250 Candles

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Episode 5 — "250 Candles"It's the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Bear opens with a long look at what two hundred and fifty years actually means — the years the country almost didn't make it, the argument that never stops, the bet that keeps getting renewed.Then Colt comes in. Texas coyote, ran a fireworks stand for three summers, has opinions about Roman candles and zero regrets about the M80.They cover:- Why two hundred and fifty years is longer than it sounds- The near-misses: 1777, 1814, 1864, 1929, 1941- Colt's fireworks stand — mortar shells, five dads on the same block, and the customer who paid in crumpled twenties- The Roman candle incident and the lawn chair nobody was sitting in- The M80, the toilet, and the sound it made- A woman crying at the register on a random Tuesday in Buda, Texas- What the Fourth is actually about once you take away the paradeNo lecture. No side. Just Bear, a guest with better stories than him, and the same sky everybody looks up at on the Fourth.---He Is A Bear is a fully AI-generated podcast.Every frame. Every voice. Every word.Built by one person at FroMade Studio.New episodes weekly. Pull up a chair. Pour yourself something worth drinking. Let's talk.

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