Best Get Random With Sam Podcasts (2024)

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EP71: Having a Laugh or Two on the Dock 52:15

5d ago52:15

52:15

Dock sitting for the July 4 extended weekend means we've got books to talk about! Hannah pulled Peter Heller's "The Guide" off the camp shelves and found herself thinking, "the writing is so insanely beautiful." Pretty high praise. Heller even makes fly-fishing enthralling — she read it in a day. Meanwhile, Sam was consumed for multiple days with L…

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EP70: The Mayflower, Blood Quantum, and Great Sandwiches 38:39

15d ago38:39

38:39

Sam has been doing research into the family tree, which is largely irrelevent, but does have him fired up to talk books. Hannah's right there with him, with brand-new reads hot off the presses. But we're not quite done with "Fire Exit" yet and start things out with some closing thoughts and a great deal more context (the Press Herald reviewer that …

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Germany & Spain Make a BOLD STATEMENT in Euro 2024! 1:07:11

24d ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Welcome back to Backline Banter, today we discus the first few games of the Euro 2024 tournament and give my thoughts on teams and how well they did. Some massive games and massive calls like the Belgium handball call, Mbappe broken nose and is szoboszlai playing Injured??? Don't Forget To Check Out The YT Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/U…

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EP69: Keanu Reeves, Elin Hilderbrand, and the Book of the Year? 47:56

29d ago47:56

47:56

It's summer for real now, and we're hyped for our upcoming event at Hastings House in Beverly Farms, featuring four summer-read authors. This is a legit literary genre at this point, folks. So we fire things up with Elin Hilderbrand's final (maybe) summer novel, fittingly titled "Swan Song." What makes this new literary tradition so attractive? Sam…

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EP68: Summer Reading Kicks Off! 33:33

1M ago33:33

33:33

Hannah and Sam are at Clearwater Pond on Memorial Day Weekend and they are ready to rock and roll for summer's many hours of lazy water-side reading. First up is Ann Hood, pride of Rhode Island, and her "The Stolen Child," which features travels to France and Italy with a pair of mis-matched travelers who develop a deep and abiding friendship and i…

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EP67: Late Night from NEIBA 45:17

2M ago45:17

45:17

Hannah is at the New England Independent Booksellers Association Spring Fling (or something like that), and it's a late-night recording to beat the band. Mostly, both Hannah and Sam are fired up about the release of "Ministry of Time," which they've been wanting to talk about since they read it as an advanced-reading copy. Yes, it's a time travel b…

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EP66: Live from Newburyport, with Jami Attenberg and Steve Almond 1:02:24

3M ago1:02:24

1:02:24

It's a special edition of "John Updike's Ghost," recorded live from the Newburyport Literary Festival, with special guests Jami Attenberg and Steve Almond, veteran authors who have both penned great new books about writing. Steve's "Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow," is an instruction manual that allows for failure along the way; Jami's "1000 W…

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MAN CITY & ARSENAL FIGHTING for the PREMEIR LEAGUE TITLE!!! #15 59:54

3M ago59:54

59:54

Welcome Back To Backline Banter A Beauty Of An Episode Filled With The Premier League Summary and Talking In Depth On The Liverpool Everton Game and Arsenal Chelsea Game So Enjoy. Don't Forget To Check Out Backline Banter On Youtube!!!By Bailey McLaren

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LIVERPOOL & ARSENAL BOTTLE The PREMIER LEAGUE!!! 1:07:39

3M ago1:07:39

1:07:39

Today We Have The Premier League Summary For Gameweek 33 and Sadly Liverpool Lose To Palace and Thankfully Arsenal Lose To Villa But City Go To The Top Of The Prem, Disappointing Result But A Great Episode. Don't Forget To Check Out The Youtube Channel Backline Banter!!! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/new-life …

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EP65: Big Questions, K-Pop, and Pre-Internet Nostalgia 41:30

