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TBM-2508.02b – Mermaid Minute: Message in a Bottle

2 August 2025 by Melissa

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Description:

Bottles are really not the best way to communicate. #audio #short #humor #mermaidminute

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Dog Days of Podcasting

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Special production assistance by Clay Robeson

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TBM-2508.02 – Welcome to the Dog Days of Podcasting 2025

2 August 2025 by Melissa

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Description:

MeMe del Mare welcomes you to the 2025 edition of the Dog Days of Podcasting #audio #short #humor #mermaidminute

Links and References

Dog Days of Podcasting

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Special production assistance by Clay Robeson

Contact:

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TBM-2507.25 – In the Tub with Nutty and Tek

25 July 2025 by Melissa

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Description:

#audio #talesfromthetub #inthetubwith #interview #conversation

Excerpt:

Nutty doesn’t like the word “apathy,” and Tek might be reincarnated as an amoeba.

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Guests

Nutty and Tek from Nutty Bites 

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Special production assistance by Clay Robeson

Contact:

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Prayer for the Morning

TBM-2501.01 – Prayer for the Morning

1 January 2025 by Melissa

Prayer for the Morning

 

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Description:

#audio #talesfromthetub #socialjustice #AudetteFulbrightFulson #WomenofDDOP #WomenofDogDaysofPodcasting #collaborativereading

Excerpt:

Today marks the advent of the new year – 2025. Much of the world is on edge as we wait for what might happen, and hope for the best.

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting
  • Read the text of Prayer for the Morning by Audette Fulbright Fulson

Guest Voices:

Amelia Bowen
Charlotte Kennedy
JS Diehl
Nuchtchas

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Special production assistance by Clay Robeson

Contact:

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TBM-2412.28 – Dogfish Days of Advent – Mermaid Minute: ChristmasTide

28 December 2024 by Melissa

Riptide

 

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Description:

#audio #mermaidminute #holiday #humor  #mermaidlore

Excerpt:

Mermaids know all about tides, but Christmastide is confusing.

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
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Cardinal Sacrifice

TBM-2412.24 – DogFish Days of Advent – Sacrificial

24 December 2024 by Melissa

Cardinal Sacrifice

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Description:

#audio #flashfiction #christmas #christmastree #ornaments #spooky

Excerpt:

Mermaids don’t send Christmas cards because paper and saltwater do not mix well.

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting
  • Read the entire text at MissMeliss.com

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
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  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
  • Or, leave a comment on this page.
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Mermaid Minute

TBM-2412.23 – Dogfish Days of Advent – Christmas Shards

24 December 2024 by Melissa

Advent_Mermaid_by_Nutty

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Description:

#audio #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore  #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent #humor #mermaidminute

Excerpt:

Mermaids don’t send Christmas cards because paper and saltwater do not mix well.

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

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  • Or, leave a comment on this page.
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Fish Nets

TBM-2412.20 – Dogfish Days of Advent – The Gift of the Mergi

21 December 2024 by Melissa

Fish Nets

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Description:

#audio #shorfiction #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore

Excerpt:

A handful of pearls. That was all Nerissa had. Oh, she’d grown up in Poseidon’s Grotto, with abalone combs and aquamarine and moonstone gems, but when she’d left the great ocean to marry a land-walker, she’d forfeit her jewels and pirate’s treasure hoards and kept only the handful of her nameday pearls.

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  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting
  • Read the text at MissMeliss.com

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

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TBM-2412.19 – Dogfish Days of Advent – We Mermen of Ocean Are

19 December 2024 by Melissa

Advent_Mermaid_by_Nutty

 

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Description:

#audio #mermaidadvent #mermaidcarols  #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

We  mermen of deep ocean are,

Bearing gifts, we swim  from afar

Through coves and eddies,

Past rock jetties

We follow the great sea star

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

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  • Or, leave a comment on this page.
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Winter Flame

TBM-2412.17 – Dogfish Days of Advent: Flames of Winter

17 December 2024 by Melissa

Winter Flame

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Description:

#audio #essay   #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

And yet, these winter holidays all have something in common as well – aside from the tendency to celebrate with incredibly delicious, albeit unhealthy foods. They all bring light to the longest nights of the year.

Links and References

  • Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting
  • Read the text at MissMeliss.com

Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

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