Best Eugene Banks Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 178 - Steve Lamos 1:19:45

2h ago1:19:45

1:19:45

U of I in Champaign / Urbana in the 90's was typical of many satelite college towns to big cities with a happening urban center, dive bars and house parties for the indie scene to procreate within. Drummer Steve Lamos' band American Football was one of the bands within that scene that made a record for Polyvinyl Records, played a few shows then bro…

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Episode 177 - Chris Enriquez 1:14:11

1M ago1:14:11

1:14:11

Somewhere in the late 00's, drummer Chris Enriquez felt the familiar and invetible societal pull of many artists to finally "get a real job" after over a decade with his bands On The Might Of Princes, Long Island hardcore/emo heros, and Gracer after Princes disbanded. He left it behind and began working as a brand rep for PBR at a time when that br…

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Trucker Talk: Baltimore Bridge Update, Trucking Influencers, & Trucking Company Sued for Non-Payment 1:34:29

2M ago1:34:29

1:34:29

Crisscrossing the complexities of the trucking industry, we untangle the aftermath of the Baltimore Bridge collapse and its cascading effects on the trucking community. From the FMCSA's exemption policies to hefty economic implications for truckers' livelihoods, we dissect the government's response and the dire need for safer infrastructure. The pu…

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Episode 176 - Conan Neutron 1:27:49

1M ago1:27:49

1:27:49

There was a point maybe 10 years ago give or take, in which bandleader, frontman, guitarist, singer songwriter, podcaster and outsized personality Conan Neutron had a reckoning or awakening of sorts in regards to his bands and the dynamic within, which had taken a not-good turn. The Conan Neutron of today reflects on those regrets and missed opport…

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Bridge Collapse Havoc, the Peril of Infrastructure Failures - The Trucker's Lounge 34:24

2M ago34:24

34:24

When our roadways crumble and our bridges fall, lives and livelihoods hang in the balance. In our latest episode, we're unpacking the chaos wrought by a devastating bridge collapse in Baltimore, MD, and its ripple effects across the transportation sector, from trucking to maritime shipping. We're joined by an industry expert whose own experiences s…

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Road Rage Shootouts and Truckers with Guns: The Legal Crossroads of Trucking Violence, Financial Turmoil, and Industry Evolution - The Trucker's Lounge 56:56

3M ago56:56

56:56

Prepare to be engrossed as we dissect a harrowing road rage shootout between big rig brothers on Florida's tarmac—an exchange that's far from the ol' honk and wave. DePriest and Eugene are peeling back the layers of this explosive encounter, examining the chaotic prelude caught on camera and the serious legal questions it raises. Could a tossed wat…

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Episode 175 - AC Paterra 1:22:09

3M ago1:22:09

1:22:09

Deep into the pandemic, drummer AC Paterra and his musical partner in Zombi, bassist-keyboardist Steve Moore also went deep; deep into the sounds and songs that created who they have become today as a pillar of Relapse Records, a label often associated with noisy artists. However the songs that moved AC and Steve over these covid days were the yach…

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Understanding Political Crossroads: 3 States Disqualify Donald Trump From 2024 Ballots, NYC Immigrant Aid, and Vaccine-Infused Veggies - The Trucker's Lounge 1:33:22

3M ago1:33:22

1:33:22

Eugene and DePriest tackle political plays, transportation tactics, and modified food ingredients. Learn how Trump's ballot ban could impact 2024 votes. Hear theories on oil supply games costing truckers. Debate immigrant policy impacts and prepaid debit controversies. All this while lawmakers quietly plot adding vaccines to vegetables! The guys cu…

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Episode 174 - Tristan Shone 1:20:11

2M ago1:20:11

1:20:11

Putting a band together for a younger Tristan Shone 20 years ago was not as easy as he thought it might be, so he used his knowledge of mechanical engineering and sense of tenacious autonomy to create his own instruments that would allow him to make live music on his own; Music without the use of traditional instruments like guitars and drums and b…

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Cyber Attacks, Wendy Williams, Amazon Train Collision & Transgender Policy - The Trucker's Lounge 1:06:30

3M ago1:06:30

1:06:30

In this episode, the guys in The Trucker's Lounge (Eugene and DePriest) discuss global issues like the recent cyber attacks that caused a cell phone blackout; talk show host Wendy Williams; the Amazon driver who survived a train crash; and transgender policies being pushed on parents. Join us as we give our unfiltered commentary on these issues. #p…

