Best David Shumate Podcasts (2024)

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Blue Devil 360 - Summer 2024 56:27

2M ago56:27

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Our vacation edition begins with a compilation of Duke highlights from 2023-24 and features VP/AD Nina King’s in-depth review of the past year (note: heavy emphasis on spring sports as every Duke team competed in NCAA postseason play), along with her look ahead to next season and an overview of the rapidly changing college sports landscape. Then bu…

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Blue Devil 360 - Championship Saturday 44:20

3M ago44:20

44:20

On Saturday May 11, the Duke softball team and the Duke women’s track & field team claimed impressive Atlantic Coast Conference championships to culminate three days of intense tournament competition. Take an inside look at the two titles through the eyes of standout senior catcher Kelly Torres and sophomore double gold medalist Lauren Tolbert as t…

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Blue Devil 360 — Blue Devils of the Year 56:12

4M ago56:12

56:12

This month we focus on two accomplished student-athletes — men’s lacrosse All-America faceoff specialist Jake Naso and women’s track standout heptathlete Brianna Smith. They have been selected as Duke’s male and female senior scholar-athletes of the year for 2023-24, and they are recipients of Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford ACC Postgraduate Scholar…

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Blue Devil 360 - A Sacred Time 28:38

5M ago28:38

28:38

As the sports world focuses on this week’s basketball Final Fours in Arizona and Cleveland, we connect with a Blue Devil for whom this time of year is sacred. Hall of Famer Grant Hill began attending the Final Four with his dad when he was a youngster, played in three Final Fours for Duke and has been on the national television broadcast team for t…

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Blue Devil 360 - February 2024 41:38

6M ago41:38

41:38

In recognition of Black History Month, our leadoff guest is former Duke volleyball star and current associate head coach Kellie Catanach Johnson, who launched a Share The Mic campaign from the program’s Instagram account to help shine a light on HBCU volleyball. Also, we have one former and one current Duke baseball pitcher – 2020 alum Bryce Jarvis…

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Blue Devil 360 - January 2024 46:08

8M ago46:08

46:08

Duke vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her quarterly appearance on 360 with an overview of the university’s Centennial Celebration that begins this week, along with several other topics in looking back at 2023 and ahead to 2024. Also featured is Duke’s director of student-athlete development Dawn Kane to discuss a special tri…

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Blue Devil 360 - Keepers 35:02

9M ago35:02

35:02

During the overlap of so many seasons, we feature outgoing fifth-year senior DeWayne Carter from the football team, sophomore captain Tyrese Proctor of the basketball team, and two all-star goalkeepers. Senior Piper Hampsch was the ACC goalkeeper of the year in helping Duke field hockey reach the NCAA semifinals, while freshman Julian Eyestone of D…

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Blue Devil 360 – Kicking It Around 59:39

10M ago59:39

59:39

University vice president and director of athletics Nina King dives into football, field hockey, ACC expansion, contract extensions and more in her fall appearance on 360. Also senior captain Nick Pariano of the Duke men’s soccer team sets the stage for his team’s start to postseason play and former Blue Devil Kayla (McCoy) McKenna of Duke women’s …

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Bleed Blue, Live Green, Play Red Hot - September 2023 46:57

11M ago46:57

46:57

The first Blue Devil 360 of the new season features senior Alayna Burns, a student-athlete with such a passion for activism and environmental sustainability that she’s been named a finalist for a worldwide Green Sport Award. Hear about what she’s doing on campus as well as in field hockey for a Top 10 team off to a red-hot start. This edition also …

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Blue Devil 360 – Summer 2023 47:28

1y ago47:28

47:28

Director of athletics Nina King and host John Roth recount some of the top Duke sports stories of 2022-23, with input from head coaches Jon Scheyer, Mike Elko and Chris Pollard. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Blue Devil 360 - May 2023 48:17

1+ y ago48:17

48:17

With NCAA postseason play for spring sports in high gear, we get behind-the-scenes insights from Duke women’s golf standout Phoebe Brinker, men’s lacrosse defensive ace Tyler Carpenter and ACC men’s tennis coach of the year Ramsey Smith. Plus, we unearth a bonus archived interview with one of Duke’s all-time greats, charter Hall of Fame member Dick…

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Blue Devil 360 - April 2023 53:41

1+ y ago53:41

53:41

For a unique perspective on college women’s tennis, Blue Devil 360 visits with one of Duke’s top players this season, graduate student Cameron Morra. She followed a road rarely traveled, spending her first four college seasons as a standout for Duke’s top rival, UNC, before making the move to Durham and the Fuqua School of Business for her final ye…

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Blue Devils 360 - March 2023 47:38

