T&D Big Cats of the World is nestled in central Pennsylvania in a little town called, Penn's Creek. There are over 300 animal "guests" living there from lions and tigers and bears, (oh my!), to birds, monkeys and foxes.  All of the animals have been donated or rescued and now live comfortably in scenic enclosures. Jennifer Mattive is one of the managers of the park and a graduate of Penn State in, Wildlife and Fisheries Science.  There isn't any of the drama you might have seen in the CATV show, "Tiger King", to be sure, but it is an exciting park to tour.  T&D has a big mission to satisfy every day feeding the animals and maintaining the infrastructure of the park.  Farmers pitch in by donating sick of dead animals for feeding the big carnivores, and the park is staffed by a number of volunteers.

Visit with Cans, Copy and Mic as we travel through this wildlife habitat and take in the sights!

Kristine Dell is a graduate student at Penn State University and she's deeply involved in a study measuring the affects of traumatic brain injuries.  The research has been going on for some time and like any such endeavor, the researchers need volunteers that they can study.  I volunteered for the assignment, the first time I'd ever volunteered for anything like it.

I was interviewed, tested, and evaluated by Kristine, testing that included an extensive MRI. I encourage others to volunteer for similar studies, ones that run the gamut from food tasting, sleep and decision making, to ones like I took part in that in the end, should really help people with brain injuries!

Amy Schirf mucks through garbage everyday...actually she manages people that do.  Amy is the Education Coordinator for Centre Recycling and Waste Management. Listen in as she tells me how recycling is managed in Central PA, and most importantly,  just what can be recycled. Many don't realize that they're throwing away things that can actually be recycled locally.

Recycling at the dump is loud, it's colorful and it's high energy as the plastics, glasses, cardboards and papers are tossed into binders and pop out in bundles that are loaded onto massive trucks for the haul away.