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Manfred Steiner dreamed of being a physicist but his parents convinced him to be a doctor. When he retired, he enrolled in a PhD program. Weeks before his 90th birthday, he defended his dissertation.

Noah Adams talks with horse and cattle veterinarian Dr. Luther Mc Connell. Dr. Mc Connell is currently rehabilitating a baby moose who was found along side the body of his dead mother near the town of Dusty, Washington.

President Bush sent the centerpiece of his domestic agenda to Congress today, seeking approval of a tax cut plan valued at one-point-six-trillion dollars over the next ten years. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Capitol Hill.

Scott talks with Dolly Parton about her new CD, Little Sparrow. After a wildly successful career as a country music singer, Dolly is returning to the bluegrass and mountain music she heard growing up in eastern Tennessee. Little Sparrow is released on Sugar Hill Records.

Scott reviews the news of the week with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

Lisa speaks with John Chowning, Vice President of Church and External relations at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville Kentucky about some of the things a town goes through when a factory shuts down. Two years ago the small town lost its largest employer, Fruit of the Loom, but some of the jobs were replaced by Amazon.com. In the last few weeks, residents there have been facing the fear once again of potential job loss, but so far the town has escaped job cuts, at least for now. (5:30).

Naomi Schalit reports from New Brunswick, Canada, on the threat to the pristine waters surrounding a remote island in the Bay of Fundy, where the local economy has a chance of recovering by building fish farms, but ongoing research could be upended by such a move.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC in New York reports on Ed Stancik, a public school investigator who's uncovered countless cases of fraud and abuse in the massive school district. Recently, Stancik's under scrutiny and his methods have been criticized.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the expected landing by a NASA spacecraft on an asteroid that's flying through the solar system. The craft is called NEAR, for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. The information from Monday's landing may help future efforts to deflect asteroids from hitting the Earth.

It does not include progressive priorities like paid family leave or measures to lower the costs of prescription drugs. Still, President Biden thinks it would pass both chambers.