3M ago41:30

41:30

Hannah has absconded to New York City, but no one will go to the Beatrix Potter exhibit with her. Such a shame. No matter! We're fired up about the Newburyport Literary Festival, and ready to talk books, starting with a recap of Leigh Bardugo's brand-new "The Familiar," which Sam has decided he likes quite a bit. Maybe not quite as much as both of …

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UNREAL SCENES MAN U vs CHELSEA + Team of the Week #13 1:16:52

3M ago1:16:52

1:16:52

Today On Backline Banter We Talk about Gameweek 31 and I also choose My Team of the Week for this gameweek. Don't Forgot To Check Out The Youtube Channel!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaatLmfkrwPRVcqbQedTCOg Music by

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EP64: Sex and Satanism 42:58

4M ago42:58

42:58

Just off a big night out on the town in Beverly, Hannah and Sam are focused on brand-new releases, of a wide variety, plus an older book that is very much NOT related to the website it shares a name with. That book is "Storm Front," the first in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series, an older book (2000) recommended to Hannah by a customer, which has …

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HAVE MANCHESTER CITY BOTTLED THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE?!!! #12 1:29:36

3M ago1:29:36

1:29:36

Today We Are Talking About The Massive Gameweek 30, The Main games there are City vs Arsenal and Liverpool Vs Brighton +many more. Also Don't Forget To Check Out The Youtube Channel!!! https://www.youtube.com/@backline-banter Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fass/shake-that License code: 77KZACBF9KZNBWAW…

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OUTRAGEOUS EUROPEAN COMPETITION PREDICTIONS!!! #11 48:33

3M ago48:33

48:33

***Check Out The Youtube Channel*** https://www.youtube.com/@backline-banter There Is A lot to look forward to on the channel so give it a SUBSCRIBE. Welcome Back To Backline Banter Channel where we are predicting all European Competitions so, The Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.…

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#BT 113: Random Show: Paid Apps & Subscriptions, Music platforms, Aging and Longevity, Managing Stress, Best Friend Guidance, Nutrition for Dads, Meme Coins 2:16:39

4M ago2:16:39

2:16:39

Another random show with my best bud Calvin Dely. Grab yourself a beer and listen to...By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP63: Jamaica, Southie, and Points in Between 41:03

4M ago41:03

41:03

It's a late-night edition of John Updike's Ghost and Hannah and Sam are ready to rock and roll. First up is Tana French's new thriller, "The Hunter," a follow up to "The Searcher," which Hannah hasn't read, but she wasn't bothered by this. Brilliant audiobook experience. Sticking with violent acts, Sam talks about how seeing the new Bob Marley movi…

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MAN U LAST MINUTE WINNER AGAINST LIVERPOOL (FA CUP) & TOP 10 CURRENT PL STRIKERS #10 1:08:09

4M ago1:08:09

1:08:09

Today On The Pod Sadly We Talk About Liverpool Being Knocked Out Of The FA Cup By Manchester United Along With The Rest Of The FA Cup Quarter Finals, I also Do The PL Summary Of Gameweek 29 (Only Four Games Being Played) And The Top 10 Premier League Strikers This Season!!! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/new-li…

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HOW IS THAT NOT A PENALTY!???, LIVERPOOL VS CITY #9 1:11:42

4M ago1:11:42

1:11:42

Today We Talk About The Massive Game LIVERPOOL vs CITY, I Do The PL Summary For The Rest Of The Episode, Along With BLIND RANKING Current Liverpool & Man City Players, I Did Say That We Would Have The Deep Darwin Dive But I Forgot to do so..... BUT a Massive Episode What A Banger. I Will Say Though That The First 5 Minutes Are a bit Low Energy But …

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SAM KERR CONTROVERSY!? LIVERPOOL DOMINANT WIN! #8 34:30

4M ago34:30

34:30

Today We Talk About The SAM KERR CONTROVERSY, Liverpool's 5-1 Win in the Europa League, Darwin Nunez's 2 Stunning Goals and Champion League Fixtures Apologies for the length of the episode and wasn't the best overall but still good putting in the grind so enjoy! Music by

