The wild history of Chanel No. 5, queen of perfumes, and the life of Coco Chanel – from convents to Nazis to jasmine and rose petals.

A repeal vote on health care reform. Revolution in Tunisia. And Washington welcomes China’s leader. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

This week the FCC approved the merger of Comcast and NBC. We talk to NBC’s outgoing CEO, Jeff Zucker, about the future of television, news and entertainment.

We take at look at the United States and China now, as the Chinese president makes a big visit to Washington.

We go inside the Stuxnet worm cyber-attack on Iran’s nuclear push, and look at the reality of cyber-war.

“Ask not what your country can do for you” said John F. Kennedy, 50 years ago. We look back at the message of JFK’s inaugural, with Chris Matthews, David Brooks, and biographer Thurston Clarke.

Fifty years on, we look back on war hero and President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning against America’s “military-industrial complex.” Author James Ledbetter and military scholar Andrew Bacevich join us.

Drop that hot dog. America goes vegan. We look at the trend with cooking doyennes Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Mollie Katzen, Kim O’Donnel, and more.

A new attack on the theory of a “hardwired” difference, in the brain, between men and women.

Big snow buries big parts of the U.S., again. We go deep on snow and snowplow and towns’ and cities’ strategies for how to deal with the avalanche.

American scientific innovation. We look what’s on the frontier, and where will the next big breakthroughs come from, with MIT’s president and top science journalists.

After his Tuesday interview, Gawande spoke back stage about the controversy over end-of-life policies — the “death panels” charge. Hear about his powerful personal experience as a doctor.