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We follow up with Etsy about some of the concerns sellers brought up about the company on our April episode and get an update on how the company's stock has performed since it went public.

image credit: Marc Wathieu via Flickr, Creative Commons

Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.

How did a detour, a patch of goathead thorns, and a flat bike tire change one guy's life, and bring an economic boost to a sleepy, little town?

Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays. This story was produced for Rendered by Caitlin Pierce with help from Anna Sale at WNYC.

Online crafty marketplace Etsy just became a publicly traded company. What does this mean for makers who sell on the site?

The file for this show was updated on April 21 to correct a factual error in the original version, which misstated the number of people who founded Etsy.