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Author Jared Gange knows hiking, he's hiked and skied in New Hampshire, Vermont and the Adirondacks for over 15 years. Now he's come up with an "everything you need to know" guide about all the great hikes in New Hampshire from Mount Washington to Mount Monadnock. The book is complete with information on trails, maps, places to stay, places to see and special sections on Winter hiking and hikes with children. Before you set out with your backpack this spring, make sure you have a copy of this "Hiker's guide" with you. Laura's guest is Jared Gange, Hiker and Author of "Hiker's Guide to the Mountains of New Hampshire".

The movie "Good Night and Good Luck" has cast new life on the story of Edward R. Murrow, one of broadcast journalism's most recognizable names. We'll talk about how he changed the face of American journalism and how much of that spirit, attitude and approach exists in the U.S. media today. We'll also look at the role of media today, ask if journalists have pulled back from the Murrow approach and what Edward would think about today's media landscape if he were still alive. Laura's guest is John Irby, Associate Professor in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University (Murrow graduated from WSU in 1930) and Journalism Degree Program Coordinator. Irby has more than twenty five years experience in the newspaper industry as everything from reporter to editor and publisher and has written several books.

We’re going to play a game today and you’re invited to be a contestant as we try to figure out how to pay for public schools. The only rule- you can’t do it with the current system. Maybe it’s an income tax, sales tax, tax on second homes or something no one’s thought of before. Whatever it is, bring your ideas as we spin the wheel on school funding. Laura's guest is Kevin Landrigan, State House Reporter for the Nashua Telegraph. We'll also hear from Doug Hall, Executive Director of the NH Center for Public Policy Study, Fred Bramante, Former Chairman of the State Board of Education and Guy MacMillin, Editorial Page Editor for the Keene Sentinel. Other guests TBA.

Another bill to help fund a popular conservation program known as L-CHIP will be heard in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. We’ll look at the future of the independent state program, where the dollars to fund it might come from next and how much, if any, should come from the state. Laura's guests are Pamela Price, a Republican Representative from Nashua and Elizabeth Hager, a Republican Representative from Concord who is one of the sponsors of the L-CHIP bill, HB1167-FN-A.

“The conventional wisdom driving today’s politics and public life is dead wrong” says national pollster and Harwood Institute founder Richard Harwood. In a new book he suggests that instead of being a nation divided between politics, income or belief, Americans are simply retreating from each other and that to advance again means coming back together in public forums, public centers and in our public affairs. Laura's guest is Richard Harwood, President and Founder of the Harwood Institute For Public Innovation and author of "Hope Unraveled: The People's Retreat and Our Way Back"

*Richard Harwood will be speaking at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester tomorrow night at 7 and on Thursday afternoon he’s be speaking at an invitation only group of civic leaders and philanthropists at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.*