Granite Goodness: LIVE!
Local Podcasters Night
Friday, February 20, 2026
Doors 7:30pm / Event 8pm
$20 Members / $25 General admission
Seated / All ages
Granite Goodness, the award winning podcast highlighting optimism and progress across New England, comes to 3S Artspace on February 20 for an evening celebrating New Hampshire’s vibrant and fast-growing podcast scene.
Join host Andy DeMeo as he brings together local podcast voices shaping regional dialogue about policy, art, business, creativity. community, and more.
This two part conversation will explore how independent media creators are helping to surface ideas, inspire action, and solve real problems across New Hampshire and beyond. Each segment will run approximately 40 minutes, with a 10-minute break in between. The night will kick off with a performance by local indie-folk sensation Sneaky Miles!
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Segment 1 Guests
Gene Martin, Executive Director of NH Fiscal Policy Institute & Host of NH Uncharted
Marissa Emanuele + Emily Briand, Co-hosts, One Quick Thing
Liz Canada, Host, NH Has Issues
Segment 2 Guests
Laura Harper Lake + Becky Barsi, Co-hosts, Creative Guts
Troy Farkas, Executive Producer & Host, Seacoast Stories
Jenn Bakos, Host, Telltalks Northeast
More About Granite Goodness:
Granite Goodness highlights progress and problem solving across New England in climate, energy, sustainability, housing, infrastructure, economics, workforce development, science, technology, and non-profits. By focusing on stories that are substantive and optimistic (granite and good!) our newsletters and podcasts provide audiences with regional, rational optimism through an explicitly nonpartisan, solutions-oriented lens.
About Andy Demeo:
Andy DeMeo is the creator of Granite Goodness, a solutions-journalism project celebrating optimism, progress, and problem-solving across New England, proudly hosted in New Hampshire. A lifelong Granite Stater, Andy’s work has attracted regional recognition including Stay Work Play New Hampshire’s Young Person of the Year Award (2025), UNH's Alumni Sustainability Award (2025), Catapult Seacoast’s 10 to Watch Award (2025), and serving as a co-host of TEDx Portsmouth 2025, the largest TEDx event in New England. When he’s not talking to optimists around New England, Andy can be found doing homesteading projects with his nine chickens, two dogs, and one wife on their farm in New Hampshire's Mt. Washington Valley.
About the local podcasts:
NH UNCHARTED goes beyond the charts and data to explore the policy issues shaping the Granite State. Hosted by Gene Martin, each episode breaks down a timely policy question with experts and the latest research, offering thoughtful discussions backed by trusted data.
CREATIVE GUTS dives into creators’ hearts, and discovers how creativity connects with the world around us. Currently hosted by Laura Harper Lake, Becky Barsi and Joe Acone (previously hosted by Sarah Wrightsman).
SEACOAST STORIES celebrates the inspiring stories of the people & businesses of N.H. & Maine. Founded and hosted by podcast veteran Troy Farkas (ex. ESPN, Spotify).
NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS ISSUES is the podcast that dares to ask, how many issues can one state have? Hosted by Liz Canada.
ONE QUICK THING shares quick, actionable ways to connect with your community during times when we need it most, hosted by Marissa Emanuele & Emily Briand.
TELLTALKS NORTHEAST is a deep dive with local small business owners, entrepreneurs, creatives, and makers of the Northeast region of the US, hosted by Jenn Bakos.