Suburbia's Voting Power, Fishs Eddy, NYC Murals

Lawrence Levy, the executive dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, and managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, Nancy Solomon, join us to explain how suburbs are expected to play a pivotal role in determining the upcoming midterm elections. Levy and Solomon will provide background information on this year's suburban battlegrounds and break down some races for us.

Julie Gaines, co-owner of the vintage housewares store, Fishs Eddy, joins us (at 27:50) to discuss her new book, Minding The Store: A Big Story About A Small Business, which details how she and her husband became purveyors of a vast collection of historical dishware. 

WNYC reporter Yasmeen Khan explains (at 43:25) how to get a mural on an empty wall in your neighborhood.