The Story

Peter Reynolds remembers when, as a seven year old, he first heard Ted Kennedy's voice - quivering at the funeral of his brother Bobby.

Dick recently asked listeners for stories of how they reconcile their divergent career paths - something Rupa Marya has been doing for a while.  Rupa is leader of the band Rupa and the April Fishes. But to her patients, she's known as Dr. Marya. Rupa has juggled her desire to be both a musician and a doctor since she was little. Also in this episode, everyone now seems to be plugged into a social network on the web: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn. Jim Sollisch never wanted any part of electronic schmoozing, but he got tricked into joining LinkedIn by a friend.

Marvin Killgore is a meteorite hunter, collector and dealer. His hunts have taken him all over the world. In Siberia, he took his metal detector into the forest. On his way out, he saw tiger tracks covering his own. He tells Dick that the challenge is to not only find the meteorites, but to figure out how to get them home. Also on the show: a man finds a 3.92 white carat diamond on the ground. And, a corn maze that may just save a family farm.

Alaa Al Aswany is watching as the political parties vie for power in Egypt - and, as always, he’s speaking his mind. Alaa is an Egyptian novelist and was a vocal critic of the Mubarak government. And he continues to confront those in power, challenging the old guard.