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This week, we start a new series of episodes in our look at literature. "Where the Red Fern Grows" is a book that is very popular among readers and it seems fitting that we check it out together - chapter by chapter - until we get to the back cover.  Chapters 1 - 5 are broken down in this episode. Enjoy!

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Google can help you dig up just about everything. You can find Christmas presents, cleaning products, musical instruments and pretty much everything under the sun, including fugitives. Now that might seem a bit strange, but on Google Maps, sometimes things as they happen are stranger than fiction. Take for instance a man who used the pseudonym Manuel, he camped out in Spain for a bit and thought he was uncatchable. We discuss the reason and fallout  in this week's episode. 

#WordsThatShouldMakeAComeback  is featured 

"I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGrueWL3xrc

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There are a lot of unique New Year's traditions out there - for instance - why do we in the United States drop a ball? Well, maybe that's a topic for a different episode but this week, however, we zoom out onto a broader scale and look into several traditions around the world. 

Greek Good Foot: https://pappaspost.com/why-greeks-enter-right-foot-new-years/

Catalonian Man With Many Noses:  https://barcelonalowdown.com/man-of-many-noses/

More Irish New Year Traditions:   https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/new-years-traditions-from-ireland/

More Danish New Year Traditions: https://mynewdanishlife.com/ultimate-guide-to-celebrating-new-years-eve-in-denmark/

Swiss Ice Cream Dropping:  https://www.heart.co.uk/christmas/bizarre-new-year-traditions-all-over-the-world/new-year-traditions-switzerland/

Siberian New Year Tree:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlD975DUsWw

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What - to you - constitutes as a date? expensive or low  key? A night on the town or staying in to cuddle and watch Netflix? well, the deciding line might be a lot more blurred than you think. Take one couple in England, they have a  dilemma - the simple question of is going to the grocery store a date?  well, that's our main point of discussion this week. Let's see if we can get to the bottom of it. 

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Christmas is a wonderful time of year, and yes, in fact - IT"S HERE! Step right in, pull up a chair or take a seat on the couch near the fireplace and make yourself at home, relax and be merry! it's time to gather with hope in our hearts and love in our eyes for Christmas with the Ebone Zone. 

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Camels are unique and so are beauty pageants, you can watch your favorite competitors vie for the crown of "Mrs. Universe" "Mrs. USA" or Miss.... whatever small town is holding one of those contests at the county fair next year. In this week's episode we find that beauty is more than human apparently because in Saudi Arabia there is a such thing as a camel pageant which is basically the Westminster Dog Show but for, well, camels. We run down the specifics of the competition and why some competitors are under fire. 

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Songs Referenced in the Hashtag Portion of this week's episode

Santa Claus is Coming to Town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhv_47ghQuY

Give it Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyS7EsF-Vc

All I Want For Christmas is You:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkMkVFwAoo

Return to Sender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU5xxh5UX4U

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Engagement
noun

• a formal agreement to get married

That's what the dictionary defines as an engagement and it can be a wonderful thing to commit to settling down with the love of your life, the one God has planted on this earth specifically for you - but things sometimes aren't what they seem. Take one couple in England for example, they are the subject of this week's episode and they're also the reason for our second defined term. 

Con Artist(s)
 noun

• a person who cheats or tricks others by persuading them to believe something that is not true

 We'll see how the pieces fit together in this week's edition of the podcast. 

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This week we sit back down with Charles Reece to discuss more history in Wilkes County, specifically, the lives of Benjamin and Robert Cleveland and a preview of the book "An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians"  


Buy An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians: https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Are-Mountains-Environmental/dp/082035838X/ref=asc_df_082035838X?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80127029710179&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583726555551328&psc=1

More on Robert Cleveland: https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/capt-cleveland-s-story-told-new-sign-near-log-house-dedicated-saturday/article_152c6224-848c-11e4-92bd-8769f773709f.html

More on Benjamin Cleveland: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/cleveland-benjamin

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When you are stressed, or you just need to get from point A to point B, driving can be fun. To get your license and  experience the freedom of the road, however, you need to be tested, but as one German found out - driving your own car to the road test might just raise a few eyebrows.  

More information on Balto: 
https://www.cmnh.org/balto 
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/balto/

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Pizza is one of mankind's greatest innovations - it comes in a variety of styles with all sorts of toppings, which means you can pile them high until your heart's content. Most restaurants use a brick oven to fire their pies but one father-son duo on YouTube is taking that concept and flipping it on its head. That's our main topic of discussion this week. 

The Brick Wall's Lego Pizza Oven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfW6YtgEA0

Songs Referenced in the Hashtag Segment

Build Me Up Buttercup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64xcfvAk0wc

When I'm Sixty Four: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4

Tell Laura I Love Her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD_Wo_uWtWM 

Leader of the Pack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWIf4Ifk6aQ 

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