by Gwen Outen

Here's a quick peek at the show today:

In this week's Political Junkie, NPR's Ken Rudin will talk about the newly signed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the ongoing fight for the Senate seat in Minnesota between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman. And speaking of Senate seats, Bruce Dold, editorial page editor for the Chicago Tribune, will join Ken to talk about this morning's Tribune editorial calling for Illinois Senator Roland Burris to resign. At the end of the hour, we'll talk mortgages with Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com, and learn about the specifics of President Obama's newly devised foreclosure plan and how it will affect homeowners and your taxpayer dollars.

In the current economic climate, some cities in the United States are rising while others are dying in surprising ways. Author Richard Florida will join us in our second hour to explain the geography of the recession. Florida's article "How the Crash Will Reshape America", appears in the March issue of The Atlantic. How is the city changing where you live? Then at the end of the hour, Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and correspondent for Slate magazine, will talk about whether or not to file criminal charges when teens use cell phones to forward naked photos of themselves. Lithwick's article is entitled, "Textual Misconduct."

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