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America's got the flu blues. Out West it hit early and hard and now the east may be in for some more misery. But the country is virtually out of vaccine. We'll find out how that happened and why it's apparently so difficult to predict and prepare for the flu. Laura's guests are Dr. Jesse Greenblatt, State Epidemiologist, and David Ropeik, Director of Risk Communications at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Laura will also talk to Dr. John Modlin, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.

Noda Farm is a Christmas tree farm in Meriden. It's owned by two Japanese-American Quakers, Lafayette and Mayme Noda. They grew up in Central California and were put in internment camps during World War II. Afterward, Lafayette became a prominent medical researcher, and Mayme an anti-war activist. Now in retirement, they grow Christmas trees. They sell the trees on the honor system. Cut your tree and leave the money in a box. We talk about their varied, unique lives.