I'm going to keep the list of artists in this week's show a secret so as not to ruin the surprise of hearing who the artists are. These are artists never before played on Suburban Underground. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10am Sunday *** *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-dema…

This is an interesting one. Steve picked a bunch of short songs which separate a few long songs. While some ask, "why?", Steve asks, "Why not?". Artists in this show: The Damned, Carbonas, Wings, Arctic Monkeys, Porcupine Tree, Wire, Todd Rundgren, Splitsville, The Who, My Morning Jacket, T. Rex, The Boys (UK), Adult Mom, Queen, Genesis, Conor Ober…

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 Polaris National Security and a former State Department spokesperson from the Trump administration. She shares her view of the Democrats' obse…

In this week's installment of Suburban Underground, Steve picked a set of Mars songs. You will hear the artists: Spoon, Monaco, Imperial State Electric, T. Rex, The Undertones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Greg Kihn Band, Electric Light Orchestra, The Korgis, The Rakes, The Moss, Ducks Ltd., Nick Gilder, The Reducers, Nada Surf, Big Audio Dynamite II…

In this week's episode of Suburban Underground, Steve brings you an hour of songs about cars and driving. You will hear the artists: Gin Blossoms, Paramore, The Wombats, Adam & The Ants, Audioslave, Possum Dixon, Stan Ridgway, Garbage, Holly Humberstone, Kitchens Of Distinction, Echo & The Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, Buzzcocks, U.K. Subs, Sparks. On th…

Among this hour of typically interesting tunes is a handful of London songs. You will hear the artists: Rational Youth, XTC, Big Audio Dynamite, The Jam, The Vibrators, Van Go, The Godfathers, Half Moon Run, The Hunna, Rialto, The Charlatans, Tsar, Kaiser Chiefs, M83, Suki Waterhouse. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10am…

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 highlights: On Gov Race: "Joyce Craig might go down as the worst mayor in the history of Manchester. Even in Manchester, …

A day after Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH) abruptly announced her retirement, veteran New Hampshire GOP strategist Mike Dennehy joins the podcast to talk about what it means for Granite State politics in November 2024 --and beyond. Also, what's the current state of the NHGOP? And why are there so few "productive losses" in Granite State politics? Brought…

This week, Steve picked two big sets of songs about doctors. Artists you will hear are: Bloc Party, Tame Impala, Yard Act, Kiss, The Damned, Palaye Royale, Simple Minds, Jordan Rakei, The Black Keys, Devo, Split Enz, Ray Charles, Springhouse, The Replacements and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday …

NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham asks the question all the political insiders are asking across the Granite State: Are the 2024 elections already over? The GOP primary was over months before FITN primary day -- why not the November general elections? After all, they both involve Trump. The answer may surprise you as much as it surprised Gra…

This week Steve picked 6 songs amid this hour of exceptional tunes that are non-rock covers of rock songs. You will hear these acts: ESG, Mother Mother, The Presidents of The United States Of America, Taken By Trees, The Beautiful South, Simple Minds, Fountains of Wayne, Gang Of Youths, The Drums, Lucky Uke, The Raveonettes, The Bird And The Bee, L…

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs about photography, taking pictures, cameras, etc. You'll hear the artists: A Flock Of Seagulls, Berlin, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Filter, The Verve Pipe, Weezer, The Boomtown Rats, Rush, Rock Kills Kid, Stereophonics, Mindless Self Indulgence, Bill Lloyd & Tommy Womack, Sam Phillips, The Shamus Twin…

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs with titles that end with word "thing". Why? Who knows? These artist are in this show: DM3, The Mowgli's, Tears For Fears, Brian Setzer, Arctic Monkeys, Gin Blossoms, Agent Orange, The Silos, Supergrass, U2, The Rifles, The Soup Dragons, Yaz, 999, Grant-Lee Philips and Luscious Jackson. On the Air on Bedford…