1+ y ago47:38

47:38

With Duke hosting the 2023 NCAA Fencing Championships March 23-26 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, we take an inside look at what nationals are like for the student-athletes through the eyes of two-time All-America Blue Devil fencer Christina Ferrari, one of the contenders in the women’s foil competition. As the NCAA basketball tournament progresses towa…

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Blue Devil 360 - February 2023 45:12

1+ y ago45:12

45:12

CB Claiborne, Duke’s first black basketball player from the 1960s, reflects on his experiences as a university pioneer. Men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer interviews women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson on her team’s remarkable 2023 season. Heavyweight wrestler Jonah Niesenbaum, a relative newcomer to the sport, chronicles the development he’s made…

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Blue Devil 360 - January 2023 50:22

1+ y ago50:22

50:22

Director of athletics Nina King makes her quarterly appearance on Blue Devil 360 with a wide-ranging discussion on NCAA modernization and Duke Athletics. The nationally-ranked women’s basketball team is featured with a conversation between team play-by-play voice Chris Edwards and guard Jordyn Oliver. This year’s Duke Hall of Fame series continues …

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Blue Devil 360 - December 2022 49:57

1+ y ago49:57

49:57

Celebrate the holiday season with Duke student-athletes, present and past, who are passionate about music as well as sports. Women’s soccer standout Delaney Graham’s musical journey through Duke is featured, along with the origin story of her talent for singing the national anthem. Basketball walkon Stanley Borden shares the details of playing the …

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Blue Devil 360 - November 2022 39:52

2y ago39:52

39:52

With the NCAA Tournament and the FIFA World Cup in full swing, Duke men’s soccer coach John Kerr is featured as he tries to guide the Blue Devils to the pinnacle of college soccer — a peak he enjoyed in 1986 as a key figure for the university’s first national championship team. Our series of interviews with incoming Duke Athletics Hall of Fame memb…

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Blue Devil 360 - October 2022 56:37

2y ago56:37

56:37

Last spring as she was on her way to All-America honors in the steeplechase, Duke track standout and social media star Emily Cole was also finishing up work on a sports nutrition book. The Players’ Plate was released this month and Emily shares all the details on the October edition of Blue Devil 360. Issy Carey, the top goal scorer for the field h…

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Blue Devil 360 – September 2022 52:43

2y ago52:43

52:43

A new season of Blue Devil 360 kicks off with a visit from director of athletics Nina King as she begins her second year leading Duke Athletics. Senior All-America midfielder Sophie Jones of the women’s soccer team is featured, along with two graduate transfers from the football team in linebacker Cam Dillon and tackle Andre Harris. The episode als…

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2021-22 Season in Review - Featuring Nina King, Terence Lee, and Peyton St. George 54:08

2y ago54:08

54:08

In the latest edition of Blue Devil 360, Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King joins David Shumate for a look back at a remarkable year on campus – one that featured a trip to the super regionals for softball, an ACC Title and return to the national semifinals for women’s tennis, and Mike Krzyzewski capping a storied career with a reco…

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Robbie Church, Gunnar Holmberg, and Allison Miazga-Bedrick 36:40

3y ago36:40

36:40

In the season debut of Blue Devil 360 Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King joins David Shumate for a look at the fall sports season as she begins her 14th year on campus. Featured in this episode are conversations with Head Women’s Soccer Coach Robbie Church, whose team is ranked 4th nationally as they gear up for the stretch run…

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MLK Jr. Unity Rally Speeches 54:40

3+ y ago54:40

54:40

Duke Athletics hosted a virtual unity rally on Monday, January 18 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hosted by Troy Austin, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Internal Affairs, guest speakers for the event included President Vincent E. Price, Chandra Guinn from the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, C.G. Newsome, a triple Duke University …

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Cameron Without Crazies 44:52

3+ y ago44:52

44:52

The Crazies are to Cameron as peanut butter is to jelly. They just go together. But this year as we know, has been unlike any other and due to the covid-19 pandemic, winter sports at Duke will begin with no fans in attendance. So as Coach K and his staff are preparing for this upcoming season and the product on the court, there’s a girl gang behind…

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Matt Skura 26:48

4y ago26:48

26:48

It’s almost impossible to have a championship-caliber football team without an excellent offensive line, and Duke’s run of bowl seasons under Coach Cut proves that point. For instance, three of the starting lineman in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl game are now starting on Sundays in the NFL. We’re talking about first round draft pick Laken Tomlinson, n…

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Changing the Narrative & Women’s Lacrosse 48:03

4y ago48:03

48:03

In a year of turbulent political and social events, having genuine and open conversations has become more important now than ever. A junior defender from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lexi Joseph is passionate about changing the narrative of black student-athletes and particularly in the sport of women’s lacrosse. With lacrosse being a predominantly …

