Best Kapa Podcasts (2024)

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Season 2, Episode 7 - Kapa (Slovenia) 43:53

3d ago43:53

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Slovenia is such an unexpected delight for the Festive Fans. This episode’s movie is full of pleasant surprises – two young and engaging leads; a stunning, baroque cityscape; and an honest and moving story – it has everything any podcaster could ever want. We laughed, we cried, we cheered, and that was just f…

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160: Hawaii's Wind Guardians 5 - The Navigators 7:54

1h ago7:54

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159: Hawaii's Wind Guardians 4 - The Ali'i 10:49

7d ago10:49

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158: Hawaii's Wind Guardians 3 - The Fisherman 10:25

8d ago10:25

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Episode 55: Reading Fluency with Maryanne Wolf and guest host Ben Powers 49:34

14d ago49:34

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Episode 55: Reading Fluency with Maryanne Wolf and guest host Ben Powers

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Season 2, Episode 6 - Ça Twiste à Poponguine (Senegal) 40:04

14d ago40:04

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) This episode is a wistful look back to an earlier time in the welcoming country of Senegal, known as the “Gateway to Africa”. We visit this westernmost point on the continent to view the 1994 film Ça Twiste à Poponguine. The story is set in post-colonial Senegal, right after the tiny nation gained its indepen…

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157: Hawaii's Wind Guardians 2 - The New Ali'is Backbone 11:03

22d ago11:03

11:03

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156: Hawaii's Wind Guardians 9:39

26d ago9:39

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Season 2, Episode 5 - Memory Box (Lebanon) 40:40

1M ago40:40

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) If you want to enjoy a true Middle Eastern Christmas, one with diverse religions and languages, but also filled with historic, cultural, culinary and artistic delights, join the Fans as we head on a festive jaunt to amazing Lebanon. This is a unique holiday location, with incredible natural beauty, that offer…

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Season 2, Episode 4 - Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem (Brazil) 42:13

2M ago42:13

42:13

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) How do you want to spend Christmas? If you like to celebrate in a warm and colorful locale with incredible natural beauty, lush beaches, and a stunning rainforest, grab a holiday speedo or thong, because you are going to love this episode. We heat it up by exploring the joys of Brazil. We travel to the world’…

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Season 2, Episode 3 - Himmelfall (Norway) 41:27

2M ago41:27

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Put on your Gjermundbu helmet, grab your tunic and don’t forget the woolen underwear. We are off the coolest country in Europe to explore their Christmas traditions during our dog days of summer. We are talking Norway, on the outskirts of Europe – the land of Vikings, reindeer, mountains, glaciers, and fjords…

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Season 2, Episode 2: The December Boys (Australia) 41:12

3M ago41:12

41:12

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) G’day Mate! We’re so stoked. The Festive Fans are firing the barbie today for holiday tucker -- heaps of prawns and snags. We’re putting on some cozies and thongs (well, Mark’s in a budgie smuggler) to enjoy our visit to Straya. Beware the mozzies because it’s a summer celebration. We’ll be going off, skullin…

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Season 2, Episode 1 - Let There Be Light (Slovakia) 43:27

3M ago43:27

43:27

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) So it's Season 2. We are older and wiser. Or, with all the traditional food and drink from last season, maybe just older and wider. We have a much broader view now and we are keeping our chins up ... all of them. To kick off the season, we didn't want to rush into it with something simple or easy. No Disney h…

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Episode 26: It's Our Anniversary Show! (Part 2) 1:16:25

4M ago1:16:25

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) This episode is our longest and most special. It is Part 2 of our anniversary show. We welcome our first guest, author and podcaster Alonso Duralde; we pick our favorite global holiday songs and movies; and, most importantly, we enjoy and celebrate our podcast, and our listeners, and everything new this first…

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155: The Dead Man's Tree and Kapa 13:47

4M ago13:47

13:47

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Episode 25 - It's Our Anniversary! (Part 1) 40:47

5M ago40:47

40:47

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) One Year! Wow, it seems like just last June we were in the street markets of Ancient Baghdad on a flying carpet with Aladin. Or, trying to escape from the top of a burning tower in South Korea. These films offered us a cinematic glimpse into the diverse traditions, customs, and ways of life for people in diff…

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Episode 24: Rak haeng Siam or "The Love of Siam" (Thailand) 39:38

5M ago39:38

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) OK, Festive Fans, pour yourselves a Mai Thai and get ready for the last episode of our first season! We are heading east – Far East – to Thailand, a captivating land of beaches, palaces, ruins, and temples. It’s the perfect ending for a final holiday outing of Season 1 to shake our Christmas booties with the …

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Episode 23: Alles is Liefde (Netherlands) 42:09

6M ago42:09

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The boys are going Dutch this episode and exploring Christmas in the land of tulips, windmills, and hole-y dykes. Grab your wooden shoes, we are heading to the Netherlands for St. Nicholas Day! We also examine a surprisingly dated film from 2007, Alles is Liefde, and discuss whether the same film could be mad…

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154: The Concubine Demon 13:48

