The H1N1 vaccine is being slowly distributed around the country. We talk to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Disease, about when the vaccine will hit doctors' offices nationwide. Then, we turn to two practitioners who are also parents: Dr. Sandra Arnold, a pediatric specialist in infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, who was one of the first in the nation to get the vaccine. We also talk with Dr. Matthew Davis, a pediatrician and internal medicine doctor at the University of Michigan Medical Center, who just conducted a poll on whether parents will be vaccinating their kids. It turns out that less than half of parents polled are convinced that the vaccine is necessary for their kids.

Conde Nast is dropping Gourmet magazine, Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride from its roster. What's the next title this magazine giant will let go? Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, looks at the reasons why.

The Vikings take on the Packers this week. Takeaway sports contributer Ibrahim Abdul-Matin reports and tells us about 40-somethings in the NFL.

Listeners respond to our interview with Tim Smith, a gay marine featured on a billboard saying, “I’m Gay and I protected Your Freedom.” The billboard was erected in Memphis by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in the run-up to National Coming out Day on October 11.

All this week, we mark the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan with a series of conversations. We revisit the attack that killed eight American soldiers from Colorado Springs' Fort Carson over the weekend. To get some perspective on the attack and on broader military strategy, we hear from Major T.G. Taylor, who is with the International Security Assistance Force in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan, where the attack took place.

"The No. 1 Ladies' Opera House" is the brainchild of Alexander McCall Smith, the bestselling author of the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series. He just opened a new arts centre in Botswana's capital, Gaborone, called "The No. 1 Ladies Opera House," and we talk to him from Botswana about his idea of bringing opera there.

Incivility in the workplace is an unfortunate side effect of the recession, where jobs are scarce and everyone is aiming to hold on to whatever work they have. Takeaway contributor Beth Kobliner says there are ways to stay in-the-know without being a gossip at work. We also talk with Will Marcum, a former GM plant worker of 20 years in Pontiach, Mich., to hear about his story of office politics during the economic downturn.

All this week we will be marking eight years since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. Today we look at the conflict as seen through the eyes of one community whose sacrifices are difficult to fathom. The 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade is based out of Fort Carson, Colo., near Colorado Springs. The combat unit that lost eight men on Saturday after an attack by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan came from Fort Carson. In both Iraq and Afghanistan the post has lost more than 270 soldiers.

We speak to Sgt. Maj. Terrance McWilliams, who was the highest-ranking enlisted man at Fort Carson. He served as Commander there for five-and-a-half years before retiring in 2007. And he spent 31 years in the Army.  He’s now Director of Military Support for the El Pomar Foundation — a private foundation that supports community programs in Colorado. We also speak to Tom Roeder, military correspondent for The Gazette in Colorado Springs.

Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich looks ahead to a bipartisan White House meeting on Afghanistan, and a congressional battle over earmarks.

We check in with New York Times finance reporter Louise Story about a rally in bank stocks.

The Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers go head to head tonight. Takeaway sports contributer Ibrahim Abdul-Matin previews the game.

An ad from "Health Equity for All," a coalition of African-American and Latino organizations.

As the Senate Finance Committee moves toward a vote on the health care reform bill later in the week, African-American and Latino organizations have joined forces in a new ad campaign to make sure their voices are heard in the debate. We speak to Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, a grassroots organization dedicated to helping low-income people make an impact on public policy; and Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman Jr., assistant dean of Community and Urban Health at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Conde Nast announced yesterday that it will close Gourmet magazine after nearly 69 years of taste making and recipe writing. The November issue will be its last. The decision came after a three-month study by McKinsey & Co., which looked at cutting the publishing company's costs. Along with Gourmet, Conde Nast is closing Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride. The magazine, headed by longtime editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl, has been a gourmet bible for many young chefs and foodies. Joining us to talk about the demise of the magazine is chef and author Mark Bittman.

Today is the second day of the Supreme Court’s new term. And for the first time in a quarter century, justices may declare an entire category of speech outside of First Amendment protection. At the center of the case is a law that Congress passed in 1999 making it illegal to distribute videos and other materials depicting animal cruelty, like dogfighting. In 2003, a man named Robert J. Stevens was sent to jail for 37 months for breaking that law. Today the court will decide whether Congress overstepped its authority by passing the law in the first place.

Alan Isaacman, a First Amendment attorney who famously defended Larry Flynt, and Mary Lou Randour, director of human-animal relations with the Humane Society of the U.S., discuss the case.