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It can be fun and exciting-but it can also make you want to tear your hair out! It's a series of big decisions: Which car is right for me? Should I buy or lease? Am I getting a good deal? We'll get the inside dope on how prices are set and deals are done from Remar Sutton, author, consumer advocate, and co-founder (with Ralph Nader) of the Consumer Task Force for Automotive Issues. His book is "Don't Get Taken Every Time: The Ultimate Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car in the Showroom or on the Internet."

We?re the nation?s second most forested state, so it?s no surprise wood is so important to our economy. Trees are used for everything from building homes to the paper in your office. But many loggers and mill owners are worried about the future due to depressed paper markets and tough global competition. Laura talks with Jasen Stock, executive directer of the NH Timberland Owners Association www.nhtoa.org and Brad Wyman, who worked in the industry for almost 30 years.

The days of pick-up basketball and street hockey seem nearly gone, replaced by screaming coaches and Dads brawling in the stands. Many parents and coaches say there is way too much pressure in youth sports today. They are trying to strike a balance among competition, good sportsmanship, and fun. Laura talks with Fred Deppe, a soccer coach in Hudson, NH and principal in the Massachusetts public school system and Bob Bigelow a youth sports reformer and activist and former NBA player.

We'll look at the psychology of forgiveness and find out why it's such a difficult issue for so many of us at some point in our lives. And we'll talk about when it's actually better not to forgive. Laura's guest is Dr. Robert Karen, a NYC psychotherapist and writer. His new book is "The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection" www.randomhouse.com.

Jobless rates are slowly climbing and we keep hearing of layoffs nationwide and in New Hampshire. But analysts say the state is in still decent shape in spite of an economic slowdown. We'll get a quarterly update on where things are headed in this sluggish economy. Laura's guests are Ross Gittell, with the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics www.unh.edu/wsbe/, and Russ Thibault with Applied Economic Research in Laconia.