Best Courtney McLean Podcasts (2024)

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When Your Pastor Sides With Your Abuser 58:00

5d ago58:00

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Caroline McKuen, director of the Presbyterian Advocacy Council, talks about the criminal financial and sexual abuse by her pious ex, and how church elders minimized this. More information about the national nonprofit Caroline started to help other churchwomen avoid what she went through is here! https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org…

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Jamaana Abdu and Stephen Downes

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Displacement can be the shift in location from a country, a city or a family. All of these aspects come to life when Aliya and her daughter choose to move to rural New South Wales in Jumaana Abdu’s debut novel ‘Translations’.The pieces of our lives, the influences and experiences, are like a mosaic joining together to make a whole that may be stran…

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Mark Mupotsa-Russell and Raeden Richardson

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Household debt takes on a new meaning when you are a former assassin seeking retribution for the death of a child while, at the same time, trying to manage your domestic life. Mark Mupotsa-Russell explores these dilemmas in his novel, ‘The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt’.Melbourne is the city. It and the characters who just want to be …

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Sophie Matthiesson and Finegan Kruckemeyer

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'Together We Fall Apart' is Sophie Matthiesson's novel about running away and coming home against a backdrop of addiction.'The End and Everything Before It' is Finegan Kruckemeyer's first novel where the tale twists upon itself highlighting the development of a town over the course of time where legend and life are intertwined.…

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Courtney and Jess: Isolation and the Importance of Friends 58:00

22d ago58:00

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Best friends Courtney and Jess discuss how Jess grew alarmed as Courtney’s new boyfriend slowly and steadily turned her into a shell of herself, and what Jess did to help rescue her.By Patrisha McLean

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Amy Doak and Courtney Collins

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A small town but with a dark history and when an old woman tells a secret from the past, there is a mystery to unravel and a crime to solve in Amy Doak’s YA novel ‘Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret’.Courtney Collins explores the universal connection between women that transcends time, cultures and countries in her novel, 'Bird'.…

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Financial Abuse 52:09

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“Financial Abuse” conversation with Lora and Jeannine. Imagine financially supporting your abusive spouse, and then when you finally escape being ordered by the court to continue to give him money. Lora, a Maine nurse, talks about this happening to her and in part 2 of this episode Jeannine talks about about Maine legislation she helped get through…

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Mark Wales and J P Pomare

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Jack Dunne wants a future for his son but Australia has an occupational force which wants to eradicate the last hill of resistance and that's where their home is. 'Outrider' is an action packed fiction, a story of survival and hope by Mark Wales.J P Pomare has us delving into the cold case morder of the Primrose family some seventeen years after th…

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It Happens in Rich Families, Too 52:17

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A woman wishing to remain anonymous relates what it was like having a childhood that seemed golden to the outside but inside the house, was a “living hell”.

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Episode 8.12 Interview with Matthew Niermann-Director of Mere Creativity 38:33

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In this episode, Paul sits down with Matthew Niermann, full professor of architecture at California Baptist University and Director of Mere Creativity. They talk about art, design, creativity, theology, mission, and more. Be sure to like us on Itunes or Spotify and subscribe to our show!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Julie Bennett and Isabella G. Mead

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Movie reels, photographs a camera and letters link two women 100 years apart in this parallel story of history and the complication of relationships in ‘The Lost Letters of Rose Carey’ by Julie Bennett. 'The Infant Vine' is Isabella G. Mead's debut collection of poetry that explores new life and motherhood with particular associations with nature t…

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Episode 8.11 The Living God and the God of the Philosophers 52:27

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the tension between the God of Scripture and the God of the philosophers, and offer some guidance on how to develop our model of God. Be sure to like us on Itunes and Spotify and to subscribe to our show!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.10 Divine Love and the Pleasure of God 55:15

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the nature of God's love. Be sure to like us on Itunes and Spotify and subscribe to our show!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.9 Divine Beauty and Harmonious Joy 47:51

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the nature of divine beauty. They examine the claims that God is beautiful and Beauty itself. Be sure to like us on Itunes and Spotify and subscribe to our show!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.8 Divine Goodness and Resting in God 45:36

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the nature of divine goodness. They land on a version of the virtue model, exploring the problem of evil along the way. Be sure to like us on Itunes or Spotify and subscribe to our show.By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.7 Divine Power and the Power to Change 1:00:04

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the naure of divine omnipotence. What we find, as we reflect on divine power, is just what we long for: a power available to us for change. Be sure to like us on Itunes or Spotify and subscribe to our show.By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Michelle See-Tho and Scott Wilson

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A teenage girl is influenced by both her mother and an adult friend, but it is only after a tragedy she learns how she fits into complex society of family and friendships and becomes her best self in ‘Jade and Emerald ‘ by Michelle See-Tho.Scott Wilson takes us into the realm of super-forecasters gauging the economic, political, and military temper…

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Episode 8.6 Divine Knowledge and God's Grace 1:03:06

