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Happy November everybody! On this week's episode, we're both telling stories about man-bears! In Max's story, we're going to learn the importance of pacing ourselves and staying humble, after which Janey is going tell how to make our dreams come true (by agreeing to marry a bear). Enjoy!

Janey's Sources -

• "Winter Tales: Stories and Folktales from Around the World", by Dawn Casey

Max's Sources - The Man Bear

• “When the Chenoo Howls: Native American Tales of Terror” by James Burchac and Joseph Bruchac

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Hello and welcome to our Halloween episode! This week we're celebrating with the spookiest stories we could find. Janey will remind us all to be careful what we wish for, and Max will warn us about poking our noses where we don't belong.

Janey Sources- The Monkey's Paw

• Full free PDF
• Background of W.W. Jacobs

Max's Sources - Tea House

• “Are You Scared Yet?: Haunted Houses” by Robert D. San Souci https://bookshop.org/a/86350/9780312551360

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Hello and happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Today, Janey is going to tell us the true story of Pocahontas, as passed down by the oral historians from Pocahontas's own people, the Powhatan Nation.

Please be advised, this is an extremely dark story, and there are many triggering themes, including sexual violence, colonization, murder, etc.

Sources:

• “The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History”, by Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star”
• “The True Story of Pocahontas: Historical Myths versus Sad Reality” by Vincent Shilling for Indian Country Today
• 1614 Letter from John Rolfe to Thomas Dale

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