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Allusionist 143 Hedge Rider transcript

October 13, 2021 The Allusionist
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Sometimes it would be useful if a podcast had footnotes, wouldn’t it, so that if you came here just for etymology, you didn’t get derailed by a tale of someone frightening off a ghost with semen.

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