NightSide With Dan Rea

NightSide With Dan Rea

NightSide focuses on a wide variety of issues, political, economic and social. Rea believes that talk radio is the best way for people to communicate their opinions and ideas on what he calls “North America’s Virtual Back Porch.” Rea encourages challenging conversations and diverse ideas combined with respect and tolerance for the opinion of others. But don’t think for a moment that NightSide is anything but provocative, always interesting and at times, passionate and emotional. 642427

Episodes

November 27, 2025 43 mins

Continued conversation with Richard Pickering, Deputy Exec. Dir. and Chief Historian at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, about the history of Thanksgiving and how they'll be celebrating America 250. 

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Plimoth Patuxet Museums features a 17th-century village, complete with timber-framed houses, kitchen gardens, livestock, and serves to educate the public about the early interactions between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people. Bradley welcomed Richard Pickering, Deputy Exec. Dir. and Chief Historian at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, to the program to chat about the history of Thanksgiving and beyond.

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November 27, 2025 39 mins

Continued conversation with Automotive Expert Craig Fitzgerald who answered the listeners' questions about car care and what the top used cars are right now to buy.

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November 27, 2025 39 mins

Automotive Expert Craig Fitzgerald joined Bradley for some shop talk! Listeners made a pit stop and chatted with the NightSide “pit crew.” All their automotive questions were answered…and they drove away with some wheely good information!

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Do politics come up at your Thanksgiving dinner table? The topic of politics can be a divisive one for many families, so how does your family tackle it? Do you try to avoid politics all together or openly engage in political debate during your feast? The listeners chimed in!

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Do politics come up at your Thanksgiving dinner table? The topic of politics can be a divisive one for many families, so how does your family tackle it? Do you try to avoid politics all together or openly engage in political debate during your feast? The listeners chimed in!

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A Massachusetts bill has been introduced that would raise the age of Juvenile Court jurisdiction from 18 to 21 years old. Proponents of the bill argue that the brain doesn’t fully develop until around the age of 24 or 25. Rather than be tried and sentenced in the state’s adult criminal system, juvenile offenders would instead be provided with access to mental health and behavioral programming. Do you support or oppose t...

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November 26, 2025 38 mins

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!


NEW SURVEY: 1-in-10 Americans Go Without Food To Pay For Medications
Guest: Jae Oh - Certified Financial Planner & Author of "Maximize Your Medicare"


Blackout Wednesday: Why Thanksgiving Eve is the heaviest drinking day of the year.
Guest: Morgan Ryan - Growth Marketing Director at Smart ...

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November 26, 2025 42 mins

Dan and his listeners talked about all things Thanksgiving. From cooking a turkey to travel and more!

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November 26, 2025 39 mins

According to multiple reports, The American Farm Bureau Federation, which uses volunteer shoppers in all 50 states to survey prices, found in its 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey, that the cost of Thanksgiving dinner shows moderate decline this year: about a 5% decrease from 2024. Specifically the price of turkey and stuffing is down from this time last year. What are you spending on your Thanksgiving feast this year? Additio...

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As part of Boston's harm reduction approach to tackling the drug problem at Mass & Cass, the city has handed out more than 4.5 million needles to drug users during Mayor Wu's first four-year term. Since 2023, Boston has received millions of dollars from the state for its harm reduction, treatment, and recovery efforts. We talked about whether there have been improvements to tackling Boston's drug problem at Mass & Cass. Do ...

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November 26, 2025 37 mins

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!


2-in-3 Americans say their paychecks aren't measuring up to price hikes.
Guest: Laura Browne – author & Founder of CareerCoffeeBreak.com a company that helps clients make more money at work by negotiating starting salaries and raises.


Edaville’s Holiday Festival of Lights Returns as a Reim...

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There is an update in the investigation into the tragic Boston Public Schools school bus accident that killed 5-year-old Lens Joseph in Hyde Park back in April of this year. The Boston Globe reports that there is a video recording that was shown to them that shows the bus driver did not appear to be watching the boy and his cousin after they exited the bus and where they were going. The video also showed the driver appearing to loo...

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There is an update in the investigation into the tragic Boston Public Schools school bus accident that killed 5-year-old Lens Joseph in Hyde Park back in April of this year. The Boston Globe reports that there is a video recording that was shown to them that shows the bus driver did not appear to be watching the boy and his cousin after they exited the bus and where they were going. The video also showed the driver appearing to loo...

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There is an update in the investigation into the tragic Boston Public Schools school bus accident that killed 5-year-old Lens Joseph in Hyde Park back in April of this year. The Boston Globe reports that there is a video recording that was shown to them that shows the bus driver did not appear to be watching the boy and his cousin after they exited the bus and where they were going. The video also showed the driver appearing to loo...

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November 24, 2025 37 mins

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!

The trending gifts and products for this holiday season in 2025, according to Google trends. New data from the National Retail Federation finds holiday sales will surpass $1 trillion for the first time this year.
Guest: Jennifer Jones - Google Tech Expert


The “Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year ...

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November 21, 2025 41 mins

For Friday evening’s 11pm hour, we went to a NightSide favorite topic and asked listeners about their “brushes with celebrities”!

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November 21, 2025 39 mins

President Trump welcomed newly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House Friday. Trump has been an outspoken critic of Mamdani calling him a “communist” rather than a Democratic socialist. How did the meeting go? Was it as “civil” as Trump predicted? We went over all the details of Friday’s meeting!

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November 21, 2025 39 mins

A recent proposal by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) would allow sewage overflows into the Charles River by declassifying it as “safe to swim,” a designation that allows the waterway to be “occasionally subject to short-term impairment of swimming or other recreational uses.” The MWRA was set to vote on the proposal but tabled the vote. It's unclear how they will proceed but advocates of k...

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November 21, 2025 36 mins

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!


Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History!
Guest: Adam Cohen - acclaimed journalist, Pulitzer Prize juror, and New York Times bestselling author


Why a 50-year mortgage - though controversial - may actually protect middle-class families during ...

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