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Working Late: Older Americans On The Job
For Midwife, 71, Delivering Babies Never Gets Old
March 6, 2013 Sometimes you can't retire even if you want to. For Dian Sparling, a nurse midwife, there's no one to take over her practice. But at 71, delivering babies on call is harder than it used to be. "It would be horrible if I had to do this and stay up all night and I didn't love what I do," she says.
Author Interviews
In Sly Self-Help Novel, Selling Clean Water Gets You 'Filthy Rich'
March 6, 2013 In Mohsin Hamid's fictional how-to, a nameless protagonist makes a fortune selling knockoff bottled water in a thirsty Asian metropolis. Hamid joins NPR's Steve Inkeep to discuss the book's conceit and the side effects of rampant development.
Sweetness And Light
Catholic Universities See True Path To Salvation: Basketball
March 6, 2013 A powerful leadership group — the Catholic Seven — is stepping forward and heading in a bold new direction: basketball. These schools want out of the Big (football) East Conference.
Music Interviews
Cloud Cult's 'Love' Channels A Life Tested By Loss
March 6, 2013 Frontman Craig Minowa talks about tragedy in his past and how the group's new album, Love, reflects his own healing process.