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul consider the nature of divine omniscience. They consider the problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom and reflect on how God's knowledge reveals divine grace. Be sure to like us on Itunes or Spotify and subscribe to our show.By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.5 Divine Presence and the Room of Grace 55:35

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the idea that God is wholly present (omnipresence) and also specially present at particular places. Be sure to subscribe to our show and like us on Itunes or Spotify!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.4 Divine Eternity and Eternal Life 1:03:28

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Courtney and Paul discuss four points about God and time. What does the Bible say about God's temporal mode of being? How about philosophy? If God is temporal, does that make him a prisoner to time? Find out on this episode. Be sure to subscribe to our show and like us on Itunes and Spotify.By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.3 Divine Uncontainability - the Greatness of God in a Disenchanted World 59:17

2M ago59:17

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul consider five ways that God is uncontainable. Be sure to like us on Itunes and Spotify and subscribe to our show.

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Episode 8.2 Divine Uniqueness: God Among the false gods 51:17

2M ago51:17

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore God's ultimacy and uniqueness in a disenchanted word and its pantheon of false gods. Be sure to subscribe to our show on Itunes and Spotify and like us!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Episode 8.1 Why Our Idea of God Matters 49:29

2M ago49:29

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In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore three reasons why our idea of God matters. Subcribe to our show and like us on Itunes and Spotify!By Paul M. Gould & Courtney Gray

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Alice Robinson and Louise Le Nay

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‘If You Go’ by Alice Robinson, is a domestic sci-fi about motherhood and what we pass onto our children.Marnie’s daughter has a raging drug habit and a repellent boyfriend. She can see the danger for her grandchildren. Her determination to keep them safe means she has to trust some strangers who become friends in ‘’Edenhope’ by Louise Le Nay.…

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No Justice, No Safety III 41:26

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He strangled her, smothered her with a pillow, at gunpoint forced her to take a bottle of sleeping pills in what he said would be a double-suicide. He is out on bail pending trial.By Patrisha McLean

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Tim Ayliffe and Anna Johnston

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Tim Ayliffe weaves a web of intrigue in 'The Wrong Man' where deaths of young women two years apart have a mysterious connection linked to a serial killer. The corruption within the police force impedes the investigation and there is a suggestion a not so innocent man has been framed.Fred is kind and has so much love to give, but no one to give it …

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No Justice, No Safety II 54:37

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Jolene of the Lewiston, Maine area talks about how her ex was emboldened by police and courts to become scarier and scarier.By Patrisha McLean

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Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion and Jane Sullivan

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‘The Glass House’ by Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion delves into the challenges faced by both psychiatric patients and clinicians as they seek diagnoses and an equitable path forward with their lives. ‘Murder in Punch Lane’ has well known people as suspects in Jane Sullivan’s gothic crime novel set in the laneways of 19th century Melbourne.…

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Lauren Draper and Robert Gott

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Before mobiles there were letters and that’s how three friends from the past communicated. The letters were found and three friends from now want to solve the mystery of who they were and what happened to them. In solving the mystery they also learn about themselves in 'Return to Sender' by Lauren Draper.'Naked Ambition' is Robert Gott's hilarious …

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Lia Hills and W H Chong

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A child walks out of the Wimmera desert in Lia Hills' novel, The Desert Knows Her Name'. She is an enigma that others, all with their own agends, try to solve.'Portraits' by W. H. Chong is a collection of more than 300 drawings of artists, writers, musicians and thinkers.By Lia Hills with David McLean and W H Chong with Lisa Moule

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Radiothon with Clan Destine Press

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Lindy Cameron, Hugh McGinlay, Narrelle Harris and Robert Gott talk all things crime while constantly being interrupted through the Radiothon Program.By Lindy Cameron, Hugh McGinlay, Narrelle Harris and Robert Gott talk with Jan Goldsmith, David McLean and Lisa Moule.

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Helen Brown and Jenny Ackland

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The changes that happen from primary school to high school with friends, family and your own body can be difficult. Helen Brown has the love of ‘Mickey’ to help her and writes about this cat and these incidents with humour and understanding. Jenny Ackland explores a dystopian future in her latest novel, 'Hurdy Gurdy', where a troupe of female perfo…

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Michael Brissenden and Ruby Todd

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There is murder and corruption in Michael Brissenden's 'Smoke' where loyalty and betrayal are exposed after a fire has ravaged a small community. The consequences of a once in a lifetime comet will reveal long held secrets, astronomy, romance and a thriller ending in Ruby Todd’s, ‘Bright Objects’.By Michael Brissenden with David McLean and Ruby Todd with Jan Goldsmith

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Richard Broome and Bri Lee

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Richard Broome tells the story of early European contact with its guns, diseases and ideas upon the First Nations people of Victoria in 'Aboriginal Victorians'.'The Work; by Bri Lee is a stunning debut novel about power, art and money.By Richard Broome with David McLean and Bri Lee with Lisa Moule

