Our new podcast, The Monitor Weekly, spotlights our biggest stories with behind-the-scenes insights from our reporting staff and additional audio-exclusive coverage. Each week, hosts Rebeca Pereira and Alexander Rapp flip the script and interview their newsroom peers about subjects ranging from New Hampshire’s therapeutic cannabis program to housefires and how to prevent them. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Monitor Weekly | ‘Reach for the stars’ panel
For the last several months, Rebeca Pereira and Rachel Wachman worked on a project honoring Christa McAuliffe’s life and legacy. Christa was a history teacher at Concord High School when she was chosen to ride aboard the Challenger space shuttle as part of NASA’s Teacher in Space program. Her mission to teach live lessons from…
The Monitor Weekly: The physics of Santa and other yuletide puzzlings
At the Monitor, whenever we have questions about the mechanics of virtually any process, we turn to the Granite Geek, David Brooks, our science and technology writer. It turns out Dave has been writing about the logistics of Christmas, dispelling skeptics’ doubts about Saint Nick’s existence, for a while. Dave has investigated the plausibility of…
The Monitor Weekly: The Steeplegate Mall was Concord’s largest taxpayer 15 years ago. What happened?
Between 1970 and 2015, the number of malls in North America grew over twice as fast as the population. As anchor stores began shuttering locations and customers turned to malls less and less, these behemoth shopping centers also had no option but to close. In Concord, one location exemplifies this decline more than others: the…
The Monitor Weekly | The municipal election is over. What are our takeaways?
City reporter Catherine McLaughlin and State House reporter Charlotte Matherly spearheaded the bulk of the Monitor’s election coverage, bringing readers inside polling locations ahead of and on Election Day. By and large, incumbents swept this municipal election, with Mayor Byron Champlin, school board member Cara Meeker and Councilors Fred Keach and Kris Schultz defeating challengers…
The Monitor Weekly | When the trail of evidence goes cold
With cold cases, where leads have been exhausted and evidence remains scant, hope rests in investigators who return to the unexplained crime and continue to pursue it, even if public interest has waned. Recently, two new investigators joined New Hampshire’s Cold Case Unit, reviving hope for the families and friends of victims of unexplained crimes.…
The Monitor Weekly | ‘Grief has no time schedule’: From cemeteries to the newsroom
Investigative reporter Sruthi Gopalakrishnan joins the podcast to discuss two recent stories that took place in local cemeteries: one a cemetery clean-up ahead of Veterans Day, the other an account of families who’ve had their mourning rushed along by law enforcement at a Bow cemetery. Also, hosts Alex and Rebeca give a high-level overview of…
The Monitor Weekly | Concord Votes: A guide to next month’s municipal election
City reporter Catherine McLaughlin joins us this week to discuss Concord’s upcoming municipal election. The Monitor has aggregated a comprehensive guide to your November ballot with our Concord Votes project. There, you’ll find profiles on every candidate running for public office and all our most recent coverage of the biggest issues on voters’ minds. Look…
The Monitor Weekly | ‘Ingrained resistance to cannabis’: New Hampshire’s medical marijuana program
State House reporter Charlotte Matherly joins the podcast to discuss her story ‘Ingrained resistance to cannabis’: New Hampshire’s medical marijuana program offers comfort, but access and cost remain a challenge. Hosts Rebeca Pereira and Alexander Rapp discuss the proposed models for recreational cannabis in the legislature and where Governor Kelly Ayotte stands on the issue.…
The Monitor Weekly | ‘Absolute devastation’: Housefires in New Hampshire
Community editor Rachel Wachman sits down to discuss her story, ‘Absolute devastation’: Fire destroyed their homes. Now they must rebuild their lives from scratch. Hosts Rebeca Pereira and Alexander Rapp discuss common causes of house fires and preventative measures people can take in their homes after speaking with Canterbury’s Fire and Rescue Lieutenant Herb Batchelder.…