Best John M. Denis Podcasts (2024)

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Emmanuel Carrère on V13: “A unique experience of horror, pity, proximity and presence…” 1:03:38

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On the night of Friday, 13 November 2015, three suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Stade de France during a football match between France and Germany, attended by President François Hollande. By 1am the next morning, 130 victims were dead, and 416 others were injured, many critically. Seven attackers were killed, and two more died in a …

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Jane Austen's Darkness: A Conversation with Julia Yost 54:09

2h ago54:09

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In this episode of Madison's Notes, we sit down with Julia Yost, senior editor at First Things and author of the new book Jane Austen's Darkness (Wiseblood Books, 2024). Yost offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the beloved novelist, exploring the moral complexities, spiritual struggles, and often-overlooked shadows in Austen’s works. From…

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Councillor Chat with George Seymour and Denis Chapman 8:54

2h ago8:54

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A new roundabout for a notorious intersectection, the xmas lights map has been released and more options on the use of the Brolga Theatre are some of the topics discussed in this weeks "Councillor Chat"". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Julie Salverson, "A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter's Daughter" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2024) 34:50

1d ago34:50

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A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Screenwriter’s Daughter (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024) by critically acclaimed author Julie Salverson braids together personal memoir, Canadian cultural history, international political history, to form an inter-generational story that is both personal and public. A Necessary Distance is a detective story, an excavatio…

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Keith Gandal, "Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis While Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 42:04

2h ago42:04

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Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis While Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things (U Michigan Press, 2024) is an exploration—both suspenseful and comic—of the creative process in research writing. The book takes the reader through the ins and outs of a specific research journey, from combing through lib…

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Seth Rogovoy, "Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:12:59

1h ago1:12:59

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Seth Rogovoy's latest book for Oxford University Press is called Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press, 2024). Often, biographies of musicians put the story of the subject’s life front and center, letting the music recede into the background. For a musician like George Harrison, this would be a mistake. Georg…

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Johanna Drucker, "Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020) 1:07:57

1h ago1:07:57

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Johanna Drucker’s Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020) uncovers the enigmatic life and work of Ilia Zdanevich, better known as Iliazd, a revolutionary figure in modernist art and literature. The book explores Iliazd’s journey from his beginnings in the Russian Futurist avant-garde to his later experiments w…

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Mary Ellen Curtin, "She Changed the Nation: Barbara Jordan's Life and Legacy in Black Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 1:12:57

26m ago1:12:57

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During her keynote speech at the 1976 Democratic Party convention, Barbara Jordan of Texas stood before a rapt audience and reflected on where Americans stood in that bicentennial year. "Are we to be one people bound together by a common spirit, sharing in a common endeavor, or will we become a divided nation? For all of its uncertainty, we cannot …

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Denys Turner, "Dante the Theologian" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 1:23:09

1h ago1:23:09

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An understanding of Dante the theologian as distinct from Dante the poet has been neglected in an appreciation of Dante's work as a whole. That is the starting-point of Dante the Theologian (Cambridge UP, 2022). In giving theology fresh centrality, the author argues that theologians themselves should find, when they turn to Dante Alighieri, a compe…

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November 26th Councillor Chat with Michelle Byrne 4:45

1h ago4:45

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A new roundabout is being installed at a dangerous Nickenbah intersection. The new $108.7 million Hervey Bay Community Hub is now one third complete and Christmas activities are upon us. Catchup as Blandy chats with Division One Councillor Michelle Byrne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Denis Hirson: “They Called My Father A One-Man Revolution” 57:41

5d ago57:41

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Denis Hirson’s My Thirty Minute Bar Mitzvah can be read as many different books. It can be read as a new, deeply personal, take on a pivotal episode in the history of South Africa. It can be read as a tender reflection on the mind of the author as he teetered on the cusp of adulthood. It can be read as a portrait of one particular wing of the Jewis…

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Cornelia M. Spelman, "Solace" (Jackleg Press, 2024) 46:54

17d ago46:54

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How do we become the persons we are? Cornelia Maude Spelman's Solace (Jackleg Press, 2024) seeks to answer that question. A portrait of the emotional legacies and psychological landscapes that shaped the author's life, Solace unfurls in a series of vignettes drawn from diaries and personal stories about her relationship to others as daughter, mothe…

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Councillor Chat George Seymour and Sara Faraj 8:37

16d ago8:37

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Councillor chat Tuesday saw Mayor George Seymour and Division 7 councillor Diana Faraj join Blandy in the Big Breakfast. The Christmas Tree Lights and Carols are fast aprroaching, Wetside is turning 15 and believe it or not George was once in a pie eating competition. Lentil pies of course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Connie DeNave, "The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass" (2023) 54:15

