Plan B: Stories about people needing a backup plan
b'This week we bring you two stories of people who had to reckon with the fact that their first choice wasn\\u2019t available.\\nPart 1: When the local science museum looks to hire performers, David Nett believes he\'s the perfect man for the job.\\nPart 2: After finding out her uterus never developed, scientist Chivonne Battle searches for an alternative way to become a mother.\\nDavid Nett has spent over 20 years in Los Angeles writing, producing,\\xa0 and acting in TV, film, and theater. Currently, he\\u2019s the writer for Geek\\xa0 & Sundry\\u2019s "Starter Kit,\\u201d the VP of Entertainment Development for\\xa0 ArcMedia, co-owner of Hero\\u2019s Journey Fitness with his wife, Christy, and\\xa0 the Dungeon Master for two ongoing Dungeons & Dragons campaigns,\\xa0 one that he\\u2019s been running since 1987. He wants to thank his parents,\\xa0 who did not utter a single angry word (to his face) when he left his\\xa0 academic scholarships behind to study acting.\\xa0 \\n\\nChivonne Battle is a VT graduate student with a B.S. in Material Science\\xa0 & Engineering (VT, \\u201905), ultimately in pursuit of a Planning,\\xa0 Governance, & Globalization Ph.D. Her career is based in\\xa0 engineering, however, growing up unexposed and embedded in the cyclic\\xa0 behaviors resulting from poverty, lives in her heart. Chivonne\\u2019s life\\xa0 changed when she connected her background to the social engineering\\xa0 world, in hopes of tackling the physiological and psychological impact\\xa0 of socio-economic despair. On this team, she seeks and unveils truth in\\xa0 working with communities/local governments with infrastructural\\xa0 concerns; while journeying on to reverse the effects of poverty.\\xa0 \\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'