Best Build Casters Podcasts (2026)

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New Year; Same Two Broads 1:36:39

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27m ago1:36:39

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Happy New Year All!! We jumped on our mics coming in at episode #141 and the first of the new year filled with positivity and hope. We chatted about what fresh starts can do and how important taking stock of what one has gone through is important for moving forward and for settling in with what is at hand. Health was brought up since no other accom…

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Shining A Light On The Darkness Of Grief 1:56:19

12d ago1:56:19

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Grief. One of the things that connects us all. Never welcome, rarely seen coming but the depths grief strikes in us rarely passes anyone over. When it strikes it throws your center of gravity completely out of any sense of what was solid ground and while we all have or will experience grief it is deeply personal at the same time. We wanted to talk …

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Project Graften: Episode 4 50:49

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We are. We are. We are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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65. Historical Accuracy (Feat. Sir_Pengwin) 3:37:57

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Socerton and Askallad welcome Sir_Pengwin to the show! They talk about the big announcement a few weeks ago and what that means for AoE IV in 2026 as well as a deep dive into the historical veracity of the civs in AoE IV to their real-life counterparts. All that and more in our final episode of 2025! Socerton's Discord: https://discord.gg/BjU8QcVgF…

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More On Data Centers With Lynne Taylor 1:21:40

19d ago1:21:40

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Sarah and I discussed the topic of data centers dodgyness a few weeks ago. Since then, we have been privy to so many areas fighting these beheamoth industrial data dumping grounds which made us want to visit the topic again. Many are behind in learning just how many of these centers there are and the real fun fact is that they are ramping up the bu…

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Are We Streaming Away Too Much of Our Life's Stream? 1:58:10

27d ago1:58:10

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Friends, Sarah and I got into a passionate discussion based around the word streaming. Streaming; a word one would have never seen coming as a reference to so much and used so often. Upon pondering the word we compared an analogy of our own personal lives being a stream and wondered how much attention that stream is getting vs all the other streami…

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64. Elephant Nerf 1:42:28

30d ago1:42:28

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Askallad and Socerton talk about the Season 12 mid-season patch which brings a big time nerf to Elephants and other tweaks to the newest variant civs. All that and more in our penultimate episode of 2025! Socerton's Discord: https://discord.gg/BjU8QcVgFQ Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep The Griot Bara: https://discord…

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Project Graften: Episode 3 57:08

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We are alive. We are alive. We are alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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Tales From Two Broad Travel 2:00:04

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Both of the broads were abroad this past month; not together but near the same time and near the same part of the world. Sarah was off in various spots in the UK and Lauri was in Ireland with a northern dip to that Uk piece of Ireland. Just know that the stories of their adventures and observations were flowing and this episode is perfect for a men…

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63. "Emergency" Recording 1:42:30

2M ago1:42:30

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We almost didn't get this one recorded, but we did! CalerbCalmari calls in and talks with Socerton about how the new civs are measuring up and how the season has gone thus far. Topics range from what "whelmed" means to how the Crucible feels. We also go on some tangents including a chat about what we think some of the top games this year were and w…

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Winter Is Coming; How's Your Immune System Running? 2:29:33

2M ago2:29:33

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The days are shorter. There is less sunlight. The hectic season of Holidays is before us. The hustle, the bustle, the stress. Running on little sleep to get it all done. The Broads are calling for a time out to remind us that our bodies need attention, especially this time of year. Time for a self check on the status of what you are doing to armor …

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Project Graften: Episode 2 1:00:02

2M ago1:00:02

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The candles are burning, and They are everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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Project Graften: Episode 1 1:07:36

2M ago1:07:36

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While we are on hiatus from Wild Things, enjoy the first episode of Unprepared Casters' foray into Ten Candles with Game Master Amelia and candle lighters Nick, Dillin, Robin, Jess, and Owen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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62. HUGE Sheep Update! 1:59:00

2M ago1:59:00

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Socerton, Askallad, and Beale discuss how awesome King of the Rockies 2025 was and also give a breakdown of the new Season 12 Update! (SHEEP ARE FUN COLORS NOW). Socerton's Discord: https://discord.gg/BjU8QcVgFQ Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep The Griot Bara: https://discord.gg/JH2E5Afe5j The Rising Empires: https://…

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Data Centers: The High Price of AI, Spies & Lies 1:14:37

2M ago1:14:37

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In this episode we are discussing data center. aka: cloud storage and now AI training centers. While we are no experts on the matter, we present here a primer of some facts and a whole lot of thoughts on the realities of these centers. I think most humans are out living their lives, realizing and talking about the effects of AI and data collection …

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What's Creepier? Halloween Or Any Given Day 2:08:15

2M ago2:08:15

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Welcome to a Halloween chat with the Two Broads and Rae Hobbs, the podcast's third broad behind the scenes. Rae, who loves Halloween, joined us for a hang and we ended up with quite the interesting conversation regarding Halloween. Why so many love it, the history of it, the rise in the partaking in it, and much more. We all had to ponder about how…

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Wild Things: Episode 3 1:32:29

