diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/IndexController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/IndexController.php
index 447796bb0..5184d13e7 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/IndexController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/IndexController.php
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             $episodes[$e]["CcFiles"]["length"] = $length[0];
 
             $episodes[$e]["mime"] = FileDataHelper::getAudioMimeTypeArray()[$v["CcFiles"]["mime"]];
+
+            if (is_null($v["CcFiles"]["description"])) {
+                $episodes[$e]["CcFiles"]["description"] = "";
+            }
         }
 
         $episodePages = array_chunk($episodes, 10);
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
index d1677cf63..54f59253d 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@
                                     $("#player_iframe").contents().find('.play').click();
                                 }
                             });
-
-                            $('.podcast_desc_btn').click(function(){
-                                $(this).toggleClass('current');
-                                $(this).next('.podcast_desc').slideToggle();
-                            });
-
                         }
                     }
                 );