Richmond, Chair of the Board for The Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, talks to NHJournal's Michael Graham about life in the Granite State as a Jewish American as antisemitic violence claims two more lives on the streets of Washington, D.C.

    That violence was accompanied by the "Free, Free Palestine" chant heard at UNH and the state capitol in Concord.

    Then Graham launches into a rant about the World's Worst Political Cover Up -- the fact that Joe Biden was mentally unfit to be President of the United States pretty much the entire time he was President of the United States. And nobody did more to keep Biden there than the Democrats of New Hampshire.

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    38 m
  • Tiffany Justice: 'The Tide is Turning' on Protecting Girls Sports and Spaces
    Apr 23 2025

    Tiffany Justice has been fighting for years to keep biology and gender in tandem, rejecting progressive arguments that sex is merely a social construct and that there are dozens of genders.

    Co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Justice is now a Heritage Foundation Visiting Fellow on Parental Rights.

    And after listening to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on a parental rights case on Tuesday, she joins the NHJournal podcast to talk about the trend toward protecting girls sports and spaces from biological males.

    “The tide is turning on this issue. And the science, obviously, is with us,” Justice told the NHJournal podcast.

    ALSO: Some rank punditry from your host, Michael Graham of NHJournal, on the latest Granite State poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, and why, despite Trump's struggles, Democrats embrace "one weird trick" that keeps Trump in the game.

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    35 m
  • Sununu's Out! Mark Halperin on What's Next for NH Senate Race
    Apr 9 2025

    Gov. Chris Sununu says he's going to sit out the 2026 U.S. Senate race -- what does that mean for New Hampshire politics?

    NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham asks veteran political reporter Mark Halperin. He gives his take on Sununu's decision, the chances Republicans will pick up the seat, and why he thinks Rep. Maggie Goodlander could be the biggest danger to Rep. Chris Pappas' Senate hopes.

    In addition to some rank punditry from the host, state Rep. James Spillane (R-Deerfield) talks about his recent trip to Israel with a group of legislators, and what Granite Staters should know about the Gaza conflict.

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    42 m
  • NH Democrats Have Anger Issues
    Mar 21 2025

    New Hampshire Democrats are as mad as hell, and they're not gonna take it anymore! Not from their members of Congress -- as Rep. Maggie Goodlander learned at a town hall this week -- or from their fellow members of the New Hampshire legislature. Just ask progressive Rep. Jonah Wheeler (D-Peterborough).

    All that anger is going to have an impact on the 2026 campaigns. The big question is who will be running? Goodlander? Rep. Chris Pappas? Former Gov. Chris Sununu?

    Plenty of rank punditry from your host, NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham.

    And then William Jacobson with Legal Insurrection joins the conversation to talk about the civil rights complaint he filed regarding UNH's participation in a race-based faculty benefits program. (Cameo appearance by NHJournal reporter Damien Fisher!)

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    50 m