Best Mark Scarbrough Podcasts (2024)

We talk about writing and the creative process today with Barbara Chepaitis, Lale Davidson, JPV Oliver and Marshall Karp. Call with your question. Ray Graf hosts.

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The Pilgrim Gets More (And Less!) Than He Bargained For: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 94 - 111 27:07

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Dante the pilgrim worked up the courage (or the flattery) to get one of the envious to speak up on the second terrace of Purgatory proper. She does . . . and gives him both more and exactly what (or perhaps a bit less) than he asked for. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I work our first sight of one of the most intricate souls in COMEDY: Sapía. She's a…

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Aging Together with Greg Olsen 5/28/24 49:34

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May is Older Americans Month. Our guest today is Greg Olsen, Acting Director of the New York State Office for the Aging. We'll discuss a range of issues affecting older adults, including social isolation and resources available to help older adults address them. We’ll also talk about the state’s Master Plan for Aging, which is a roadmap being devel…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking about how to up your pizza game! 24:42

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Who doesn't love pizza? With better crusts, even gluten-free crusts, and a bigger range of toppings than years past, pizza has become almost a food category in and of itself. So let's talk about how to up your pizza game! We're cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've even written a book about pizza. But this podcast isn't about ou…

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Flattery Will Get You Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 73 - 93 28:04

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Dante has finally come among the envious on the bare, bleak, blue-gray second terrace of Mount Purgatory. We've seen their condition: eyes stitched shut. Now for Dante's reaction. And Virgil's reaction to Dante's reaction. And Dante's ham-handed attempt to flatter someone to speak up. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we approach on of the most signific…

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Food Friday 5/24/24: Italian food with Chef Ric Orlando 50:58

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Chef Ric Orlando is a font of knowledge about a great many subjects. And today's topic is very much in his comfort zone. We'll talk Italian food and culture! Ray Graf hosts.

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Gardening 5/23/24 50:25

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Can you dig it? Yes we can! The gardening experts return at 2pm to take your questions. Ray Graf hosts.

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Travel with Jean Gagnon 5/22/24 50:31

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We welcome back travel pro Jean Gagnon to take your questions. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

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Antiques with Mark Lawson 5/21/24 49:30

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Mark Lawson of Albany’s Mark Lawson Antiques, Jewelry, and Coin joins us to answer your questions about your treasures. Ray Graf hosts.

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Medical Monday 5/20/24: Neurosurgery with Dr. Jon Lebovitz 48:53

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We welcome Dr. Jon Lebovitz, chief of neuro-interventional surgery at Vassar Brothers Medical Center and a neurosurgeon at Nuvance Health. Sarah LaDuke hosts.

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're taste-testing cold brews! 23:44

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Cold brew. You can buy it everywhere. But there's a vast difference in flavors (and prices!). Let's discover what's worth the money and what's not. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with three dozen (and counting) cookbooks to our names. This is our podcast about food and cooking . . . and we're so honored you've cho…

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Eyes Stitched Shut: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 72 28:08

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The second terrace of PURGATORIO proves a wild ride into interiority, into the complicated sin of envy, and back into INFERNO. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the first moments in which Dante sees the penitents ahead . . . and delays until the last moment revealing their fate: eyelids stitched shut with wires. Thank you for supporting this …

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Food Friday 5/17/24: Gluten-free baking with Melanie O'Malley 46:46

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We learn the secrets of great gluten-free baking with Melanie O'Malley of O'Malley's Oven in Troy, NY. Sarah LaDuke hosts.

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Science Forum 5/16/24 47:30

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You have questions? Our team of experts returns to try find answers. Sarah LaDuke hosts.

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Pets and Vets with Dr. Ron Scharf 5/15/24 50:45

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Dr. Ron Scharf is back in Studio A to answer your pet care questions. Ray Graf hosts.

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The Voices Of Love And Alienation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 22 - 45 35:10

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Dante and Virgil make haste across the second terrace of Purgatory before they're accosted by disembodied voices, calling them to the banquet of love. Sounds great, right? Except there's so much alienation in the landscape and even in the poetry. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we take our first steps onto the second terrace of PURGATORIO with Dante a…

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Automotive repair with Gordon Fricke 5/14/24 50:32

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Automotive wizard Gordon Fricke is back to help you solve your car conundrums. Ray Graf hosts.

