Best The Podgoblin Podcasts (2024)

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 5: Matt Miller 40:53

2M ago40:53

40:53

This is the 5th bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.To round off our spring miniseason we've got a final (for now) look at The Spring Tune, with special guest Matt Miller, a poet and theatre maker. Matt's take on this story is fairly different from all the other t…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 4: Martin Zaltz Austwick 1:07:21

2M ago1:07:21

1:07:21

This is the 4th bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we've got a special guest in to talk all about the music of Tove Jansson, and the game we talked about last week (Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley) AND the short story that kicked off this miniseason (th…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 3: Melody of Moominvalley 58:02

2M ago58:02

58:02

This is the 3rd bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical!Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a beautiful, relaxing, not quite open world ex…

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The Podgoblins Hat Episode 16: The Spring Tune 1:06:39

2M ago1:06:39

1:06:39

This is the sixteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.The crocuses are up, the cherry trees are in bloom, and Snufkin is tramping back to Moomin Valley - it must be time for our spring miniseries!We're kicking off with this beautiful, perfectly formed gem of a short…

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Bonus #5 Matt Miller 40:53

2M ago40:53

40:53

To round off our spring miniseason we've got a final (for now) look at The Spring Tune, with special guest Matt Miller, a poet and theatre maker. Matt's take on this story is fairly different from all the other takes we've heard so far! It's about smoking, doing the washing up, procrastination. We play a round of our unofficial but recurring game: …

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Bonus #4 Martin Zaltz Austwick 1:07:21

2M ago1:07:21

1:07:21

This week we've got a special guest in to talk all about the music of Tove Jansson, and the game we talked about last week (Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley) AND the short story that kicked off this miniseason (the Spring Tune). Martin is a musician, a podcaster, a player of games, so he is ideal for all this! If you would like to listen along to th…

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Bonus #3 Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley 58:02

2M ago58:02

58:02

We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical! Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a beautiful, relaxing, not quite open world exploration of Moomin Valley through the eyes and musical instruments of Snufkin. We discuss the way it feels, the way it looks, the way it…

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The Spring Tune 1:06:39

2M ago1:06:39

1:06:39

The crocuses are up, the cherry trees are in bloom, and Snufkin is tramping back to Moomin Valley - it must be time for our spring miniseries! We're kicking off with this beautiful, perfectly formed gem of a short story from the collection Tales from Moomin Valley. It's a story about creativity, inspiration, song writing, and how big you need to be…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 15: The Fir Tree 1:15:19

7M ago1:15:19

1:15:19

This is the fifteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree.It's got everything you want from a Christmas story: the light and the dark, the fear and the wonder. There's even a…

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The Fir Tree 1:15:19

7M ago1:15:19

1:15:19

We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree. It's got everything you want from a Christmas story: the light and the dark, the fear and the wonder. There's even a little cameo from the Moomin family gun. We chat about different translations of this story, we exchange presents and talk at length abo…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 14: Moominland Midwinter (part 2) 1:37:32

7M ago1:37:32

1:37:32

This is the fourteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of the words in this book, so do strap in for a mammoth episode.There's a whole raft of new characters: the lonel…

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Moominland Midwinter (part 2) 1:37:32

8M ago1:37:32

1:37:32

We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of the words in this book, so do strap in for a mammoth episode. There's a whole raft of new characters: the lonely and the rum, a flock of small creep, a very melancholy dog and a jock Hemulen. Misunderstandings and unrequited longings abound. Moomint…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 13: Moominland Midwinter (part 1) 1:25:13

7M ago1:25:13

1:25:13

This is the thirteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by everyone who knows she's doing this podcast, and despite all the hype it doesn't disappoint.In this first h…

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Moominland Midwinter (part 1) 1:25:13

8M ago1:25:13

1:25:13

Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by everyone who knows she's doing this podcast, and despite all the hype it doesn't disappoint. In this first half of the book, the unthinkable happens: Moomintroll awakes from his hibernation and finds himself alone in a world of winter. It is as i…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 12: The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse 1:06:18

10M ago1:06:18

1:06:18

This is the twelth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by Tove Jansson.Both of these books are a bit difficult and inaccessible! They're very interesting to Moomin fa…

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The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse 1:06:18

10M ago1:06:18

1:06:18

To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by Tove Jansson. Both of these books are a bit difficult and inaccessible! They're very interesting to Moomin fans in that they show the later stages of Tove's journey with her little trolls, and how she felt about them towards the end of her lif…

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The Podgoblins Hat Episode 11: The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle 1:13:59

10M ago1:13:59

1:13:59

This is the eleventh episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture books.The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My is really ahead of its time in terms of interactivity and the…

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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle 1:13:59

11M ago1:13:59

1:13:59

We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture books. The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My is really ahead of its time in terms of interactivity and the use of holes cut out of the pages. It's a simple enough journey story, and a vehicle for some really gorgeous art. We compare the trans…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 10: Moominsummer Madness (part 2) 1:12:41

10M ago1:12:41

1:12:41

This is the tenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book splits three ways on Midsummer Eve: Snufkin is enacting revenge on a Park Keeper, Moomintroll and the Snork Mai…

