• The latest on the tragic mass shooting at Fort Hood.

• Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations discusses CAIR’s efforts to prevent an anti-Muslim backlash in response to today’s events.

• Legendary singer-songwriter Carole King joins Alan to discuss her efforts to protect the land, water, and wildlife of the Northern Rockies.

• Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, authors of the new book Sarah from Alaska, reveal how Sarah Palin caused a civil war within the 2008 McCain presidential campaign.

• With both Republicans AND Democrats claiming key victories in the 2009 elections, which party really gained the most? Alan weighs in.

• dith·er·ing: Alan provides a helpful vocabulary lesson for Congressman Joe “You Lie!” Wilson.

• Political Analyst Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics joins Alan to analyze the results of today’s elections.

• Are Republican victories at the polls a referendum on President Obama? We’ll debate it.

• Travel guru Rick Steves, author of Travel as a Political Act, explains why he believes America needs to join European countries in decriminalizing drugs.

• Former Religious Right activist Frank Schaeffer, whose latest book is Patience with God, says Republican paranoia caused the conservative revolt in the NY-23 congressional race. He’ll tell Alan why.

• Does the H1N1 vaccine shortage prove that America is underprepared for a bioterrorist attack? Former Sen. Bob Graham, who chairs the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, shares his concerns with Alan.

• How crazy can they get? Alan shakes his head at the latest example of wingnuttery in Washington.

• “Is there something strange in your neighborhood?” Actor Dan Aykroyd and his father Peter Aykroyd, author of A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters, sit down with Alan to discuss real-life hauntings.

• What are witches brewing? Richard Blaine, Executive Director of the New York Center for the Strange, joins Alan to reveal the group’s annual predictions from witches across America.

• It’s the Friday Night Free-For-All!

• Democrats say the newly unveiled House health care bill will save lives and reduce deficits. But will it get any Republican support? Alan calls out the “Party of No.”

• Alan confronts anti-abortion extremist Randall Terry, who is now calling on people to burn effigies of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

• Think you can survive the cut? Just in time for Halloween, it’s a spooky edition of Sudden Death Radio!

• Christina Turner was denied insurance for a shocking reason: her treatment for rape qualified as a “pre-existing condition.” She joins Alan to discuss her troubling story.

• Are Americans too optimistic? Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Bright-sided, explains why she believes that the promotion of positive thinking actually harms our nation.

• But if you DO want a reason for optimism, Alan examines the latest data showing that Obama’s stimulus is working.

• President Obama promoted clean energy at a solar power plant today, but can he convince global-warming skeptics of the need for climate legislation? Alan speaks with WFLN radio host Jack Welch, who attended the president’s event.

• Is former Democrat Joe Lieberman about to filibuster health care reform? Alan shares his thoughts on the senator who’s being called “Traitor Joe.”

• Are ghosts something we should fear, or do they want to help us? “Survival Evidence Medium” James Van Praagh, whose latest book is Unfinished Business, joins Alan to discuss Halloween hauntings.

• Christopher Hitchens and Pastor Douglas Wilson, who are featured in the new documentary Collision, sit down with Alan to debate the value of religion.

• Alan asks New Mexico hotel owner Larry Whitten how he can justify ordering Hispanic employees to Anglicize their names.

• Has the public option – which was once thought to be nearly dead – been successfully revived? Alan weighs in on today’s developments.

• Iraq War veteran Jon Soltz of VoteVets.org responds to a Republican lawmaker’s claim that veterans who believe in global warming are “traitors.”

• Torturous Tunes? Alan examines the Bush administration’s practice of allegedly using music to abuse prisoners at Gitmo.

• It’s the Friday Night Free-For-All!