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Feb 2020
40m 58s

Pirates! With Leah Sutherland

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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Leah returns to chat with Patrick about one of their favorite topics - pirates. It wouldn't be a Leah episode if we didn't range widely, so we also chat about essays and Laura Ingalls Wilder.


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