Best Anna Pan Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 38: A Warm Welcome with @SilmarEmily 57:45

9d ago57:45

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In this episode, we discuss the chapter “A Warm Welcome” – and about 30 minutes of “The Desolation of Smaug” from the time Bard shows up until most of the dwarves leave Lake-town. Our discussion includes: How Bilbo's "luck" guides the adventure Lake-town's portrayal in the movies vs. the book The prophecy on the return of the Durin’s Folk to Erebor…

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Episode 37: Barrels Out Of Bond with @EstarGuarsTia 1:02:22

6M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Andie and Kali are joined by their friend Kari, aka @EstarGuarsTia, to talk about the chapter, “Barrels Out of Bond," and all the chaos that ensues during this section of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. In this episode, we discuss: Wood-elves and their love of the stars Tauriel as a character How Bilbo helps Thorin and Company escape from Thranduil…

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Episode 36: Flies and Spiders 1:21:01

7M ago1:21:01

1:21:01

Andie and Kali welcome designer and Tolkien collector, Myla (aka @MylaMalinalda) to the podcast to discuss the eighth chapter of the Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders," as well as the corresponding scenes from Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." In this episode, we cover: How Mirkwood is described in the book vs what we see in the movie…

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Episode 35: Queer Lodgings 1:43:49

7M ago1:43:49

1:43:49

In this episode of Tolkien with Friends, we're joined by Mary Clay Watt of That's What I'm Tolkien About, to discuss the chapter "Queer Lodgings" and the beginning of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." Our conversation includes: Thorin and Gandalf's "chance" meeting in Bree Our frustration with the pacing in the Hobbit movies (l…

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Episode 34: Out of the Frying Pan 1:11:18

9M ago1:11:18

1:11:18

After our unplanned hiatus, we are back with more of The Hobbit! In this episode, we are joined again by our friends Chris and Carlos of the Swolhirrim to help us cover the chapter "Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire" and the end of the movie, "An Unexpected Journey." We discuss: Bilbo's reunion with Gandalf and the dwarves after finding the Ring …

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Episode 33: Riddles in the Dark 1:18:00

1y ago1:18:00

1:18:00

On this episode, we welcome Minhas (aka @MinhasMorgul) to help us discuss one of our favorite chapters, Riddles in the Dark. For this episode, we focus solely on the riddles scene from Peter Jackson's extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and chapter five. While the movie cuts back and forth between the dwarves and Bilbo, we stay wi…

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Episode 32: Over Hill and Under Hill 1:12:54

1y ago1:12:54

1:12:54

In this episode, we are joined once again by Kelly (aka The Middle Page) to discuss chapter four of The Hobbit, “Over Hill and Under Hill,” and the corresponding section of Peter Jackson’s extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Our conversation includes: · Parallels and references to Fellowship of the Ring · The differences between …

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Bi+ Youth 28:30

1+ y ago28:30

28:30

Amy, Jack, and Elizabeth talk about issues facing Bi+ Youth with Noël Schutz of the Bisexual Resource Center. Resources ⁠Bi+ Youth Bisexual Resource Center How to Support Bisexual Youth The Trevor Project ⁠

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Episode 31: A Short Rest 1:03:58

1+ y ago1:03:58

1:03:58

In this episode, Kali and Andie dive into “A Short Rest,” which is chapter three of The Hobbit, and about 36 minutes of the extended edition of “An Unexpected Journey." This section is really where we start to get into bigger departures from the source material, while also weaving in more from the Appendices. Our discussion includes: The smell of e…

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Episode 30: Roast Mutton with Anna María 1:14:42

1+ y ago1:14:42

1:14:42

This week, @onlyannamaria joins us to discuss Roast Mutton, chapter two of The Hobbit and the corresponding part of "An Unexpected Journey!" In this episode, in addition to having a silly goose time, we discuss: Bilbo's extreme politeness and lack of pocket-handkerchiefs How Bilbo handles the troll situation in the book and the movie The appearance…

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Bi+ Health Awareness Month 2023 39:12

1+ y ago39:12

39:12

Elizabeth and Mick sit down with River McMican of the Bisexual Resource Center to talk about Bi+ Health Awareness Month 2023.

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Episode 29: An Unexpected Party featuring FanGirlMeegs 51:14

1+ y ago51:14

51:14

Join us and FanGirlMeegs as we officially kick off season two with the first chapter of The Hobbit and about the first 41 minutes of the extended edition of the movie, “An Unexpected Journey.” In this episode, we discuss: How The Hobbit entered each of our lives How the book is centered around Bilbo while the movie puts a lot of focus on the dwarve…

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SAGE and the National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging 38:24

1+ y ago38:24

38:24

Elizabeth speaks with Kylie Madhav of SAGE about the National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging.

