The Story

Clive Farrin is a lobsterman who has lived his whole life in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He loves being on the water and the independence of fishing. Like other lobstermen, Clive is struggling to pay his bills, but he's determined not to give up on the job he loves. Also in this show: inside a mortgage call center.

Scott Charles is the Trauma Outreach Coordinator at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. When patients arrive at the hospital with gunshot wounds, Scott goes to their bedsides after surgery to talk to them about changing their lives. His work is part of a program he created with trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg. Aaron also talks with Chinika Perez, a 27-year-old mother of two who survived being shot last summer. Also in this episode: an E.R. doctor on what it's like to give unwelcome news to family, and the day she got such news herself.

Steve Walsh is one of the many Arizona residents who may soon see his home foreclosed and put up for auction. What makes Steve's story different is that he could have continued to pay his mortgage, but he is choosing not to. Also in this show: Dear Starbucks

After working in politics and diplomacy for years, Peter Bourne developed quite a rolodex of interesting contacts. He started working with then-Congressman Bill Richardson in 1995 and helped spring two American contractors from a prison in Iraq.