6M ago13:48

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Episode 22: Skenbart (Sweden) 39:55

6M ago39:55

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) In today’s episode, we enjoy Skenbart or “IIlusive Tracks” a black and white Swedish film set in 1945. It is a comedy, thriller, drama and love story, all wrapped up in one, along with those common elements you expect in a Christmas film – murder, adultery, and violence. Plus, if you can believe it, it’s real…

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Episode 21: Retfærdighedens Ryttere (Denmark) 42:08

7M ago42:08

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The boys head north again to another Scandinavian country to fully embrace the land of Vikings, pastries, and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s Denmark! Yes, our own Hannibal Lecter stars in a revenge drama that has all of the elements you didn’t know you wanted for the holidays – anger, grief and lots of violence. And It…

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Episode 20: Kisses (Ireland) 41:52

7M ago41:52

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) We are still in our post-St. Patrick’s Day reverie so the Festive Fans decide to head off to enjoy the Emerald Isle. Mark is excited to celebrate the locale of his favorite film The Quiet Man and the home to three of his great-grandparents. He is our resident leprechaun so he gets to present the Irish movie K…

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Episode 19: Le Nocha Magica (Argentina) 45:11

8M ago45:11

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Don’t cry for us Argentina, you have delivered on a very meaty holiday. And we are not just talking about the ox tongue and tuna sauce at the Asado. Our first tour stop in South America really delivers its fireworks -- both on and off the screen. La Noche Magica is a film that may seem dark and unsettling, bu…

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Episode 18: A Naija Christmas (Nigeria) 47:59

8M ago47:59

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) This reminds us of when we reviewed a film from Turkey in November, now February is Black History month in the States and we just happen to be covering our first film on the African continent. Today we travel to Lagos, Nigeria for an entertaining Christmas rom com that features all of the classic Hallmark mov…

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Episode 17: Una famiglia perfetta (Italy) 47:04

9M ago47:04

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) We’re gonna show you a movie you can’t refuse. The boys are off to Italia -- Bob’s ancestral homeland – for a magnifica celebration of amore, famiglia, and Natale. And don’t worry, it’s not personal, it’s business. We review the Italian holiday film Una famiglia perfetta from 2012. But first, we listen to Bob…

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Episode 16: Starry, Starry Night (Taiwan) 42:14

9M ago42:14

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Vincent Van Gogh’s classic painting “Starry Night” has, through the years, inspired poets, musicians, and now another gem -- this episode’s holiday film from Taiwan. Mark describes it as the “best film we have reviewed” so far. It is a heartfelt story based on an illustrated novel, and the film shares the art…

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Episode 15: Echo (Iceland) … and Happy New Year! 49:51

10M ago49:51

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It’s a new episode, a new year, and an exciting new country for the Festive Fans! For the start of 2024, we travel to Iceland -- a country with dramatic landscapes full of giant glaciers and fiery volcanos. Such extreme contrasts also underscore the movie Echo. This intimate film is equally humorous and heart…

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Episode 14: Schedryk (Ukraine) and Merry Christmas! 47:03

10M ago47:03

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Merry Christmas to all of our Festive Fans! The boys celebrate Christmas today by considering the uplifting Ukrainian song and the movie Carol of the Bells or “Schedryk”. The story takes place in the years preceding and during World War II and features three different families who are living as neighbors in a…

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153: Asia's Santa - Budai & The Buddha 13:50

10M ago13:50

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Episode 13: Serebryanye Konki (Russia) 45:58

11M ago45:58

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The Festive Fans embark on their plan to spread Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men this episode as they journey to Mother Russia. It’s a sincere effort to try to find some Christmas spirit in the former Soviet nation. We watch a movie filled with class warfare, occultism, and pick pockets. It is set before t…

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152: Hmong Nightmare Deaths & Freddy Kruger 26:43

11M ago26:43

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Episode 12: Christmas in the Clouds (the American Indian Nation) 42:20

11M ago42:20

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) In today’s episode we explore how true Americans celebrate Christmas – the Native Americans. Yes, we make a visit to the American Indian nation, as a Thanksgiving Day salute to the indigenous people who saved the Pilgrim butts and got a big thank you dinner and European delicacies like smallpox and kidnapping…

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Episode 11: Neseli Hayat (Turkey) 43:47

12M ago43:47

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It’s November and we are talking Turkey. No, not those dim-witted, low-flying, tree-roosting birds that many of us plan to eat later this month. We are talking the country of Turkey, which is the ancestral home and inspiration for Santa Claus – St. Nicholas. Although this is a country that lies part in Asia a…

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Promo #3 0:40

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Email Address: festivefans@gmail.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/festivefans?utm_source=linktree_profile_share 4F Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48fClElFHIbhA4u55qo5Hm?si=rEwNHgOyRACX1IuPZe0PTw&pi=u-D3fbqpFNSw-p https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48fClElFHIbhA4u55qo5Hm Facebook Page: https://www.f…

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A Very Special Episode (Non è mai troppo tardi) 27:58