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Medical Monday 5/13/24: Cardiology with Dr. J.D. Filippone 50:22

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We welcome Dr. J.D. Filippone, chief of cardiology at St. Peter’s Hospital. Ray Graf hosts.

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're discussing food in the news! 22:31

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There's lots of food news these days. We've got the latest on McDonald's plans, on new pink pineapples, on the Italian government's regulations, and on what may be the newest ice cream craze . . . which involves fried chicken skin. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written thirty-six cookbooks, are working on n…

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The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21 34:04

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Dante the pilgrim and his guide, Virgil, have arrived at the second terrace of Purgatory proper. As readers, we're not even sure what this terrace is about, although we can infer there must be more penitents ahead. Instead, Dante the poet offers us rather straightforward, naturalistic details, a complex neologism (a new word he coined), a crazy lin…

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Food Friday 5/10/24: German cooking with Kurt Vincent 48:53

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We welcome back Kurt Vincent, cook and president of the German-American Club of Albany. What's your favorite German dish? Give us a call and share the recipe. Ray Graf hosts.

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Gardening 5/9/24 50:37

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How does your garden grow? Really? It's that bad? Fear not! The garden gang returns at 2pm to take your questions. Ray Graf hosts.

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Physical Therapy with Matthew Goodemote 5/8/24 50:48

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Physical therapist Matthew Goodemote joins us to take your calls. 800-348-2551. Email the show at VoxPop@WAMC.org. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

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Birding with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart 5/7/24 50:58

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Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart are back to answer your questions about birds. Give us a call at show time. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

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Medical Monday 5/6/24: Urology with Dr. Nathan Chertack 50:44

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We welcome Dr. Nathan Chertack, a urologist from the Albany Med Health System. Ray Graf hosts.

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking about photography in cookbooks! 21:30

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Food photography. We know it's now crucial to the success of a cookbook. But it wasn't always so. We'll tell what we've seen over three dozen cookbooks published in the last twenty-five years. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We're the team behind dozens of cookbooks, tens of thousands of published original recipes, and a long career in the…

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Food Friday 5/3/24: A.I. Recipe Help Desk 48:46

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Today we'll find out what artificial intelligence can do in the kitchen! We’re joined by Dr. Jim Hendler of RPI and Chef Gail Sokol. Here’s how it works. Listeners call or email with a list of ingredients in the fridge or cupboard. Jim will input the data into his A.I. interface which will spit out a recipe. Chef Gail Sokol will then take a look at…

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Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth 32:07

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Before we step onto PURGATORIO's terrace of envy, the second ledge of Purgatory proper, let's pause a moment to talk about the relationship among Dante, Aquinas, and Aristotle. We have to take this detour because Dante will increasingly incorporate scientific reasoning into his poem, changing its very nature, based on his understanding of Aristotle…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking about genetics and food preferences! 22:01

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Perhaps just a decade ago, the dominant theory was that food likes and dislikes were learned. But genetic research is changing the game, proving that what you like and dislike may actually be part of your DNA. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen cookbooks and more than 20,000 original recipes. This is our food and cookin…

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The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84 28:24

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We've come with Dante the pilgrim and Virgil, his guide, to the second terrace of Purgatory, the terrace of envy. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for this initial read-through of the terrace, beginning at the first line of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, and extending to line 84 of PURGATORIO, Canto XV. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please consider…

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Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139 33:22

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Dante the pilgrim and Virgil have a little ways to go before they finally exit the terrace of pride. In fact, Dante has to come to a surprising revelation: It's getting easier. And Virgil has to explain why: Desire is being purified. How? By erasing what God has written. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we look at the interpretive dilemmas and philosop…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making chocolate coconut macaroons! 18:31

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Chocolate coconut macaroons. Not almond cookies. But very simple cookies loaded with coconut and almost fudgy at the center. A true treat. And we're making them in our kitchen for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK. Hey there. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published three dozen cookbooks …

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Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117 21:22

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Dante and Virgil begin their climb from the first to the second terrace of Purgatory but as they do, they climb up in an incredibly contorted and difficult simile that swaps around emotional landscapes before landing them in the song of Jesus's beatitudes as well as the screams of hell. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the climb out in this …

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The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99 28:31

