15: Festivals (aka. cheese rolling and baby jumping)

August 06, 2018 00:23:39
15: Festivals (aka. cheese rolling and baby jumping)
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15: Festivals (aka. cheese rolling and baby jumping)

Aug 06 2018 | 00:23:39

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Hosted By

Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the county fair, but sometimes, you need a more adventurous kind of festival where you defy death to chase a wheel of cheese or have a man jump over your baby to protect her from harm. Summer’s almost over. Let’s take our festival game up a notch.

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