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EP62: Supercommunicating, Interviewing, and Mythmaking 53:15

5M ago53:15

53:15

Is March Fourth a "declarative sentence"? No, Sam, it's an imperative sentence. But it's Hannah's birthday and at least he remembered that, if not his grammar lessons. Not to worry, though, this episode is chock full of weighty discussion, starting with "Women and Children First," the biography of the pioneering Dr. Susan Dimock (with a side bar on…

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Backline Banter Trailer 1:22

5M ago1:22

1:22

By Bailey McLaren

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DARWIN NUNEZ 90+9 WINNER!!! & MANCHESTER DERBY! #7 1:05:52

4M ago1:05:52

1:05:52

A BANGING Episode of the Podcast, We have the PL Summary for Gameweek 27, Liverpool Experience, Deep Darwin Dive, Blind Rankings and Some OUTSIDE INPUT? on the Manchester Derby!!! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fass/shake-that License code: DTVBU479QYKETV2YBy Bailey McLaren

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LIVERPOOL WIN CARABAO CUP FINAL!!! #6 39:17

5M ago39:17

39:17

As You Can Tell By The Title I'm Talking Everything About The Carabao Cup Final, from the chances to lineups and everything in between, bit of a mini episode as just focusing on one game but a banger none the less. Liverpool Champions!!!By Bailey McLaren

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Premier League BLIND RANKING, PL Summary & MUCH MORE!!! #5 1:04:10

5M ago1:04:10

1:04:10

We have Blind Ranking, PL Summary And My Gameweek 26 Team Of The Week, an episode should be out Friday/Saturday Talking About the Final, Liverpool vs Chelsea Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fass/shake-that License code: TX57CWE0ZOBFINEEBy Bailey McLaren

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MBAPPE TRANSFER?! A NEW MANAGER In The PREM?! #4 51:15

5M ago51:15

51:15

AN AMAZING EPISODE We Finish the PL Summary for Gameweek 25, Talk About Liverpool Dominating Luton Without A Lot of Players, Mbappe Transfer Talk Where Will He Go??? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fass/shake-that License code: QXTJOIDNWJOFKJGYBy Bailey McLaren

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EP61: Time-Travelers, Survivors, Fascists, and Crooks 36:33

5M ago36:33

36:33

Hannah is back from Winter Institute and she has all sorts of thoughts on the state of the bookselling industry (900 booksellers in the same place is NOT illegal, it turns out). She's not sure she's a hero, exactly, but not every bookseller is in tony Beverly Farms. Also, it turns out she didn't learn all that much about what's coming down the pipe…

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INJURY CRISIS for Liverpool! TOP 10 Prem FULLBACKS! and PL Summary #3 1:14:49

5M ago1:14:49

1:14:49

We talk Liverpool's Injury Crisis as they beat Brentford 4-1, We have the Premier League Summary where we are doing the first 7 games of Gameweek 25 as I'm Splitting this matchweek into 2 Episodes and I have THE BEST Top 10 Prem Fulbacks List this Season Along with the Deep Darwin!!! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mo…

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Liverpool Back to Winning Ways!!! Nunez Scoring! Blue Cards Coming To Premier League??? #2 1:05:13

5M ago1:05:13

1:05:13

The 2nd Episode of Backline Banter A lot BETTER than the First With Plenty To Talk about such as the Premier League Summary, Liverpool Experience Back To Winning Ways and Darwin Nunez Scoring!!! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/new-life License code: BN1MNUJQMMB3QR3X…

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First Episode!!! PL Summary, Top 10 Prem CB's, Blind Ranking and More #1 1:22:18

5M ago1:22:18

1:22:18

Welcome To The First Episode, A Big One Coming Up, PL Summary for Gameweek 23, Arsenal Vs Liverpool Defensive Howlers, Deep Darwin Dive Nunez Unable To get In The Game?, Top 10 Current Premier League CB's!, My Team Of The Week and Blind Ranking Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/new-life License code: KYKGWQWCZ7GUT…

