S1E23 Founder'S Day: Fragile Masculinity

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Happy New Year and Happy We’ve Made It Through Season 1! And boy was it a journey! Together we have weathered fires, ensorcellment, plagues, angry farmers, murders of hungry crows, rabies, blizzards, hailstorms, explosions, and Johnny Johnson.

In addition to reflecting on some of the highlights of Season 1, we discuss how Pa meets the future version of himself in a struggle that on the surface seems like a case of fragile masculinity, but ends up being something much deeper. Amy, Julie, and Marissa discuss getting older, what events we’d enter in the Walnut Grove Founder’s Day, and why the pie baking contest is deeply flawed. But most importantly, we learn that sometimes it is more important to be kind that right.

Waste Time With These Links

• Guys, a pie council exists
  
• The 20 most important pies
  
• ​How to be a gracious winner (For Laura)
  
• ​How to split firewood correctly. Because I sure don't know how and you probably don't either.

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Note: Marissa teared up, and that is a big deal.

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