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The OrchardcastDoug Ford, King of OntarioThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.orgOntario premier Doug Ford has become a political juggernaut, in large part by cultivating an image of himself as a strong, steady leader in times of political crisis. But does the image match reality?Eric Wickham, Ontario reporter for PressProgress joins me to answer this question, talk a bit about the upcoming federal election and reminisce about Ford …
2025-03-2530 min
Harbinger Society PresentsChow, More Than Ever: The 2023 Toronto Election (Unpacking the News S2, E10)On a new Unpacking the News an amazing array of independent media convene at Christie Pits park as Replay’s Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel sit down with host Andre Goulet to break down the candidates and issues, hopes and dreams and traumas and fears of Toronto's 2023 Mayoral byelection.Plus stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special 40th birthday best wishes se...
2023-06-1938 min
Harbinger ShowcaseChow, More Than Ever: The 2023 Toronto Election (Unpacking the News S2, E10)An amazing array of independent media convened at Christie Pits park this month as Replay’s Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel sit down with host Andre Goulet to break down the candidates and issues, hopes and dreams and traumas and fears of Toronto's 2023 Mayoral byelection.Plus stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special 40th birthday best wishes segment recorded for Harbinger pa...
2023-06-1938 minHarbinger ShowcaseChow, More Than Ever: The 2023 Toronto Election (Unpacking the News S2, E10)An amazing array of independent media convened at Christie Pits park this month as Replay’s Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel sit down with host Andre Goulet to break down the candidates and issues, hopes and dreams and traumas and fears of Toronto's 2023 Mayoral byelection.Plus stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special 40th birthday best wishes segment recorded for Harbinger pa...
2023-06-1938 min
Unpacking the NewsChow, More Than Ever: The 2023 Toronto Election (w/ The Breach, Big Shiny Takes + more)An amazing array of independent media convened at Christie Pits park this month as Replay’s Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel sit down with host Andre Goulet to break down the candidates and issues, hopes and dreams and traumas and fears of Toronto's 2023 Mayoral byelection.Plus stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special 40th birthday best wishes segment recorded for Harbinger pa...
2023-06-1938 min
Darts and LettersEP60: Not Alright Alright Alright (Big Shiny Takes ft. Gordon Katic)
Canadian media is full of galaxy brain columnists. Luckily there is a show who reads their crap so that you don’t have to: Big Shiny Takes, aka Jeremy Appel, Eric Wickham and Marino Greco.We’re featuring this episode because your esteemed host and editor Gordon Katic made an appearance to discuss the latest unfathomably smart take: Matthew McConaughey has a moral obligation to run for president of the United States. It’s stunning intellectual work like this that has led Big Shiny Takes to become the world’s first anti free speech podcast. They’re also our collea...
2022-06-301h 27
Darts and LettersNot Alright Alright Alright (Big Shiny Takes ft. Gordon Katic)
Canadian media is full of galaxy brain columnists. Luckily there is a show who reads their crap so that you don’t have to: Big Shiny Takes, aka Jeremy Appel, Eric Wickham and Marino Greco.
We’re featuring this episode because your esteemed host and editor Gordon Katic made an appearance to discuss the latest unfathomably smart take: Matthew McConaughey has a moral obligation to run for president of the United States. It’s stunning intellectual work like this that has led Big Shiny Takes to become the world’s first anti free speech podcast. They’re also our c...
2022-06-301h 27Harbinger ShowcaseThe Siege of Ottawa Part 2 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in the 2nd of a two part conversation. Plus: a very special 'A Fairytale of Ottawa' presentation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at...
2022-02-191h 01Harbinger ShowcaseThe Siege of Ottawa Part 2 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in the 2nd of a two part conversation. Plus: a very special 'A Fairytale of Ottawa' presentation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at...
2022-02-191h 01Harbinger Society PresentsThe Siege of Ottawa Part 2 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in the 2nd of a two part conversation. Plus: a very special 'A Fairytale of Ottawa' presentation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at...
2022-02-191h 01Harbinger ShowcaseThe Siege of Ottawa Part 1 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in part one of a two part conversation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast
2022-02-1858 minHarbinger ShowcaseThe Siege of Ottawa Part 1 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in part one of a two part conversation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast
2022-02-1858 minHarbinger Society PresentsThe Siege of Ottawa Part 1 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast
2022-02-1858 minHarbinger ShowcaseConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 2 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox would have been pro vaccine and ask if Pierre Pollievre has the most punchable face in Ottawa.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-3056 minHarbinger ShowcaseConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 2 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox would have been pro vaccine and ask if Pierre Pollievre has the most punchable face in Ottawa.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-3056 minHarbinger Society PresentsConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 2 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox would have been pro vaccine and ask if Pierre Pollievre has the most punchable face in Ottawa.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-3056 minHarbinger ShowcaseConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 1 (Harbinger Society ep26 w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ Sampson's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and Marcel Irnie's 'Canada United'.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-3055 minHarbinger ShowcaseConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 1 (Harbinger Society ep26 w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ Sampson's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and Marcel Irnie's 'Canada United'.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-3055 min
Harbinger Society PresentsConvoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 1 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ Sampson's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and Marcel Irnie's 'Canada United'.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2022-01-2955 minHarbinger ShowcaseHarbinger Holiday Telethon: Grifter Pundit Bingo and a Holiday Wexit (w/ Big Shiny Takes)Live on the Big Shiny Takes’ TwitchTV stream Eric Wickham, Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Andre Goulet sit by the fire with carols, hot chocolate, and a warm and wholesome game of Pundit Grifter Bingo as they read an absolutely wild Western Standard column by Dave Makichuk. (warning: YouTube fireplace Christmas songs are consistent through this episode lol)Read Makichuk’s insane piece at https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/12/makichuk-the-west-will-rise-its-only-a-matter-of-time/Watch and subscribe to Big Shiny Takes on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bigshinytakesSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2021-12-2252 minHarbinger ShowcaseHarbinger Holiday Telethon: Grifter Pundit Bingo and a Holiday Wexit (w/ Big Shiny Takes)Live on the Big Shiny Takes’ TwitchTV stream Eric Wickham, Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Andre Goulet sit by the fire with carols, hot chocolate, and a warm and wholesome game of Pundit Grifter Bingo as they read an absolutely wild Western Standard column by Dave Makichuk. (warning: YouTube fireplace Christmas songs are consistent through this episode lol)Read Makichuk’s insane piece at https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/12/makichuk-the-west-will-rise-its-only-a-matter-of-time/Watch and subscribe to Big Shiny Takes on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bigshinytakesSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2021-12-2252 minHarbinger Society PresentsHarbinger Holiday Telethon: Grifter Pundit Bingo and a Holiday Wexit (w/ Big Shiny Takes)Live on the Big Shiny Takes’ TwitchTV stream Eric Wickham, Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Andre Goulet sit by the fire with carols, hot chocolate, and a warm and wholesome game of Pundit Grifter Bingo as they read an absolutely wild Western Standard column by Dave Makichuk. (warning: YouTube fireplace Christmas songs are consistent through this episode lol)Read Makichuk’s insane piece at https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/12/makichuk-the-west-will-rise-its-only-a-matter-of-time/Watch and subscribe to Big Shiny Takes on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bigshinytakesSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2021-12-2252 minHarbinger ShowcaseWhere was Steven Guilbeault on 9/11? (Big Shiny Takes ep55)Hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel ask where Steven Guilbeault was on 9/11 as they sit down with Climate Justice Edmonton's Bronwen Tucker and Green Majority Radio's Stefan Hostetter to discuss a conspiratorial October 2021 Jesse Kline column about Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the ongoing inability of Canadian punditry to talk realistically about climate justice.Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2021-12-191h 09Harbinger ShowcaseWhere was Steven Guilbeault on 9/11? (Big Shiny Takes ep55)Hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel ask where Steven Guilbeault was on 9/11 as they sit down with Climate Justice Edmonton's Bronwen Tucker and Green Majority Radio's Stefan Hostetter to discuss a conspiratorial October 2021 Jesse Kline column about Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the ongoing inability of Canadian punditry to talk realistically about climate justice.Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes
2021-12-191h 09Darts and LettersCanada’s Dumbest Public Intellectuals (ft. Kate Jacobson, Hilary Agro, Big Shiny Takes & Andre Goulet)
Canada’s intellectual culture is now like a barren soil that struggles to give life to even the simplest flora. They’re just not that smart. We make too many right wing cranks, self-help charlatans, blood-thirsty reactionaries, insipid centrists, and third-rate Hayekians. But which are our worst? We invite our new friends from the Harbinger Media Network to help scour the national intellectual wasteland to find Canada’s dumbest public intellectual. The idea is simple: each guest makes the case for why their pick is the best at being the worst. Plus, Andre Goulet talks about the Harbinger Network and th...
2021-11-271h 13Harbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Who Killed the Green Party of Canada? (Harbinger Society Presents ep16)On this episode:Host Andre Goulet makes the risky decision to look for answers regarding a suspicious and baffling death in Canada's political community on the mean streets of Gatineau with Inspector Abdul Malik & Israeli International Peace Operations Trainee Eytan Tobin (OFFCOURT).Then: the Harbinger Special Victims Unit elite squad (Superintendent Marino Greco, Sergeant Jeremy Appel & Community Liaison Eric Wickham of BIG SHINY TAKES) convenes at Ottawa PD headquarters to examine the evidence as they desperately search for the culprit in the untimely death of the Canadian Greens.Plus: Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown...
2021-07-201h 21Harbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Who Killed the Green Party of Canada? (Harbinger Society Presents ep16)On this episode:Host Andre Goulet makes the risky decision to look for answers regarding a suspicious and baffling death in Canada's political community on the mean streets of Gatineau with Inspector Abdul Malik & Israeli International Peace Operations Trainee Eytan Tobin (OFFCOURT).Then: the Harbinger Special Victims Unit elite squad (Superintendent Marino Greco, Sergeant Jeremy Appel & Community Liaison Eric Wickham of BIG SHINY TAKES) convenes at Ottawa PD headquarters to examine the evidence as they desperately search for the culprit in the untimely death of the Canadian Greens.Plus: Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown...
2021-07-201h 21Harbinger Society PresentsWho Killed the Green Party of Canada?On this episode:Host Andre Goulet makes the risky decision to look for answers regarding a suspicious and baffling death in Canada's political community on the mean streets of Gatineau with Inspector Abdul Malik & Israeli International Peace Operations Trainee Eytan Tobin (OFFCOURT).Then: the Harbinger Special Victims Unit elite squad (Superintendent Marino Greco, Sergeant Jeremy Appel & Community Liaison Eric Wickham of BIG SHINY TAKES) convenes at Ottawa PD headquarters to examine the evidence as they desperately search for the culprit in the untimely death of the Canadian Greens. Plus: Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown...
2021-07-201h 21Harbinger Society PresentsForeign Policy Failures: Canada in the Middle EastOn ep5 host Andre Goulet convenes an all-star panel with Iranian-Canadian Congress policy chair Saman Tabasinejad in Toronto, Saudi Arabia/Canada political economy journalist Anthony Fenton in Vancouver and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East vice-president Michael Bueckert in Montreal to discuss the historically frustrating failure of Canadian foreign policy in the region. Plus: comedian James Brown shares a bed with Erin O'Toole in rural Prince Edward Island and Big Shiny Takes hosts Marino Grecko, Jeremy Appel and Eric Wickham bury the hatchet with Andre in the inaugural 2020 BST/HSP Slumber Party Summit....
2021-07-031h 11Harbinger ShowcaseFrom the River to the Sea (Big Shiny Takes ep35 w/ Hammam Farah & Eytan Tobin)On a new Big Shiny Takes hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel sit down with Palestine House board member and psychotherapist Hammam Farah (@HumHum83) and Israeli-Canadian pal and OffCourt and Drum Circle Jerk co-host Eytan Tobin (@RabbiDieHardman) to explore how Israel, like Canada, is a fake ass genocidal settler state.For those who haven’t been paying attention, Israel recently attacked Gaza killing about 250 people, including dozens of children, after provoking violence at al-Aqsa Mosque. And this time something feels different. People are actually taking Palestinian perspectives seriously.But over at Postmedia, of course, it...
2021-06-031h 40Harbinger ShowcaseFrom the River to the Sea (Big Shiny Takes ep35 w/ Hammam Farah & Eytan Tobin)On a new Big Shiny Takes hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel sit down with Palestine House board member and psychotherapist Hammam Farah (@HumHum83) and Israeli-Canadian pal and OffCourt and Drum Circle Jerk co-host Eytan Tobin (@RabbiDieHardman) to explore how Israel, like Canada, is a fake ass genocidal settler state.For those who haven’t been paying attention, Israel recently attacked Gaza killing about 250 people, including dozens of children, after provoking violence at al-Aqsa Mosque. And this time something feels different. People are actually taking Palestinian perspectives seriously.But over at Postmedia, of course, it...
2021-06-031h 40Harbinger ShowcaseThe BST/HSP Crossover: Sinophobia and neo-McCarthyism in Canadian mediaOn this re-presentation of a December episode of the world's only anti-free speech podcast, National Post columnist John Ivison is mad at Churchill—Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton and Nanaimo—Ladysmith MP Paul Manly for their support of a proposal to free Huawei heiress Meng Wanzhou, arrested by Canadian police in December, 2018 at the behest of the Trump administration. In this conversation Harbinger Society host Andre Goulet joins Big Shiny Takes' Jeremy Appel, Marino Greco and Eric Wickham to hate-read the column, unpack Ivison's invocation of Lenin (or was it Stalin?) to declare the two MPs "useful idiots" and...
2020-12-2848 minHarbinger ShowcaseThe BST/HSP Crossover: Sinophobia and neo-McCarthyism in Canadian mediaOn this re-presentation of a December episode of the world's only anti-free speech podcast, National Post columnist John Ivison is mad at Churchill—Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton and Nanaimo—Ladysmith MP Paul Manly for their support of a proposal to free Huawei heiress Meng Wanzhou, arrested by Canadian police in December, 2018 at the behest of the Trump administration. In this conversation Harbinger Society host Andre Goulet joins Big Shiny Takes' Jeremy Appel, Marino Greco and Eric Wickham to hate-read the column, unpack Ivison's invocation of Lenin (or was it Stalin?) to declare the two MPs "useful idiots" and...
2020-12-2848 minHarbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Foreign Policy Failures: Canada in the Middle East (HSP ep5)On the Season 1 finale of Harbinger Society Presents host Andre Goulet convenes an all-star panel with Iranian-Canadian Congress policy chair Saman Tabasinejad in Toronto, Saudi Arabia/Canada investigative journalist Anthony Fenton in Vancouver and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East VP Michael Bueckert in Montreal to discuss the Trudeau government's foreign policy failure in the region. Plus: comedian James Brown shares a bed with Erin O'Toole in rural Prince Edward Island and Big Shiny Takes hosts Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Eric Wickham bury the hatchet with Andre in the inaugural 2020 BST/HSP Slumber Party...
2020-12-201h 11Harbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Foreign Policy Failures: Canada in the Middle East (HSP ep5)On the Season 1 finale of Harbinger Society Presents host Andre Goulet convenes an all-star panel with Iranian-Canadian Congress policy chair Saman Tabasinejad in Toronto, Saudi Arabia/Canada investigative journalist Anthony Fenton in Vancouver and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East VP Michael Bueckert in Montreal to discuss the Trudeau government's foreign policy failure in the region. Plus: comedian James Brown shares a bed with Erin O'Toole in rural Prince Edward Island and Big Shiny Takes hosts Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Eric Wickham bury the hatchet with Andre in the inaugural 2020 BST/HSP Slumber Party...
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