248: Paul Bunyan

January 31, 2023 00:10:47
248: Paul Bunyan
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248: Paul Bunyan

Jan 31 2023 | 00:10:47

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

Paul Bunyan: hero of North American oral tradition, origins of our stories about a burly logger and his big blue ox came from multiple versions. Paul Bunyan might've been based on a man, but whatever his beginning, his stories came from the imaginations of bored loggers.

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