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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Tracing Mythology to the Roots of Humanity - Jon White, Crecganford
Description: Jon White is the creator behind the Crecganford channel on YouTube, which explores ancient Indo-European mythology with a keen eye for how these stories converge upon a picture of some of civilization's most embryonic moments. Our conversation considers the roots of language, poetry, music, myth, and all things essential to our modern conception of humanity in all its riches and rags.
Check out the  @Crecganford's channel on YouTube for more mythopoetic analysis of human history!
00:00:00 Go!
00:00:17 Who is Jon F. White
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