NightSide With Dan Rea

Is napping good or bad for your brain? Are there any health risks of prolonged napping? Are you struggling to achieve good quality sleep? Dr. Patrick Porter, brain health and neuroplasticity expert, joined us to answer your questions about sleep and give tips and advice on how to improve sleep and achieve that optimal level of sleep for restoration.  Listen to WBZ NewsRadio on the NEW iHeart Radio...

In recent months, some energy customers have seen energy bills hit their wallets hard. Earlier in the month MA Gov. Healey launched an “energy affordability agenda” promising actions to slash energy bills over the coming years. There is a way energy customers have already been saving money on energy by using a government website called Energy Switch Massachusetts that allows residents to "shop aro...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! Ryan Leak – Author & Keynote Speaker explained to Dan How To Work With Complicated People…  The Dana Farber Marathon Challenge - goal of raising $8.5 million for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Jack F...

The “Yemen Signal Chat” story of Trump Administration top security officials accidentally including a journalist from The Atlantic into their chat group, has been dominating the news cycle but also raising a lot of questions and concerns over how this mishap occurred. Tech experts say that you can’t get much better than Signal’s message encryption services to protect the privacy of your correspond...

The “Yemen Signal Chat” story of Trump Administration top security officials accidentally including a journalist from The Atlantic into their chat group, has been dominating the news cycle but also raising a lot of questions and concerns over how this mishap occurred. Tech experts say that you can’t get much better than Signal’s message encryption services to protect the privacy of your correspond...

  A recent study from the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that people start developing unhealthy perceptions of their own bodies in early childhood. Researchers found that children as young as 7 start to judge their bodies in ways that eventually could lead to an eating disorder. In addition, during this age of filters and AI, the Mental Health Foundation warns that unrealistic body...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!  The unsolved murder of a Marine whose story inspired ‘A Few Good Men’. Emily Sweeney – Boston Globe Reporter checked in with Dan. Upcoming Bio-IT World 2025 Conference Showcases Technologies Poised to Accelerate Lifesaving Therapies. Cindy Crowninshield - Executive Event Directo j...

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief and the journalist mistakenly included in “Yemen Signal Chat,” released images of the message exchange between the Trump Administration’s highest-level national security officials. President Trump responded to the leaked images saying, “it’s not a big deal other than finding out who did it and how they did it,” that there were no detailed war...

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief and the journalist mistakenly included in “Yemen Signal Chat,” released images of the message exchange between the Trump Administration’s highest-level national security officials. President Trump responded to the leaked images saying, “it’s not a big deal other than finding out who did it and how they did it,” that there were no detailed war...

What does the future hold for clean energy in New England? Many would agree on the environmental benefits of clean energy but at what cost? Can we achieve affordable clean energy here in New England? Dave Cash, former Regional Administrator for the EPA in New England under the Biden Administration, joined us to talk about the pros and cons of various power options such as solar, wind, natural gas...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! Can Retirees BENEFIT From A Recession? Chris Carosa - Certified Trust & Fiduciary Advisor - Senior Contributor to Forbes and author of Hey! What's My Number: How to Improve the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort has the answer. Most compounded versions of popular drugs used for we...

The Trump Administration’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking a lot of heat for sharing highly sensitive attack plans on Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal. That group chat accidentally included a journalist from The Atlantic... How secure is Signal and should government officials be using this type of service to share such sensitive mate...

The Trump Administration’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking a lot of heat for sharing highly sensitive attack plans on Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal. That group chat accidentally included a journalist from The Atlantic... How secure is Signal and should government officials be using this type of service to share such sensitive mate...

Jill Kornetsky’s story is not your average tale about a woman from New England. Jill is one of a handful of Americans who the Taliban allow to live and work in Afghanistan. The young woman is a Harvard-trained laboratory scientist, a Brandeis-trained social scientist, and a US Department of State and Melikian Center Graduate Fellow in Persian Language and Culture, who founded the non-profit organi...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! Combatting High Food Prices with a Free app (called Flashfood) that’s partnering with groceries stores to offer nutritious food at affordable prices. Esther Cohn - VP of Communications & Public Affairs at Flashfood joined Dan. James Brown Saves Boston Tribute Concert to be held...

Recent polling shows a conservative shift among our youngest voters, Gen Z, particularly among young men. What can the Democratic Party do to regain voters? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been rallying with Sen. Bernie Sanders trying to reach disenchanted Democrats. Do you think AOC is a good leadership choice for the Democratic Party to try to bridge the gap between voters and regain some of t...

Recent polling shows a conservative shift among our youngest voters, Gen Z, particularly among young men. What can the Democratic Party do to regain voters? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been rallying with Sen. Bernie Sanders trying to reach disenchanted Democrats. Do you think AOC is a good leadership choice for the Democratic Party to try to bridge the gap between voters and regain some of t...

The Boston City Council is toying with the idea of a new food delivery tax, that’s part of the city’s efforts to crackdown on food-app delivery drivers and their “dangerous” and at times “unlawful” driving. The Council is weighing an amendment to Boston Mayor Wu’s “road safety and accountability for delivery providers ordinance” that would add a 15-cent delivery fee per order for national third-pa...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! Mark Epstein – Author of "Cape Dreams: A Season with the Brewster Whitecaps" joined Dan. New Analysis: NH Women's Pay Gap Larger Than National Average. Jessica Williams - Policy Analyst for New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute checked in. Abby Foster – Vice President of Policy and...

For this week’s last broadcast hour of NightSide, we talk about dead retail chain stores that you wish you could revive! Which chain do you miss and why? Is it The Christmas Tree Shops? How about Bradlees or even Ames? Listen to WBZ NewsRadio on the NEW iHeart Radio app and be sure to set WBZ NewsRadio as your #1 preset! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get ready to talk about hidden restaurant gems and tasty food in and around the Boston area! Do you frequent a hidden restaurant that you’d like to recommend? Are you looking for a great Italian or Mexican place to eat? NBC 10 food writer Mark Hurwitz joined us to talk about hidden restaurants in Boston. Listen to WBZ NewsRadio on the NEW iHeart Radio app and be sure to set WBZ NewsRadio as your #...

According to the 2025 World Happiness Record, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, Finland is the happiest country in the world for a straight eighth year. The United States falls to its lowest-ever position in the happiness ranking at 24. Why do you think America isn’t higher up on the list? What are the contributing factors in society to happiness? What do you...

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! Amid Skyrocketing Antisemitism, New Provocative Billboards Raise Awareness. Two new billboards in Cambridge. Archie Gottesman – Co-Founder of JewBelong – the group who put up the billboards joined Dan. Does sleeping on an idea work?   Adam Horowitz-   Former postdoctoral associate...

The President signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media that the department will be “much smaller than it is today” however “when it comes to student loans and Pell Grants, those will still be run out of the Department of Education.” While Trump has made his intention to close the DOE clear, to fully dissolve th...

The President signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media that the department will be “much smaller than it is today” however “when it comes to student loans and Pell Grants, those will still be run out of the Department of Education.” While Trump has made his intention to close the DOE clear, to fully dissolve th...