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Apr 2017
55m 56s

32 - Anniversary Q&A

Lee Accomando
About this episode

In this episode we answer listener questions to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the podcast! 

Curious why Lee cares about the Viking Age? Want to know about Viking Age Textiles? Is there any truth to those damned horned helmets? All this and more will be revealed. 

For links to a bunch of useful stuff checkout the show notes here: 

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