Patrick talks news with Sam Edwards and apiaries with Jon Feldman.

Today on Straight, No Chaser Katy Keiffer is on the phone with Dr. Richard Raymond. In 2005 after a long career in family medicine, Dr. Raymond was appointed Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the next 3 years, Dr. Raymond was responsible for overseeing the policies and programs of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). In semi-retirement now, he writes several blogs on food safety, has consulted with law firms on foodborne illness cases, is a consultant with the Nebraska Medical Association helping build public health advocacy, is a frequent lecturer on food safety and public health, and is a food safety and public health consultant for Elanco, the Animal Health branch of Eli Lilly. Tune into this episode to hear Katy and Dr. Raymond discuss low-dose and sub-therapeutic antibiotic usage in the meat and poultry industry and the prevalence antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Learn more about bacteria contamination in produce, and why poor meat-handling practices may be to blame. Katy and Dr. Raymond also talk about the inspection procedures of poultry plants and how it has affected salmonella levels in our food. This program has been brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"Consumers have some responsibility. They need to understand that raw meat should not be considered sterile... The meat industry does not often come out and say, 'Raw meat should not be considered sterile- you need to do a better job of handling it.' They don't like to say that about their product." [18:50]

-- Dr. Richard Raymond on Straight, No Chaser

On a special recording, Erin Fairbanks, Executive Director of HeritageRadioNetwork.org, has an intimate conversation with Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand. Frances's latest film, Promised Land, tells the story of a salesman for a natural gas company who experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources using hydrofracking technology. Frances and Erin discuss the threat fracking poses to the earth, the effect that Hollywood has on public perception, and the responsibility of future generations to help save the planet. Later in the interview, a few of Frances's friends join the studio to discuss creative projects both new and old. This program was sponsored by Tekserve.

"The idea that a film can teach anything that the public doesn't already know is subversive." [4:15]

"Capitalism has gone from the idea of 'supply and demand' to 'greed and demand.'" [10:30]

"I think that a lot of time has to go into educating ourselves that we aren't going to get everything we want." [19:10]

--Frances McDormand on HeritageRadioNetwork.org