Nuclear Ambitions
Tuesday, October 13 2009
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Nuclear Ambitions
Ehsan Samei, Ph.D
Iran will allow international inspectors to visit Tehran later this month. They will visit the country's newly exposed nuclear facility. But who are the people behind Iran's nuclear fuel program?
Today Dick Gordon talks with Ehsan Samei. Ehsan is a U.S. citizen, a professor at Duke University. But during his college days, he attended university in Tehran with some of Iran's brightest scientists. While he chose nuclear medicine, some of his classmates were recruited by the Iranian military to build a rocket. Ehsan talks with Dick about his home country's nuclear ambitions.
- Learn more about Ehsan's work and music
- Music in this story: Petrushka: First Tableau: The Mountebank (Flute solo) performed by Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Craft for the album Stravinsky: The Firebird
The Breadwinner
Beth Finke and Mike Knezovich, larger >>
Beth Finke wrote in to say that due to this recession, for the first time, she is the main breadwinner in her family. Beth has had lots of different jobs, but none were on the fast track. She went blind in her twenties and since then she has had to rely, more than she ever expected to, on her husband, Mike. For years, Beth could only get hired for odd jobs. Gradually, Beth regained confidence and became an accomplished writer. And it was just in time: this summer, Mike lost his job. Beth joins Dick to talk about her pride in finally being the breadwinner.
- Learn more about Beth on her website
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