Have you ever wondered what people did to stay cool before air conditioners? How will these things affect your character’s lives? Where could your character go anytime or day or night that is always cool? Find out on this episode. 

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What is sugaring, and how could your characters use it? What do ants and lice have to do with sugaring? What skill level is needed? How could the characters mess things up? Find out on this episode! 

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How could burn treatments impact your character? What challenges might they face in preventing infections? What are the historical treatments that might work in a post-apocalyptic story? What should you never do to treat burns? Find out on this episode. 

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How could a burn impact your character? What challenges might they face in burn prevention? What are the four types of burns? What is a fourth-degree burn? Find out on this episode. 

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How might surviving in the wilderness without supplies impact your story? What challenges does this present to your story and characters? Could this affect your world-building? What are some useful skills for your character to know? Find out on this episode. 

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How might candle holders impact or present challenges to your story, characters or world building? Do you know there are candle holders to help increase candlelight? Were candle holders used often in history? What do iron and courting have to do with candle holders? Find out on this episode. 

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In a post-apocalyptic story, do you know how much lard will be needed for one gallon of biodiesel? Does your character know what to do for windburn? What do grandmothers, lard, and a baby have to do with each other? Find out on this episode! 

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Does your character hunt and wants to use all of what they catch? Do they like bacon bits? Do they know how to use a larder? Does lard cause much smoke while cooking? 

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Do you know how your character would relieve themselves if the weather was terrible outside and going to the outhouse was dangerous? Why did people collect pee and poop? Why might there be a frog in the pot? 

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Do you know how to reduce the smells coming from an outhouse? What happens when the hole under the outhouse gets full? What does the moon on the door mean? Find out on this episode! 

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