Rocket Boy

Homer Hickam of "October Sky" pursued big dreams in his youth, but what happened to West Virginia’s "Rocket Boy" as he grew up? Well, he moved from rockets to cannons, and from cannons to diving, NASA, and a life full of adventure. Guest: Homer Hickam, author of "Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky"

Cassie Chambers Armstrong grew up in rural Kentucky, but eventually attended Yale and Harvard law before returning home to help women in her community. She gives credit to the strong, though poor, Appalachian women in her life for her many opportunities. Guest: Cassie Chambers Armstrong, lawyer and former vice chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party, and author of "Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains"