About this episode

The episode explores various aspects of California, including its history with gold, bears, and cryptids like Big Foot.

That’s right; the show is back on the west coast, to spotlight California; everything from gold, bears, and even a cryptid or two. In fact, California is on its way to having an official cryptid– Big Foot.

People in this episode

Hosts: John Hodgman, Janet Varney

Topics covered

• California
• cryptids
• gold
• bears
• travel

Keywords

• California
• Eureka
• gold
• bears
• cryptid
• Big Foot

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California, Big Foot

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