West of Vinland: The Controversy of the Kensington Runestone

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode I finally take on the topic of Pre-Columbian Norse contact with North America and the controversial runestone discovered in Minnesota in 1898 that is touted as evidence that Scandinavians reached much further inland than we otherwise have evidence to prove. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Black Ballots," "Brer Krille," "Borough," "The Gran Dias," "Winter in Black," "Invernen," "Palms Down" and "Curio." Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.8	missions of all time. Suddenly out of the dark that's appeared in Laubman.
0:55.3	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:58.9	What do they know? What are their skills?
1:01.3	And what would you do in their position?
1:03.7	Vengeance felt good.
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1:37.3	In 1893, the world's attention turned to Chicago, where a grand spectacle was being staged.
1:47.1	The Chicago World's Fair was a feat of planning and engineering, featuring an entire district of beautiful whitewashed buildings with neoclassical facades that came to be known as the White City. Within these buildings were
1:54.8	attractions of all sorts, from museums of anthropology to demonstrations of locomotive technology.
2:01.6	But the express purpose of the fair, also called the Columbian Exposition,
2:06.6	was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's, quote unquote,
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