• 300,00 people signed a petition to try to save Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish Ebola patient. Did you? Why are so many people so passionate about saving this dog, but less interested in the thousands of people that have died?
  • Surgeon, author, and public health researcher  Atul Gawande discusses his new book, Being Mortal examining medical aging and end of life issues.
  • Governor  Deval Patrick takes Jim and Margery's questions, and yours in our monthly "ask the governor."
  • Alex Beam drops by to talk about the pittance writers make, the Nobel Prize, and "stoner culture."
  • WGBH Science Editor Heather Goldstone updates us on the other Noble winners, and reports on the rate of animal extinction since 1970s.
  • Democratic Congressional Candidate running to represent 6th district, Seth Moulton comes by to talk about his service in Iraq, his commitment to working across the aisle.