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How Old Is Winnie the Pooh?

February 12, 2018

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Show Notes

No, really - how old is he?

Episode Guests: Ben Ramey, carnival age and weight guesser and circus ringmaster; Rae Wynn-Grant, Ph.D., large carnivore ecologist based at the American Museum of Natural History; and Sarah Shea, M.D., professor of developmental pediatrics at Dalhousie University and Winnie-the-Poohologist.

Special thanks to listener Annie and her cadre of undying Pooh's-age enthusiasts.

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