Granite Goodness
by Andy DeMeo
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What if Politics Wasn’t Terrible?
What if Politics Wasn’t Terrible?
About this podcast
We share optimistic stories of progress and problem-solving from across New England. Good news with no fluff.
www.granitegoodness.com
Episodes
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- What if Politics Wasn’t Terrible? · 60 minToday I talk to Steve Marchand. Steve is the author of the Politics of New Hampshire Substack and Chairman of Move The Goalposts, a NH-based organization dedicated to helping…
- Reporters Chase Stories. Matt Chases People · 1 h 9 minToday we chat with Matt Shearer, a Massachusetts based journalist and reporter with WBZ News Radio. Online he is known as Reporter Matt, where is videos sharing quirky…
- Make Your Town Its Own Utility · 1 h 0 minEveryone wants more control over their electricity. People want it cheaper. People want it cleaner. Some really smart people in NH figured out how regular ratepayers can get both…
- Who Says the News Has to Be Dark? · 51 minToday we chat with Jim Schachter, President & CEO of New Hampshire Public Radio. We discuss: * How NHPR has navigated changes in public media funding * Reasons for optimism amid…
- LIVE at the Capitol Center for the Arts! Doing Well by Doing Good with NHBSR · 1 h 22 minThis episode is from our third ever live show, which happened August 12, 2026 at the Capitol Center for Arts Bank of NH stage in Concord, NH. We collaborated with our friends at…
- Bonus Episode! Live at The Barn Raiser · 49 minThis is a bonus episode, recorded partially in the pouring rain outside the Barn on the Pemi in Plymouth, NH. And it was kind of awesome. There is a huge thunder clap at 46:29…
- Bonus Episode! Live Recording at 2026 NH Coastal Climate Summit · 47 minThis conversation is from the 2026 New Hampshire Coastal Climate Summit, hosted by the NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup, where we chatted with local experts: * Maeve Nolan…
- Bonus Episode! Live at NH Energy Week 2026 · 1 h 2 minThank you to NH Energy Week for having us! And to our excellent panelists: * Tori Gerlt (Resilient Buildings Group) * Jackson Kaspari (Community Power Coalition of NH) *…
- LIVE at 3S Artspace: Local Podcasters Night · 1 h 32 minOn March 27, 2026 we brought together 6 local podcasts to record a show in front of a live audience of 100+ people at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth. The theme of the evening was…
- Daring Leaders to Change the World · 51 minMartha Prybylo is Executive Vice President of the Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation, where she has worked with the Lewis family for more than 30 years across a variety of their…
- How to Do Well While Doing Good · 52 minZeina Eyceoz is the current Executive Director of NH Businesses for Social Responsibility (NHBSR). She joined the organization after teaching sustainability at Southern New…
- Everything is Solar Power · 54 minSam Evans-Brown is the Executive Director of Clean Energy New Hampshire, and he’s a congenital, unbreakable optimist! In this episode, he explains why his confidence in the clean…
- Joy or Bust · 1 h 2 minToday we chat with Tim Smith Gerding, President and Founder of Blackbird Collective. Tim focuses on helping nonprofits grow, connect, and operate more effectively. In this…
- LIVE at the Rex! · 1 h 35 minOn November 20, we had the first ever Granite Goodness LIVE event at the Rex Theatre in Manchester, NH. I’d like to extend a BIG thank you to: * Our sponsor, Grappone Automotive…
- A Big Tent with No Walls · 1 h 3 minAnthony Poore is the President & CEO of the NH Center for Justice and Equity, which he co-founded to advance racial equity and belonging across New Hampshire through policy…
- Your Pothole Is a Policy Choice · 44 minGene Martin is the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, and he is here to prove that fiscal policy is not boring. In this episode, Gene breaks down…
- How to Run a Local Food Revolution · 1 h 1 minShawn Menard is the Executive Director of Seacoast Eat Local, and Andy sat down with him at a 1750s farmhouse in Lee, New Hampshire that is quietly becoming one of the coolest…
- Bonus Episode! Tactical Urbanism at ACCESS 2025 · 59 minTwo days ago, I ran a panel at the ACCESS 2025 Economic Growth Conference, put on by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The room was packed! The theme of the panel was…
- A Chat With the Governor · 22 minAndy sits down with New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte for a conversation about what makes the Granite State genuinely remarkable, from the accessibility of its elected leaders…
- Economics is About People · 40 minTaylor Caswell is New Hampshire's first commissioner of business and economic affairs, and he has a very different idea of what economic development actually means. In this…
