Preview: Vinland: Author Martyn Whittock, "American Vikings," reports the search for Norseman Leif Ericson's naming of Vinland for a landing place in North America one thousand years ago. But where?
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, it's me Tommy Init and Jack Manifold. |
| 0:02.5 | And we are here on the Shut Up I'm Talking podcast to let you know we just had the legendary Dan and Bill on our podcast. |
| 0:08.3 | YouTube OG's legendary status. |
| 0:10.8 | And they gave us so much advice and gave us so many interesting stories. |
| 0:15.5 | A bloody brilliant, wasn't it? |
| 0:16.5 | It was incredible. |
| 0:17.2 | So come check it out over on Shut Up I I'm talking, on all major streaming services. |
| 0:21.6 | Not, audio, not like Netflix. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah, no, we're not quite there yet. |
| 0:25.7 | Maybe soon, but not there. |
| 0:26.8 | Well, no, probably not for a. |
| 0:28.3 | All right. |
| 0:30.0 | This is John Batchel. |
| 0:31.1 | Conversation with the author Martin Wittick, his new book American Vikings, |
| 0:35.5 | how the North sailed into the lands and imaginations of America. |
| 0:39.7 | Lee Farrikson is the man, around a thousand in the common era. |
| 0:45.3 | The mystery is, he names landing places, how you land, Markland, and Vinland. |
| 0:52.6 | Vinland is not found, I learned from Martin, |
| 0:55.7 | and he explains where it might be. |
| 0:58.1 | As far south as, as far west as, |
| 1:00.6 | still looking for Vinland. |
| 1:02.3 | Associated with grapes, that is a clue. |
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