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SAAC: NIL, Voting, Diversity & Inclusion 29:14

4y ago29:14

29:14

Student-athletes use their voice in the NCAA through student-athlete advisory committees or SAAC, on the campus, conference and national level. At Duke, SAAC is made up of representatives from each sport to provide insight on their experience and offer input on rules, regulations and policies that affect their lives on campus. Recently, a few hot t…

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The Return of Fall Sports - From the Student-Athlete Perspective 32:34

4y ago32:34

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Each sport and each individual has had a unique perspective on the return to fall sports. We decided to get one person from each fall sport in the same space (and when we say space we mean zoom) to have an open conversation and share experiences on what the past few months has been like from them and their respective teams. Jake Marwede from footba…

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Brian McAfee & Baseball Analytics 33:25

4y ago33:25

33:25

A two-time All-Ivy League selection at Cornell, Brian McAfee had already completed a stellar college baseball career but wanted more out of his college baseball experience. He enrolled at Duke in the fall of 2016 hoping for one more great season in a college baseball uniform. He quickly emerged as one of the top arms for Chris Pollard’s club, secur…

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Elizabeth Williams - Life in the WNBA Bubble, Social Justice & Her Brother Mark 39:42

4y ago39:42

39:42

Elizabeth Williams is one of the most accomplished players in Duke women’s basketball history. The 2015 National Defensive Player of the year, Duke’s first four time All-American and a four time All-ACC member plus not to mention her jersey is hung in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium for future generations to see, including her brother Mark wh…

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Ashley Twichell 29:55

4y ago29:55

29:55

Following an impressive collegiate career at Duke and graduating in 2011, Ashley Twichell has excelled in professional open water swimming, garnering five World Championship medals and nine National Titles. After attempting to qualify for the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016, Ashley became one of the first Americans in any sport to qualify for the 2…

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Kara Lawson 24:45

4y ago24:45

24:45

A new era of Duke women’s basketball is underway. You might have seen it on social media. It’s called #KaraEra. This week on the show we are honored to have new head coach Kara Lawson. The former Boston Celtics assistant coach chats with Chris Edwards about why Duke was the perfect fit for her, the whirlwind of a few weeks she’s had from the NBA Bu…

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Bob Weiseman – The Return of Student-Athletes at Duke 37:01

4y ago37:01

37:01

As Duke student-athletes are returning to campus how do we keep them safe while also getting them ready to play and give them an opportunity to play this season? What are the logistics of bringing our student-athletes back to campus? What’s the testing process? What will practices look like? This week on the show we chat with Senior Associate Direc…

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Jacki Silar 40:55

4y ago40:55

40:55

After four decades of service as both a coach and administrator at Duke University, Jacki Silar will retire from her position as Senior Associate Director of Athletics at the end of June. Since her arrival at Duke in 1979, Silar has served as an assistant women’s basketball coach, spent 15 seasons as the head field hockey coach then later went on t…

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Preparing for the MLB Draft During a Pandemic 23:38

4y ago23:38

23:38

This week on the show Chris Edwards interviews 6 guys who prepared for the MLB Draft together after their baseball season came to an abrupt end due to Covid-19 concerns. Thomas Girard, Matt Mervis, Michael Rothenberg, Wil Hoyle, Joey Loperfido and Bryce Jarvis worked out, played ping-ping, Fortnite, came up with trick shots, and yes finished their …

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Ana Belac 29:47

4+ y ago29:47

29:47

This week on the show - her transition to college was an unusual one and now her transition into the professional world is no different. With the sudden end of the 2020 season, senior golfer Ana Belac was unable to close out her Duke career the way she wanted and head back to the NCAA Championship to vie for a second straight title. Ana, who hails …

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The ACE Program & it’s impact on Duke & Stanford student-athletes 43:54

4+ y ago43:54

43:54

How do student-athletes find the time to study abroad with their training requirements and responsibilities? This week on the show we’re teaming up with Stanford University to discuss a unique opportunity that a select number of both Duke and Stanford student-athletes get to participate in while in school. We’ll get the perspective from a volleybal…

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Eoin Gronningsater and Alyssa Marsh 38:08

4+ y ago38:08

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Men’s Fencer Eoin Gronningsater and women’s swimmer Alyssa Marsh were named Duke’s Senior Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year. The pair joins a storied past of Duke students that have been recognized by the university for pairing athletic success with excellence in the classroom. Both share a lot in common including their major, their futu…

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Marissa Young and Chris Pollard 36:59

4+ y ago36:59

36:59

This week on the podcast, Rebecca Fiorentino and Chris Edwards catch up with head coach of the softball team Marissa Young, and head baseball coach Chris Pollard on how they handled the news of their seasons coming to an unexpected end. Both programs were destined for a special year. With the softball team off to its best start in program history a…

