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Author Laura Shapiro looks at the post 1950s kitchen and women like Betty Friedan and Julia Child who influenced America's ideas about cooking and modern cuisine. Mike Arnold hosts. His guest is Laura Shapiro, author of "Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America". She also was an award winning writer at Newsweek magazine for over fifteen years.

It's been over a year since the beginning of the Iraq war and almost a year and a half since fighting started in Afghanistan and the first of New Hampshire's men and women are returning from combat. We'll take a close look at the psychology of coming home from war from combat trauma and PTSD to the war protests and adaptation to civilian life. Mike's guests are Dr. Jonathan Shay, Staff psychiatrist for the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Boston and author of "Odysseus in America- Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming" and Al Porche, a readjustment counselor for the Vets Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.

'Tis the season in New England where metal buckets adorn Maple trees, sugar shacks are ablaze with activity and the sweet smell of maple syrup is in the air. Today we'll talk about everything you ever wanted to know about maple sugaring in New Hampshire. Mike's guests are Sumner Dole, Extension Educator of Forest Resources at the University of New Hampshire and Dick Uncles, Bureau of Markets Supervisor at the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food. He'll also talk with Paul Messer, Owner of Sunday Mountain Maple Farm in Orford.

After 40 years spent chasing news in over 70 countries, New York Times foreign correspondent Chris Wren left the hustle and bustle of New York to explore new horizons in the Green Mountain state of Vermont. Rather than drive, he made a journey of it and walked through five states in five weeks to get to his new home. He recounts his adventures along the way and what the whole experience taught him about life and taking risks. Mike Arnold hosts. His guest is Chris Wren, author of "Walking to Vermont".

Now that we know John Kerry will be the next democratic presidential candidate, the question is who will be his V.P.? We'll ask your suggestions. And we'll look at the history and role of our country's second in command. Mike's guests are Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College (http://www.anselm.edu/nhiop) and Tim Walch, Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum (http://www.hoover.archives.gov) and editor of At the President's Side: The Vice President in the 20th Century.