• Does every American have a fundamental right to health care? Bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan examines this moral question with Alan.

• FireDogLake Founder Jane Hamsher joins Alan to dissect the details of the Senate’s combined health care reform bill.

• Alan analyzes the increasingly ridiculous rhetoric behind the latest partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill.

• Illinois Republican State Rep. Jim Sacia says his GOP colleagues would be “idiots” to block the transfer of Gitmo detainees to a prison in his state. He’ll tell Alan why.

• Shushannah Walshe, co-author of Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar, separates fact from fiction in Palin’s new memoir.

• Alan exposes shockingly shameless new examples of anti-Obama hatred.

• Are new guidelines for mammograms tantamount to health-care rationing? Or are they simply an effective way to control costs? Dr. Dennis Gottfried, author of Too Much Medicine, shares his prescription for better and more affordable care.

• The Politics of Fear? As Sarah Palin’s book hits store shelves, Alan responds to claims that liberals are afraid of the former governor.

• Washington Times Editor Emeritus Wes Pruden says the President of the United States is un-American. Alan analyzes Pruden’s logic.

• AfterDowningStreet.org co-founder David Swanson says that if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is prosecuted, his interrogators should be prosecuted as well. Swanson defends his controversial demand.

• Tennis legend Andre Agassi tells Alan why he decided to reveal his life’s darkest moments in his new book, Open: An Autobiography.

• Alan considers the strange standards that some pundits have when evaluating presidential leadership.

• Former Congressman Tom Andrews (D-ME), who is now Director of the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, talks with Alan about the Obama administration’s decision to bring 9/11 suspects to trial in New York.

• It’s the Friday Night Free-For-All with:

• Conservative Comedian T.J. McCormack

• Marketing specialist John Tantillo

• Singer/songwriter Chip Taylor

• VoteVets.org Chairman Jon Soltz joins Alan to discuss President Obama’s Afghanistan options, and also the troubling report that U.S. contractors are funding the Taliban forces that our troops are fighting.

• Actor George Wendt, who played beer-lover Norm Peterson on Cheers, tells Alan about the liquid inspiration behind his new book, Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional’s Guide to Beer.

• Queen vs. King: Alan weighs in on the latest “inappropriate” behavior of former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean.

• More than six decades after the end of World War II, 13 of the Navajo Code Talkers – U.S. Marines whose coded messages helped defeat the Japanese – marched for the first time today in New York City’s Veterans Day Parade. Two of the Code Talkers, Bill Toledo and Frank Willetto, sit down with Alan to share their fascinating experiences.

• Should President Obama expand the war in Afghanistan? Alan discusses the issue with Marine Corps veteran Rick Reyes, who co-founded Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan, and retired Air Force Gen. Thomas McInerney.

• Alan examines the latest troubling report of corruption in Iraq by the private contractor Blackwater.

• Miss California USA Director Keith Lewis joins Alan to dispute Carrie Prejean’s claims that she was mistreated by pageant officials.

• While President Obama honored the fallen at Fort Hood, some of his critics used the tragedy to push partisan attacks. Alan exposes their hypocrisy.

• Muslims = Communists?!? Alan takes a skeptical look at Pat Robertson’s latest shocking statements.

• Actor-comedian Harry Shearer, whose latest DVD is Unwigged and Unplugged, shares a satirical look at today’s hottest political issues.

• “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan tells Alan why he’s going on tour to help dog owners across America.

• In the wake of the Fort Hood shootings, the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer wants Muslims to be banned from serving in the U.S. Military. Alan debates him.

• Alan discusses the Fort Hood tragedy with military analyst Col. David Hunt.

• As unemployment hits its highest level in 26 years, It’s Your Time author Joel Osteen tells Alan how people can still achieve their dreams in times of trouble.

• It’s the Friday Night Free-For-All!