by Douglas Hopper

Hello out there in cyber-land! Douglas here, stepping in for Michel.

We have some excellent conversations coming up this week. Can't squeeze it all in here... But check out these highlights:

Tomorrow a conversation about how much it costs to be poor. Sound crazy? Check out this piece in the Washington Post by DeNeen Brown. Brown (who was on the show on Tuesday talking about Murals) spells it out: "the poorer you are, the more things cost." Tune in tomorrow to hear more.

And a conversation about salon in California where one of the stylists decided to offer a class for white adoptive parents of black or bi-racial children on how to do their hair.

On Thursday, out international edition, we'll visit with the lawyer of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a political prisoner under house arrest in Myanmar. Her case is now complicated by an unusual twist - an American man who made an unannounced and uninvited visit that went awry.

And of course Friday we'll the Barbershop guys will go full throttle on the news of the week.

Keep us on your dial ... or web browser... or your mobile device. And remember to get in the conversation. We are listening too.