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Moominsummer Madness (part 2) 1:12:41

11M ago1:12:41

1:12:41

Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book splits three ways on Midsummer Eve: Snufkin is enacting revenge on a Park Keeper, Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden are having a party with a Fillyjonk, and the rest of our crew are still aboard the floating theatre. There's so much about theatre…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 9: Moominsummer Madness (part 1) 1:04:02

10M ago1:04:02

1:04:02

This is the ninth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going off in the background, and another flood, and the Moomin family has to relocate to a strange floating house. A…

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Moominsummer Madness (part 1) 1:04:02

11M ago1:04:02

1:04:02

It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going off in the background, and another flood, and the Moomin family has to relocate to a strange floating house. Also, Snufkin is nowhere to be found and Moomintroll is pining away. We've got a bunch of cool new characters, some magical midsummer t…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 8: The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 2) 1:13:29

11M ago1:13:29

1:13:29

This is the eighth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a country run by an Autocrat, starts a colony and meets his wife.Moomintroll has some very sensible notes for …

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The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa, part 2 1:13:29

11M ago1:13:29

1:13:29

We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a country run by an Autocrat, starts a colony and meets his wife. Moomintroll has some very sensible notes for his Pappa in this half of the book, Sniff has some very good questions, but alas, we will never know why Moominmamma was in the sea. O…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 7: The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 1) 1:16:18

11M ago1:16:18

1:16:18

This is the seventh episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to a new season of the Podgoblin's Hat! This week, Nina is reading the Exploits of Moominpappa and Dave is reading the Memoirs of Moominpappa. Our theme for these books is Memoir. This episode is all …

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The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 1) 1:16:18

12M ago1:16:18

1:16:18

Welcome back to a new season of the Podgoblin's Hat! This week, Nina is reading the Exploits of Moominpappa and Dave is reading the Memoirs of Moominpappa. Our theme for these books is Memoir. This episode is all about unreliable narrators, self mythologising and the fundamental mystery of our parents. Moominpappa has finally finished his memoirs a…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode Bonus #2 Dr Eleanor Janega 43:08

1y ago43:08

43:08

Our special guest for this episode is Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega. Eleanor joins us to shout about how much she loves Comet in Moominland, share her Moomin memes of choice and talk about how Tove Jansson draws on medieval storytelling tropes like weird little guys you find in the woods, comets, and really good food writing. There is a case…

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Bonus #2 Dr Eleanor Janega 43:08

1y ago43:08

43:08

Our special guest for this episode is Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega. Eleanor joins us to shout about how much she loves Comet in Moominland, share her Moomin memes of choice and talk about how Tove Jansson draws on medieval storytelling tropes like weird little guys you find in the woods, comets, and really good food writing. There is a case…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode Bonus #1: Heidi the translator 28:26

1y ago28:26

28:26

This a bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. It's also the last episode of the first series of the show.In this first guest episode, we're talking to Heidi Gilhooly, a lifelong Moomin fan and translator. Heidi did a comparative study of three versions of the Trollk…

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Bonus #1 Heidi the translator 28:26

1y ago28:26

28:26

In this first guest episode, we're talking to Heidi Gilhooly, a lifelong Moomin fan and translator. Heidi did a comparative study of three versions of the Trollkarlens Hatt: in Swedish, Finnish and English. She shares some juicy insider knowledge about what Elizabeth Portch left out when adapting it for an English audience, and what she changed. We…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 6: Finn Family Moomintroll (part 2) 1:12:51

1+ y ago1:12:51

1:12:51

This is the sixth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. It's also the last episode of the first series of the show.It's the end of Finn Family Moomintroll, and the end of series 1!The Hattifatteners have their barometer back, Snufkin gets around to telling the others abo…

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Finn Family Moomintroll (part 2) 1:12:51

1+ y ago1:12:51

1:12:51

It's the end of Finn Family Moomintroll, and the end of series 1! The Hattifatteners have their barometer back, Snufkin gets around to telling the others about the Hobgoblin and his hat, and we meet Thingumy and Bob, the lesbian-inspired non binary couple of your dreams. This book has more bumps in the road for us as modern readers than those that …

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 5: Finn Family Moomintroll (part 1) 1:01:41

1+ y ago1:01:41

1:01:41

This is the fifth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading the first half of Finn Family Moomintroll. Spring has sprung and the children have discovered a very interesting hat on top of a hill. The hat starts to transform everything that sits inside i…

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Finn Family Moomintroll (part 1) 1:01:41

1+ y ago1:01:41

1:01:41

This week we're reading the first half of Finn Family Moomintroll. Spring has sprung and the children have discovered a very interesting hat on top of a hill. The hat starts to transform everything that sits inside it, from eggshells, to outlandish words, to Moomintroll himself. Moominmamma is in the mood for a change of scene and leads an expediti…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 4: Comet in Moominland (part 2) 57:03

1+ y ago57:03

57:03

This is the fourth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading the second half of Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, and what a rip roaring adventure it is! Moomintroll meets the fabled Snorkmaiden and falls in love on the spot, our brave adventurers a…