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#BT 112: Beer Worms, with Dean Smorenburg from Maltento 43:11

5M ago43:11

43:11

My guest is Dean Smorenburg from Maltento who utilises spent grain from breweries to cultivate a...By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP60: Comfort Books and Badass Women 47:28

6M ago47:28

47:28

Sam has covid, but it's been a good four-year run of not getting it, and it's an easy way to remember it's our fourth anniversary of buying the Book Shop. We start off this week with a little look back on things we didn't expect when we got into this mess (why are publishers so mean? How do you stock all the books that people want?), and then launc…

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EP59: Kelly Link and the Magic of Books about Magic 37:13

6M ago37:13

37:13

Sam is just back from Dallas, where he visited Interabang Books and learned of Dallas writer Ben Fountain, and so has his brand-new "Devil Makes Three," instead of a Larry McMurtry book. In the meantime, Hannah has read the new Kelly Link, "The Book of Love," which she is big-time into ("It was so. good."), which leads into a discussion of why we l…

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EP58: Nyx, Mercury, Murderbots, and Other Gods 34:27

6M ago34:27

34:27

After a quick treatise on the Murderbot Diaries, Sam's all jazzed up about the new release coming in February from Kirsten Bakis, who has taken 25 years to release a second novel after the revelatory "Lives of the Monster Dogs." A classic gothic tale, "King Nyx" is a creepy feminist text you need to read ASAP. Unfortunately, Hannah is less jazzed a…

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EP57: Our favorites from 2023! 53:28

7M ago53:28

53:28

Christmas is over and we've got some time to relax (especially since no one gave Hannah any books for Christmas, though she bought herself "Mistletoe Malice," not "Mistletoe Mayhem," as she says on the pod, as a present to herself). That means, we've got our lists ready — 12 books each, and maybe some more — of favorite books of the past year! We s…

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EP56: Magic, Poetry, and the Frozen River 30:01

7M ago30:01

30:01

This week, we're in the thick of it, busy with all the things the holiday season brings to little retail shops like ours. It's a stressful time. So, Sam's been reading the Magicians, along with the Magician King and the Magician's Land, as a bit of comfort reading. He's discovered he's not being mocked by them. But don't worry! Hannah's been readin…

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#BT 111: Bomb Squad Lager with Steven Kitshoff and Malcolm Marx 25:53

8M ago25:53

25:53

We won the Rugby World Cup and what better way to celebrate over a tasty beer....By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP55: Books for Everyone on Your List 43:43

8M ago43:43

43:43

This week, it's nothing but naked capitalism, as Sam and Hannah challenge each other to suggest the ideal book-gifts for all your potential giftees. Of course, Hannah's in the mobbed bookstore, so a little stressed and nervous for this challenge. The mail is even being delivered as we record. Crazy stuff. Seriously, though, we've got great ideas fo…

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EP54: Hannah's Happy, Sam Did Not Finish 47:00

8M ago47:00

47:00

This week, Hannah and Sam are just back from the New England Crime Bake, where crime-fiction authors gather, along with murder consultants and the like — don't miss people like Elly Griffiths, Deborah Crombie (the new one was "A Killing of Innocents"), and Chris Fabricant, who calls into question the way prosecutors use evidence in "Junk Science." …

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EP53: Stars Abound with Britney! The Future! Tommy Orange! 56:08

9M ago56:08

56:08

For the first time recording in the ... afternoon ... Hannah and Sam are perhaps more lucid than normal and have a lot of books to chat about after a brief sidebar on Reddit posting (Sam's getting tooled on). First up is "The Future," from Naomi Alderman, which is an important novel that people really need to read, a commentary on where we are and …

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#BT 110: MEGA SHOW: Great American Beer Fest 2023 1:13:03

