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The Art of Cooking and Eating Eels 2:01 Viki Merrick

A Sonic ID from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison): The art of cooking and eating eels with Milton Jeffers. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 6 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Environment, Food

Pamyua’s Song of the Wild 3:57 Gregg McVicar

From Earthsongs: Alaskan singing and traditional dance group Pamyua (pronounced BOMB-yo-uh) is up for three trophies at the Native American Music Awards later this month. They blend Afro, Yupic and Inupiaq Eskimo influences into an Arctic soul stew, spiced with their mimicry of wild animal sounds they hear at home. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 5 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Earthsongs Subjects: Native, Music, Environment

Old Together 3:39 Barrett Golding

Three couples:Tom and Ruth Kassoy, Kate and Mike McCabe, and Lad and Lois Shorey, reminisce on romance, life, love and growing old together. (Music: Kels H]Koch and Joe Bass.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 1 2003 on PRI/WNYC Studio 360 Subjects: Family, Senior

Halloween Costume :57 Viki Merrick

A Sonic ID from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison). the thoughts of a young man on how he’s going to put his Halloween costume together. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 27 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Holidays, Cultural

Preventing Bike Theft 1:20 Viki Merrick

A Sonic ID from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison). The story of one man’s efforts to encourage theft prevention measures for bicycle riders on Nantucket Island. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 22 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Sports

Batumi Blues 12:12 Larry Massett

A tale of disappearing train ticket offices, life-limited electric fans and the eccentricities of existence in the post-Soviet republic of Georgia. Alex returns home to Batumi, a port on the Black Sea by the Turkish border. The city has always been an outpost, the farthest reach of different empires from Roman times on. In the Soviet era, up until 1991, it prospered with booming oil refineries and tangerine groves. But now,Alex feels, his old hometown is decaying, like some provincial capital in the Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 17 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Business, International, Travel

Lewis & Clark: Miles City Bucking Horse Sale 3:55 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: Bucking broncs and bulls, an auction, a rodeo, and a way of life for rider Doug Davis of Hot Springs, Montana. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 17 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Business, Sports

Listening to Ants 1:33 Jeff Rice

The surprising sounds of ants (heard through teeth), as recorded by entomologist Hayward Spangler. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 16 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Western Soundscape Subjects: Science, Environment

Cutting Squid, Praising White Paint 2:41 Viki Merrick & Chelsea Merz

Two Sonic IDs from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison). First, the physical hazards of preparing certain seafood: Dave Masch of Cataumet recounts a painful lesson learned cooking squid. Then, "Soap Bubbles" by Chelsea Merz: Larry Kennedy, a hardware salesman from Falmouth Mass, reads the names of the varying shades of white paint. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 3 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Food, Environment, Art

The Mouse That Roars (long) 8:10 Jeff Rice

There are stories, some even claim sightings, of the source of a sound so rare that recordings of it in the wild are near impossible. We consult with zoologist Robert Sikes and hike into the desert southwest on a quest for the howling mouse. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 3 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Western Soundscape Subjects: Science, Environment