Best Kris McPeak Podcasts (2024)

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The Top Five Podcast - The Most Miscast Movie Roles We've Ever Seen 39:19

3h ago39:19

39:19

Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt explore the most uncomfortable miscasting decisions in film. From altering beloved characters to roles that should have been recast, they dive into the performances that missed the mark. Tune in to discuss how crucial casting can be to a movie's success. 00:00 Welcome Back to the Top Five Podcast! 00:39 Annie's European…

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The Boys of Summer - Our Top Five Favorite Movies about BASEBALL 36:28

2M ago36:28

36:28

And...we're back!! This week, Annie and I are taking on our favorite baseball movies. But first, catch up on gardening updates, recent pop culture watches, and dive into a lively discussion on our top five baseball films. Highlights include memorable quotes, personal stories, and why certain movies made our list. And remember - we ARE sisters and g…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite "Men of the Cloth" 27:43

3M ago27:43

27:43

Top 5 Favorite Clergy in Pop Culture In this episode of our podcast, we dive into our favorite portrayals of priests and religious leaders across movies and television. Join us as we discuss everything from a faith-lost preacher finding redemption in an alien invasion film to the struggle of a gay priest reconciling his identity with his vocation. …

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Hookers and Hustlers 28:43

3M ago28:43

28:43

Top Five Portrayals of Sex Workers in Film In this episode of the 'Top Five Podcast,' Annie and I discuss our top five portrayals of sex workers in movies, continuing our professional series. We cover a diverse range of characters from various films, including some iconic and some darker portrayals. The discussion spans from comedic and romantic in…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Musicians 29:17

4M ago29:17

29:17

Welcome Back!! It's been a very busy couple of weeks but Annie and I are back at it. And I'm very excited to share that my co-host and Baby Sister is now Dr. Annie Pruitt. She just defended her dissertation to complete her EdD in Educational Leadership. SO proud of you, Annie!!!! This week we're still rockin' the Professionals Series and we're talk…

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BONUS EPISODE: Top Five "Oscars Overdue" 24:17

5M ago24:17

24:17

Welcome to Oscar Week!!! While Annie and Kris have been pretty busy with regular daily life, we did not want Oscar Week to come and go with no special bonus episode. We're not doing a full week of episodes like last year, but we do have a fun one for you today. If you're like us, you always have those one or two or five "special nominees" that you'…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Confidence Persons 35:57

5M ago35:57

35:57

WHOA!!! Here's our 75th episode, not including bonus episodes! I can't believe it - well, yeah, I can, whatever. This week we're keeping The Professionals Series going with our favorite Grifters - Con Men/Con Women, etc. This started out being a very easy list for me, but then again I was trying not to be overly obvious. I did trump my sister on a …

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie COPS 37:25

5M ago37:25

37:25

I don't know about y'all, but I could talk about movie cops in a dozen different ways - and I think even Annie would say the same. You often get cops in buddy movies - like Riggs and Murtaugh, Tango and Cash, etc. And then you have the franchise people - for which we do have something to say in this episode. And we haven't even talked about TV cops…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite ACTORS 34:50

6M ago34:50

34:50

Okay, raise your hand if this is your favorite series so far? It might be mine, I haven't decided yet. But we sure are having a lot of fun. This week, for The Professionals Series, we are talking about our favorite characters who are playing Actors. That's right - actors playing actors, who knew? Talking about these characters was great fun for us.…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Doctors 41:03

6M ago41:03

41:03

Welcome to the next episode in our Professionals Series - DOCTORS. Doctors, the real-life heroes in the medical drama of life. Representing them correctly in movies? Oh, it's crucial! Setting Realistic Expectations: Ever notice how in movies, doctors seem to have the superpower of solving complex cases in an hour? Let's talk about the importance of…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie Lawyers 38:30

6M ago38:30

38:30

Welcome back to the show and our new Professionals Series! Now that Annie and I have really started digging into this, I think you're going to be THRILLED with what is coming around the bend. Doctors Con Artists Priests "Sex-Workers" What ideas do YOU have for professionals we should add to the series? This episode features ZERO overlap and ZERO ch…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie Teachers 36:07

6M ago36:07

36:07

In this episode of the 'top five' podcast, my sister Annie and I launched a new series where we explore portrayals of different careers in movies. We opted to start with Teaching, with this episode making me reflect back on our "Top Five Movies About College" episode. Despite veering off the beaten path, we discuss both movies and characterizations…

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Our Top Five Favorite Characters Played by GARY OLDMAN 35:11

7M ago35:11

35:11

Happy New Year, Top Five Fans! And major apologies for taking almost a month off and not telling y'all about it. Between Annie and me, we just needed to take a Tech Time Out. But we are BACK and super duper excited for 2024!! Today's episode is highlighting characters from the incredible film career of one Gary Oldman - Oscar-winning Chameleon Acto…

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Our Top Five Requested Female Character Origin Stories 49:19

8M ago49:19

49:19

Exploring Female Origin Stories in Movies In this episode, Sibling co-hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt delve into the origin stories of various female characters in pop culture. They each list their top five picks, followed by an honourable mention. The choices range from Thelma and Louise's Louise to Trinity, from The Matrix and even include cha…

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The Top Five Origin Stories that NEED to Be Told! 34:35

8M ago34:35

34:35

Top Origin Stories That Need to be Told - The Male Character Edition In this entertaining episode of the 'Top 5 Podcast the show hosts, Kris and Annie, discuss their Top 5 picks for male character origin stories that they believe need to be explored further. These are characters from popular films who the hosts feel possess fascinating and untold b…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure Tunes 28:37

8M ago28:37

28:37

In this episode of 'The Top 5 Podcast', hosted by Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt, the pair discuss their top five guilty pleasure songs, and this crazy-fun playlist includes tunes from artists like the Nelson brothers, Hanson, and wildly popular boy bands like New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys. They mention songs from Rebecca Black, Air Suppl…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite GP Television Shows 39:31

9M ago39:31

39:31

We're up to the second episode of our Guilty Pleasure Series - and after the Movies Episode, which was very difficult for Annie, bless her heart, we are back with our favorite Guilty Pleasure TV shows and this one was just a tad bit easier. Still silly. Remember - guilty pleasures are like the secret stash of chocolate you hide in your desk drawers…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure MOVIES 30:45

9M ago30:45

30:45

Well - y'all know we HATE to be behind on these shows, but sometimes life just gets in the way, right? Apologies all around for keeping you hanging for - OMG - three weeks. I mean, we get to start missing it, too, LOL. So this new series is all about The Guilty Pleasure. Heather Z. and I were working up an episode on Guilty Pleasure TV shows, but t…

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The Playlist of Our Lives: Five Songs that Tell Our Personal Story (and this one gets personal!) 38:33

10M ago38:33

38:33

Well, we are busting out all sorts of first's with this week's episode...Kris cried on the show for the first time, and DANG did we get all sorts of personal. It was like group therapy, but it was just me and Annie. And it was pretty freaking awesome. Creating a musical playlist about your life can be an incredibly fun and introspective experience.…

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The Top Five Albums We Know By Heart - Song for Song, Word for Word, In Succession 35:49

10M ago35:49

35:49

Ah, the magic of music, right? Music enthusiasts have this incredible ability to connect deeply with certain albums because these albums often resonate with their emotions, experiences, or even the phase of life they're going through. It's like finding a musical soulmate! Certain albums become timeless classics because they capture universal themes…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite Working-Class-Hero Songs 25:16

11M ago25:16

25:16

So we're here this week to close out the country music series - we think, anyway - and as a Belated Labor Day show, we are honoring the World of Work. this little episode features songs that honor the work day, but even though the term "working class hero" does refer to blue-collar, Annie and I reflect on our own hourly-worker experiences as well a…

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Our Top Five Favorite Sports Movies 36:17

11M ago36:17

36:17

Whoa, sports movies!! What is it about these films that give us such a charge?? Movies about sports have this magical ability to captivate us because they tap into our deepest emotions and passions. They're not just about the game; they're about the human spirit, determination, and the triumph of the underdog. When we watch these films, we're not j…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Male/Female Duets 25:28

11M ago25:28

25:28

SPOILER ALERT: Yes, absolutely, someone DID put "Islands on the Stream" on their Top Five List. Now we can all relax. This is the second-to-last (I think) episode in our Country Music Series, and we do hope y'all have enjoyed these. At the very least, you might have heard a new(er) country song that you hadn't heard before or even discovered an art…

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OUCH - Our Top Five WORST Cover Songs of All Time - or at least what we can think of today! 24:38

11M ago24:38

24:38

This episode was fun, but it wasn't as easy as you might think! You know already that Annie and I are a bit "koo-koo" over cover songs. We have our very favorites and we have ideas of cover songs we would like to see created someday...but we also have some that we completely and unapologetically despise and we plan to tell you about that in today's…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite Tunes from the New Millenium 26:38

12M ago26:38

26:38

Maybe it's because both Annie and me didn't really get into country music until our adult years - and in both cases, that was around the late '90s and early 2000s - but we still feel compelled to continue the country music series AND the concept of our favorite "whatever" in The New Millenium...but that is the theme for today's Country Music Series…

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Our Top Five Favorite Character ACTRESSES - Let's Hear it for the Ladies! 31:13

12M ago31:13

31:13

Welcome back!! We wouldn't be doing our due diligence if we didn't give the ladies a chance to be featured for that whole Character Actor thing. We talked about our favorite five fellas a couple of weeks ago, now we'll dish about the ladies! To be clear, what makes someone a "Character Actress?" A 'character actress' typically refers to an actress …

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite DRINKIN' Songs 22:57

12M ago22:57

22:57

I am quite surprised that it took us more than a year to get down with Country Music, but I'm really glad that we have, AND that we're starting this special "mini-series" with our favorite Drinkin' Songs. Annie and I both went to high school in rural Arkansas, and the first thing we ever learned about country music (having just moved from Chicago) …

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Our Top Five Selection of Movies Which TOTALLY Deserve a Sequel! 32:38

1y ago32:38

32:38

yes, of course, "hey, Hollywood, let's give you ten more movies that require a sequel!" Said no one EVER. Except that Annie and I are saying it now - and we really, really mean it! Seriously - you know there have been movies you've seen in the theaters - or even movies that you've been watching for two or more decades and you always say, "dang, I r…

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Our Top Five Favorite Cover Tunes From the "New Millenium." 34:07

1y ago34:07

34:07

Welcome back to another fun show! Sorry that we've sort of been hit-and-miss since Annie returned from Europe. Working this whole 4/10 schedule usually means I'm home by 6 pm and that's a little late for my Central-Time Co-Host Sibling to get started recording. But don't you worry - the 4/10's will be ending SOON! Meanwhile, you're going to hear An…

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Our Top Five Favorite Male Character Actors 34:05

1y ago34:05

34:05

Happy Belated Independence Day, or as I like to say, "Happy Birthday to My Favorite Sibling Co-Host!" Yes, that's right, our own Annie Pruitt was Born on the 4th of July and we still totally let her think that the fireworks are all for her! We had a couple of weeks off, ish, while Annie was in Europe with her family, but we have a HUGE new list of …

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The Top Five Tunes Featuring Lyrics We Find Strange, Curious, or Interesting... 29:36

1y ago29:36

29:36

Song Lyrics... When I was in college, Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" album had just been released and I remember giggling with my friend Camille about the "RONI" song. We had turned "my heart belongs to tender Roni..." into "My heart, belongs to Macaroni." and it wasn't too much longer after that when author Gavin Edwards published 'Scuse Me While …

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Our Top Five Favorite Sick Day Movies 25:49

1y ago25:49

25:49

While there are certainly full seasons of shows you can binge-watch on Hulu or Netflix on a sick day, there are also a bunch of great movies out there that are easy to follow, will make you laugh and smile, and otherwise take your mind off of whatever ailment you are nursing. And surely lots of us needed this list during our recent pandemic, but le…

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5 Songs That Always Remind Me of My Co-Host/Sister 25:07

1y ago25:07

25:07

This was the most fun episode EVER. Thought it would be a little emotional, but it was more like two sisters hanging out and talking about songs that incite specific memories of super good times and for all of the right reasons. Like the song from bands she introduced me to...The Muffs, and Letters to Cleo. And the stuff I used to sing at the colle…

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Our Top Five Favorite Films Featuring Ensemble Casts 34:31

1y ago34:31

34:31

Well, happy Late Hump Day - or it might even be Thursday by the time this gets posted. Regardless - Annie and I had a very busy Memorial Day Weekend, cranking out shows for y'all and trying to get ahead of the game while she's in Europe with the fam. As for me - it's "Summertime" at the day job, so I'm doing as much as I can to catch up and put sum…

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Our Top Five Favorite Songs About Summertime 24:50

1y ago24:50

24:50

Well, to quote Kenny Chesney: "Summertime is finally here!" I just returned from Kansas to see my sister's daughter Emily graduate from High School, which seemed like the absolute perfect time to hang out and record a show about Summer Songs. So not necessarily songs with "summer" in the title, nor are they songs that are specifically "about summer…

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If We Could Only Listen to FIVE Songs For the Rest of Our Lives.... 28:23

1y ago28:23

28:23

So there's that campfire scene in STAND BY ME where Jerry O'Connell's character is asked about the premise of only eating ONE food for the rest of his life... Cherry Flavored PEZ is certainly a great idea and all, but man (or woman) cannot live on bread (or PEZ) alone... This is why this episode is not about one song, but FIVE songs. I mean, it's n…

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Our Top Five Favorite Comedic Scenes from Movies/TV: SO Funny, We Almost Peed Ourselves! 23:50

1y ago23:50

23:50

All right, don't sit there and act like it never happened to you!!! You know that there has been something so incredibly funny that you laughed and laughed as you've never laughed before....yes, your stomach hurts, and yes, you might have had to cough and hack all night long...but you seriously did think you might pee in your pants, now, didn't you…

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WTF? Our Top Five Most Frustrating, Ridiculous, and Lackluster Movie Endings 27:42

1+ y ago27:42

27:42

Sorry for the two-week delay, Top Five Fans! I have been crazy busy with work and Co-Host Pruitt has been working on her doctorate. I am pretty sure we're out of the major busy woods now, so there will be more brand-new Top Five themes coming your way! Meanwhile - if you had forgotten, we ARE getting closer and closer to Episode #50 - a landmark I'…

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Our Very Favorite First Lines from Movies 35:18

1+ y ago35:18

35:18

If our favorite Last Lines of movies didn't get you all excited, then maybe First Lines will. I loved discussing this with Annie - she was a creative writing major in college and told me that the first line of any creative thing was always the most difficult for her. But think about it - if that first line is silly, doesn't connect to what you thin…

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Our Top Five Favorite Alien Horror Films 31:59

1+ y ago31:59

31:59

This week we're returning to a Top Five List from the very beginning of this journey - and it kept getting pushed aside in the importance list, so it was great to get back to this early list and talk about our favorite Alien Horror Films! This show is a total anomaly in The Top Five Podcast - Kris and Annie and NO overlap! Annie had movies on her l…

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BONUS EPISODE: It's Oscar Week and Here Are Our Top Five Favorite Original Songs! 24:53

1+ y ago24:53

24:53

OH GOOD LORD!!! What a week it has been! My sweet dog passed away on Tuesday and then I got sicker than I don't know what. So y'all are getting this final Bonus Oscar Episode a tad bit late and definitely after you already know who won what this year. The ceremony itself? Jimmy Kimmel was, okay, I guess...and maybe the jokes were naughty enough, bu…

