For NightSide’s last broadcast hour of the week tonight, we will present a NightSide favorite: What Grinds Your Gears?

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Since last weekend’s major snowstorm in New England, there has been a lot of chatter on various community forums about plowing practices and shoveling etiquette. For example, we’ve seen some local residents complaining about having to shovel and clear their driveway after every time a plow comes down their street dumping or pushing snow onto their driveway. Is that an occurrence to which you can relate? Or how about shoveling out a parking spot for yourself only to have a neighbor steal it? We looked at both perspectives of residents and plow drivers tackling the snow in New England!

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After 40 years, the Cape Cod Potato Chip factory in Hyannis will close this April! The Campbell’s Company has owned the brand since 2018 and says that the Hyannis factory “no longer makes economic sense for the business,” as just 4% of the Cape Cod and Kettle Brand chips are produced there, where the rest are produced in newer plants in Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 49 jobs will be eliminated because of the closure. What does this closure say about the economy in MA when homegrown brands like Cape Cod Potato Chips are leaving the state? Does it concern you?

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

Boston "cash mobs" pop up to support struggling stores
Guest: Steph Solis – Axios Boston Reporter

Did the government shut down today? Why another federal government shutdown threat is still looming…
Guest: Steve Cotton - Financial Strategist & Policy Expert - President of Cotton Wealth Management Associates

NY Times Best-Selling Author Peter H. Reynolds penned a new book with Pope Francis! Titled: Our Treasures Within. Peter returns to the Boch Center n Wed. Feb. 4th at 10am for the 4TH ANNUAL WORLD READ ALOUD DAY program to highlight his children’s book: Say Something.
Guest: Peter H. Reynolds - Author

Cape Cod and Islands are looking like the target for an incoming snow storm this weekend, with a majority of MA dodging a bullet!
Guest: AccuWeather Meteorologist Melissa Constanzer

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Dan seems to think so. What do you think? Are tensions on the ground easing up? Will ICE pull out of Minnesota's cities? Will the rhetoric and heat cool off?

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Long time New Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick, who led the Pats to 6 Super Bowl victories, was not inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, sparking widespread outrage and disbelief across the football community. Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy echoes some of that criticism in his recent article saying, “What’s the point of the Pro Football Hall of Fame if Bill Belichick doesn’t get in on the first ballot?” Shaughnessy checked in to discuss!

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Massachusetts State Senator Bill Driscoll Jr. has identified more than $9.7 Million and counting in exclusive funding intended for gateway municipalities provided to cities or towns that no longer meet the legal criteria to be considered a gateway municipality under Massachusetts general laws. The senator has also uncovered data showing multiple communities in MA that qualify for gateway municipality status but has never been included in the initiative. Sen. Driscoll has been exploring possible legislative changes to the state’s gateway municipality designation for years and joined us to discuss.

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

“STAIRWAY TO SEVEN” SWEEPSTAKES - NFL legend & 3x Super Bowl Champ Matt Light and Chef Steve DiFillippo of Davio's are teaming up purpose-driven Super Bowl sweepstakes. The proceeds benefit the Matt Light Foundation and Ron Burton Training Village.
Guest: Steve DiFillippo – Owner of Davio’s Restaurant

Centre Street Food Pantry expands appointment model to increase families served by 30% in 2026.
Guest: Rose Saia - Executive Director of the Centre Street Food Pantry

Greater Than Gravity: How Childhood Trauma Is Pulling Down Humanity
-Book is coming out March 19, 2026
Guest: Michael Menard – Author - former Johnson & Johnson engineering executive and inventor, Menard applied systems thinking to decades of public health data and uncovered a startling root cause behind addiction, suicide and incarceration: unresolved childhood trauma.

How Artificial Intelligence and Other Technologies Will Effect Your Job.
Guest: Becky Heidesch - Career Strategist, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur

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