The number of teens having babies has dropped dramatically in the last decade, but one out of every three American girls still gets pregnant before age 20. Dick talks with Loretha Weisinger, a doula, and Rochelle Rockamore, 15, a young mother she helped.

Stefani Barner's husband, Rob, is a technical sergeant in the Air National Guard, and he is about to head off for his second tour in Iraq. Dick sat down with Rob and Stefani to talk about how Rob's returning to Iraq will affect their family. Both Rob and Stefani are against the war, but their shared perspective hasn't made conversations about the future any easier.  

Lani Roberts teaches philosophy at Oregon State University. She wrestles with everyday problems of right and wrong, and happens to believe that it is okay to lie to the unwelcome person knocking on her door. Yet she loves the ideal of truthfulness, and in fact reminds Dick that the word 'philosophy' means 'the love of wisdom.' 

Roy Kim grew up in North Korea during the Korean War. When rumors circulated in his hometown that the United Nations planned to drop an atomic bomb, Roy fled the country with his father.

Ricky Hart had a life-altering epiphany while watching the TV series, "Roots." The scene depicted the slave, Kunta Kinte, being whipped into using his new name, Toby. It outraged him, but it also inspired him to dig into his own family history, which dates back to a plantation in North Carolina.

Before Frank McCourt became famous as the author of "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis," he was for 30 years a high school English teacher in New York.  His book about that experience is "Teacher Man." Also in this episode,  Meredith Sorenson hikes all 2,168 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Plus, a man named Mervin Jenkins turns his life around. 

Rodrigo Ximeno and his mother Marianela Manana moved to the US from Uruguay for work and an education. To their surprise, Rodrigo didn't fit in with other Latino kids. Soon he dropped out of school, ran the streets with gang members and got into trouble with the law. Rodrigo now wants to join the military--against his mother's wishes.