9M ago1:13:03

1:13:03

Dreams do come true. Attending the Great American Beer Fest has been on my bucket list...By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP52: Two Trips to Vietnam, Murder, and Romance 41:06

9M ago41:06

41:06

After embarrassing himself by trying and failing to give Mark Zuckerberg money, Sam describes his first experience with reading Kristin Hannah, in particular her upcoming "The Women," which is about nurses in Vietnam, and shares some qualities with "A Little Life," for good and ill. If you don't have a great feel for post-Vietnam U.S. culture, this…

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EP51: Three Deaths and a Deal with the Devil 39:16

10M ago39:16

39:16

Big things are afoot in the Book Shop — new shelving! With that highly engaging development discussed, we move on to chat about the newest from Melissa Broder ("Death Valley" is very meta, a treatise on grief, but we've had similar journeys) and Keigo Higashino ("A Death in Tokyo"; if you like procedurals, this is the Japanese master of the form). …

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EP50: Dubus, Dudes, and a Racy Audiobook 42:55

10M ago42:55

42:55

Indeed, it's our 50th episode, which is a wicked big deal, and Sam and Hannah are high on the successful Andre Dubus III event they have just completed, and so you get a recaap of that and some behind-the-scenes stuff (he is very charming; throws out Ezra Pound quotes off the top of his head), but no worries, we quickly move into talk of similar du…

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#BT 109: Sam Calagione // Dogfish Head Brewery 26:14

10M ago26:14

26:14

Sam and Dogfish Head Brewery has been an inspiration for me and my beer brewing endeavours....By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP49: Labor Day with the Governor of Maine and Zadie Smith 27:13

11M ago27:13

27:13

Okay, so we don't actually, like, have Governor Janet Mills on the pod, but Sam's reading the book that just came out with her letters and journal from the first year of the pandemic, "In Other Words, Leadership," and she hangs out near us in the summer, so that's close enough. Is she the biggest hippy of any governor in the U.S.? Also, we've got o…

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EP48: Book Shop After Dark: Bad cars, great books (and not so great) 44:29

11M ago44:29

44:29

With car issues in the rearview mirror, it's JUG After Dark and Hannah and Sam are feeling frisky even though it's Bad Car Summer, even providing a little primer on not paying Jeff Bezos money. After that, Sam loves "The Impossible Fortress," an ode to 1980s nerd culture (and Vanna White), and it turns out it's actually been released by a U.S. publ…

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EP47: Dissing Dennis Lehane, Praising Ann Patchett 35:08

12M ago35:08

35:08

This week, after a rumination on whether there's a bookstore-owner Barbie, Sam and Hannah go in on some big brands in literature: Dennis Lehane (Sam finds the many racial slurs a little much and the "strong female lead" a cartoon), Ann Patchett (Hannah is charmed, but perhaps influenced by audiobook narrator Meryl Streep), Dave Eggers (his new midd…

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#BT 108: Blending IPA’s for IPA Day 2023, with Tinus from Woodstock Brewery 1:09:21

12M ago1:09:21

1:09:21

Tinus is the head brewer at Woodstock Brewery. We talk about life on the road, writing...By T-bone Troye: Homebrewer and beer drinker

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EP46: Violence in Aruba and Literary Romance 35:37

12M ago35:37

35:37

This week, Sam's in Aruba, and despite trying to bring fun and light fare on vacation, he has been unable to break his string of very violent reads, starting with "Recursion," by Blake Crouch, where everyone dies a lot, and which is a lot like "Edge of Tomorrow," a Tom Cruise movie Sam and Hannah both like. Somehow, this triggers a discussion of Sa…

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EP45: Violence on the shores of Clearwater Pond 40:29

1y ago40:29

40:29

Hannah and Sam are once again at Camp, by the magical healing waters of Clearwater Pond, and there has been a lot of reading going on (plus, the sound quality of this episode is amazing). We start with "Leviathan Wakes," the first book of the Expanse series (perhaps an addiction in the making for Sam), which leads us to wonder what exactly a "space…

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