It's the Brian Lera Show on WNC.

It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC.

Good Monday morning everyone.

Thanks to Bridget Bergen for filling in on Friday.

And to all you moms out there,

a belated happy Mother's Day.

Hope you have the Mother's Day that you deserve.

Coming up on the show today, Mark Herzgaard.

He's usually on as Environment Correspondent for the Nation magazine.

Some of you know that name.

But this time he'll tell us about his experience of being wounded himself

in a Mother's Day mass shooting.

It was 11 years ago yesterday, and he'll talk about the new book that it inspired Mark Herzgaard in a very different role than usual coming up later today.

Also one of the things left on the New York State Legislature's plate before they adjourn for the year next month

to decide whether to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Activists for the cause call it death with dignity.

They reject the name it's often been

known by physician assisted suicide. We'll hear why that is and some major endorsements that

are new this year from the New York State Medical Society, the main

doctors organization that represents 20,000 physicians in New York State and the

New York State Bar Association, which of course represents lawyers, The Catholic Church is one main

opponent, some disability rights activists are also opponents. We'll see if this

might be the year the Medical Aid and Dying Act passes in Albany after a number of years

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