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WHYY, the return

Posted on 25th January 2011

I did an interview with Marty Moss-Coane on Philadelphia’s public radio station WHYY this morning. We talked mostly about seafaring, with a little bit of sewage thrown in. The show – Radio Times – has a site here. And here is an MP3 of the show, too.

 
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