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A Box On All Your Houses

Ikea is officially open in Red Hook. WNYC reporter Ilya Marritz and NY Daily News reporter Jotham Sederstrom join us live on the scene to discuss the frenzy and what it means for locals. And we'll also be joined by Craig Hammerman, District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 6, to talk about if Ikea is keeping their promises to the Red Hook community.

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Working Poor

Jeremy Reiss, director of Workforce Mobility Initiatives at the Community Service Society of New York, paints a picture of New York City’s low-income workers.

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Promzillas

A thousand-dollar dye job and a pair of Manolo Blahniks is more than just the stuff Sex in the City is made of. For some teens, those pricey frills are serious prom essentials. Columnist for the New York Sun Lenore Skenazy talks about this monster of a phenomenon.

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Conservative Solution

Mickey Edwards, former Republican congressman and one of the founding trustees of the Heritage Foundation, says conservatism has abandoned its strengths in his new book Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back (Oxford University Press, USA, 2008).

Mickey Edwards blogs on huffingtonpost.com.
Mickey Edwards at The Aspen Institute

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Open Phones: The Can

On the heels of Willie Randolph's ignominious firing as Mets manager, we ask listeners to weigh in with their stories of being let go. Annabelle Gurwitch, author of Fired! Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized and Dismissed, takes a look at the different ways in which people are dismissed.

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The Cost of Kindness

Citymeals-on-Wheels, an organization dedicated to delivering food to New York's homebound elderly, is getting hit hard by the increased cost of food and gas. Actress and Citymeals advocate Kathleen Turner, explains.

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