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Truckers Stand with Trump: Drivers Threaten NYC Boycott Over Verdict 1:13:36

3M ago1:13:36

1:13:36

The conversation discusses the verdict against Donald Trump and the potential boycott of New York City by truck drivers. It explores the impact of the boycott on prices and businesses in the city. The conversation also delves into Trump's business practices and the judgments against him. It highlights the tactics used by rich individuals to inflate…

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Episode 173 - Tim Kasher - Live at Fitzgerald's 1:11:34

3M ago1:11:34

1:11:34

Singer/songwriter/frontman Tim Kasher has been such a prolic maker of music over the past 25+ years with his bands Cursive and The Good Life and his solo records as his vehicles and conduits of creativity, so busy in fact that he has released a new album almost every year since 2000. Tim traveled from Los Angles to Chicago on Wednesday January 31st…

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Trucking Industry Consolidation and Influence of Major Investors 34:15

4M ago34:15

34:15

Summary In this conversation, the hosts discuss various topics related to the trucking industry, including PAM Transport's financial losses, Ryder's acquisition of Cardinal Logistics, and Kodak Robotics' development of driverless trucks. They also highlight the role of hedge fund companies and investors in the industry and emphasize the need for co…

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UPS Layoffs and Potential Sale of Coyote Logistics Discussed in Trucking Podcast 32:55

4M ago32:55

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In this episode of The Trucker's Lounge podcast, hosts Eugene and DePriest discuss recent layoffs at UPS and the potential sale of their brokerage division, Coyote Logistics. They analyze the impacts on UPS workers and the trucking industry. Key topics include UPS contract renewals with unions, freight rate fluctuations during COVID-19, and the imp…

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Lewie Pugh Breaks Down OOIDA's Positions on Key Trucking Topics 39:52

4M ago39:52

39:52

In this conversation, DePriest and Eugene interview Lewie Pugh, the Vice President of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA). They discuss various topics related to the trucking industry, including Warren Buffett's acquisition of autonomous truck technology, the impact of autonomous trucks on drivers' careers, the FMCSA's speed …

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Warren Buffett Now Owns All of Pilot - Autonomous Trucking Concerns 21:33

4M ago21:33

21:33

This conversation discusses Warren Buffett's acquisition of Pilot Flying J and his plans to acquire 100% ownership. It explores the history of the acquisition and the increase in Warren Buffett's stake in the company. The conversation also delves into the lawsuit with the Haslam family and the accusations of devaluing shares. It highlights the expa…

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Big Changes at the FMCSA - What Will It Mean for Truckers? 40:10

4M ago40:10

40:10

The conversation in the truckers lounge revolves around the change in FMCSA's leadership, with Ms. Robin Hutchinson stepping down. The hosts discuss their opinions on the change and speculate on the reasons behind it. They also talk about the pressure from Congress and the impact of regulations on the trucking industry. The hosts highlight the need…

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Episode 172 - Jordan Zadorozny Pt Deux 1:19:48

3M ago1:19:48

1:19:48

Multi-instrumentalist/producer/mixer Jordan Zadorozny created his one man band Blinker the Star in the mid 90's and made a huge splash with his 2nd album August Everywhere with Ken Andrews (Failure) behind the mixer. 28 years and 12 full length albums later JZ has released Animal Math (self-released), a highly enjoyable, forward-leaning and ambitio…

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The Trucker's Lounge - A Podcast for Unfiltered Truths About Trucking 0:57

4M ago0:57

0:57

The Trucker's Lounge is a new podcast hosted by veteran truck drivers Eugene Banks and DePriest Ingram. Their mission is to have honest discussions and reveal the real issues in the trucking business that often go unsaid. In the podcast, Eugene and DePriest promise to: - Read between the lines and reveal what mainstream trucking media won't say - E…

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Episode 171 - Jay Ryan 1:32:33

4M ago1:32:33

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Artist and musician Jay Ryan remembers the moment that he began to create the animal-based characters that inhabit his hand-printed concert and event posters that have become ubiquitous in the rock world; he was just out of college at U of I in Champaign and was bogging down and unable to finish a painting because of undiagnosed ADHD, so he began t…

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Episode 170 - AE Holiday Wrap-Up Of 2023!! 25:49

