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Do your alpacas notice when you wear a hat?
Episode 27327th March 2024 • Alpaca Tribe • Steve Heatherington
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

I have many hats and I wear most of them. The alpacas sometimes seem to take exception.

Of course, the metaphorical hats we wear connect to roles and responsibilities. Listen in as I talk hats and alpacas.

LINKS

Tilley Hats

Claire Whitehead – UKAlpacaVet

Marty McGee-Bennett – Camelidynamics

The Podcasting Workshop


Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.

If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd

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