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Episode 28: Is it Canon? featuring The Swolhirrim 1:22:39

1+ y ago1:22:39

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Having just finished the Lord of the Rings and now looking ahead to the Hobbit, we thought this would be a good time to tackle the concept of “canon,” particularly within Tolkien and other fandom spaces. Joined by Chris and Carlos of the Swolhirrim, we discuss canon, or "the official storylines and backstories invented by the creators of television…

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Bi Pan Library 58:05

1+ y ago58:05

58:05

Elizabeth and Mick welcome Bren Frederick, founder and curator of the Bi Pan Library.

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Episode 27: The Recap of the Rings 2:02:26

1+ y ago2:02:26

2:02:26

In this episode, we're joined by our friend Anex Wilson to take a look back at all of our favorite moments in both the Lord of the Rings books and movies. We cover a lot of ground in this episode and spend about 2 hours discussing: How Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings works as an adaptation Our favorite moments from each of the three films A few t…

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Episode 26: The End 1:18:13

1+ y ago1:18:13

1:18:13

In this episode, we're very excited to be joined by Lauren – yes THE Lauren of Lauren Does Cosplay and In the Reads – to help us close out the Lord of the Rings. We discuss the chapters “Homeward Bound,” “The Scouring of the Shire,” and “The Grey Havens," as well as the very end of the Return of the King film. Our discussion includes: What's been g…

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Episode 25: The Fellowship Breaks Again 1:04:53

1+ y ago1:04:53

1:04:53

In this episode, we’re excited to welcome back Amber (aka @critiquegeek on TikTok and Instagram) to the podcast. For today’s episode, we’re discussing the chapters “The Steward and the King” and “Many Partings." In the movie, these chapters are essentially reduced to Aragorn’s coronation and a little bit of Frodo narrating – however, several other …

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Episode 24: Of the Destruction of the Ring 1:23:39

1+ y ago1:23:39

1:23:39

We are very excited to welcome our good friend Kelly (aka The Middle Page) to discuss the chapters “Mount Doom” and “The Field of Cormallen" — which means we finally get to see the destruction of the One Ring and our Fellowship will be reunited again! Now, you may notice that this episode was recorded a while ago (around the time that House of the …

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Episode 23: The Land of Shadow Opens 1:29:34

2y ago1:29:34

1:29:34

This week, Kali and Andie welcome Sapphire Nyx to the podcast – who does an amazing Mouth of Sauron cosplay! It's very appropriate for this episode because we’re covering the chapters “The Black Gate Opens and “The Land of Shadow.” In this episode, we discuss: The journey from Minas Tirith to the Black Gate Aragorn's decision to let some soldiers g…

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Sumiko Saulson 1:03:40

2y ago1:03:40

1:03:40

Elizabeth and Mick interview activist and horror, sci-fi, and African Surrealism writer, Sumiko Saulson. Some of Sumiko Saulson's work: In Trouble Happiness and Other Diseases The Rat King Within Me Without Me It Came from the Closet

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Episode 22: The Houses of Healing and the Last Debate 1:34:26

2y ago1:34:26

1:34:26

This week, we’re excited to welcome back our good friend, Tim, aka The Bard of Arda on TikTok. In this episode, we are discussing the Houses of Healing and the Last Debate. Topics include: Why is Aragorn in the Houses of Healing? Merry dealing with the death of Theoden Gandalf as a strategist How Aragorn uses the palantir in the book vs the movie D…

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Ruth Anna Evans 55:03

2y ago55:03

55:03

Elizabeth interviews horror writer, Ruth Anna Evans, about her collection No One Can Help You: Tales of Lost Children and Other Nightmares.

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Episode 21: The Pyre and the Tower 1:51:05

2y ago1:51:05

1:51:05

In this episode, we welcome Kali Cosplay as co-host while Ahnna takes a break from podcasting to focus on the cutest addition to her family. Kali and Andie also welcome back Nic (Fornost42 on TikTok and Twitter) to discuss the chapters “The Pyre of Denethor” and “The Tower of Cirith Ungol.” Our conversation includes: Denethor's last words Gandalf h…

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Episode 20: The Rohirrim and the Pelennor Fields 1:14:57

2y ago1:14:57

1:14:57

In this episode of Tolkien with Friends, we are joined by Amber – who you probably know as CritiqueGeek on Tiktok and Instagram – to discuss the chapters “The Ride of the Rohirrim” and “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields." In this episode, we discuss: The Woses or “the Wild Men" of the Drúadan Forest How the movie portrayed parts of Eowyn's fight wi…

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Episode 19: Shelob and Master Samwise 1:23:37

