In 2017 Great Big Story visited with The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a group of talented alternative musicians who compose and perform original typewriter symphonies. When Great Big Story visited them again in 2020, the musicians were unable to do live performances because of the need for social distancing, so they…
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The Members of The Vegetable Orchestra Perform an Original Composition From Home via Video Chat
In 2016, Great Big Story visited with the wonderful Vegetable Orchestra, a group of talented musicians in Vienna, Austria who play biodegradable instruments that are made completely out of vegetables from local markets and make them into soup afterwards. When Great Big Story visited with them again in 2020, the…
Veteran Voice Actor Demonstrates His Incredible Skill For Mimicking Any Kind of Creature
Great Big Story visited with veteran voice actor Dee Bradly Baker who happily shared his incredible skill for imitating, mimicking and vocalizing creatures of any kind, big and small. Baker explained how he makes these incredibly realistic sounds with his mouth. There’s lots to use inside the mouth and I…
The Whistling Bird Language of the Turkish Mountains
Great Big Story went into the remote mountains of Turkey where the main language isn’t spoken but whistled instead. This language, called kus dili (bird language), was used by farmers working along the Pontic mountainside for centuries until the invention mobile phone erased the need for this language. It’s still…
The Conflicting Origins of Thousand Island Dressing
Great Big Story goes behind the scenes to learn the real origin story of the tangy-sweet Thousand Island salad dressing. While both versions take place in upstate New York, each party recalls it a bit differently. Alan Benas, the former owner of the Thousand Islands Inn, believed that he was…
A Tiny Dominican Restaurant That Serves Hot Food From Inside a NYC Garment District Freight Entrance
Inside the freight entrance of 306 West 37th Street in New York City, sits the Acuario Cafe, a tiny restaurant that serves delicious homemade recipes from the Dominican Republic at a really reasonable price. Great Big Story caught up with Rodolpho Perez, the gregarious proprietor of the 26 year old…
How Cheese Is Made Around the World
Beryl Shereshewsky, the resident cheese expert at Great Big Story, traveled around the world to learn how different cheeses were made. Shereshewsky went to Sardinia, Italy for their renown Casu Marzu, to Ponsanooth, England for Cornish Kern, to Bukowina Tatrazańska, Poland for Oscypek, to Tipling, Nepal for Chhurpi, to Plain,…
Puppeteer Barnaby Dixon Shares How to Make Finger Puppets Out of Post-It Notes and Invisible Tape
While guest-hosting a Great Big Story episode, the wonderfully talented Barnaby Dixon (previously) and his longtime puppet sidekick Dabchick shared how to make finger puppets from sticky Post-It notes and invisible tape. His cat Matilda also provided several specifically feline distractions. Got time on your hands? Puppet master Barnaby Dixon…
