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b'The story of the Donner Party is one of the most disturbing tales of western migration during the time of Manifest Destiny, the common 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the entire continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Well, the destiny of many of the members of the Donner Party was to spread their actual bones around a frozen Sierra Nevada mountain camp as they were eaten by other members of their party. That\'s what they manifested. Theirs is a fascinating tale of bad decisions that led to much worse decisions that led to, well, cannibalism. Learn about their tragic journey and also about life for settlers as they traveled West in the mid-19th century, today on Timesuck!\\n\\nNOTE: Working through some volume issues as we make changes. Sorry!\\n\\nMy new free Behind the Bit Pandora station with Chad Daniels talking about our favorite bits! https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3978690913982414208?ag=17920720304261509\\n\\nTimesuck is brought to you today by\\xa0AmeriGas!\\xa0Go to\\xa0MyTimeSuckGrill.com\\xa0between now and July 4th\\xa0and enter your name and email to register to win a free Weber Spirt II \\u2013 E 210 grill ($400 value).\\n\\nTimesuck is brought to you be\\xa0Leesa!\\xa0We love Leesa!\\xa0Get $160 off when you go to\\xa0Leesa.com/timesuck\\n\\nTimesuck is also brought to you\\xa0The Great Courses Plus! Do yourself a HUGE favor and get a month of SO MUCH amazing, interesting, and informative content for FREE: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/timesuck\\n\\nMerch\\xa0\\xa0- https://badmagicmerch.com/\\n\\nWant to try out\\xa0Discord!?!\\xa0https://discord.gg/tqzH89v\\n\\nWant to join the Cult of the Curious private\\xa0Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn\'t been put in FB Jail :)\\n\\nFor all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact\\n\\nPlease rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!!\\xa0@timesuckpodcast\\xa0on IG,\\xa0@timesuckpodcast\\xa0on Twitter, and\\xa0www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast\\n\\nWanna be a Space Lizard? We\'re over 2500 strong!\\xa0Click here:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast\\xa0\\n\\nSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You\'ll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album,\\xa0Feel the Heat.\\xa0Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.\\n\\nAnd, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at\\xa0www.timesuckpodcast.com'