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Feb 2014
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116 – Wait, Where Are We? Part two of th...

Jamie Jeffers
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It’s been about 2 years and 100 episodes since I did a recap episode to remind you where we were, what the flow of history was, and give you a forest view of the whole thing. Seriously, 100 episodes! And since then, we have gotten to know the Anglo Saxons and their culture really well. […]

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