
New Hampshire Journal
The New Hampshire Journal podcast is hosted by Michael Graham, managing editor of NHJournal.
Episodes
165 episodes
Tiffany Justice: 'The Tide is Turning' on Protecting Girls Sports and Spaces
Tiffany Justice has been fighting for years to keep biology and gender in tandem, rejecting progressive arguments that sex is merely a social construct and that there are dozens of genders.Co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Justice is now a...
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Sununu's Out! Mark Halperin on What's Next for NH Senate Race
Gov. Chris Sununu says he's going to sit out the 2026 U.S. Senate race -- what does that mean for New Hampshire politics? NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham asks veteran political reporter Mark Halperin. He gives his take on S...
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NH Democrats Have Anger Issues
New Hampshire Democrats are as mad as hell, and they're not gonna take it anymore! Not from their members of Congress -- as Rep. Maggie Goodlander learned at a town hall this week -- or from their fellow members of the New Hampshire legislature...
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SPECIAL PODCAST! Shaheen Is Out! What Does That Mean for US Senate, NHGOP in 2026?
On this special edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, the news just broke that U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen will not seek a fourth term, the third swing-state Senate Democrat to decide to bail before 2026.What does that mean for N...
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EV Chargers, New Hampshire Tourism and The Real Story of the Granite State Grid
An article quoting Sam Evans-Brown of Clean Energy NH led to a tweet by host Michael Graham which led to a minor kerfuffle which resulted in a terrific conversation about New Ham...
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Gender Clinic Whistleblower Coming to NH to Support Ban on Sex Changes for Children
Jamie Reed describes herself as a "queer woman who's politically to the left of Bernie Sanders." For years, she worked at The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital -- until she became a whistleblower.W...
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Ayotte on the Budget: Real Cuts, But Protected Priorities
Just hours after delivering her budget address to the New Hampshire legislature, Gov. Kelly Ayotte talks to NHJournal about the details -- including her actual position on expanding Education Freedom Accounts, and her rebuttal to Democrats' cla...
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Trump Returns! Special INAUGURATION DAY Podcast
Trump storms back into Washington, D.C. and Granite State Republicans are pumped!While they were forced watch from ballrooms or meeting rooms, New Hampshire who went to Washington for the inauguration were delighted by what they h...
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Ayotte Talks Budget, Backs Vote to Protect Girls Sports in First Podcast as Gov
In her first podcast interview as New Hampshire's governor, Republican Kelly Ayotte talks about the budget challenges facing the Granite State, her determination to get a sanctuary city ban passed through the legislature, and why her "Don't MAS...
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Gov.-Elect Kelly Ayotte on Her Vision For NH, and Keeping Her State From Becoming MA
Kelly Ayotte makes her first appearance on the NHJournal podcast as Gov.-elect. She talks about her vision for New Hampshire, the key message from her campaign, and her take on how her response to federal immigration enforcement is going to be ...
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The NHJournal 'Winners and Losers' Podcast for the 2024 NH Elections
Who were the biggest winners and losers on Election Day 2024 in New Hampshire? When NHJournal published its list, the reaction was so intense we ...
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The Current State of POTUS Race -- and Polling -- With Robert Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group
Robert Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group is best known for being the pollster who spotted Donald Trump's support in 2016 and his path to a shocking victory. Eight years later, American politics is in even more turmoil and the current state ...
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EMERGENCY POLL PODCAST -- Trump Winning in NH?
Nobody was more surprised by the new NHJournal/Praecones Analytica poll showing Donald Trump with a 50.2 to 49.8 percent lead over Kamala Harris in the Granit...
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NH in Play for Trump? James Pindell on 2024 POTUS Race and NH Politics
After breaking news of Trump momentum in the Granite State and talk that New Hampshire may be in play, NHJournal rushed to the microphone for this emergency podcast with former New Hampshire political reporter (now relegated to the minors in Ma...
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Sununu On NH Primary, Trump's 'Less Than Stellar' Debate Night
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu joins the NHJournal podcast the morning after the New Hampshire state primaries, to share his surprise over the outcomes of some of the races and what he believes his fellow Republicans have to do to win in Novem...
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From Kamala to Kyiv: Updates From the Front Lines
The NHJournal podcast starts with UNH political science professor Dante Scala and a look at the New Hampshire political battlefield now that Vice President Kamala Harris has given her convention speech and the race for the White House is at ful...
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What Does Biden Bailout Mean for NHPolitics? Can Kamala Harris Compete Here?
What does Joe Biden's decision to bail mean for New Hampshire politics this November? Would Kamala Harris on the ticket help or hurt Granite State Democrats? And a new NHJournal poll shows Trump and Harris tied in a New Hampshire head-to-head.<...
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Will Trump's VP Pick Ad-'Vance' His Campaign in the Granite State?
Now that Donald Trump has named U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) his running mate, what does it mean for the chances of a Trump win in New Hampshire? NHJournal puts that question to UNH political science professor Dante Scala.Also, NHGO...
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Waiting for Biden to Bail? Chris Sununu Says Don't Hold Your Breath
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says Democrats have talked themselves into the assumption that President Joe Biden is on his way out as their nominee.The problem: They haven't talked Joe Biden into it, yet. And they are unlikely to, Sun...
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Post-Debate Podcast: Biden's Fallen, and he Can't Get Up!
On this special edition of the NHJournal podcast recorded immediately after the Biden v. Trump debate, political pros Corey Lewandowski, Matthew Bartlett and UNH political science professor Dante Scala join host Michael Graham with the same rea...
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Halperin on New Hampshire!
Mark Halperin of the "Wide World of News" is one of the smartest observers of American politics. He joins the NHJournal podcast to discuss the POTUS race, Biden's odd campaign trip to the Granite State, ...
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Ross Berry, Unleashed!
Former GOP state Rep. Ross Berry talks exclusively with NHJournal about his controversial actions as House Election Law Committee chair that sparked an angry protest from Democrats and saw him forced out by Republican House Speaker Sherm Packar...
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Pollster David Paleologos Says November Election Is Closer Than You Think
“We’re basically at the doorstep of the election, and the outcome is a coin flip.”That's how Suffolk University Director of Polling David Paleologos describes the 2024 general election which is six months away. His new poll has Presiden...
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Morgan Ortagus Talks Israel and Iran, Lily Tang Williams on NH-02
In this double-barreled edition of the NHJournal podcast, two savvy Republican women talk about politics -- from New Hampshire's Second Congressional District to the Middle East.Morgan Ortagus is founder of
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Sununu Sees Opportunity for NHGOP in Kuster Exit, POTUS Race
On this special edition of the NHJournal podcast, Gov. Chris Sununu talks about the current state of New Hampshire politics, from education funding to Rep. Kuster's farewell to the 2024 POTUS race in the Granite State.Among the highligh...
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