Katy Keiffer's guest on today's Straight, No Chaser is Elizabeth Royte. Elizabeth is the author of Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It; Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash; and The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest. Her writing...

This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is discussing volunteerism with architect Leah Kreger. Leah has been donating her time to relief efforts in Breezy Point and The Rockaways in Queens, New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tune in to learn about the roles that...

Patrick calls into the show from Sullivan County with guests Anne Saxelby, Sonja Hedlund, Chally Comer, Dan Purdy Mario Fantasma. Later in the show, the guys from Bion Technologies explain how to make energy from animal waste.