- CNN's John King talked about the prisoner exchange to bring home Bowe Bergdahl, shootings in Portland, Seattle and Las Vegas, and a new press junket by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. King is CNN's chief national correspondent, and host of Inside Politics.
- Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe talked about his new book, which is a forensic look at the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. Tribe's new book is Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution.
- State Treasurer Steve Grossman was back in Studio Three to talk about his prospects ahead of Saturday's state Democratic convention.
- Do you have summer camp horror stories? Jim and Margery opened the lines to talk about the opening of the summer camp season.
- Harvard Business historian Nancy Koehn talked about California Chrome — the horse that failed to win the Belmont Stakes and therefore horse racing's hallowed Triple Crown. Koehn is the author of Ernest Shackleton Exploring Leadership.