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Living together in a group is a strategy many animals use to survive and thrive. And a big part of what makes that living situation successful is listening. In this episode, we explore the collaborative world of the naked mole-rat. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today . To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter . Operation frog sound! Send us your frog sounds for an upcoming episode. We want you to go out, listen for frogs and toads, and record them. Just find someone croaking, and hit record on your phone. It doesn’t matter if there’s background noise. It doesn’t even matter if you’re not sure whether or not you’re hearing an amphibian—if you think you are, we would love to get a recording from you. Please also say your name and where you are in the world, and then email the recording to us at outreach@thresholdpodcast.org…
Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema's greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there's something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is unable to cook, and this is considered richly comic. Hence the name.
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Are you looking for a Dungeons & Dragons improvised storytelling experience that contains jokes, as well as thrilling boss fights against unspeakable horrors? Oxventure: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast brings you the hilarious, unruly fun of a tabletop RPG campaign with friends. Join Jane Douglas, Andy Farrant, Mike Channell, Ellen Rose, Luke Westaway and Johnny Chiodini for an audio adventure you won't want to miss, with bingeable complete seasons of chaos in D&D, Weird West horror in Deadland ...
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The Queen of the River Part Two | Deadlands
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Up in the high rollers lounge, Garnet, Delacy and Silas face down the legendary gambler and captain of the Totentanz, One-Eyed Jack. Get the Oxventure Deadlands Hall of Oddities Dice Set TODAY! https://store.outsidexbox.com Tune in to our talk-back show Deadlands Epitaph with Andy and Producer Zack to find out more about how Deadlands came together…
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Being a princess is hard work. You're the best person in your whole kingdom, and yet you're somehow expected to set an example for the scum who live there, and occasionally military dictators will stride into your throne room and declare a military coup. Luckily for those situations, we have the Princess Protection Program, a secret service just fo…
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The Queen of the River Part One | Deadlands
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All aboard the Totentanz, the notorious and exclusive gambling riverboat home to legendary card sharp One-Eyed Jack. Garnet, Delacy and Silas need the ship's bell for their plan to save Nate, but first, they'll need to get aboard... Get the Oxventure Deadlands Hall of Oddities Dice Set TODAY! https://store.outsidexbox.com Tune in to our talk-back s…
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The Beast of Bisley Bayou | Deadlands
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Ride out with Monster Hunters Du Jour as they face off with a familiar foe and discover that dark and mysterious forces have designs on one of their own. Will they all survive? Or will the Deadlands extract a terrible price? Get the Oxventure Deadlands Hall of Oddities Dice Set TODAY! https://store.outsidexbox.com Tune in to our talk-back show Dead…
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The title of this week's DCOM, Camp Rock, is misleading, because while it does take place at a camp, the only rocking taking place is the rocking back and forth by harrowed students who can't face another day of impromptu unaccompanied singing, people drumming on every available surface, and hip hop dance classes taught by Joe Jonas. Apparently tho…
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Return to The Weird West! | Deadlands Recap & Season 2 Preview
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Saddle up for an all-new season of Oxventure: Deadlands, coming March 21st! In a special video version of the Oxventure Podcast, Jane & Andy recap the most important moments from Season One's finale and give you a glimpse at the first clips from Season Two. ------------------ Discover the Supporters Club and the official Discord server: patreon.com…
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Parents might seem like they've got everything figured out, but it's worth remembering that they're just one failed time travel experiment away from crying, throwing temper tantrums, and liberally pissing themselves at the slightest provocation. Not so high and mighty now, eh? That's the premise of 2001's The Poof Point, in which accomplished husba…
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We're back in the Wonderful World of Disney this week, to check out Life-Size, the 2000 comedy starring Lindsay Lohan as a grieving little girl who uses a necromancy grimoire to try and resurrect her dead mother, and Tyra Banks as a doll who comes to life and tries to have sex with that little girl's father. Lohan plays Casey, a young girl who uses…
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High-schooler Jamie Bartlett finds herself thrust onto the world stage when an email error sees her fictionlised journal become a nationwide best-seller. But what will happen if her fellow students find out some of the characters are loosely based on them?! If your answer is 'probably nothing?' then boy does Read It and Weep have a problem with you…
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High School Musical is back in High School Musical 2! Will this one contain an actual musical? No! And also it's not even set in a high school this time! With school out for the summer, the Wildcats of East High find themselves working at a snooty country club owned by the parents of objectively best characters Ryan and Sharpay Evans. But as sports…