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Fiona Lowe and Jo Peck

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'The Accident' by Fiona Lowe is a story of a devastating accident with a shocking web of lies. What happens when you are‘Suddenly Single at Sixty’? Jo Peck has written of her loss, anger and hurt along with her social experiment of on-line dating, in this often humorous memoir.By Fiona Lowe with Lisa Moule and Jo Peck with Jan Goldsmith

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Garry Disher and Lisa Ireland

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Garry Disher's latest novel, 'Sanctuary', reveals a world of scams, crime, corruption and characters seeking solace while, all the while, looking over their shoulders lest they are made accountable for their misdeeds.They met in 1958 in Holywood when producers controlled every aspect of an actor's life . Three of the four friends continued to meet …

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Andrea Barton and Louise Milligan

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Organised crime and ballroom dancing go hand in hand in Andrea Barton's novel, 'The Godfather of Dance'. Both are cutthroat industries.‘Pheasants Nest’ is a crime novel of rape and abduction. As well as action and suspense, Louise Milligan has created characters which give this book a realistic heart.…

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Miranda Darling and Sisters in Crime

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The woman, mother, wife in Miranda Darling’s book is so much more, but will she spiral with subservient silence into her relationship or will her anger compound into a climatic burst and the title of this book is ‘Thunderhead‘.Carmel Shute tells us what’s happening with ‘Sisters in Crime’.By Miranda Darling and Sisters in Crime with Jan Goldsmith

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No Justice, No Safety 50:41

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Bethany talks about her 30-year odyssey of trying to get the terrorizing by her ex of her extended family to stop, with District Attorneys and judges dismissing of 19 separate occasions of violating restraining orders and conditions of release.By Patrisha McLean

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When Your Abuser is a Celebrity 53:57

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Donna Kaz talks about being physically and emotionally brutalized by the sensitive late actor --and serial domestic abuser --William (Body Heat) Hurt, when she was in her early 20s. We also talk about the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial. Donna is a feminist activist and author of Unmasked: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl on Tour https://www.amazon.com/MAS…

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Mother/Daughter 49:38

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Jackie Lee McLean and the host of this podcast Patrisha McLean talk about how control and violence from father and husband impacted each other, as well as their mother/daughter relationship. They also talk about their journey to healing themselves and their relationship. Jackie is a mom of three, executive of an IT company, and singer-songwriter wh…

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When The Rights of A Father Trumps the Safety of the Child 49:19

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Amy talks about how Maine courts and the Department of Health and Human Services worked overtime for three years to give full custody of her grand baby -- safe in the loving home of her daughter-- to a domestic violence felon.By Patrisha McLean

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A Man Talks About His Violent Father 57:10

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Randall Liberty is Maine's Commissioner of Corrections, overseeing all prisons, jails and probationers in the state. Here, he talks with Patrisha about his father, beloved in the community and incarcerated for beating up his mother. He also talks about how the violence in the home impacted himself and his brothers.…

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Abuse is Worse During the Holidays 57:42

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Six survivors talk about how holidays are the scariest and most miserable times of the year for moms and children when we are trapped with an angry and controlling family member. With Jolene's ex-husband in jail, her eight-year-old is having the first peaceful holiday season of her life.By Patrisha

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Lisa Medved and Lauren Chater

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An ancient map links two women from the studio of Ruebens in the 1620’s to Antwerp today, Lisa Medved’s historical research and clever cryptic clues have you guessing in ‘The Engraver’s Secret’.Lauren Chater takes us back to Restoration England where theatre and art gave women greater agency in 'The Beauties' and where a commoner married a soon to …

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Lili Wilkinson and Paul Morgan

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Magic, humour, horror and even romance are ‘mettled’ together in Lili Wilkinson’s latest tale of not so damsel in distress and a secret society, featuring sinister Toadmen, in ‘Deep is the Fen’.‘The Winter Palace’ by Paul Morgan is a sumptuous novel of war, survival and love.By Lili Wilkinson with Jan Goldsmith and Paul Morgan with Lisa Moule

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Amanda Hampson and Ouyang Yu

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‘The Cryptic Clue’ is a crime novel which puts capable older women in the spotlight and brings laughs about attitudes and happenings from the not so distant past. This is another Tea Ladies mystery written by Amanda Hampson.Ouyang Yu explores the dissonance between cultures which can lead to both comic outcomes and even a sense of loss in his colle…

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Myfanwy Jones and Bella Ellwood-Clayton

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Myfanwy Jones takes us into the historical past associated with the Queensland Tablelands and the friction between fathers and sons over three generations in, 'Cool Water'. An unflinching portrayal of modernday parenting is revealed in Bella Ellwood-Clayton's novel, 'Weekend Friends'.By Myfanwy Jones with David McLean and Bella Ellwood-Clayton with Lisa Moule

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Ernest Price and Amy Matthews

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'The Pyramid of Needs' by Ernest Price is a darkly funny story about transphobia and family dysfunction.'Someone Else's Bucket List' by Amy Matthews is an exploration of values in the digital age as much as it is a story of an individual finding romance and her own identity.By Ernest Price with Lisa Moule and Amy Matthews with David McLean

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