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Dartmouth researcher Aine Donovan is working to put together a better understanding of the "Millennial Generation" and what motivates them. She says that today's high school students are generally more patriotic, service-minded and socially conservative than their parent's generation. As head of the college's ethics institute, Dr. Donovan is particularly interested in finding the moral compass of these kids so teachers and professors can work with their students best. We'll talk with Dr. Donovan about her research.

Also in tonight's show: Each year, John Fladd encourages his eighth graders at Deerfield Community School to "adopt a dead person" from one of the town's many graveyards. It gives the students an introduction to genealogy and sleuthing as they piece together the life of someone long gone. We'll talk with John about this ongoing project and what it's yielded.

Here's a link to Deerfield's "Adopt a Dead Person" site.

Here's a link to John's website, with lots of information on past projects.

Last week, aldermen in Manchester approved a controversial decision to change the airport's name to include the city of "Boston" in the title. The effort was made in part to help stem the reduction in passengers flying out of Manchester. We'll talk about the significance of such a name change and how the trend is playing out nationally. Our guests are David Field, the Americas Editor for Airline Business Magazine, and Kevin Dillon, the director of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

And we'll hear producer Liz Bulkley's true story about her flight from Boston to Washington, DC where she was the only passenger.

Seventy years ago today, the first unplanned television event was broadcast -- it was a fire in Camden, New Jersey. On day one of Turn Off Your TV Week, we'll look at the impact of some of the good and BAD programming we were raised on. Our guest is Profesor Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

We'll also hear what's real and not real about how Hollywood portrays Washington, DC, in a piece by producer Richard Paul. The story comes to us from PRX, The Public Radio Exchange.

A new book by Archeologist David Starbuck looks at the history and prehistory of the Granite State. It explores a huge period of time, starting with an era pre-dates white settlers and ending with early 20th century industrial sites. David will give us some background on the field of archeology in the state, too, and tell us what it's like to be an archeologist in New Hampshire. His book is called The Archeology of New Hampshire: Exploring 10,000 Years in the Granite State.

During the show, we'll also get the details on a restoration project at Portsmouth's historic Music Hall. Shay will talk with Executive Director Patricia Lynch about the project.

Tomorrow (April 19th) marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War. But before that first shot was heard round the world, there was quite a bit of saber-rattling and planning taking place. Some of the earliest action happened right on New Hampshire's seacoast. We'll get the details from Historian Stu Wallace of the New Hampshire Technical Institute.

Speaking of the British, we're going to have our own tea party on the Front Porch tonight. Jonathan Blakeslee of Portsmouth's White Heron Tea will dispel some of the myths and misconceptions that surround the world's second-favorite beverage (water ranks #1, of course). Join us for a conversation on the culture and history of tea.