Raj Patel, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies, fellow at Food First, and author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, discusses the global food crisis, and how rising prices are playing a role in the unrest in the Middle East.

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New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn talks about some of the ideas in her State of the City address, including plans for budgeting, jobs, and parking.

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Recently released figures by the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services that show a sharp increase in the numbers of arrests for marijuana possession. Have you been arrested for possessing marijuana, or know others who have? Tell us about your experience. Plus, Eugene O'Donnell, professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former NYPD officer, and former prosecuter, discusses the current marijuana laws.

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Felix Salmon, finance blogger for Reuters, discusses the sale of the New York Stock Exchange to the German company Deutsche Börse Group and why he thinks the stock market is quickly becoming irrelevant.

Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, assistant professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at NYU and author of The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion, discusses the rise of Asian fashion designers and the influence of Asian culture.

Sebastian Junger, filmmaker/journalist and author of WAR, and filmmaker/photographer Tim Hetherington, discuss their film about the war in Afghanistan, "Restrepo."