Hannah Smith

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4,204 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

Hannah Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Knife: A True Crime Podcast · Off Record: Knot What it Seems · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

When she was 18 years old, she was part of this organization called Society for Creative Anachronism.

And they basically kind of, it sounds like LARPing, like they would dress up and recreate arts and skills from like the 17th century.

So she would put on armor like a knight and engage in unchoreographed fights and

Using rattan swords.

So not like real swords, not steel swords.

know.

What's it called?

That's what you would think, right?

Actually, let me look up rattan sword.

It doesn't really feel like you could fight with that very well.

Yeah, that kind of looks like bamboo or something.

Yeah, she's talked about this experience because she's 5'6".

And during this time, it was like a club that she was part of.

And they would do these fights and you would fight different people in the club.

And it was like a sport that you got better at.

And she would often fight against men who were like taller than six feet and had a lot of experience.

And she said in the beginning, she wasn't very good at it.

And her opponents could kind of guess her movements because she was timid.

And what she learned, she learned how to become a better fighter by trusting her instincts and being really aggressive and moving quickly.

And she also does roller derby.

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