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Client: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Assignment: Interview subjects on the street in Portland, Maine, about a topic of our choosing. I decided to head out on International Talk Like a Pirate Day and ask people along the wharfs to share their best pirate speak. You can hear this piece on Vocalo.org and on pirate ships worldwide.