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Jul 2024
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A Dreamy Day at the First Olympic Games

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About this episode

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Jo Steer ✍️

Sound design: flowing river, light breeze, birds 🌊🍃🐦  

Includes mentions of: Food, Bodies of Water, Children, Cooking, Summer, Walking, Time Travel, History, Gratitude, Religious Traditions, Architecture, Sports, Beverages, Wine. 


Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll visit Olympia, in the 8th century BCE, and learn all about this historic competition, as a spectator come to watch the very first Olympics. 😴


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