2y ago1:23:37

1:23:37

This week, we're joined by our good friend Iiris (aka @HobbitHotTakes on TikTok) to discuss “Shelob’s Lair” and the “Choices of Master Samwise." We also finish up the chapters "The Passing of the Grey Company” and “The Siege of Gondor." In this episode, we cover: How the Army of the Dead look in the book vs. the movie Tolkien's visceral description…

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Episode 18: The Stairs, the Muster and the Company 1:05:40

2y ago1:05:40

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In this episode, we're talking about the chapters "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol" and "The Muster of Rohan" -- with a little bit of "The Passing of the Grey Company" and "The Siege of Gondor." Because of this, we cover almost an hour of the extended edition of Return of the King: from about 54 mins and 42 secs in to about an hour and 50 minutes and 47…

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Bonus Episode 2: What We Hope to See on Rings of Power featuring JoshTheComposer and Fornost42 1:25:44

2y ago1:25:44

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With Amazon's The Rings of Power less than two weeks away, Andie hopped on a call with Nic (aka @Fornost42 on TikTok) and her husband Josh (@JoshTheComposer) to talk about what we expect to see and what we hope to see on the show. Tune in to this special bonus episode to hear more about: A quick timeline of events for the Second Age Possibilities f…

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Episode 17: The Palantir and Minas Tirith 1:32:13

2y ago1:32:13

1:32:13

In this week's episode, we were joined by our friend Tim – who you may know as the Bard of Arda on TikTok (formerly @GlamdringFoeHammer). This episode covers the chapters “The Palantir” and “Minas Tirith” – which corresponds to the extended edition of Return of the King starting at about 18 and a half minutes in and ends at about minute 54 or 55. O…

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Episode 16: The Road to Flotsam and Saruman 56:29

2y ago56:29

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This week, we're starting the extended edition of Return of the King —even though we are actually still in the Two Towers book. While we’re only covering about 18 minutes of the movie, this actually covers the time period from four chapters: "The Road to Isengard," "Journey to the Cross-roads," "Flotsam and Jetsam" and "The Voice of Saruman." Topic…

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Bonus Episode: Trailer Roundup with Silmaremily, Kali__Cosplay and Fornost42 1:54:01

2y ago1:54:01

1:54:01

This past week has been crazy: With San Diego Comic Con came multiple trailers, including full trailers for House of the Dragon and Rings of Power. For this special episode, we are joined by some of our best friends from TikTok to discuss our thoughts on the trailers and what we think we can expect this fall from both of these shows. Thanks again t…

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Episode 15: An Unexpected Visit to Ithilien 1:02:57

2y ago1:02:57

1:02:57

Welcome to another episode of Tolkien with Friends where we finish up the Two Towers movie but leave several chapters on the table to be explored during Return of the King. This week, we finally get to see what happens in “Helm’s Deep,” plus the chapters “The Window on the West” and “The Forbidden Pool.” Technically, we also see half a second from …

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Episode 14: Of Herbs and Arwen and Aragorn 1:12:11

2y ago1:12:11

1:12:11

This week, we’re joined by Andie's good friend Savannah to talk about the chapters of “Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit,” plus 5 seconds of “Treebeard,” some significant changes to the first few pages of “Helm’s Deep,” and some of Arwen and Aragorn’s story from Appendix A! This corresponds to the extended edition of Two Towers between 1 hr 34 min in unti…

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Episode 13: The Black Gate and the Golden Hall 1:07:17

2y ago1:07:17

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This week, we’re covering “The King of the Golden Hall” and “The Black Gate is Closed,” which corresponds to about 36 minutes of the extended edition of the Two Towers film, starting at 58 minutes and 11 seconds to about 1 hour and 34 minutes. In this episode, we discuss: Treebeard's nod to Tom Bombadil in the movie Our dislike for Gríma Wormtongue…

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Juice and the Mspec Wiki 27:51

2y ago27:51

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Elizabeth and Mick sit down with Juice, the creator of the Mspec Wiki Mspec Wiki: https://mspec.miraheze.org/ Mspec Wiki Official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fXZwbB9Ewn Juice on instagram: https://instagram.com/juice.tex

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Episode 12: The Passage of the White Rider 1:17:17

2y ago1:17:17

1:17:17

In this episode, we are joined by KnewBettaDoBetta to talk about the chapters "Treebeard," "The White Rider" and "The Passage of the Marshes." Topics this week include: Who is Sauron really? How Gandalf escapes from the Misty Mountains after killing the balrog How Gollum's knowledge and fear of Mordor ultimately helps the hobbits What are the Dead …

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Episode 11: Sméagol, Uruk-hai and the Riders of Rohan 56:11

