8:05PM: The American Academy of Pediatrics finds kids of all ages K-12 need regular recess for physical and mental health. First new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.

Guest: Dr. Charles Hannum, MD, General Pediatrician at Tufts Medical Center 

8:15PM: Boston 2026 World Expo offers 8 days of free, first-class fun for all ages. Happening May 23-30, 2026 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.- Sponsored by the United States Postal Service, Boston 2026 will play host to all sorts of collectors, former collectors and folks interested in history, geography and art. With over 1,000 fascinating displays and 300+ presentations on all sorts of topics (many of them provided by the Smithsonian Institution).

Guest: Lloyd de Vries - former ABC/CBS/NPR Writer/Producer - President of two of the stamp collecting organizations participating in this show, the Writers Unit and the American First Day Cover Society. Both have meetings and seminars at the show. 

8:30PM: Red Sox inconsistency, clubhouse dynamics, trade deadline outlook, and front-office scrutiny.

Guest: Peter Abraham – Boston Globe sportswriter and columnist 

8:45PM: Women’s football finally gets its Olympic spotlight & Women’s flag football could become an NCAA sport…

Guest: Andra Douglas - former national champion in rugby and quarterback in women’s tackle football, she later became a creative executive at Atlantic Records—and for nearly two decades owned the two-time national champion New York Sharks women’s pro football team, She also wrote a book that just came out: Changing Cadence: Friendship, Football and the Art of Transition

8:05PM: The American Academy of Pediatrics finds kids of all ages K-12 need regular recess for physical and mental health. First new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.
Guest: Dr. Charles Hannum, MD, General Pediatrician at Tufts Medical Center&nbsp;
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8:15PM: Boston 2026 World Expo offers 8 days of free, first-class fun for all ages. Happening May 23-30, 2026 at the Boston Convention &amp; Exhibition Center.-&nbsp;Sponsored by the&nbsp;United States Postal Service, Boston 2026 will play host to all sorts of collectors, former collectors and folks interested in history, geography and art. With over 1,000 fascinating displays and 300+ presentations on all sorts of topics (many of them provided by the&nbsp;Smithsonian Institution).
Guest: Lloyd de Vries - former ABC/CBS/NPR Writer/Producer - President of two of the stamp collecting organizations participating in this show, the Writers Unit and the American First Day Cover Society. Both have meetings and seminars at the show.&nbsp;
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8:30PM: Red Sox inconsistency, clubhouse dynamics, trade deadline outlook, and front-office scrutiny.
Guest: Peter Abraham &ndash; Boston Globe sportswriter and columnist&nbsp;
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8:45PM: Women&rsquo;s football finally gets its Olympic spotlight &amp; Women&rsquo;s flag football could become an NCAA sport&hellip;
Guest: Andra Douglas - former national champion in rugby and quarterback in women&rsquo;s tackle football, she later became a creative executive at Atlantic Records&mdash;and for nearly two decades owned the two-time national champion New York Sharks women&rsquo;s pro football team, She also wrote a book that just came out: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FChanging-Cadence-Friendship-Football-Transition%2Fdp%2F1733583521%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fadgrpid%3D1333710180938627%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6b7-c3t4kOTM79nu73gQ0A.w4JvyHSVblG9uzmwiHQQTojSw2omOoPVJ_Eza5wQD2Q%26dib_tag%3Dse%26hvadid%3D83357173699379%26hvbmt%3Dbe%26hvdev%3Dc%26hvlocphy%3D103792%26hvnetw%3Do%26hvqmt%3De%26hvtargid%3Dkwd-83358114336036%253Aloc-190%26hydadcr%3D3879_13434203%26keywords%3Dchanging%2Bcadence%2Bby%2Bandra%2Bdouglas%26mcid%3Df14d8addc0e43cd182d4bf4f86891501%26msclkid%3Da9c41d560306150c0461775bfcbb39b7%26qid%3D1779302336%26sr%3D8-1&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRobBrooks%40iheartmedia.com%7C130e9b2ec25f46a4593308deb6a63a79%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639149022272246809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9J0957NzQDknAlAXD0QohwMO8le7KiDCukLSr6bNxIw%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">Changing Cadence: Friendship, Football and the Art of Transition</a>

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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."

NightSide With Dan Rea

NightSide News Update 5/20/26

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