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New Hampshire Holocaust Survivors Speak Out - A new documentary, Telling Their Stories: New Hampshire Holocaust Survivors Speak Out tells the story of four Holocaust survivors, their trials during WW2 Europe and their journeys that brought them from their home countries of Germany, Poland and Hungry to New Hampshire. We?ll hear some of their stories as well as look at the importance of keeping this time in history, now 60-years old, alive. Laura?s guests are Stephen Lewy, featured in the documentary, he?s a Holocaust survivor living in Manchester who escaped Germany, joined the US Army, and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald in 1945. Paul Vincent, Associate Professor and Director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College. Thomas Weisshaus, A Holocaust survivor living in Exeter who was one of the thousands of Hungarian-Jews helped by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and David DeArville, Director of Telling Their Stories.

Two weeks ago Paul Hodes won the Democratic nomination for US Congress, District 2 fairly handily. The fifty-three year old Concord lawyer and children's musician describes himself as "independent minded", supports issues like stem-cell research and Medicare reform, Now he's the Democratic nominee for US Congress and faces a tough race this November against the Republican incumbent Charles Bass. Trish Anderton will spend the hour talking with Paul Hodes about the issues, his platforms and how he hopes to win a seat in Washington this fall.

The ex-President of Middlebury College in Vermont has written an opinion piece for the NY Times that has some jaws dropping. From abolishing tenure to lowering the drinking age, John McCardell is laying it out for the public and we're finding out why. Mike Arnold guest hosts. His guest is John McCardell, who served as President of Middlebury College in Vermont for thirteen years before stepping down this year. McCardell is currently on a year long sabbatical and will return to the college next fall as a College Professor.

For the next six weeks we'll be dedicating our Tuesday broadcasts to the major issues that might make or break this election from Foreign policy to education to social issues. We commence this series with a look at the candidates for President and state offices and the Economy. It still ranks as the number one issue for voters nationwide. In the Presidential race the lines are deeply divided yet in New Hampshire with higher national average median incomes and lower national than average unemployment, the issue might be a tougher sell for a contender. We look at jobs, the economy, the platforms and how they might play out in this year's elections. Laura's guests are Dean Spiliotes, a research fellow for the Department of Politics at St Anselm College and author of "Vicious Cycle: Presidential Decision Making in the American Political Economy", Ross Gittell, Professor of Management at The University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics and Andy Smith, Professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and director of the UNH Survey Center.

A journey down the 400 plus miles of the Connecticut River takes you not only through four New England states, but through a swath of history. Find out how the river helped develop New Hampshire, from the early days of the settlers through modern times. Laura's guest is Michael Tougias, lecturer and author of fifteen books about New England's history and outdoors. He is also a syndicated columnist for a number of newspapers, including the Springfield Union and the Taunton Gazette.

But first we'll check in with Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff about the economy, about security and about the President's campaign