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For the holiday season, BPE brings you our first rebroadcast with the one and only Santa Claus himself, recorded in 2016 at Santa's Hideaway Hollow. This episode will take you back to the early days of BPE, when we were using less than ideal equipment. We tried to improve the quality for this year, but if anything, it certainly makes us appreciate our new equipment and how far we've come.

Alex and Molly traveled far and wide for this, their first remote episode, and made their way to Santa’s Hideaway Hollow to visit St. Nick himself. Just in time for the holidays, tune in to find out how Santa chose his career path and listen in as he takes a phone request from someone on his nice list. Hear about the thousands of sick children he has visited along the way. As an added bonus you may even find out where French Bread Pizza comes from (it’s not France!). Join us and get in the holiday spirit with Santa’s friend Bill on location in Middlefield, Ohio. Learn more about Hideaway Hollow here: http://www.santashideawayhollow.com/ SHOW NOTES 0:15 BPE tapes in a remote location 3:11 Starting out in Seminary School 5:24 Working at Stouffers and how he invented French Bread Pizza 14:14 Becoming Santa 20:08 First impressions of Santa's Hideaway Hollow 22:16 What it's like to be Santa and who is allowed to come to Hideaway Hollow 25:40 Bringing Christmas joy to the kids most in need and their families 29:50 How Santa and his helpers stay strong in the most difficult times 32:31 Santa answers a call on the air 35:35 The hardest questions don't come from the kids 39:28 A typical visit to Santa's Hideaway Hollow 43:01 What's on Santa's wish list? 47:23 Lightning Round