Bywater neighborhood resident Jeffrey Holmes emptied the contents of his flooded artist's studio into the median strip out front. "There's no other place to put it," he says.
The Planet Money team discovered an old superhero languishing in the public domain, a superhero that seems perfect for a radio network. Could NPR rescue him?
To get your septic tank emptied, there were two options: hire someone to shovel it onto the street — or pay a high price to the cartel of "toilet suckers."