Primary 2020: The Exchange Candidate Forums from NHPR & NHPBS

Bernie Sanders

[THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. YOU CAN STILL LISTEN TO THE LIVE BROADCAST ON THE EXCHANGE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 AT 11 A.M., OR TO THE REBROADCAST MONDAY, JANUARY 20 AT 9 A.M. AND AGAIN AT 7 P.M. OR BROADCAST ON NEW HAMPSHIRE PBS EXPLORE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 AT 8:30 P.M. AND AGAIN AT MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25^TH ON NHPBS.

New Hampshire Public Radio, in collaboration with New Hampshire PBS, is holding a series of forums with presidential primary candidates to explore in-depth the issues that impact New Hampshire voters. Forums are open to the public, broadcast on NHPR live, and then broadcast on New Hampshire PBS.

The next forum in the series will be with Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Prior forums included former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld on October 8, businessman Tom Steyer on October 28, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren on October 30, entrepreneur Andrew Yang on November 7, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on December 6, and New Jersey senator Cory Booker on January 3.

Primary 2020: The Exchange Candidate Forums from NHPR will be broadcast live from NHPR’s Studio D in Concord. Peter Biello, host of All Things Considered on NHPR, will be joined by Casey McDermott, investigative & data reporter/editor,as co-moderator of the forum with Senator Sanders.

For this forum and for future forums, conversations with the candidates will touch on the economy, healthcare, education, climate change, public safety and foreign policy. Listeners are encouraged to submit their questions for the candidates in advance; public questions will help guide the interview and may be read by an NHPR host on-air. Submit questions in advance online here.

Primary 2020: The Exchange Candidate Forums are part of a broader portfolio of NHPR reporting around New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. Other tools and reporting projects related to primary coverage and accessible online include:

Stranglehold podcast – a new podcast from NHPR taking a deep dive into the New Hampshire primary – past and present.
Primary Candidate Tracker – a calendar tracking where and when candidates will appear in New Hampshire.
2020 Candidate Conversations – long-form interviews with the candidates as featured on NHPR’s weekday talk show, The Exchange.
2020 Two-Ways – a series of interviews with the candidates featured on NHPR’s Morning Edition.
Where They Stand: An interactive look at candidate plans to tackle the issues NH cares about: climate change, opioids, rural growth and more.
Candidate Interviews on the NPR Politics Podcast – Conversations with the national candidates, produced in collaboration with NPR and Iowa Public Radio.
Primary School – a series of explainers about the New Hampshire Primary and how it works, inspired by listener questions.

FORUM REGISTRATION:

GENERAL PUBLIC: All forums are free, but registration is required and seating is limited. Please register online at: nhpr.org/events. [NOTE: Look for the specific event name before registering]

MEDIA: All forums are open to the media. A media room is available onsite at NHPR with a livestream of the broadcast. If you’re a member of the media planning to attend the forum, please register at: communications@nhpr.org

EVENT DETAILS:

PRIMARY 2020: The Exchange Candidate Forum with Senator Bernie Sanders

MODERATORS: Peter Biello and Casey McDermott

AUDIENCE QUESTIONS: Listeners with questions for Senator Sanders are encouraged to submit their questions in advance here. [NOTE: These questions will help guide the interview and may be read by an NHPR host on-air]

DATE: Sunday, January 19, 2020

LOCATION: Studio D

New Hampshire Public Radio

2 Pillsbury Street, 6th Floor

Concord, NH 03301

TIME:

10 a.m. - Doors open.

10:40 a.m. – Audience is seated (Studio D)

11 a.m. to noon – The Exchange program live from Studio D.

[PROGRAMMING NOTE: This forum will be streamed on Facebook Live. The program will also be rebroadcast on NHPR, on Monday, January 20 at 9 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. On New Hampshire PBS, the program will be broadcast on Friday, January 24 at 8:30 p.m. on NHPBS Explore and again at midnight (Saturday, January 25).

This event is being recorded and photographed for Broadcast and used by NHPR and New Hampshire PBS. Your participation in this forum implies consent.

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