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Haley Gorecki & Nathaniel Hernandez 31:14

4+ y ago31:14

31:14

This week on the podcast we head to Illinois to visit with women’s basketball senior Haley Gorecki then we head south to Texas to chat with senior Diver Nathaniel Hernandez. Haley was on the verge of participating in her first NCAA Tournament game after battling back from a series of injuries and Nathaniel was set to represent Duke for his 4th time…

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Mental Health During Covid-19 - Dr. Shawn Zeplin 23:26

4+ y ago23:26

23:26

Duke Athletics’ Director of Behavior Health Dr. Shawn Zeplin joins Rebecca Fiorentino and Chris Edwards to discuss tips for dealing with your mental health during this time of social distancing, how can we as individuals be good neighbors and good teammates, and learning to embrace uncertainty amid the cancellations of sporting events and the large…

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ACE - South Africa and Vietnam 37:54

4+ y ago37:54

37:54

We sat down with Sarah Nelson of Duke Volleyball and Peyton St. George of Duke Softball to talk about their time abroad with ACE Athletes. Nelson who traveled to South Africa and St. George who traveled to Vietnam discuss the experiences they had working and teaching kids about everything from computer science to sports to language and the opportun…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 9 (Kaitlyn McCarthy) 15:22

5y ago15:22

15:22

The summer series “Thank You Duke” wraps up with a conversation between recent Blue Devil graduates Jason Lapidus (Men’s Tennis) and Kaitlyn McCarthy (Women's Tennis) as they look back on their senior seasons. Lapidus has taken Blue Devil fans through the summer months, serving as the host for the “Blue Devil 360” series.See Privacy Policy at https…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 8 (Alex Smalley) 27:35

5y ago27:35

27:35

The summer series “Thank You Duke” continues with a conversation between recent Blue Devil graduates Jason Lapidus (Men’s Tennis) and Alex Smalley (Men's Golf) as they look back at their Duke careers. Lapidus will take Blue Devil fans through the summer months, serving as the host for the “Blue Devil 360” series.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 7 (Olivia Jenner) 24:20

5y ago24:20

24:20

The summer series “Thank You Duke” rolls on with host Jason Lapidus of the Men’s Tennis program and Women's Lacrosse Senior Olivia Jenner, as they discuss her favorite memories from her time on campus.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 6 (Kat McDonald) 19:24

5y ago19:24

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The summer series “Thank You Duke” continues with a conversation between recent Blue Devil graduates Jason Lapidus (Men’s Tennis) and Kat McDonald (Women's Soccer) as they reflect on their time in Durham. Lapidus will take Blue Devil fans through the summer months, serving as the host for the “Blue Devil 360” series.See Privacy Policy at https://ar…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 5 (Cade Van Raaphorst) 27:01

5y ago27:01

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The summer series “Thank You Duke” continues with a conversation between recent Blue Devil graduates Jason Lapidus (Men’s Tennis) and Cade Van Raaphorst (Men's Lacrosse) as they reflect on their time in Durham. Lapidus will take Blue Devil fans through the summer months, serving as the host for the “Blue Devil 360” series.See Privacy Policy at http…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 4 (Virginia Elena Carta) 23:29

5y ago23:29

23:29

National Champion Virginia Elena Carta of Duke Women’s Golf joins host Jason Lapidus for the ‘Thank You Duke” summer series. In this week’s episode, Carta reflects on an impressive collegiate career, the success of the Golf Teams’ Birdies for Babies program and previews what’s to come post-Duke. To learn more about the Birdies for Babies initiative…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 3 (Mitch and Zach Finesilver) 24:27

5y ago24:27

24:27

Host Jason Lapidus of Duke Men’s Tennis continues the “Thank You Duke” summer series with a conversation featuring Finesilver brothers Mitch and Zach of Blue Devil Wrestling fame.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 2 (Morgan Bitting and Rose Tynan) 16:39

5y ago16:39

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The summer series “Thank You Duke” rolls on with two more recent Blue Devil graduates. Host Jason Lapidus of the Men’s Tennis program is joined by Field Hockey Seniors Morgan Bitting and Rose Tynan, who discuss their senior class and best memories from on and off the turf.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice…

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Thank You Duke - Episode 1 (Kelli Kalinoski) 18:40

5+ y ago18:40

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The summer series “Thank You Duke” kicks off with a conversation between recent Blue Devil graduates Jason Lapidus (Men’s Tennis) and Kelli Kalinoski (Volleyball). The duo reflects on their time at Duke, highlights favorite campus spots and memories and discusses post-graduation plans. Lapidus will take Blue Devil fans through the summer months, se…

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