On the first episode of Every Day Is Groundhog Day (Except for the Days When It's Not), we start with a Groundhog Day primer, and discuss the history of Groundhog Day.

View the transcript for this episode.

Sources for this episode include Don Yoder's Groundhog Day, William Donner's Serious Nonsense: Groundhog Lodges, Versammlinge, and Pennsylvania German Heritage, and The Spirit of Punxsutawney.

Cover art by Tom Mike Hill.

Music by the Talented Breakmaster Cylinder.

Transcriptions are provided by Aveline Malek at TheWordary.com.

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