This week, Steve picked another Then & Now set and it is with Depeche Mode this time around. Additionally, you will hear songs from these artists: Greg Garing, Cage The Elephant, The Subways, Wire Train, The Shins, Slowdive, Kissing The Pink, Marvelous 3, Tennis, Sleeper, Autopilot, Cannons and Tubeway Army. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio ***…

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs about criminals, to counter the law enforcement songs that he picked several weeks back. In this show you will hear: Damone, The Raveonettes, Kings of Leon, Metro, The Pale Fountains, Krooked Kings, Bram Tchaikovsky, The Interrupters, The Rifles, The Exploding Hearts, Green Day, The Smiths, Muse, Sparks and …

This week's Suburban Underground show has a set of songs about units of time. The full list of artists are: The National, Camera Obscura, Blur, The Pretenders, R.E.M., Ocean Colour Scene, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Hives, Chairlift, Roaring Boys, The Housemartins, Bully, Moonlight Breakfast, The Neighbourhood, Primitons, Vinyl Kings. On the Air on B…

What do the turnout numbers from the First in the Nation primary tell us about the votes for governor in September's statewide primaries? What can we glean about November's final Biden v Trump showdown from their performances in January? NHJournal asked one of New Hampshire's premier numbers crunchers, Greg Moore with Americans For Prosperity. Host…

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs about phones. Yes, back in 2020, Drew picked a single set about phones. But fear not, none of those songs are repeated this week. You will hear from: The Jam, Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings, World Party, Head Automatica, Dayglow, Jeffrey Foskett, The Style Council, Beck, Modern English, Cock Sparrer, The…

This week, Steve picked another Then & Now set and this time its about Duran Duran. The full list of artists in this show are: Fischer-Z, Love And Rockets, Blur, Carolina Liar, The Crying Spell, Jacuzzi Boys, Duran Duran, The Blakes (NJ), Gothic Tropic, ActionReaction, CHVRCHES, Ocean Colour Scene, Midge Ure with Mick Karn and Frank Sinatra with El…

This week's Suburban Underground episode contains a couple of sets about adult beverages, as well as other great songs that are not about adult beverages. These are the artists in this week's show: Ash, Mom Rock, Autopilot, The Who, The Button Down Brass, Reel Big Fish, Reverend Horton Heat, The Damned, Stereophonics, Fountains Of Wayne, Cast, Roya…

On this special edition of the podcast, NHJournal presents a pundit roundtable the morning after the Iowa caucuses. What does Trump's big win mean for the Granite State and its First in the Nation primary? We ask veteran GOP strategists Pat Griffin and Jim Merrill, and New England College Professor of Politics Nathan Shrader. Hosted by Michael Grah…

This week, Steve has a show full of 2023 songs he didn't get to play last year. He needed to get that backlogged stack of songs down to a reasonable number. You will hear: Arlo Parks, Bleachers, Garbage, M83, Plain White T's, The Kills, Passion Pit, Hello Lucky, Metric, The Ramona Flowers w/ Nile Rodgers, The National, Romy, TRiDENT, Nation of Lang…

On this edition of the NHJournal podcast, we talk to First Congressional District GOP primary candidate Hollie Noveletsky. CEO of Novel Iron Works in Greenland, and a veteran of the Army Nurse Corps Reserves and New Hampshire National Guard, Noveletsky told NHJournal she got tired of complaining about America's crisis. "Either I have to stop compla…

In Steve's first episode of 2024, it includes another Then & Now set and this time its with New Order. The full list of artists in this set: Cage The Elephant, RA, Jacuzzi Boys, Simple Minds, Beach House, The Zutons, New Order, Nothing But Thieves, Hippo Campus, Descartes a Kant, Slade, Heaven 17 and Blur. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5…