12M ago27:58

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Happy National Christmas Podcast Day! The theme of today’s special event is for the many different Christmas podcasts to cover a version of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. Since we are the Festive Foreign Film Fans, we needed a foreign adaptation and we discovered the 1953 Italian film Non è mai troppo tardi…

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Episode 10: Pastorela (Mexico) 42:46

12M ago42:46

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Boo! It’s spooky season for our Christmas podcast. This episode we have Pastorela, and it is devilishly good. It is the appropriate holiday film for October as it features demons, an exorcism, and an epic battle of Good versus Evil. What more could you want from a film that plays like a Halloween-Christmas cr…

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151: Hawaii's Cursed Pulp Fiction Pig-Man - Kamapua'a 26:30

12M ago26:30

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150: Cannibalism in Hawaii - The Curse of Kane 21:04

1y ago21:04

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Episode 9: Bada Din (India) 43:32

1y ago43:32

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Today is a "Bada Din" – which means Big Day in Hindi. Mark and Bob explore the movie of the same name, which is the Indian term for Christmas. Bada Din was released in 1998 and is a holiday dance and song spectacle – it features murder, a GQ model-turned-actor, 10-minute chase scenes, and a dreamy music video…

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149: Japan's Protective Yokai - Amabie 9:20

1y ago9:20

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Please support our show by purchasing our merch: → Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) → Shirts and more are at our store! → Join our Patreon for exclusive stories. ***** What is Amabie? Amabie is a Japanese yokai that looks like a mermaid with a bird's beak. It was first sighted …

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Episode 8: Andĕl Pánĕ (Czech Republic) 43:49

1y ago43:49

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) You need to Czech out our latest episode. It’s heavenly! We review the 2005 Czech film Andĕl Pánĕ and it is a hellish good time. This festive fairy tale features Patronel, a bumbling angel; his boss God; and, a handy squad of versatile Saints, all on call. Also, we meet Patronel’s satanic guide Urias, who obs…

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148: Korea's Politician Eating Creature - Yeongno 11:47

1y ago11:47

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) What is a yeongno? Yeongno are Korean creatures banished from the heavens, but may return after eating 100 yangban, or officials. Discover this unique creature, and how modern illustrations may hurt what this creature is. Fe…

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147: Korea's Famous Love Story - Chunhyang 9:02

1y ago9:02

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) What is Chunhyang? Chunhyang, also known as Chunhyangjeon, Chunhyangga, is a treasured Korea love story about a couple in the Joseon time period, from different classes. Discover this cultural treasure and how it reflected K…

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Episode 7: Anna and the Apocalypse (Scotland) 43:49

1y ago43:49

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Bob and Mark ur hoachin as they tromp through the Scottish moors in kilts and tap shoes tae be tellin eh day’s good craic eh a fever dream – the Christmas Zombie Pandemic High School Musical -- “Anna and the Apocalypse”. There’s nothing better than flesh-eating festivities eh go wae ye haggis. It’s pure baggi…

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146: The Filipino Sasquatch - Kapre 10:04

1y ago10:04

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) What is a Kapre? Kapre are cryptid humanoids who smoke cigars in banyan trees. Discover this creature found in the Philippines. Featured Song: "Mercy", by Ashley Lilinoe, courtesy of HI*Sessions Join our email list https://l…

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145: China's Child Warrior God - Nezha 11:10

1y ago11:10

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) Who is Nezha? Nezha, also known as Nazha, is the Chinese Child Warrior God who fought the monkey king. Discover this powerful deity's origins and his modern interpretations. Featured Song: "The River Runs", by John Cruz, cou…

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Episode 6: Mon Oncle Antoine (Canada - Quebec) 40:54

1y ago40:54

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) You may be dying to know that for this episode, we dig up Mark's past -- and it's of grave interest. Since his dad was the town's undrtaker, he is best suited to lay out our film for public viewing. We explore a dreary holiday in a town entombed by its sole industry -- asbestos mining. And Mark buries it pret…

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144: The False Messiah - John Frum 13:14

1y ago13:14

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) Who was John Frum? John Frum or Tom Navy, was an American soldier who became a god in the eyes of villagers on Vanuatu, and example of "Cargo Cult". Discover how a soldier became a god, and where the term "cargo cult" came f…

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143: The Field of Stone Jars 7:25

1y ago7:25

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Legends from the Pacific: Book 1 is available on Amazon. Get your copy today. https://amzn.to/3CIYo6m (Amazon Affiliate link) What is the field of stone jars? The field of stone jars are areas in Laos that have boulder-sized jars or cups. They are around 3,000 years old, and who or why they were made is unknown. Discover this popular tourist destin…

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Episode 5: Listy Do M (Poland) 43:07

1y ago43:07

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Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) What nationality is Santa Claus? North Polish! Ha, we are starting this episode's summary with a (Gran)Dad joke to celebrate the birth of our new podmast-cot (and Mark's granddaughter) Layna "Festivus Fania" Chandler. In fact, mark your chanlenders because his family is all over this show. They are the Pole-y…

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