5M ago25:49

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Episode 170 of Third Gear Scratch, in which our hero, Alien Epilepsy waxes and wanes about this year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Three. It's been a year of triumphs and struggles which has seen AE release his first and only solo record 'Everything' (Spartan) and tour on it, create a new record with his band Shiner, their 6th, tour with his…

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Episode 169 - Eugene S Robinson 1:01:21

5M ago1:01:21

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Being a body-builder and MMA fighter, Eugene S Robinson was a bit of an anomoly as the charismatic front man for the band he founded OXBOW, and before that in Whipping Boy, a more traditional punk rock outfit in the early 80's. It's in his new book, A Walk Across Dirty Waters and Straight Into Murderer's Row: A Memoir (Feral House) that we learn ho…

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Episode 168 - Rob Zabrecky 1:31:48

7M ago1:31:48

1:31:48

In 1993, Rob Zabrecky was certain he'd seen his future and that future was as a rockstar and frontman for local LA rockers Possum Dixon, his band that had just been signed to Interscope Records for a 3 record deal. But life is complicated. Indeed they had, by all accounts, a pretty great career as an "alternative" band with big tours and big produc…

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Episode 167 - Greg Suran Revisited (orig Aug 9, 2019) 1:45:43

7M ago1:45:43

1:45:43

This is a pre-pandemic revisit to a previous episode from Aug 9, 2019 in which touring and session guitarist Greg Suran visited the TGS studios to talk about his globe-trotting experiences playing in his own Chicago-based band Cupcakes and BlueManGroup before joining The B-52's in which he still enjoys frequent gigs. He later joined Sunny Day Real …

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Episode 166 - Tony Higbee 1:35:11

8M ago1:35:11

1:35:11

The 18 year old version of a now grown Tony Higbee would surely be pinching himself for who he shares stages with these days. As a highschool rocker from tiny Monmouth IL, he was a bass player and had evolved into a serviceable chording guitarist in college. It wasn't until he began writing songs in Atlanta with his band Simple Sick Device in the e…

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Episode 165 - Jeffrey Babko 1:35:49

8M ago1:35:49

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When this episode was recorded, the writers and actors strikes were both still going strong with no end in sight, so resident keyboardist for the Jimmy Kimmell Show, Jeff Babko, was able to find time in his normally very busy schedule to rap with me. In fact, the Kimmell show is just a piece of his crowded schedule, which includes being the touring…

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Episode 164 - Ryan Patterson 1:27:27

9M ago1:27:27

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When heavier-than-anything Louisville band Coliseum began to sense their time together was coming to a close around 2015, band leader and seed-writer Ryan Patterson started to get some glimpses of his next move but was struggling to find his voice within that sylistic change. It was a move from guitar-bass-drums based pummeling into synth-synth-bas…

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Episode 163 - Salvation's Jason Sipe and Victor Riley 1:07:31

9M ago1:07:31

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Jason Sipe and Victor Riley of Chicago's own Salvation make a particularly powerful and vicious form of music that many might assume descends from grunge music of the 90's. On the surface perhaps, but this mighty trio, with the help of Mr Mike Lust, a prodigious producer (Urge Overkill, William Elliot Whitmore, everybody in Chicago) and two-time TG…

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Episode 162 - Ryan Raddatz 1:35:09

10M ago1:35:09

1:35:09

Writer / actor Ryan Raddatz has spent the last 20 years in LA carving out a career in TV and film, first briefly as an actor, before realizing that writing was his true calling. He spent years writing on show for CBS like the recent reboot of The Odd Couple and The Neighborhood with Cedric The Entertainer and dozens more that may or may not ever ge…

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Episode 161 - Niko Wenner 1:24:29

10M ago1:24:29

1:24:29

Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Niko Wenner has been seeing life through a very different lens since the pre and post pandemic years brought him loss and big gains; his father died and went through a job change and saw some very tough times. But it also brought him a newborn child, his daughter, now almost 3 and has changed how he sees the worl…

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Episode 160 - Jason Gagovski 1:29:47

11M ago1:29:47

1:29:47

In it's infancy, drummer Jason Gagovski's band Sweet Cobra, was always a 4 piece unit; a giant, crushing, throbbing and roaring missive of urgent importance. The move from 4 to 3 piece however was not their decision, as Matt Arluck had cancer that ultimately took his life, leaving them at a loss for a moment until deciding to move forward as a trio…

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Episode 159 - Laurent Schroeder-Lebec 1:18:31

