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Today on Artful Living, we welcome Christian Copeley and discuss his new position as Music Director at Christ the King Parish, in Concord. Join us as we discuss all the beautiful music happening at Christ the King Parish..

Tuesday’s guest was author Yaron Weitzman who just released his latest book, “Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers”. Also discussed Tuesday was the passing of a bill in the U.S. Senate that would end the record-breaking U.S. Government shutdown. The resolution now must pass the U.S. House of Representatives. And, we honored our veterans and current service men and women on t...

A sports oriented Monday on the program with correspondent John Leahy on the hockey border battle between the University of New Hampshire and UMass-Lowell. UNH head football coach Rick Santos joined us to talk about his team’s big win on Saturday over Monmouth and we paid tribute to Sesame Street and the United States Marine Core, both celebrating anniversaries today.

A. J. and Dexter break down the impact of local elections in New Hampshire, how Zohran Mamdani's win in NYC is bad for the nation, and the craziness around Nick Fuentes joining the Tucker Carlson Show. Watch the Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes: https://youtu.be/efBB0D4tf1Y?si=96iXBfA7mfT64o6F Brett Cooper on the conservative chaos: https://youtu.be/M0PmW4od7z4?si=PjzU_tx1uJkwPNWEFollow...

My wife and I have questions about putting our garden beds to rest now that it’s the end of the growing season and that means it’s time to bring on Ethan and Amy Sager from the Again & Again Farmstead in Tamsworth. What I prize about talking with them is that they are live in a rarified world known as “permaculture”. And when I say they live in that world I mean exactly that. Soil preservation, wa...

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."

This week on Facing the Future, we focused on tax policy with Howard Gleckman, non-resident fellow at the Urban Institute and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. He explained his recent column, "What The Ugly History of Tax Policy Over The Past Four Decades Means For The Future."

This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the major impact of health care spending on the federal budget with Anna Bonelli, Director of Health Policy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The discussion included expiring enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare insolvency and Medicare Advantage overpayments.

Join our host Jane Cormier as we conclude our Western Music History series with composers of the 1800's. Such beautiful music - hope you can join us!

Thursday we were joined in studio by Mike and Karen Donnell. Mike is a coaching legend in New Hampshire and most recently, his Pembroke Academy Boys Basketball team won the NHIAA Division 2 championship in March at the Lundholm Gym in Durham. Last week Coach Donnell resigned his post at Pembroke Academy as he experienced a period of feeling tired and lacking the energy of which he’s always had ple...

God knows I love bbq and today Dan Lloyd, Founder and CEO of Big Dog Sauce Company, and Brian Bowman of Hot Mess BBQ NH stop by the studio to chat about their latest bbq news updates. Dan let’s us in on a little secret concerning Big Dog’s website upgrade and where the company is headed (and believe me, it’s great to hear). Hot Mess BBQ, voted Northeast Barbecue Society's “Rookie Team of the Year”...

Wednesday’s show featured a live in studio appearance from the New Hampshire based band Stand Up Audio. They are currently working on their third CD and introduced a song on today’s program written by band member Ben Cooper, “All That I Need” which will be on their next release. Stand Up Audio will be appearing on Saturday, December 6 at the Button Factory Stage in Portsmouth.

Today Veronica provides some tips and tricks to prepare for the upcoming fall and holiday season. She talks gift giving, restoration of the nervous system, and much more!

"Today we welcome Laurence Weissbrot, a bass/baritone from Concord who will share his love and experiences of Gilbert and Sullivan with us at Artful Living.  Hope you can join the "chat"!

Tuesday marked our monthly visit with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. We were joined by N.H. Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt to discuss the 2026 Open Enrollment period for health insurance plans which is underway. To have your plan begin on January 1, 2026 you must sign up before December 15. www.healthcare.gov

A. J. is joined by Making Media Now's Michael Azevedo to discuss the impact of private equity buying news outlets, shifting business models, and whether public funding going away was the right path.

Mention the movie “Jaws” and adrenaline instantly pours into my system! It’s an iconic movie with a crazy amount of adrenaline pumping scenes. It was released 50yrs ago this year. The NH Theatre Project is showcasing the stage production of “The Shark is Broken”. Directed by Todd Hunter and starring Jeff Ripley as Robert Shaw, Dan Kelly as Roy Scheider, and Aaron Bencks as Richard Dreyfuss, this s...

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."

On todays show Ken and Alex chat about the upcoming games this weekend, some trivia with prizes, and a couple of surprise guests stop by!

This week on Facing the Future we talked with Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) about two bills they have co-sponsored. One would create a bipartisan fiscal commission and the other would dock the pay of members of Congress for not doing their budget and appropriations bills on time.

It is Classical Thursday and we discuss some of the most legendary composers, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. We hope you will join us!

Thursday’s show was all about sauces with Dan Lloyd from Big Dog Sauce on Hillsboro. The company was founded by Dan and his wife Phyllis who run the operation along with partner Mike Diamond. The company was founded four years ago and has grown over the years to include outlets as far south as Tennessee and as far west as Buffalo. In addition, Big Dog was recently invited to an exclusive event at...

Our final episode about the New Hampshire Film Festival features the President and CEO Tina Sawtelle. Some of the items on the docket were Tina’s background and involvement with the NHFF, the relationship between the NHFF and the Music Hall, the excitement about the “Immersive Virtual Production Experience"  of The Studio Lab of Derry, highlights of the festival that you should see (think talkback...

Wednesday’s show featured our correspondent John Leahy as we discussed the return of long-time Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand to the TD Garden on Tuesday on what turned out to be night that brought tears to the eyes of the man they call “The Little Ball of Hate” and thousands of fans at the Garden.  We were also joined by New Hampshire Fisher Cats broadcaster Chris Jared for a preview of the 202...

Alex Posani is joined by NA3 Mountain Kings captains Noah Levesque and Jacob Landry as they discuss the Mountain Kings season, the NA3HL as a whole, and the paths in life that led them to becoming Mountain Kings. The NA3HL’s New Hampshire Mountain Kings return home on Wednesday, October 29th, for a 12pm game against the Norwich Sea Captains. All home games are played at Delta Dental Arena in Hooks...