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There's a long held belief by some that modern mankind was preceded by those that were human,

but much larger than we are today. People of such physical stature, that they are

thought to have been giants. The very idea of giants existing in our past has

fan the flames of heated rhetoric for decades, mixing science, faith, cultural identity,

and pseudoscience all together, polarizing researchers and skeptics as well.

Estonishing Legends is a show about the big picture of these stories.

With the help of the Estonishing Research Corps, we're able to uncover mountains of information

in short periods of time. We coalesce what we find before taking it apart again to look for the

roots of the legends and the lore, and of course the truth to the extent that it can be revealed.

Those components of every legend must all be embraced and understood before you can really

grasp the big picture. So sit back and relax as we take you on a journey into the history of giants.

Welcome back to Estonishing Legends. I'm Scott Philbrook and this is Forest Burgess.

The eyes of that species of extinct giants whose bones fill the mounds of America have gazed on

Niagara as ours do now. Abraham Lincoln, join us tonight for part one of our series on Giants.

And we're back. Wait, and we're back. And we're back. What are you doing? That was my giant voice.

Oh yeah. Okay. Let's just take the last ones there.

Right. And before we take one more step, I need to make a quick announcement regarding last week's

show, Imminent Disclosure Part 2. During that show, we mistakenly refer to trans woman

Chelsea Manning exclusively by her birth name Bradley Manning. This was an oversight and

current protocol as it relates to transgender people. And no slide against them was intended by

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