3M ago1:32:29

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Things are getting ever stranger in the little town of Triumph, and our heroes have to do their best to roll with the punches. content warnings: strong language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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61. October Madness 1:49:53

3M ago1:49:53

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Socerton and Draxos look forward to King of the Rockies 2025 in just a FEW DAYS! To celebrate, they prepare their very own March madness-esque brackets for the tournament. They also make a few predictions, give a weather forecast, and dunk on the New York Jets. All that and more in the episode previewing the LAN in Denver! Socerton's Discord: https…

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MAHA: A Noble Cause or Just Another Shallow Acronym? 1:20:13

3M ago1:20:13

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MAHA: Making America Healthy Again. Considering the fast paced trajectory towards more and more chronic disease starting younger and younger, a fact filled need for our attention turned towards health could be the single most important thing to turn our attention to. However, is this just another distraction to make it seem like there is actual car…

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Wild Things: Episode 2 1:43:23

3M ago1:43:23

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The gang tries their hand at babysitting and mystery solving at the SAME TIME! content warnings: strong language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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60. Caster's Curse 1:22:40

3M ago1:22:40

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Socerton and CalerbCalmari look forward to King of the Rockies in just a few weeks and reflect on how to improve casting in AoE IV. Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.tv/aoe_beale Sir Nevels: https://www.youtube.com/@sirn…

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Wild Things: Episode 1 1:53:57

3M ago1:53:57

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By Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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The Cautionary 21st Century Tale of Jordan DeMay 2:37:32

3M ago2:37:32

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Father and now activist, John DeMay, joined us on this episode sharing the story of the tragic loss of his son, Jordan. A moving and maddening story to be sure but chock full of the hope that more and more parents level up their game in decisions regarding screens. We give the whole world to our young ones when most days its too much for anyone to …

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Wild Things: Episode 0 1:24:44

4M ago1:24:44

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A single streetlight blinks, and a very important tapestry starts to fray. Welcome to Unprepared Casters: Wild Things! Meet our scrappy teens played by Grace, Dillin, and Nick as Haley introduces them to a world of magic beyond any of their wildest imaginations: The American Midwest. Content Warnings: strong language Learn more about your ad choice…

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The Art of Debate & Charlie Kirk 1:42:19

4M ago1:42:19

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Sarah and I, like so many over the past week were jolted by the murder of Charlie Kirk. We both fell on the same opinion of Charlie Kirk, with no prior discussion regarding him, and that was, we were not aligned with several things Charlie Kirk discussed. We both also acknowledged that he was doing something very important regardless of our opinion…

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59. Countdown to Clowntown 2:03:20

4M ago2:03:20

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Socerton and CalerbCalamari discuss the new Rouge-light gamemode coming along with the new DLC this November, as well as how games and shows tend to "jump the shark". All that and more. ALSO ORDER MERCH HERE: @everyone Come one, come all, get your very own Extra Sheep sweatshirt! Place your order by October 3rd before it closes. These magnificent r…

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Wild Things: Trailer 2:09

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Unprepared Casters: Wild Things begins on Monday, September 22. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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Locke and Key (Part 2) 1:17:30

4M ago1:17:30

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We return to Blades in the Dark to execute our very serious and well-planned mission! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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The Newest Billionaires On The Block: GLP-1's 2:28:05

4M ago2:28:05

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The fast speed train to weight loss is nothing new but in light of the newest fat burniers on the block; GLP-1's, are the stakes getting higher and higher? These shots, like any predecessor of old may work so long as they are used, but what about when you quit? Did the root problem get resolved or are you back to too many pounds with the extra weig…

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58. Dynasties of the East DLC Announced! 1:39:20

5M ago1:39:20

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Socerton, Sir Nevels and Askallad discuss the new DLC that was announced: Dynasties of the East! Four new variant civs are coming along with new biomes, maps and a whole new game mode! Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.t…

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Human Relationship Building Through Art; With Artist Brenan Sharp 1:54:38

5M ago1:54:38

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A great conversation with artist Brenan Sharp that weaved into many stories of how artists and authentic art and ideas are the counter balance to all of the fake and AI generated trickery. We discussed how art can bring us together. We discussed how the desire for authenticity will only increase and how using art to build community will become more…

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"No Contact" aka; Parental Ghosting 1:52:45

5M ago1:52:45

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All dangerous and very toxic personalities aside, how can something like declaring no contact with parents become a trend? It seems like it is rather becoming a thing in cases devoid of abuse, addictions or mental illness. In a time of severe isolation, lack of community and strained relationships it seems so very dark to make a hard line towards o…

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57. Smelling Salts > Auto Queue Villagers 1:52:44

5M ago1:52:44

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Socerton, Askallad, and Draxos talk about the big trending topic in AoE IV! No, not THAT topic, we're talking about auto-queueing villagers (again!?). All that and more as we preview KotR rules and maps! Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: h…

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An Entrepreneur's Journey With Stacy Dam 1:49:33

5M ago1:49:33

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Tune in as the Two Broads have their friend, Stacy Dam of Set Your Sites back for the third time! We love following the journey of Set Your Sites so we love to invite her back whenever she has new and exciting updates. We use Stacy's journey as a great reminder that a frustration over something can lead to declaring a problem and then deciding to i…