2y ago56:11

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This week, we’re covering the first 36 minutes and 23 seconds of the extended edition of Two Towers. This roughly – and I mean ROUGHLY – corresponds to the chapters the Riders of Rohan, the Uruk-hai and the Taming of Smeagol. In this episode, we discuss: Parallels between Frodo and Aragorn How the introduction of Gollum changes the dynamic between …

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Episode 10: The Breaking of the Fellowship 44:30

2y ago44:30

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In this episode, we wrap up the Fellowship of the Ring by covering the chapters "The Great River," "The Breaking of the Fellowship," and "The Departure of Boromir." We also discuss the latest House of the Dragon teaser trailer and any future Comic Con plans. Topics this week include: Our hopes for future Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones mercha…

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Davida Breier 39:34

2y ago39:34

39:34

Elizabeth interviews Davida Breier, author of the new book Sinkhole.

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Episode 9: The Fellowship Stays in Lothlorien 1:09:17

2y ago1:09:17

1:09:17

This week, we were joined by our friend Iiris (also known as @hobbithottakes on TikTok) as the Fellowship stops in Lothlorien for a little break. In this episode, we cover “Lothlorien” and go all the way through “Farewell to Lorien.” In the extended edition, this is starting at about 2 hours and 28 minutes in until 2 hours and 53 minutes into Fello…

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Episode 8: From Rivendell to Khazad-dûm 1:03:38

2+ y ago1:03:38

1:03:38

In this week's episode, we are joined by our friend Sarah, who you may know as SEHolmes25 on TikTok. Together we tackle the chapters "The Ring Goes South," "A Journey in the Dark" and "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" (aka starting at an hour and 43 minutes into the Extended Edition of Fellowship and ending at about 2 hours and 28 minutes). We cover: How …

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Bi Survivors Network 38:59

2+ y ago38:59

38:59

Elizabeth and Mick speak with Lois Shearing of the Bi Survivors Network.

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Episode 7: The Council of Meetings 1:03:35

2+ y ago1:03:35

1:03:35

In this episode, Ahnna and Andie cover the chapters Many Meetings and the Council of Elrond – which corresponds to about twenty minutes into the movie, starting at one hour and 24 minutes. In these chapters, we see Frodo healing in Rivendell, are reunited with Bilbo, hear some more songs, and then meet with Elrond’s council to decide what they’re g…

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Episode 6: A Knife in the Ford 1:06:24

2+ y ago1:06:24

1:06:24

This week, special guest Kali Cosplay (@kali__cosplay on TikTok / @kali.cosplay on Instagram) joins us to talk about “A Knife in the Dark” and “Flight to the Ford” – which corresponds to approximately one hour and three minutes into the film until about an hour and 24 minutes in (if you’re watching the extended edition).We discuss everything from K…

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Episode 5: From the Old Forest to Bree 1:31:09

2+ y ago1:31:09

1:31:09

Join us this week as we tramp through the Old Forest, meet Tom Bombadil, and finally make it to the Prancing Pony. We also welcome our friend Emily, known as @silmaremily on Twitter and TikTok, as we discuss social media and its effect on media literacy, the decision to cut Tom Bombadil from the films, Aragorn's character, and a whole lot more!…

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Bi+ Health Awareness Month 16:08

2+ y ago16:08

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Elizabeth interviews Gabrielle Blonder of the Bisexual Resource Center about Bi+ Health Awareness Month 2022.

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Episode 4: A Short Cut Unmasked 53:17

2+ y ago53:17

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This week, we are covering the chapters “A Short Cut to Mushrooms” and “A Conspiracy Unmasked” and less than 10 minutes of the film (between minutes 46 and 57 of the extended edition of Fellowship). We discuss the fight between Gandalf and Saruman, Farmer Maggot and Tolkien's songs, and Andie's hope for a Witch-king of Angmar spin-off after Amazon'…

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Episode 3: Shadow of the Company 50:39

2+ y ago50:39

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In this week's episode, we cover the chapters "The Shadow of the Past" and "Three is Company", which roughly correspond with minutes 32 to 46 of the extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring. Our conversation kicks off with a discussion of the purpose of fantasy, which leads us to our discussion of Gandalf, Gollum and empathy, and how Lord of the …

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Maxfield Sparrow of AANE 1:11:11

2+ y ago1:11:11

1:11:11

Elizabeth and Ames interview Maxfield Sparrow, a peer support group facilitator for AANE. Max runs gender identity support groups for autistic adults.

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Episode 2: A Long-Expected Prologue 55:07

2+ y ago55:07

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In this episode, we cover the prologue of Fellowship of the Ring and its first chapter, "A Long-expected Party." In the Fellowship of the Ring film, this equates to roughly the first 32 minutes of the extended edition. We cover everything from the Second Age to the different types of Hobbits to Bilbo's birthday party, so buckle up because this epis…

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