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Even when you buy pairs of jeans, get your hair dyed, or rent a car, you can make an environmentally informed decision about when choosing a company. But how? Enter Greenopia , a guide to living green in New York. Gay Browne , founder of Greenopia, and Ferris Kawar , Greenopia's vice president of sustainability, talk about the guide and how they researched it.

WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly and Andrea Bernstein discuss the week's developments in the presidential campaign, including John McCain's recent visit to New Jersey and John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama.

NPR senior political correspondent Juan Williams weighs in on the politics of the day.

Kentucky holds its primary on May 20. Find out what’s on the minds of voters in the Bluegrass State. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is up for re-election; we look at the Democrats who hoping to challenge him in the fall. Al Cross is Director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky . He also writes a weekly column for the Courier-Journal . States of the Union fact of the week: Kentucky has more farms per square mile than any other state.

Show Summary: The Internet Archive challenges a secret FBI demand and wins; a peek inside the mind of an MSNBC pundit; the enduring legacy of Ayn Rand.

With Hillary Clinton on the ropes, we take a look at what the next few days and weeks have in store. Marie Cocco , columnist for the Washington Post Group offers her thoughts, as well as some historical perspective on how candidates have dropped out of past elections.

Surviving an ordeal with breast cancer can lead to life-changing epiphanies -- or not. Shelley Lewis , news producer and author of Five Lessons I Didn't Learn From Breast Cancer (And One Big One I Did) , tells us her story and value of revelation-free survival.

TV journalist Bill Moyers assesses the health of democracy in America today. His new book is Moyers on Democracy . If you can't see the video click here var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/0OU6bfmfQIo", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});

Political films are among the most frequently remade films in Hollywood. We compare the originals and remakes of “All the King’s Men” and “The Manchurian Candidate” to see how each depicts the politics of the time in which it was made. Philip Gianos of California State University, Fullerton, is the author of Politics and Politicians in American Film . Independent scholar and journalist Gaspar Gonzalez is co-author of What Have They Built You to Do?: The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America . The movies we'll discuss are: “All the King’s Men” (1949) – Robert Rossen directed this classic political film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, a thinly veiled portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long. “All the King’s Men” (2006): Steven Zaillian wrote and directed this remake, which remains largely faithful to the original version. “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962): John Frankenheimer directed this classic political thriller that, when first released, was considered far ahead of its time. “The Manchurian Candidate” (2004): Jonathan Demme directed this remake, updating its themes and plotlines to address the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Watch the films, and then weigh in: How do you think the remakes compare to the original versions? How are the films shaped by the politics of the times in which they were made?

Chris Shaw , vice president of digital media for the New York Post , talks about Post headlines from over the years called Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper .