Guests: Author Michael Eric Dyson, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, reporter Ashleigh Banfield, author and Vietnam veteran John E. O'Neill, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, talk show host Chris Matthews

Topics: McCain–Feingold Act, Iraq, environment

Guests: From Washington, D.C.: Sens. John Kerry and Lincoln Chafee; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian/actor Robin Williams, journalist Chris Matthews

Topics: Mark Foley scandal, 2004 and 2006 elections, Iraq War, international relations

Guests: Fmr Sen John Edwards (N.C.), journalist Joel Stein, Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas), MSNBC host Chris Matthews; via satellite, chess master Garry Kasparov

Topics: Environment, biofuels, drug-resistant viruses, bringing U.S. troops home, Russian politics, Mukasey confirmation hearings, Ellen DeGeneres dog controversy.

Guests: Prof Cornel West, blogger Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, writer/activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, journalist Jeremy Scahill (election correspondent); via satellite, MSNBC host Chris Matthews

Topics: Pennsylvania primary and Democratic debate, Pope's visit to U.S., oil prices and worldwide food shortages, polygamy and raid on Texas compound

Guests: CNN host Larry King, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, former White House Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend, NAACP President Ben Jealous, humorist P. J. O'Rourke

Topics: 2009 digital television transition, Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting, racism, affirmative action, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, terrorism, car culture in the United States, socialism

Guests: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) , Actor Alec Baldwin, comedian and actor Garry Shandling, Hardball host Chris Matthews, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley

Topics: Balloon Boy incident, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, health care reform, H1N1 vaccination concerns, ongoing efforts to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, sexual harassment in the military, Rush Limbaugh's failed bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, steroid use in professional sports

Guests: Rep. Anthony Weiner, political commentator Chris Matthews, economist Laura Tyson, author Ross Douthat, politician John Bolton

Topics: Gulf of Mexico oil spill, oil dependency, High-speed rail technology, Goldman Sachs Senate hearings, Arizona immigration law, Charlie Crist, 2010 midterm elections

Guests: Ray Kurzweil, columnist Ross Douthat, Public Notice executive director Gretchen Hamel, pundit Chris Matthews, comedian Kevin Nealon

Topics: Mitt Romney, FEMA, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Republicans rooting for America to fail, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Tracy Morgan, hunting, freedom vs. entitlement, Rick Perry's spiritual solutions to national problems

Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), commentator Andrew Sullivan, artist Common.

Topics: The Dodd-Frank financial reform, defeat of pro-life legislation, defeat of anti-union legislation, John Hunstman, Rick Perry's debate gaffe, education, Penn State child abuse scandal, Herman Cain's sexual harassment, legacy of John F Kennedy, Republican party as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Top-of-show will be documentarian Eugene Jarecki who's latest film, "The House I Live In," will be out in theatres on October 5th.

Mid-show will be literary icon Salman Rushdie who's latest book is Joseph Anton: A Memoir.

Panel:

Rana Foroohar – Assistant Managing Editor and Economic Columnist at Time Magazine.

Roger Hedgecock – Radio Talk Show Host and former Mayor of San Diego.

Chris Matthews – Host of MSNBC's "Hardball" and author of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero.

Season Finale.

"The Interview" star Seth Rogen, MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, Monty Python Alum & "So Anyway..." author John Cleese, Canadian MP Chrystia Freeland and "News One Now" host Roland Martin.

Chris Matthews, Governor George Pataki, Mark Cuban and Jorge Ramos.

Political strategist Donna Brazile; comedian Sarah Silverman. The roundtable guests are political commentator Chris Matthews and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.