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Aug 2022
28m 2s

The Golden Advice | Ep. 176

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Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass, The Time Traveler’s Wife) plays a struggling farmer who learns the true value of wisdom in this tale with origins in Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Scotland, Wales, and the Jewish tradition. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here.
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