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Cheese, Beer and Runic Inscriptions
Warning: The audio on this is even worse than the last one.
In which I continue to talk Dougs face off, this time telling a fun little diddy about the professor at Indiana University who carved a fake runestone as a joke in grad school and had to deal with the fallout around the turn of the century when it was "discovered" and researched as "proof" of another probably-fake runestone out in Minnesota.
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...Sunspots at Night
Warning: The audio on this is horrible.
In which I talk Doug's ears off while he sets up his radio on the roof of the Carr Mill Mall Annex to participate in his weekly Monday evening callouts. I Also manage to get tripped up under one of the wires at some point. Bonus: wind and a runny nose.
For more info about what Doug was talking about regarding sunspots, here's an informative read:
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