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Most of the country employs an electronic prescription registry, where doctors and pharmacists can learn instantly which prescriptions you have, who wrote them, and where and how often they get filled. Many in medicine and law enforcement say these registries significantly reduce prescription drug abuse, but New Hampshire is one of the few states that has resisted, as libertarians and other privacy advocates say government has no business collecting and sharing such deeply personal information. We’ll look at the debate and see if a prescription drug registry could be on its way to New Hampshire.

Guests

• Neal Kurk, Republican state representative from Weare
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It’s the next big event for political watchers and next big step for the presidential campaigns: choosing the perfect vice president. The vetting process is intensifying and many names are flying about. We’ll put you in charge as we ask who might end up as running mates for John McCain or Barack Obama.

Guests

• Dean Spiliotes, New Hampshire political scientist and author of NHPoliticalCapital.com
• Jennifer Donahue, Political Director and Project Citizen Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College
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Almost a century before the Stamp Act of 1775, American colonists were repressed, unfairly taxed, had their charters revoked and were intimidated by Redcoats marching on their streets. In 1689, they fought back and shots were fired against British troops; they didn't win, but it was the beginning of a long revolution that only culminated almost 100 years later in the War for Independence. A new book called "Seeds of Discontent" explores how long and deep tensions were between the colonists and the British crown and how long the revolution in America really was.

Guest

• J. Revell Carr, president of the Council of American Maritime Museums and the International Congress of Maritime Museums, former president and director of Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut and author of Seeds of Discontent: Deep Roots of the American Revolution 1650-1750

We’ve felt the squeeze more each day, with fuel and food prices up and home prices down. But the Granite State’s pinch has been less painful than in much of the country, and many expect it’ll stay that way. We’ll find out why, and we’ll look at what could derail New Hampshire’s recession resistance and actually put us behind other states down the road.

Guests

• Brian Gottlob, Principal of PolEcon Research in Dover
• Brian Beaulieu, Executive Director of the Institute for Trend Research (EcoTrends)

We'll also hear from

• Peter Francese, Exeter based demographer, coauthor of the book “Communities and Consequences: The Unbalancing of New Hampshire’s Human Ecology, and what we can do about it” and founder of American Demographics Magazine