16d ago54:15

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In The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass Ceiling (2023), Connie DeNave shares her experiences in the public relations world during the British Invasion and the beginning of rock-n-roll marketing. Born in Brooklyn, New York, DeNave graduated from Hunter College and found herself with no job skills. Throughout the mid-1950s to the 1980s, …

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Karen M. Dunak, "Our Jackie: Public Claims on a Private Life" (NYU Press, 2024) 37:59

15d ago37:59

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When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond twentieth-century pop culture and she remains an object of public fascination today. Drawing on a range of so…

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Peter Worthing, "General He Yingqin: The Rise and Fall of Nationalist China" (Cambridge UP, 2016) 1:21:28

3d ago1:21:28

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General He Yingqin: The Rise and Fall of Nationalist China (Cambridge UP, 2016) is a revisionist study of the career of General He Yingqin, one of the most prominent military officers in China's Nationalist period (1928-49) and one of the most misunderstood figures in twentieth-century China. Western scholars have dismissed He Yingqin as corrupt an…

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Deborah Parker, "Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters" (Villa I Tatti, 2024) 58:58

20m ago58:58

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In Becoming Belle da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian through Her Letters (Harvard University Press, October 2024), Deborah Parker chronicles the making and empowerment of a female connoisseur, curator, and library director in a world where such positions were held by men. Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal libraria…

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David Tereshchuk, "A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter" (Envelope Books, 2024) 59:29

1h ago59:29

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Today I talked to David Tereshchuk about his memoir A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter (Envelope Books, 2024) Tereshchuk leapt from a bleak childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish borders to a precocious high-flying career as a TV reporter, first in London, then in New York. During his years as a journalist, he m…

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BONUS: Lauren Elkin on Scaffolding (in conversation with Amanda Dennis) 59:56

9h ago59:56

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In 2019, Anna, a psychoanalyst, is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, takes a job in London so she spends days obsessing over renovating the kitchen while befriending a younger woman called Clémentine who has moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective called les colleuses. Meanwhile, in 1972, Florence and…

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Our first chat with David Lee as State Member for Hervey Bay 3:38

17h ago3:38

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Join Blandy at around 8.40am each Wednesday morning as he chats with our State Members See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Sara Glass, "Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir" (Atria, 2024) 1:02:57

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Growing up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn’s Borough Park, Sara Glass knew one painful truth: what was expected of her and what she desperately wanted were impossibly opposed. Tormented by her attraction to women and trapped in a loveless arranged marriage, she found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon, she made the …

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Janusz Korczak, "How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works" (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018) 1:28:50

2d ago1:28:50

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How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018) is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak's works translated into English. It contains his most important pedagogical writings, journal articles, as well as private texts. Volume 2 starts with extensive excerpts from two pedagogical treatises written for young readers. …

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Paul M. Renfro, "The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America" (UNC Press, 2024) 33:15

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In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through contaminated blood products. In 1985, he became a household name after he was barred from attend…

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Rachel Zimmerman, "Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide" (SFWP, 2024) 53:34

5d ago53:34

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Note: This episodes contains references to suicide. When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman's door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act?…

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James M. Bradley, "Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:36:59

27d ago1:36:59

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Despite serving as the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren gets little consideration for his impact on American history. In his new biography of Van Buren, Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician (Oxford UP, 2024), James M. Bradley makes it clear the extent to which his legacy has gone underappreciated. Mastering the complex p…

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John Duffus, "Backstage in Hong Kong: A Life with the Philharmonic, Broadway Musicals and Classical Superstars" (Blacksmith Books, 2024) 1:03:50

19d ago1:03:50

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Today, the Hong Kong Philharmonic is one of the world’s great symphony orchestras. But when John Duffus landed in Hong Kong in 1979 as the Philharmonic’s general manager–its fifth in as many years–he quickly learned just how much work needed to be done to make a Western symphony orchestra work in a majority Chinese city. John Duffus’s memoir Backst…

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Colombe Schneck on The Paris Trilogy (with Translator Natasha Lehrer) 55:35

13d ago55:35

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Colombe Schneck’s THE PARIS TRILOGY is a book—or rather three books, first published separately in French—about growing up, about friendship, about love, about family, about class, about womanhood and the patriarchy…and about swimming. In short, about every side of a life, as it just happens to take place in Paris. Rendered in crisp, fluid English …

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John Barounis thanks the Maryborough Electorate 5:28