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56. The Worst Competitive Maps (And Why It Is Hedge Maze) 1:51:40

5M ago1:51:40

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Socerton, CalerbCalamari and Askallad are back and talk about the worst maps for competitive play and WHY are they still consistently in the map pool? Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.tv/aoe_beale Sir Nevels: https://ww…

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Oh Maturity! Where Art Thou? 1:45:00

6M ago1:45:00

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Does it seem that more and more growing up and growing old are at odds? The Two Broads discuss how so many grown adults seem to be acting out like young children in many different ways. From public outbursts, road rage, anxiety over decision making, whining and complaining and seemingly needing to soothe and pacify themselves in so many bad ways. O…

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Locke and Key (Part One) 57:21

6M ago57:21

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Join us as we play Blades in the Dark! Game Master Amelia leads Haley, Grace, Abbey, Robin, and Josie through a very important heist in the nation of Malum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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55. Spoilers! A Live Reaction to the Summer EGC Finals 1:43:55

6M ago1:43:55

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STOP! We highly encourage you pull up the final series of MarineLord vs LoueMT to watch along with us as we live react to this absolutely incredible series. You can follow this link to get to close to where we started watching: https://www.youtube.com/live/w_4Wty4InsA?si=KCnxyNn-YXpV2Rxq&t=25119 Want more content? This episode has bonus content fro…

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Born On The 4th Of July With Tom Arnold 1:48:54

6M ago1:48:54

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The Two Broads dear friend, Tom Arnold, joined us for a beautiful conversation about freedom, parenting, grand parenting, curiosity, life skills, generation bridging, individual liberty, ideas, boomers, pursuit of happiness, homesteading, simple life and friendship which shines throughout the entire episode. Tom is a ninth generation Tennessean, a …

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Further Discussion On Public Education With Lynne Taylor 2:00:44

6M ago2:00:44

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We invited the Common Core Diva, Lynne Taylor, back on for another episode as we could never exhaust all of the information she has on public education. Lynne is a wonderful researcher of original source documents. What she brings is from what those who release this stuff upon the rest of us from their blueprints of diabolical abuses that they writ…

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A Rant On Journalism; Journalism? 1:33:13

7M ago1:33:13

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It is not new that news media/journalism has been in the great race to the bottom for quite some time now but Sarah recently maxed out on the levels it is at and needed to vent. I mean, don't we all know at this point that big news affiliates are corporate owned and create within their brood controlled opposition so that between the fans of news re…

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54. Announcing King of the Rockies 2025! (Feat. Draxos) 2:14:53

7M ago2:14:53

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King of the Rockies 2025 is a GO! Draxos has the details as Socerton and Sir Nevels also welcome back the return of Beale! KotR Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYYCTTaQBHY Matcherino to donate to KotR: https://matcherino.com/t/kotr2025 Start GG: https://www.start.gg/tournament/king-of-the-rockies-2025/details NOTE: The link to the Merch is…

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53. Dog Days 1:08:10

7M ago1:08:10

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We're still on the grind and Summer is here! Socerton and Askallad talk the dog days of summer as AoE IV has been pretty steady these last two weeks. But big news is on the horizon! Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.tv/a…

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AI, Artists & Humanity With Jill Turpin 1:47:49

7M ago1:47:49

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Jill Turpin joined the Two Broads for a great discussion on AI. Jill is a multifaceted artist as well as the brain child and director of an arts council and community center. We discussed the new frontier of art in the rapidly advancing AI era. How do artists respond? Will real art without AI be appreciated? Do people value art anymore since images…

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52. When You Get Haters 1:36:37

7M ago1:36:37

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Socerton, Askallad, and CalerbCalamari are back and talk about the conclusion to the Elite Classic III and the reaction to Socerton's casting as well as Beasty's performance. Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.tv/aoe_beal…

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Portugal, People & Pigs 1:13:04

7M ago1:13:04

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After a few weeks away from the mics, the broads found themselves needing to catch up on what all their absence had brought them. At the end, we present a podcast episode seemingly brought to you by the letter P. Join us for this wacky ride where we defy you to find an episode of any cast where one can weave together travel, homestead life, imposte…

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The Quest Wing: Episode 6 2:21:13

8M ago2:21:13

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The finale for The Quest Wing! content warnings: strong language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Haley Whipjack & Amelia Som

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Understanding The Department of Education With Lynne Taylor 2:12:48

8M ago2:12:48

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Lynne Taylor, aka; Common Core Diva, joined the Two Broads for an in depth look into the Dept. of Education. Lynne is an education researcher with countless hours spent reviewing and analyzing legislation pertaining to education. She is a writer and has been on many podcasts as well as in person speaking engagements on the matters of education. The…

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51. Caffeine, Casting and Patchnotes 1:43:10

8M ago1:43:10

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We are back after an unexpected break! And for once we didn't mistime a patch release! We talk the hotfix patch as well as how the game feels a few weeks into the new DLC! Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheExtraSheep Follow us on Twitch and YouTube! Socerton: https://www.twitch.tv/socerton Beale: https://www.twitch.tv/aoe_beale S…