Welcome to the British History Podcast, my name is Jamie, and this is Episode 149.

King Alpha ascends the throne of Mercia.

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I moved to a faster and fancier server so that everything would be faster for you guys,

and then everything kind of went haywire for a while, and it took ages to get it all

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But everything should be stable and faster now.

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Alright, today we're starting a series on one of the most influential Mercine Kings

in history.

King Alpha.

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