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Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast
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Extra Helpings Feed Drop: So Weird S2 E10 - Oopa
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Mom Can't Cook! returns on 20 Jan with High School Musical 2, but until then we thought we'd treat you to a feed drop of a classic episode of Extra Helpings, Mom Can't Cook's Patreon-exclusive bonus podcast. This episode originally aired on 22 April 2024, and covers Disney Channel Original TV Show So Weird season 2 episode 10, 'Oopa'. Get access to…
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It's D&D, but it's Cluedo! One of our party has committed a murder, and it's up to the rest of the party to uncover the truth of whodunit! Go to NordVPN.com/Oxventure to get 4-Extra Months on a 2-Year Plan! ------------------ Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xt…
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Xmas is here folks, and what better way to celebrate than with a LIVE recap of a film about a violent kidnapping, let me finish, that takes place at Christmas? That's right, it's Holiday in Handcuffs, the 2007 romantic comedy in which Melissa Joan Hart, recently dumped by her boyfriend and facing the prospect of a dateless Christmas with her family…
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It's Dungeons & Dragons, but everyone is playing a Flumph! Join famous hater of Flumphs, Johnny Chiodini, as they subject our players to their Flumph's ride of a lifetime! Many of them won't make it, and that's what the Flumph vending machine is for! Kick it, and a new Flumph will appear! Go to NordVPN.com/Oxventure to get 4-Extra Months on a 2-Yea…
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What if a snowman came to life? It'd be pretty horrifying I expect, on account of how he'd be like, three fleshy balls, precariously balanced on top of each other. But what if the snowman had abs? Pretty sexy, right? Also he has the mind of a child. Wait, come back. That's the premise for Hot Frosty (2024), Netflix's smash hit holiday movie in whic…
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D&D But... Everyone Has Amnesia Again
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It's D&D but you know absolutely nothing about your character! Welcome to D&D But... Everyone Has Amnesia, in which our players have scratch card character sheets that unveil their spells and abilities as they are used for the first time. Follow Luke at YouTube.com/@NormalAdultLuke Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/…
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We return to The Wonderful World of Disney for this week's offering, 1999's H-E Double Hockey Sticks, which reunites Boy Meets World's Will Friedel and Matthew Lawrence as Griffelkin, a demon in training, and Dave Heinrich, an ambitious hockey player who would sell his soul to win the Stanley Cup, and then does do that. But that's when things start…
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In a last gasp for Halloween 2024, Mom Can't Cook is back with our live Halloween special, in which we're recapping 2004's Halloweentown High! Marnie Cromwell, powerful witch and Best Person In The World is back with a new plan to unite the human world and Halloweentown: make a bunch of Halloweentown students attend her high school, in disguise, so…
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Friends & Falsehoods Pt2 | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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Trapped in a sacrificial chamber with the remnants of The Hive's last victims, the party must think quickly if they are to survive. Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, which is only on the OX Supporters Club! ------------------ Supp…
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Friends & Falsehoods Pt1 | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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The Poor Man stands before the party with a proposition, but will be party be able to meet his demands? Get tickets to Tales from the Guild now! https://bit.ly/OXGuild Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, which is only on the OX Supp…
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Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Mom Can't Cook podcast! Consider this dismaying observation: this episode is about the 2003 Haunted Mansion movie, which offered us this chilling challenge: watching the 2003 Haunted Mansion movie. Eddie Murphy plays Jim Evers, a workaholic real estate agent who drags his family to the titular manse with the hopes o…
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Shapes in the Mist | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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As the party sets out in search of the north team, they are stalked through the woods by mysterious figures... Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, which is only on the OX Supporters Club! ------------------ Supporters Club and our f…
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The Northwest team, desperately searching for the missing North team, find themselves in the village where they were last spotted, and all is not well. Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, which is only on the OX Supporters Club! ---…
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Spooky season is here, Mom Can't Cook fans, and we're kicking off with a slam dunk DCOM about twins who are also witches. That's right, it's Twitches! Sister Sister's Tia and Tamera Mowry play Alexandra and Camryn, two strangers who run into each other in a clothing store and realise that not only are they twins, they are also powerful witches able…
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The Path of Broken Oaths | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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The party is trapped in the Wyrdwood and must do the bidding of a Green Man to pay off their blood debt to the wood. Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, which is only on the OX Supporters Club! ------------------ Supporters Club and…
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Howls in the Night | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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Worn out and exhausted after their journey, the North West team catches a ride in a friendly traveller's wagon only to discover that something appears to be hunting the party across the moors... This episode was sponsored by Four Score Woodworking! Check out their incredible collection of wooden gaming accessories, which can be seen throughout all …
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This week, the DCOM writers spin the sports wheel and get a teen... [BOXER] who is worried about the ridicule he'll receive for his secret love of... [COMPETITIVE DOUBLE DUTCH JUMP ROPE]. Huh. Not sure how that got on here, but let's see how they get on. The boxer in question is Isadore "Izzy" Daniels, a pugilistic prodigy under a lot of pressure f…
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Rootbound | Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood
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After many days on the road, the North West team takes a rest in a local village only to discover that things are not as they seem in this strange and secretive place... Be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show, Unwinding Wyrdwood, after the episode, which is only on the OX Supporters Club! ------------------ Supporters…
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D&D is BACK on Oxventure! Journey into our new folk horror meets fantasy campaign, Wyrdwood! For centuries, the Common and the Wild Folk existed in peace, but now everything has changed! Magic has become unstable, and only the most daring will risk life and limb to uncover what has gone wrong. One way or the other, magic will have its due. Catch th…
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Jett Jackson is the star of the hit TV show Silverstone, a thrilling spy drama full of karate and explosions. He's also a regular kid trying to keep his grades up and ask his friend Kayla to the prom. As you can imagine, this is a challenging lifestyle to maintain that only gets more difficult when he accidentally falls through a dimension hole and…
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Before Wyrdwood debuts TONIGHT, join Johnny, Jane, and Andy as they discuss some of the inspirations behind the new D&D setting and their experiences making the new season! Catch the first episode of Wyrdwood HERE, and be sure to tune in to our exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood after the episode, only on the OX Supporte…
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Vega omega, Mom Can't Cook! fans, this week we're heading back to the spay-stay for another instalment in the Zenon series of sci fi films that is confusing major, as well as viral extreme (bad). When we join our hero Zenon, she has a lot going on, with a new cousin, her space driving test, and the Galactic Teen Supreme contest all vying for her at…
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A Whole New (old) World | Teens in Space
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They've landed on a strange alien world and encountered an AI keeping watch over the cryogenically frozen bodies of Michelle Obama and various other celebrities. But little do the Teens know that things are about to get even weirder... Go to InsertCoinClothing.com and use code InSpaceNoOneCanHearYouTeen to get 10% off your order! Check out Jasper &…
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After winning the race, the gang are handed four tickets to the greatest party in town, but little do they know that some stuff is about to go down to interrupt their festivities! Loot Lake Dice are BACK IN STOCK along with an update to the Chaotic Good Vibes Only shirt: store.outsidexbox.com Check out Jasper & Liv here: 3blackhalflings.com -------…
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High School Musical may have been the most successful musical DCOM, but it wasn't the first. That dubious honour belongs to 2003's The Cheetah Girls, which charts the fortunes of a four piece girl group as they navigate friendship, fame, and deciding whether or not to trust a man who is literally named 'Jackal Johnson.' When we first meet the Cheet…
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Now This is Space Racing | Teens in Space
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The gang are on the run on a cosmic joyride across the stars! Where will they land first, and what wild capers will they get entangled in? Loot Lake Dice are BACK IN STOCK along with an update to the Chaotic Good Vibes Only shirt: store.outsidexbox.com ------------------ Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub To w…
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Dad's Gonna be So Mad! | Teen in Space
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Blast off on a cosmic joyride with Oxventure and 3 Black Halflings! Kael, Radian, and Galaxa are just three everyday alien teens until one day; they're given the chance of a lifetime to cruise around the cosmos in an experimental spaceship! Go to InsertCoinClothing.com and use code VinnieVidiVici to get 10% off your order! ------------------ Suppor…
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Calvin Wheeler, the main character of Life is Ruff, is many things. A big man on campus, a world class skateboarder, master to a snivelling worm-like manservant named Figg and of course, the world's biggest fan of an unpopular superhero named Gotham Man. What he isn't, is a dog owner, something that proves to be a problem when he needs to win a dog…
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D&D But... Everyone is Kobolds LIVE!
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Let's Kick the Kobold Vending Machine and see what we get as Oxventure plays a brand new game of D&D But Everyone's a Kobold LIVE! Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra store for sweet merch: store.outsidexbox.com To watch all the original Oxventure videos, vis…
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World Wide Wrestling | One-Shot Wonders
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Get ready for Friday Night Wrestling here on OXW! Andy, Mike, Johnny and Special Guest Dan Layton get in the ring to duke it out in the latest Oxventure One-Shot! Check out Valda's Spire of Secrets at MageHandPress.com ------------------ Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox an…
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What if Johnny Tsunami were a lot less fun, and a lot more about probate law and real estate deals? That's the question no one asked that was answered by Rip Girls (2000)! Sydney Miller is a 13 year old girl who suddenly finds herself the owner of a large parcel of land in Hawaii after a distant relative leaves it to her in their will. But it turns…
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Let's cram the Pokémon you know and love into Dungeons & Dragons! DM Luke Westaway is joined by players Ellen Rose, Andy Farrant and Johnny Chiodini as they wrangle the latest D&D But! Go to InsertCoinClothing.com and use code Eldritchblastoise to get 10% off your order! Check out Valda's Spire of Secrets at MageHandPress.com ------------------ Sup…
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High School Musical was a watershed moment for Disney Channel Original Movies, when they crossed over from odd, throwaway curiosities about mermen and telepathic horses, into huge mainstream success, with hit albums, merchandise and two bona fide stars in the form of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. With all that being said however, it is still recog…
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The Even Stevens Movie (2003) is the culmination of three years and 65 episodes of television, which we have seen precisely none of. However, that's not going to stop us from recapping this wild movie, in which the Stevens family think they've won a dream vacation to a paradise island, only to end up unwitting participants in a cruel reality show. …
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For all time fans have asked the the same question... who would win in a fight though! And we are finally ready to answer in the Oxventurers Guild Battle Royale! Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra store for sweet merch: store.outsidexbox.com To watch all the…
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Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast
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My Date with the President's Daughter
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Can you think of any scenario in which you abscond with the President's daughter and don't end the night being killed by the secret service? Well, Disney can. In My Date With the President's Daughter (1998), regular teen Duncan Fletcher asks a girl at the mall on a date, only to discover later that she's the literal DOTUS. When Hallie decides to es…
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The time has come. It's the final episode of The Oxventurers Guild: The Final Season! What will Portal Combat bring for the original Oxventurers: heroic victory or the Extra Long Rest sometimes known as death? In either case, thanks for joining us on this wild ride. Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out…
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The brave-ish heroes are taken captive. Can they defend their deeds and win their freedom? Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra store for sweet merch: store.outsidexbox.com To watch all the original Oxventure videos, visit us on YouTube at youtube.com/oxventur…
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Ice. What is it? Science can only begin to guess. But without it we would not have figure skating or ice hockey, the two sports at the heart of this week's DCOM, Go Figure. Katelin Kingsford is a world class figure skater, but to afford training from the world's top coach she must accept an ice hockey scholarship to a prestigious school. Will Katel…
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Prudence meets some competition for the favour of Cthulhu Dad. Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra store for sweet merch: store.outsidexbox.com To watch all the original Oxventure videos, visit us on YouTube at youtube.com/oxventure. And thank goodness for Jo…
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