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Comet in Moominland (part 2) 57:03

1+ y ago57:03

57:03

This week we're reading the second half of Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, and what a rip roaring adventure it is! Moomintroll meets the fabled Snorkmaiden and falls in love on the spot, our brave adventurers attend not one but two end-of-the-world parties, and the philosopher gets stuck into something gooey. We talk about war and climate cata…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 3: Comet In Moominland (part 1) 54:36

1+ y ago54:36

54:36

This is the third episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading Comet in Moominland, the first fully fledged chapter book. There's lots of to discuss! The Little Creature from last week has become Sniff, a full member of the Moomin family by adoption. A ph…

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Comet In Moominland (part 1) 54:36

1+ y ago54:36

54:36

This week we're reading Comet in Moominland, the first fully fledged chapter book. There's lots of to discuss! The Little Creature from last week has become Sniff, a full member of the Moomin family by adoption. A philosopher comes knocking at the door in the middle of the night. But most importantly, Snufkin joins the cast. We talk about the way t…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 2: The Moomins and the Great Flood 50:22

1+ y ago50:22

50:22

This is the second episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.It's our first read-along and we're reading The Moomins and the Great Flood.We summarise this fairytale of Tove Jansson's, chat about her influences and make a first attempt at a taxonomy of the broader Moomin besti…

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The Moomins and the Great Flood 50:22

1+ y ago50:22

50:22

It's our first read-along and we're reading The Moomins and the Great Flood. We summarise this fairytale of Tove Jansson's, chat about her influences and make a first attempt at a taxonomy of the broader Moomin bestiary. This week our question for Snufkin is: Things keep stealing my time, and I can't manage to do the things I want to do. What would…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 1: Introductions 26:28

1+ y ago26:28

26:28

This is the first episode of the Podgoblin's hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We will be introducing ourselves, our relationship with each other, and our relationships with the Moomins.Check out our twitter @ThePodgoblin and our Instagram @thepodgoblin to see pictures of the tattoos, cuddly to…

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Introductions! 26:28

1+ y ago26:28

26:28

This is the first episode of the Podgoblin's hat, with Nina and Dave. We will be introducing ourselves, our relationship with each other, and our relationships with the Moomins. Check out our twitter @ThePodgoblin and our Instagram @thepodgoblin to see pictures of the tattoos, cuddly toys and dog eared books we mentioned. Related media The Japanese…

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Teaser trailer 1:51

1+ y ago1:51

1:51

A little trailer to let you know what is to come on The Podgoblin's Hat, with Dave and Nina. 56d4fb04e48206ee3aeb937518d1aac955bba021By thepodhat

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S1E1 - First Impact

3y ago

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Episode Notes Boy howdy this has been a long time coming, join us as we get down to talking about one of the most famous and fun to talk about anime ever made. Anna - @annabelledroid John - @The_YamKing Visit our website: Podgoblin.cool Email us at:Marduk@podgoblin.cool

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GBA Extra - Podcasting On A Shoestring 58:15

3+ y ago58:15

58:15

This is a talk I put together for the Maker Weekend at the London Podcast Festival and was recorded at the on 14th September 2019 at King's Place.This was the powerpoint I used for the talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g9zwoh6tqw7e533/Podcasting%20on%20a%20shoestring.pptx?dl=0By Getting Better Acquainted

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GBA Extra - The Possibilities Of Podcasting 51:00

3+ y ago51:00

51:00

This is a version of a talk I often give about podcasting. It was recorded at the Thirsk Podcast Festival - Podcast Social Club on 23rd November 2019 at Rural Arts.This was the powerpoint I used for the talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cc0eccn7pmmswl0/The%20Possibilities%20of%20Podcasting%202019.pptx?dl=0…

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GBA Extra - In the dark times there will also be singing 1:05:50

3+ y ago1:05:50

1:05:50

On the 31st of Decemeber 2020 I sat down to record a reflection on this strange and terrible year in personal and political terms. Which makes it sound like a downer but I did try to focus on good things as well as bad and all the rest of the things that don't fit the good/bad binary. Then I listened back to it and did some light editing. Then I mi…

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Down to a sunless sea: Episode 18: Legacy 1:11:21

4y ago1:11:21

1:11:21

General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issuesAdditional content note: sex, assisted dying, war This episode is the last episode of the first (and possibly last) season of this show, and it's about legacy.I’ve been planning this show for years. The earliest recording I’ve used was recorded by my dad on cassette …

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Down to a sunless sea: Episode 17: The Box And The Jar 46:43

4y ago46:43

46:43

General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issuesExtra content note: grief, suicide, terminal illness, abuse, bereavementIn the final full episode of the podcast using content funded by the British Podcast Awards and the Wellcome Trust I talk to counselor and psychotherapist Karen Pollock MBACP about grief and deat…

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Down to a sunless sea: Episode 16: Waves 38:07

4y ago38:07

38:07

General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issuesAdditional content note: euthanasia/suicideBut no matter what he forgets, it can’t take away the love we have shared, that existed, and will always have existed, even when he has forgotten it; even when he is no longer alive to remember it; even when I have forgotten…

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