The Story

Host Dick Gordon checks in with Ben Harris and Scott Haren, who suffer from ALS and have tried to make their own medicine to stop the progress of their disease.

The V.A. recently made it easier for veterans to be designated victims of PTSD. But if those PTSD patients are actually being helped by their treatments is still a matter of debate. Jim Worlein served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and came within feet of death many times. In the years following Jim's deployment, his PTSD symptoms - headaches, tremors, nightmares and panic attacks - got worse and worse. The treatment Jim received at the V.A. wasn't working, so he finally sought the help of a private therapist. Jim and his wife Lyz talk with Dick Gordon about life as a family coping with PTSD, and Jim's hopes for other veterans. Also: teachers will be retiring in record numbers over the next few years. Today, Dick Gordon speaks with one newly retired teacher from Iowa.

To most of us, barbecue means summer and backyard gatherings over plates of grilled chicken, pork, or burgers. For Leslie Scott, barbecue is much more. It's a way of life. As she tells Dick Gordon, making great ribs can make someone fall in love with you.

In 1988, John Kenneth (J.K.) Horne, his 12-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son were in the deadliest type of car accident: a head on collision. J.K. awoke from unconsciousness to the sound of voices shouting that his daughter might not make it. J.K. tells his story to guest host Scott Jagow, and explains how he makes sense of his survival: he lived so that he might help his children. Also on the show: coming to grips with what is gone forever.