In this 400th episode of Suburban Underground, Steve is taking a look back at musicians we lost in 2023. It's impossible to fit all of the artists that he wanted to, but this is a good mix. In this show: The Associates (Alan Rankine) Jeff Beck [with Rosie Bones] Pulp (Steve Mackey) Ryuichi Sakamoto [with David Sylvian] The Smiths (Andy Rourke) Ike …

On this special "We were supposed to be off this week and not do a podcast" edition of the podcast, we talk to former S. C. Gov. Nikki Haley from the car as she makes her way between campaign stops in the North Country. Obviously we talk about her less-than-ideal answer to the Civil War question during the town hall in Berlin, but also get her answ…

In this last pre-Christmas episode of 2023, Steve stubbornly serves up another Christmas music-free hour of music. Included in this show, two big sets of "family member" songs. Songs about fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, etc. Artists in this show: Devo, Phoenix w/ Clairo, De Lux, Fishbone, This Perfect Day, The …

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' director of elections and surveys and the man behind the poll that pushed the New Hampshire primary into a new gear. The CBS News poll gave Nikki Haley 29 percent support, just 15 points behind Donald Trump. He joins the NHJournal podcast to talk about what he sees in the New Hampshire numbers. And then former …

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs about (or that mention) angels and songs about devils. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10am Sunday *** *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ And availa…

Kari Lake is best known for being an unapologetic MAGA candidate for Arizona governor and a committed Donald Trump supporter. So listeners may be surprised to hear the message of unity she brought to New Hampshire during a recent campaign swing through the state. And state Sen. Dan Innis, a professor at UNH, talks about the flier an anti-Israel stu…

This week Steve picked a Then & Now set with Simple Minds. Also, fantastic songs from these artists: Alabama 3, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Hippo Campus, XTC, Beach Weather w/ Pale Waves, Better Than Ezra, The Jam, Tame Impala, Snarls, Beck, Nil Lara, Modern English, Johnny & The Self-Abusers. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** …

Live from the Airport Diner in Manchester, NHJournal presents Diner Table Economics! Want to hear the specific economic proposals from the people who want to be the next president of the United States? You’ll get it here, straight from the candidates themselves, over a cup of coffee at the iconic Airport Diner. No “horserace politics,” no “politics…

I was going to call this episode "Police songs" but people will thing it is about the Sting-led trio. It is a show of cop songs, fuzz tunes, the heat, the shield...Anyway, you will hear songs from Radiohead, Duran Duran, The Model Rockets, Thompson Twins, Falco, Alpinestars, Get Back Guinozzi, Supergrass, The Donnas, The Shadows, Rhythm Heritage, B…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) leads one of the most economically-free states in the union (but not the MOST free, right, Gov. Sununu?) On this edition of the NHJournal podcast, he has a message for NH GOP primary voters: I understand how big government leads to unintended consequences. From COVID to EVs to tobacco bans, DeSantis says government mandat…

We pay tribute this week to the legendary UK rivalry of The Mods and The Rockers via a couple of sets of tunes. You will hear artists Gold Motel, Local Natives, Slow Pulp, Material Issue, The Arcs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Lambrettas, Purple Hearts, The Jam, Primal Scream, Citizens!, Beabadoobee, The Rockers, Red Rockers, Phantom Rocker & Slick and Cla…

This week, Steve picked an hour of songs mostly about gods, but it includes some goddesses songs. You'll hear the artists: New Order, Mercury Rev, Ocean Colour Scene, The Hollow Men, Ware River Club, Midge Ure, World Party, Chantal Kreviazuk, Paramore, Doug Powell, Beauty School Dropout, Johnny Marr, Bryan Ferry, Gary Numan and Hot Hot Heat. On the…

Emerson College Director of Polling Spencer Kimball's new poll of Granite State primary voters is full of surprises for Joe Biden -- and not necessarily good ones. And, Kimball says, Trump's lead in the GOP primary is beginning to approach the "I" word status ("Insurmountable?" "Inevitable?") That's all part of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, pl…