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Dante and Virgil begin their exit from the terrace of pride on Mount Purgtory. To do so, they must encounter and angel who implicitly calls back Lucifer (or Satan) into the text yet who welcomes them on their way up the less-steep ascent. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we watch Virgil reassert this role as the guide and see another of the epic angels…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking condiments! 20:16

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Let's talk condiments. Our fridge is full. Yours should be, too. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors who have written and published three dozen cookbooks (and are working on yet another). This is our podcast about food and cooking, our passions in life. We're so happy you've joined us. Here are the segments for this ep…

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Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72 18:10

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Dante the poet adds a coda to his (fake) ekphrastic poetry on the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. He steps back and explains the very nature of the art to us: realer than real, as it were. Then he moves the passage out from its narrative base and into a moral lesson based on an allegorical (and anagogical) readin…

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More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63 27:49

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We've spent three episodes going over the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. Now let's step back and look at the whole passage. Yes, its sweet. But also its curiously crafted problems. And the way it leaves us with more questions than answers, even though we're supposed to take away a very distinct moral lesson. Joi…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making jammy oat bar cookies! 19:35

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written three dozen cookbooks for seven New York publishers (not counting two knitting books for Bruce and a memoir for Mark). We're excited to share our passion about food and cooking with you. We're headed into the kitchen to make some irresistible jammy oat bar cookies. We've got a one-mi…

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Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60 27:54

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We've come to the last four reliefs in the paving stones of the terrace of pride. We're almost on our way to the next terrace of Purgatory . . . but not quite. Dante the pilgrim has to pay attention to these final moments, the final exemplars, some of whom are stated outright in the carvings and some of whom are strangely occluded. Join me, Mark Sc…

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Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48 24:07

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We're still walking on top of the reliefs of the prideful in the road bed of the first terrace of Mount Purgatory after the gate: the terrace of pride. Here, Dante the pilgrim sees four more figures: two from the classical age and two from the Biblical age. And the classical figures seem distinctly connected to art. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we …

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making vegetable pancakes! 23:33

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Vegetable pancakes? What an easy lunch, snack, or even dinner! Mark's been cooking much more vegan fare lately, so this recipe is one that he's now made countless times: a richly stocked vegetable pancake, sort of based on Korean vegetable pancakes (yachaejeon or 야채전), but packed with more vegetables and able to withstand many substitutions, based …

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Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36 26:07

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Virgil has directed Dante the pilgrim to look down at the road bed. Dante sees figures carved into the terrace . . . and he begins to walk on pride, the way one might walk over tombs in the floor of a church. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the first four figures carved into road bed. Who are they? How is the passage crafted? And what can t…

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Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24 23:14

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The opening of PURGATORIO, Canto XII, becomes even stranger as the poet Dante claims that the art he’s about to see beneath his feet is even clearer than the actual events when they happened. All well and good, until we remember this isn’t God’s art, as Dante wants us to believe. It’s Dante’s. And audacious. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore …

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Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12 20:22

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Dante is still hunched over, going along like a dumb ox, paired up with the souls on the terrace of pride. His pride has been lanced by their monologues. Until Virgil tells him to be like the damned Ulysses. And then he straightens up and heads out. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the curious opening lines to PURGATORIO, Canto XII. Dante se…

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Some News That Affects Future Episodes Of PURGATORIO 3:41

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Some personal news . . . and not the sort I ever want to share . . . about future episodes of this podcast. I hope you'll understand.By Mark Scarbrough

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking about internet recipes! 21:44

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scabrough, veteran cookbook authors with three dozen cookbooks under our belts and years writing magazine features and being columnists for those very magazines, including COOKING LIGHT, EATING WELL, and weightwatchers. This is our food and cooking podcast. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about people who …

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A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139 34:27

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If you'd like to make a contribution to help me with hosting, licensing, streaming, editing, and royalty fees, please consider visiting this PayPal link right here. We’ve come to the end of PURGATORIO, Canto XI . . . and the end of the artist Oderisi’s monologue. He finishes up, not with more about himself, but with the tale of the third penitent w…

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Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108 26:33

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I said we'd move on to the second half of Oderisi da Gubbio's speech . . . but there's no way we can. There are still so many unanswered questions about the way Dante cryptically inserts himself into the text, the way the art of miniaturization reflects the new style in poetry that Dante practices, and the very fact that Dante meets someone whose l…

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