Nate's Favorite Episode of the Year: Emma and the Trail

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Music

• Sincerely Yours by LLLL

• Across the Other Side by Infinite Scale

• Sunset by Resavoir

• Mammoth by Golden Brown

• Unassigned by Vernon Spring

• Swimming by Explosions in the Sky

• Pure (Ride the World) by The Brendan Eder Ensemble

• Le Tunnel by Sylvain Chauveau

• Floating Away by Lullatone

Notes

• There's a ton written about Emma Rowena Gatewood but so much of it, including this story, owes a huge debt to Ben Montgomery's book, Grandma Gatewood's Walk, • which excavated the story of her life with her husband. Besides that, it is wonderfully written. Totally recommend it.

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