{"id":1510,"date":"2015-11-07T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2021-05-11T08:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T20:57:55","slug":"episode-sixty-four-swamp-alligator-hoe-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2015\/11\/episode-sixty-four-swamp-alligator-hoe-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Sixty Four &#8211; Swamp Alligator Hoe-Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8222\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1510-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1510-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-64-SwampAlligatorHoedown.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/64%20-%20Swamp%20Alligator%20Hoe-Down.jpeg\" alt=\"Swamp Alligator Hoe-Down\" width=\"614\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moonshining Were-Alligators; Solitary folks, but with a certain sense of community.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between rival gangs of supernatural creatures are building towards a war. The proposed truce is in jeopardy, so how do you make it hold?<\/p>\n<p>A trainload of strangers has just hit town, bringing excitement and wonder. And danger.<br \/>\nAnd nobody seems to see this but you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><em>From the distant future of this post, we have a very late entrant in the show-notes;<br \/>\nOutsideHow contacted us ( in May of 2021 ) with their guide to walking the Appalachian Trail, so I&#8217;m editing it in, because neither Ben nor Craig can stop me ~ T. 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Tensions between rival gangs of supernatural creatures are building towards a war. The proposed truce is in jeopardy, so how do you make it hold? 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