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(mobyrock/flickr)Vacation, Vacation, Vacation
Even after you get the time off from work, a whole host of hurdles can get in the way of a perfect vacation. Today, we kick off a month-long series about summer travel. Also, Swedish meatballs abound: Brooklyn’s brand new Ikea could mean big changes for the neighborhood of Red Hook. Plus, an update on the Indiana primary race; microcredit lending from abroad makes its way to Queens; 125th Street rezoning means big changes to Harlem; and we open the phones: As chains like Starbucks begin posting calories, have you had calorie sticker shock about your favorite treat?
Pastor, Pastor Everywhere
WNYC's Political Director Andrea Bernstein joins us from this week's primary battleground of Indiana to discuss the fallout from Rev. Jeremiah Wright's recent comments, among other developments.
Unraveling Traveling
No, you're not imagining it-- travel today really is more complicated and expensive than it used to be. So today we're kicking off a month-long series on summer travel. Wendy Perrin, consumer news editor at Condé Nast Traveler, talks about where to go this summer, how to avoid the common pitfalls, and how to do it all without breaking the bank.
Where would you like to go this summer? Do you have any questions for Wendy? Let us know, comment below!
Growtime at the Apollo
WNYC's Siddhartha Mitter explains the new zoning plan for 125th Street and what it means for residents of the area.
Are you happy with the new zoning for 125 Street? How do you expect the neighborhood to change? Sound off below!
Hook, Line and Sinker
Ikea is opening its large new store in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. We discuss the anticipated impact, as well as other community issues in one of New York City's fastest-changing 'hoods, with three guests: Robert Guskind, editor of the Gowanus Lounge blog; Lynette Wiley, co-owner of the performance space
Jalopy; and Ian Marvey, co-founded of Added Value, a community organization in Red Hook.
Then, we check in with councilmember Bill DeBlasio, who is sponsoring an event to discuss the future of the Gowanus Canal area and his outlook for post-industrial Brooklyn.
From the archive: Ikea propses a Red Hook store
Flickr photos of the construction site
Bankers for the Unbanked
Last month, microcredit lender Grameen Bank brought its unique style of lending to Queen’s mainly immigrant neighborhood of Jackson Heights. Ritu Chatree of Grameen America discusses how the methods from the East are faring in the West.
Open Phones: Moment of Truth
A federal appeals court has weighed in (pun intended, sadly) and upheld a city rule that requires chain restaurants to post calorie information. Some chains have been posting for a while; Starbucks, for example, sells an 840 calorie Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino Blended Crème without blushing. Other chains are still catching up to full disclosure.
So we want to know: Would you rather not know the calorie content of what you're eating or drinking? Or do you welcome the ruling? Did you already know that your prime rib ranchero with cheese might crack the thousand-calorie ceiling, or have you had sticker shock? Comment below!
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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