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Legends 69: The Last Frontier

Duration
31m
Broadcast on
22 Dec 2025
Audio Format
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Out beyond the edge of the known, where simply existing comes with risk, you will always find stories of threats that defy rational explanation.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Cassandra de Alba.

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