Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti traces the roots of the phrase "do it yourself" through its evolution in both corporate advertising and subcultures that reject consumerism.

The Roots of DIY

Walking a labyrinth is a DIY ritual: it is what you bring to it.

Walking a Labyrinth

Andrea Leggitt's life and creative focus changed when she got some unexpected news shortly after she graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in industrial design.

Salty & Sweet

Imagine a co-ed version of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts for the digital age — one where kids get to make up their own rules. That’s DIY.org Their motto is: Get Skills. Be Awesome. And they have badges like Instrument Maker, Circuit Bender, Backyard Farmer, and about 100 others.

DIY Kids

Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti is crazy about bees. For this story, she went to "bee school" to learn more about these productive, little insects and the people who love them. 

For the Love of Bees

This month's episode features a story by producer Chris Remington about a group of ex-cons who were inspired to start their own dance troupe, Figures In Flight Released. Photos by Natalie Ivis. 

Figures In Flight Released

Any way you slice it, fitness is a DIY project. YOU have to put in the effort to make your body move. Nobody can do it for you. In this episode, Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier shares her unexpected discovery of the athletic activity she can actually stick with: boxing, also known as the Sweet Science.

The Sweet Science

We're kicking off our Oregon Inventors series with the story of Hjalmar Hvam — a champion skier whose invention changed the sport forever.

Funding for the Oregon Inventors series comes from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. 

Hvoom With Hvam!

When you’re sick, looking up symptoms online is not always the best idea. But if you have a disease that’s poorly understood and often overlooked by doctors, the internet can be a powerful tool. This episode features a story produced by Sarah Yahm. 

Health Care Hackers

We're continuing our Oregon Inventors series with stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school.

Funding for the Oregon Inventors series comes from the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

Teen Inventors

Tune in to hear Sarah Mirk, author of Sex From Scratch: Making Your Own Relationship Rules, Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti’s account of an unconventional friendship, and what we heard on the streets of Portland about love, sex, monogamy, and more!

L-O-V-E, DIY Style

Helen Anderson is a woman who gets things done. She’s a ER nurse and a mom. And a few years ago, she invented something no one had ever thought of before. 

Mother of Invention

We’re kicking off a new interview series to complement our regular podcast episode — a collection of detours, full of conversations that go into uncharted territory with some of our favorite thinkers, makers, and tinkerers. Our guest for this inaugural detour is Kate Bingaman-Burt — a maker, illustrator, and associate professor of design at Portland State University

Detour With Kate Bingaman - Burt

Producer Daniel Gross has the story of Ken Butler, who transforms all kinds of objects into playable instruments. 

Everything Is An Instrument

Destination DIY teamed up with the Life of the Law podcast to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy and how different cities are grappling with it.

(Image copyright rheo / 123RF Stock Photo)

Fair Share

Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws. 

A Thanksgiving Detour

Butchering your own meat has become, for lack of a better word, kinda trendy. But it's also a basic survival skill that dates back to the stone age. And it gets at the heart of DIY itself — taking matters into your own hands, both literally and figuratively.

The Meat of DIY

The Doubleclicks make music about dinosaurs, geek girl realism, Star Trek, internet trolls, burritos and many other things that will warm your nerdy, little heart.

Doubleclicks Detour

Producer Ben Spies tells a story about a group of musicians in Chicago who are rethinking the classical music experience — for audiences and for themselves.

Conductorless Orchestra

Musician and writer Nick Jaina on what it takes to live a life committed to creative pursuits + why we're changing the name of this show.  

Detour with Nick Jaina

This first official episode of Rendered documents Portlanders' crazy love for their airport carpet. It's a collaboration with our friends at the podcast 99% Invisible.

01 The PDX Carpet Love Story

We dig into the history of Choose Your Own Adventure books and the interactive stories kids are reading today, plus YOU have a choice to make.

02 Choose Your Own Adventure

A few hidden gems from our Choose Your Own Adventure episode left on the cutting room floor. 

Leftovers: Choose Your Own Adventure

Here's a little treat to say "thank you" to all 201 people who supported Rendered in the MaxFunDrive. You rock! 

Leftovers: PDX Carpet

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. 

03 Etsy: DIY to IPO

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. 

04 Shakespeare In Detroit

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?

05 Mighty Tieton

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

06 Farming Creativity

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

07 Etsy Speaks

Rendered is retiring and we want to thank you for everything! 

The Last Episode

Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) finds stories about getting creative, making meaning, and breaking rules. We are an independent show from the public radio world carefully crafted for an audience of makers, doers, and curious minds. We are proud to be a part of Maximum Fun family of podcasts. 

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