The Story

Dick speaks with Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. Also in this show: A marketing professional tells Dick how he was turned down for a job because he didn’t seem influential enough on Twitter, and Dick reads letters about the fictional story "The Book."

Alexis Goldstein, a former Wall Street computer programmer, tells Dick about why she’s pushing for reform through the Occupy Wall Street movement. Also in this show: Amanda Palmer, formerly of the Dresden Dolls, on how she raised more than $800,000 on Kickstater to produce her new album.

Jeff Dick, a geologist and former oil man, leased his land in Ohio to a company looking for natural gas by fracturing underground rock. He says he's at ease with the risks of fracking. Also in this show: veterinarians in Ithaca, N.Y., are investigating the effects of fracking on farm animals, a competitive rower is rowing across the North Atlantic Ocean to the Olympics in London, a producer sends an audio postcard from Newfoundland, and the Cowboy Junkies' front man speaks.

In 2008, a tornado swept through Tom Cook’s home, killing his wife. Distraught, he moved with his daughter to Joplin, Mo., where he bought a new house – and a steel shelter. When a tornado came three years later, they were prepared. Also in this show: Angela Walters talks to Dick about the photos she found scattered after the tornado, and the archive she started.

Scott Haren and Ben Harris met in a support group for people with Lou Gehrig's disease. They speak together: Scott speaks the words of his friend Ben, who types them onto a computer because he no longer can speak. Also in this show: an award-winning new map of the U.S.