'Tweens, teens and twenty-somethings rule retail. Kit Yarrow, author of the new book Gen BuY, explains how Generation Y is changing buying and selling. Plus, Thomas Moran, political columnist for the Star-Ledger, on why he couldn’t stay away from journalism; and a comparison between England and United States’ intensive care services.
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Thomas Moran
ACORN Reacts
ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis discusses the scandal her organization is embroiled in and the implications for this region.
New Bill Expands Federal Student Aid
The House passed a bill yesterday that expands federal aid to college students while ending federal subsidies to private lenders. Anya Kamenentz, staff writer for Fast Company and author of Generation Debt and Corey Boles of the Wall St. Journal discuss the implications for students.
Intensive Care Here and Abroad
Dr. Hannah Wunsch, department of Anesthesiology at Columbia, discusses her new report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine comparing the performance of intensive care units in the US and in England.
Tom Moran: Back in the Fold
Thomas Moran, once and future political columnist for the Star-Ledger, discusses his decision to return to the paper after taking a year off.
Retail and Teenagers
Kit Yarrow, consumer research scholar and chair of the Psychology Department at Golden State University, discusses her new book Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail.
FUF: 100 Monkeys and Park(ing) Day
It's not just Friday, but follow-up Friday. Just what is the "100 Monkeys Theory" and what does it have to do with nuclear war? Tom Flynn, Editor of Free Inquiry magazine, explains the theory. And, today is Park(ing) Day, when locals take over parking spots and turn them into ...