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8. Juan Ponce Lives On

March 22, 2021 • Milktoast Media • Season 1

If there was one explorer we definitely know was not looking for the Fountain of Youth, it was Juan Ponce de Leon. And yet, his name and life have been attached to the myth forever because another guy wanted everyone to believe Ponce de Leon had broken...bits...that needed fixing. Never ones to set the record straight, our team asks the question, “What if Juan Ponce de Leon actually did find the Fountain of Youth, but didn’t tell anybody until 2021?”

Cody dives into the mysteries of the Fountain. Alex thinks healing everyone spells doom for humanity.

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Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Show Sources: (Fact check us! Heard something wrong? Let us know.)

Turner, Samuel. “Juan Ponce De León and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 92, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1–31. JSTOR. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.