Wait! Can a tree really own itself?

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Do you have a favorite tree? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max head over to the famous college town of Athens, Georgia where -- legend has it -- one guy was so enamored with his childhood oak that he ultimately deeded it to itself. How much of the story is true? Can a tree really "own itself"?

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.6	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.9	Let's hear it for our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:38.4	Whoa. I am secretly a. Max Williams. Whoa.
0:39.3	I am secretly a tree in disguise.
0:41.8	What a good disguise it is, too.
0:44.2	Love when you sway in the breeze.
0:46.3	So calming.
0:47.6	And that's Mr. Noel Brown.
0:49.8	Let's give it up for him.
0:51.1	I'm more of a stump kind of figure.
0:54.2	Oh, don't do it.
0:55.5	I can see you as a willow, not a weepy one, to be clear.
0:59.0	A weepy from time to time.
1:00.1	I've been known to weep.
1:01.5	It's you, Ben, by the way.
1:03.7	Yes, yeah, Ben Bullen from earlier.
1:07.1	Today, folks, we wanted to let you know that we love trees and we hope that isn't a hot take.
1:16.1	Could I tell you guys a quick little anecdote?
1:19.3	And this is something that's been on my mind.
1:21.1	A tree tail?
1:22.0	A tree tail.
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