We sometimes assume that written = reliable and oral = fragile — like oral tradition is basically a centuries-long telephone game. But that’s not how real oral cultures work, and it’s not even how human memory works.

In this episode, we ask: can communal memory be reliable evidence? And the answer — with some important guardrails — is yes.

Next time: if oral tradition can count as evidence, how do traditions shift — and how do we evaluate them carefully without becoming cynical?

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan

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