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The Specialist: Singing Telegram

Listener Heather Fife got in touch to suggest a Specialist about her parents, who've performed singing telegrams in the Bay Area for 34 years — and who had Heather and her four siblings perform them too. 

Fife: My parents would pick us up from school still in their costumes. Like my dad, he'd be a sheep, and he'd come in with paint all over his face.

We’d love your feedback, and your ideas. Do you know any specialists? Are you a specialist?  Email me and tell me all about it at specialistpodcast@gmail.com.

Sound designed for this piece by Seth Samuel, who also wrote all the music. 

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