
Gertie the Groundhog
01/19/24 • 18 min
In this episode of Every Day Is Groundhog Day (Except for the Days When It's Not), we talk about Gertie the Groundhog, the Groundhog Day forecaster from Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City, Illinois who has been providing predictions on February 2nd, since 1993. This episode features an interview with Bryant Brumbill, one of Gertie's caretakers.
Episode transcript here.
Are you an artist? You still have a few more days to enter our art contest. Details can be found here.
Our list of list of Groundhog Day 2024 events continues to grow.
Cover art by Tom Mike Hill.
Music by the Astonishing Breakmaster Cylinder.
Transcripts are provided by Aveline Malek at TheWordary.com.
Visit Countdown to Groundhog Day, the most powerful Groundhog Day resource on the internet.
Send questions or comments about the podcast or Groundhog Day in general, as well as voice messages about your Groundhog Day memories, to [email protected].
In this episode of Every Day Is Groundhog Day (Except for the Days When It's Not), we talk about Gertie the Groundhog, the Groundhog Day forecaster from Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City, Illinois who has been providing predictions on February 2nd, since 1993. This episode features an interview with Bryant Brumbill, one of Gertie's caretakers.
Episode transcript here.
Are you an artist? You still have a few more days to enter our art contest. Details can be found here.
Our list of list of Groundhog Day 2024 events continues to grow.
Cover art by Tom Mike Hill.
Music by the Astonishing Breakmaster Cylinder.
Transcripts are provided by Aveline Malek at TheWordary.com.
Visit Countdown to Groundhog Day, the most powerful Groundhog Day resource on the internet.
Send questions or comments about the podcast or Groundhog Day in general, as well as voice messages about your Groundhog Day memories, to [email protected].
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Episode transcript here.
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Cover art by Tom Mike Hill.
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Episode transcript here.
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Every Day Is Groundhog Day (Except for the Days When It’s Not) - Gertie the Groundhog
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Transcript for Gertie the Groundhog
Episode published: Friday 01/19/2024
Michael: Hello and welcome to episode 4 of Every Day is Groundhog Day (Except for the Days When It's Not). I'm your host, Michael. I hope you all enjoyed learning about Sylvia, the Apex Armadillo last week. This week, we're back to groundhogs again.
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