This week, Steve has another installment of Then & Now. This time its about The Psychedelic Furs. You will also hear and enjoy Mom Rock, Millicent Friendly, Kenna, Stan Ridgway, Space, Redd Kross, The Rolling Stones, Jellyfish, Guster, The Producers, Fishbone, Bootlbacks and Dev Lemons. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10…

There was a time when listening to an entire album from beginning to end was a thing that people did. We liked it. We loved it! Dadgummit! The artist often put care into the ordering of the tracks on an album, including the song that ended the album. In this episode, a stack of songs that close albums. Steve has judged these songs to be exceptional…

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is on the NHJournal podcast, fresh from his debate with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. The GOP POTUS candidate talks about the massive ideological divide that exists in American politics. He also shares what New Hampshire voters tell him they want to talk about, and he offers his t…

This week, our spectacular 8th annual Halloween show. You'll hear such artists as Cheap Trick, Electric Guitars ,Elvis Costello, Positive Noise, Citizens!, Kiwi Jr, The Posies, Radiohead, Fences, New Order, Subway Sect, The Forty Nineteens, Duran Duran, The Psychedelic Furs, Stryper, Lydia Lunch, The Ramones. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio **…

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips has rolled into the Granite State to turn the Democratic First in the Nation primary into a real race. Ana Radelat with the MinnPost.com covers Gopher State politics and she has the info every potential primary voter should know before they cast their (write-in?) ballot. And we caught up with Casey DeSantis at the Red A…

This week, Steve brings the second Then & Now episode. This time it features Aussies The Church. In addition you will hear the artists: The Supernaturals, Army Navy, Arctic Monkeys, Hoodoo Gurus, Tommy Keene, The Real People, Filter, U2, Matt Pond PA, The Arcs, Ash, The Hives and Icehouse. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** ***…

On this edition of the NHJournal podcast, veteran NHGOP strategist Jim Merrill gives his prognosis of the current state of the First in the Nation primary, and the impact of "Leeroy Jenkins Caucus" on Republican politics. And former Rep. Pat Abrami (R-Stratham) is now the chair of the new charitable gaming review commission, and he talks about the …

This week, Suburban Underground is filled with all "B" artists. Believe it or not, there is no David Bowie this week. These are the bands and artists you will hear and enjoy: Blondie, Blackout 101, Big Quiet, The Bangles, Bleach, The Brothers Martin, The Bird And The Bee, Big Troubles, Biters, BORNS, Blood Sound, The Beths, Blinker The Star, Band O…

Better late than never. This week's Suburban Underground includes a set of two songs that make up the first time the Then & Now feature appears. Artists who are still putting out new music 40 or 50 years after their first releases. And this inaugural Then & Now episode is about Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. We'll hear a "then" song and a "now"…

Suffolk University's David Paleologos has just released a new FITN GOP primary poll, with some fascinating results about the horse race, how the voters see it, and whether Gov. Chris Sununu can send a candidate to the next level with a Granite State endorsement. Paleologos also discusses the current state of polling, and why a third party candidacy…

In this week's show which contains songs ONLY from 1986, you will hear such artists as The Smiths , Modern English, The Bangles, The Blow Monkeys, Pete Shelley, Lonely Boys, The Lucy Show, a-ha, The Smithereens , World Party, R.E.M., The Three Johns, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10am Sunday *…

This week's Suburban Underground episode which is all songs about the North, the South, the East and the West. This week you will hear such artists as: The Academic, Everclear, Green Day, Hoodoo Gurus, The Wild Swans, Thin Lizzy, Simple Minds, Ronnie Hudson & The Street People, As Tall As Lions, The Wolfgang Press, The Stranglers, Ian Hunter, Kaise…

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is our guest on the NHJournal podcast, talking about his candidacy for president, the need for an experienced executive in the White House, and the amazing things he can do with rope! Also, a discourse on the new political meme that the Granite State's GOP primary is being "overlooked" in favor of the Iowa caucuses as …