8d ago5:28

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In his first appearance as State Member for Maryborough on the Big Breakfast with Blandy John Barounis has thanked the people of the Maryborough electorate and disclosed that deep down he didn't think he would win the seat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Karine Rashkovsky, "An Improbable Life: My Father's Escape from Soviet Russia" (Cherry Orchard Books, 2024) 41:41

1M ago41:41

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From evading the KGB and disassembling a downed American plane to narrowly escaping a life sentence in Siberia, Reuven Rashkovsky’s story is a gripping tale of coming of age, searching for belonging, and daring to escape the tightly controlled Soviet regime. Relayed in his point of view by his daughter, Dr. Karine Rashkovsky, An Improbable Life: My…

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Councillor Chat with Mayor George Seymour 4:56

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Work has begun on the new seawall at Urangan. The Garage Sale Trail begins this weekend and nows the time to review your pool safety measures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Douglas J. Engelman, "A Boy Broken: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Mental Illness, Loss, and a Search for Meaning" (2023) 44:57

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In A Boy Broken: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Mental Ilness, Loss, and a Search for Meaning (2023), Dr. Douglas J. Engelman takes us through an often painful, sometimes uplifting story, where he recalls and describes the moment his relationship with his son changed forever - the moment that his son revealed his mental illness to him - and t…

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Avi Shlaim, "Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew" (Oneworld, 2024) 1:01:37

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In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their beloved Iraq into the new state of Israel. Now the rump of a once flourishing community of over 150,000, dating back 2,600 years, has dwindled to single figures. For many, this tells the story of the timeless clash of the Arab and Jewish civilisations, th…

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Mirin Fader, "Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon" (Hachette, 2024) 46:32

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It’s now the norm for NBA and collegiate teams to have international players dotting their rosters. The Olympics are no longer a gimme for Team USA. Both via fans streaming from all over the globe and leagues starting in countries throughout the world, the international presence of the game of basketball is a force to be reckoned with. That all sta…

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Phuc Tran, "Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In" (Flatiron Books, 2020) 38:08

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For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In (Flatiron Books, 2020) shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, P…

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Richard Schoch, "How Sondheim Can Change Your Life" (Atria Books, 2024) 59:56

1M ago59:56

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For fans of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim is one of the true titans – the genius who brought us Sweeney Todd and West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Company. With acclaimed revivals of his landmark shows regularly performed in London and New York, and new generations being introduced to the man who forever transformed musical theatre, Sondheim…

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Ronald Drabkin, "Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor" (William Morrow, 2024) 42:24

1M ago42:24

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Frederick Rutland—”Rutland of Jutland”—was a war hero, renowned World War I aviator…and a Japanese spy. In the years leading up to Pearl Harbor, Rutland shared information on U.S. aviation and naval developments to the Japanese, desperate for knowledge of U.S. capability. The funny thing was, as Ron Drabkin notes in his book Beverly Hills Spy: The …

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Rajbir Singh Judge, "Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia" (Columbia UP, 2024) 49:50

1M ago49:50

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How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it defies the possibility of recovery or restoration? Rajbir Singh Judge offers new ways to understand loss and the limits of history by considering Maharaja Duleep Singh and his struggle during the 1880s to reestablish Sikh rule, the lost Khalsa Raj, in…

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Councillor Chat Michelle Govers 5:22

1M ago5:22

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From the Nations biggest 2nd hand treasure hunt happening right here on the Fraser Coast to a Coucillor meet and greet this week, catch-up with Blandy and Councillor Michelle Govers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Blandy chats with Jeff Morris from the Hervey Bay Tri Club ahead of next months Hervey Bay 100f the 5:55

18d ago5:55

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It's that time of the year, yes the traditional Hervey Bay 100. Blandy chats with Jeff Morris who tells us everything we need to know regarding the big weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Sharon Kinoshita, "Marco Polo and His World" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 48:23

1M ago48:23

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Sharon Kinoshita talks with Jana Byars about her new book, Marco Polo and His World (Reaktion Press, 2024). A lavishly illustrated tour of the famed adventurer's globetrotting travels, written by a celebrated translator of Polo's writings. At the age of seventeen, Marco Polo left his Venetian home on a continent-spanning adventure that lasted for n…

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Lynne Tillman on American History, Human Absurdity, and why Trump should have become a Comedian 1:09:23

21d ago1:09:23

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A woman speaks to us from her room in a residential home, of some description. She reflects on her life, her family, her pets, on time—the past, present and the future—on Manson Family Alumnus Leslie Van Houyten, on History, on Death, on the Occult, on what it means to be “sensitive”…and so much more besides. All the while she is distracted, bother…

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