11M ago1:18:31

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Laurent Schroeder-Lebec's love of heavy, ground-breaking, earth-shaking music is well established by his band Pelican and their diverse discography over the past 20 years. But somewhere around 2012 LSL began to feel the tug of a different calling; starting a family and supporting that family to the best of his ability, and that included becoming be…

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Episode 158 - Jim Hanke 1:08:44

12M ago1:08:44

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When Vinyl Emergency podcaster Jim Hanke was in school at UW Milwaukee with a double major in Communications and Journalism, he probably never dreamed that one of his future endeavors would be an answer to a question on the famous game show Jeopary. But that's what happened with Biscuits and Jam, a podcast he was producing for Southern Living Magaz…

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Episode 157 - Travis Talbert 1:13:11

12M ago1:13:11

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Travis Talbert has made the music biz his living, or maybe it's the music that made him do it. He's a touring and session pedal steel player and guitarist for other touring artists like Arlo McKinley but has also busied himself with his band Frontier Folk Nebraska and now more recently with his solo music as Mavis Guitar. He's been releasing music …

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Moving Beyond Carbon - How About Peace Corps Recovery Centers? Camelot Corner 3:56:50

1y ago3:56:50

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRicYbX_CU

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Courting "Lover Earth" With Cybernetic Community Currencies - Camelot Corner 3:47:34

1y ago3:47:34

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffWRhmzoi8

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Scientology, Snow White, and SSRIs - Camelot Corner 2:17:53

1y ago2:17:53

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLhv02cyNc

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Correcting The Record And The Tokenized Commons 2:39:24

1y ago2:39:24

2:39:24

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkIesGovxSo

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Green Pilling CHD With Pro-FreeDOM "Environmentalism" - Camelot Corner 2:27:10

1y ago2:27:10

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdt9eP85hJ8

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The Once And Future Thing - Camelot Update, Plus More Ants! 58:18

1y ago58:18

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06wux_Oy6qw

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Episode 156 - Chris Neville 1:02:11

1y ago1:02:11

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Chris Neville is a busy man; As the core member and founder of Tributosaurus, a collection of session killers from Chicago that regularly honor a certain artist or band with sold-out highly perfected tribute concerts featuring almost granular details of that artists recordings (i.e. 6 people to play a proper Rush concert), as a composer for a huge …

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Episode 155 - Tim Rutili 1:14:43

1y ago1:14:43

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Tim Rutili is not only from the influential and highly regarded art folk skronk rock band Califone, he in fact is that band. Certainly not to say he's not the only person who makes Califone Califone, indeed that band is more like a collective, often made of 15 humans or more for any given record, and it continues to involve many of the same talente…

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Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 2 2:59:29

1y ago2:59:29

2:59:29

Resource map here: https://embed.kumu.io/3589bbe4947bb9cb288ce89b7bf36200#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1MYThXN0dTeg%3D%3D

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Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 1 1:05:13

1y ago1:05:13

1:05:13

Link to resource map: https://embed.kumu.io/3589bbe4947bb9cb288ce89b7bf36200#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1MYThXN0dTeg%3D%3D

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Pharma-Banking Consultant Andrew Pek Landed in the Executive Suite of Children's Health Defense this February - What happened? 20:44

1y ago20:44

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Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8__r9dWCQs

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Read Aloud on Radio-Eugenics from Oliver Reiser's 1966 Book "Cosmic Humanism" 1:07:09

1y ago1:07:09

1:07:09

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A32Sq0zIhL4

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Discussion on Jason's Presentation About Ukraine and Digital Transformation 42:25

1y ago42:25

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Listen to Jason's analysis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlzM-tEvew

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Slime Mold and Reflections on Unity in Politics 56:13

1y ago56:13

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQscZ5ERrM

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Esoteric Seals, Futures Trading, and Linguistic Ops 2:03:52

1y ago2:03:52

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Blogged here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/04/24/esoteric-seals-futures-trading-and-linguistic-ops/

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Texas Open Education Resources Part 2 With Lynn Davenport - Origins of OER and Virtual Apprenticeships 2:13:02

1y ago2:13:02

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Video playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNSjVGWqTO7Ieb_QCLhpyU8tMvMFmsiI Slides, Part 2 Starts at #30: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1734ywaVc260oLT9nrGonbxUR4-HzZqH1brCopeuIbG4/edit?usp=sharing

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