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BONUS EPISODE - It's Oscar Week and Here are Our FAVORITE "Oscar Moments!" 31:10

1+ y ago31:10

31:10

What, may you ask, is an "Oscar Moment?" Well, it's that performance that you want to watch over and over and over again on YouTube because it just blows your mind. OR - it's the acceptance speech that you watch over and over and over again on YouTube because it makes you laugh every time. OR - it's your very favorite Oscar Host and that one time w…

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BONUS EPISODE: It's Oscar Week! Our Top Five Favorite Surprises and Snubs 27:32

1+ y ago27:32

27:32

Hey - it's Oscar Week!!! (Yeah, we love the Oscars!!!) And Annie and I got together to record three special episodes this week!! Although frankly, the Oscars are not what they used to be...but I think we always hold out for "this year's show will be better than last year's." Sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't. We take on three lists this week …

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Our Top Five Favorite Movies About COLLEGE 41:49

1+ y ago41:49

41:49

OH YEAH!!!!! College Years!!!! Whether you loved it or hated it yourself, there are certainly some dramatic and hilarious representations of college life in the cinema. Since 1925, college life has been a popular theme in cinema. It's hard to believe that Harold Lloyd from "The Freshman" had some of the same experiences as some of the characters we…

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Our Top Five Favorite Last Lines of Movies 29:48

1+ y ago29:48

29:48

The idea behind this show was somewhat inspired by that scene in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY when Harry calls Sally to tell her that CASABLANCA is on TV and they watch the last few minutes "together" while on the phone. Harry's comment about the "best last line of a movie ever," inspired Annie and me to rally around our own favorite last lines of movies. …

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BONUS EPISODE: Our Top Five Favorite Football Shows and Movies with TWO Special Co-Hosts 30:15

1+ y ago30:15

30:15

Lucky Lucky Me! I got to spend some of Super Bowl Sunday with my sister, Annie (who was cheering for Kansas City), and my East Coast Buddy Doug (who was cheering for Philly). And while KC came out on top of the actual football game, I definitely think I was the big winner on Sunday as the three of us hung out to talk about our favorite Football Fil…

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Our Favorite Movie SEQUELS - The BEST Five Ever Made! 46:34

1+ y ago46:34

46:34

OMG - if you thought the WORST movie sequel episode was a toughie, wait until this one!!! You probably will not be surprised at any of our selections, but Annie and I had a really fun time discussing our favorites. And, yes, there's a tiny bit of overlap...but we're sisters, what do you want us to do? Annie even remembered seeing some of these movi…

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Our Top Five Favorite Toys from the 1970's 49:19

1+ y ago49:19

49:19

TOYS!!! Who doesn't love TOYS!!! Especially Gen-Xers like me and my buddy Heather Zeitzwolfe, who is my co-host today as we talk about our Top Five Favorite Toys from the 1970s. Were you into Barbies? What about Hot Wheels? Or you might have enjoyed Lite Brite. Regardless, we hope you enjoy our reminiscing about our own favorites back when most toy…

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Our Top Five Favorite Vampire Movies! 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

44:30

We've been teasing this for weeks/months now, and are so excited that we are FINALLY chatting about our Top Five Favorite VAMPIRE MOVIES!!!! What exactly is the attraction to vampires, anyway? Is it a sexual thing? The premise of living forever? The gore? The answer to that is yes - it's all of it. And there's so much urban legend and myth and made…

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The Five WORST Movie Sequels - with Kris and Annie 32:57

1+ y ago32:57

32:57

Hopefully, y'all are not getting sick of this Best and Worst series we've got going on...I guess we just wound up down a rabbit hole of sorts, and it's taken off! But we're having fun with it, so if you don't like it you can send us an email to complain. We Live for That Shit!!!! Today's episode takes on Movie Sequels - not to be confused with Movi…

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