Best CIIS Public Programs Podcasts (2024)

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Alice Wong and Mia Mingus: On Disability Intimacy 59:01

2h ago59:01

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Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Alice Wong is an acclaimed disabled activist whose work and writing has shaped the modern conversation around disability. As the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, her work foregrounds the…

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Judith Orloff: On the Genius Of Empathy 1:04:36

6d ago1:04:36

1:04:36

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Empathy is so much more than feeling deeply—it holds transformative power to heal ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and amplify our purpose. Psychiatrist and bestselling author Judith Orloff presents empat…

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Dr. Judy Ho: On the New Rules of Attachment 53:35

13d ago53:35

53:35

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Did you know that attachment styles impact more than romantic relationships? As it turns out, most of us are thinking about Attachment Theory all wrong, and in her recent book, The New Rules of Attachment, triple…

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Alexis Nikole Nelson: On Food Justice Through Foraging 1:06:17

20d ago1:06:17

1:06:17

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Alexis Nikole Nelson aka Black Forager uses her platform to engage with millions—yelling, singing, and celebrating the hidden bounty of edible plants waiting to be found in our backyards, on our nature hikes, gro…

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Layla K. Feghali: On the Land in Our Bones 1:03:45

27d ago1:03:45

1:03:45

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone …

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Ijeoma Oluo: On Being a Revolution 1:03:48

1M ago1:03:48

1:03:48

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, writer Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: The Dang…

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Bayo Akomolafe: On Postactivism as a Pathway for Healing Ourselves and Our World 1:00:53

1M ago1:00:53

1:00:53

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Bayo Akomolafe is a posthumanist thinker, philosopher, poet, author and founder of the Emergence Network, a planet-wide initiative that seeks to convene communities in new ways in response to the crit…

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Abigail Rose Clarke: On Returning Home to Our Bodies 1:02:29

2M ago1:02:29

1:02:29

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Writer and somatic facilitator Abigail Rose Clarke reminds us that truly meaningful embodiment practices nurture our relationships among self, nature, and community. In her latest book, Returning Home…

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Thomas Hübl: On Embracing Interconnection for Healing Trauma 54:40

2M ago54:40

54:40

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change. In his most recent book, Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to…

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Jenée Johnson: On Reclaiming African-Centered Joy and Well-Being Through Mindfulness 56:23

2M ago56:23

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Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*African-centered scholars often point to mindfulness and meditation as important practices for those of African ancestry to tend to their inner landscapes and heal from the harm of systemic and intern…

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Benebell Wen: On Practicing Divination With the I Ching 1:00:12

2M ago1:00:12

1:00:12

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*The I Ching, also known as The Book of Changes, is a 3000-year-old Chinese divination text. Many use the I Ching as a tool for life guidance, spiritual practice, and ancestral connection. It is a reve…

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Jacqueline Suskin: On Seasonal Practices and Rituals to Awaken Creative Expression 1:03:29

3M ago1:03:29

1:03:29

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*The seasons and cycles of nature have incredible power to affect everything in our lives—including our creativity. Author and poet Jacqueline Suskin’s latest book, A Year in Practice, is a seasonal gu…

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Jason Butler and Genesee Herzberg with Gisele Fernandes: On Integral Psychedelic Therapy 1:17:36

3M ago1:17:36

1:17:36

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*In this episode, CIIS professor and clinical psychologist Jason Butler and clinical psychologist Genesee Herzberg are joined by psychotherapist and mentor in the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies …

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Charlotte Saenz and Zara Zimbardo: On Community Building and the Zapatista Movement 1:04:39

3M ago1:04:39

1:04:39

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*The Zapatista movement emerging from Chiapas, Mexico over the past three decades has impacted people all over the world who struggle to liberate themselves from colonial capitalism and Cis-Heteropatia…

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Lyla June: On Personal, Collective, and Ecological Healing 1:26:25

3M ago1:26:25

1:26:25

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Dr. Lyla June is a renowned Indigenous musician, songwriter, poet, hip-hop artist, human ecologist, and community organizer. Her music and message center around intergenerational and inter-ethnic heal…

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Sonya Renee Taylor: On Radical Answers for Personal and Collective Liberation 1:02:53

3M ago1:02:53

1:02:53

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Sonya Renee Taylor is a world-renowned activist and thought leader on racial justice, body liberation, and transformational change. Her best-selling book, The Body Is Not an Apology, offers a radical …

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L. Frank and Catalina Gomes: Voices From California Indigenous Languages and Cultural Revitalization 51:14

4M ago51:14

51:14

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Across what we now call California, Indigenous communities are fighting to protect and preserve languages, cultural practices, and ways of being.*In this episode, Two-Spirit Tongva/Ajachmem artist and…

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Kai Cheng Thom: On Falling Back in Love With Being Human 1:04:18

4M ago1:04:18

1:04:18

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she's always pursued the same deeply personal m…

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Larisa Garski and Justine Mastin: Caring for Yourself and Your Clients 56:50

4M ago56:50

56:50

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*The planet is burning and flooding, divisions and conflicts between people are on the rise, and we’re are all processing the collective trauma of a global pandemic. Among therapists and healers, burno…

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James Canton: On Journeying Into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors 1:04:04

4M ago1:04:04

1:04:04

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*In his latest book, Grounded, James Canton recounts his journey into the places where our ancestors experienced profound emotion—otherwise known as numinous experiences—to help us better understand wh…

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Minaa B.: On Moving Past Trauma and Adversity Together 58:08

5M ago58:08

58:08

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and one of the best ways to move past individual trauma is through connection and community—healing ourselves and one another.*In this episode, wellness coach and …

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Alka Arora and Danielle Drake: On Feminist Approaches to Integral Education 58:57

5M ago58:57

58:57

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*What is the role of holistic and spiritual wisdom in social justice education? How do we address the disconnect between our social justice aspirations and institutions that are mired in bureaucratic p…

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Rae Johnson: On Embodied Activism 53:48

5M ago53:48

53:48

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*How do ordinary people with busy lives leverage our actions in support of liberation, justice, and authentic connection? How can activists and social change-makers avoid burning out? How does the body…

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Sharon Blackie: On Mythology, Land, and Life 1:00:00

5M ago1:00:00

1:00:00

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Today we are excited to announce that we are returning to a weekly episode release schedule, so please make sure to subscribe and look for a new release from us each week starting with the next one fe…

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Chenxing Han: Buddhist Perspectives on Grief and Renewal 57:03

6M ago57:03

57:03

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*How do we grieve our losses? How can we care for our spirits? Immigrant daughter, novice chaplain, bereaved friend, and author Chenxing Han explores these searing questions in her latest book One Long…

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Rae McDaniel: On Gender Magic 1:05:39

6M ago1:05:39

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Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Non-binary therapist, certified sex therapist, and transgender diversity and inclusion educator Rae McDaniel has spent decades exploring gender. Their recent book, Gender Magic, is a first-of-its-kind…

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Stan Tatkin: On Being in Each Other's Care 1:06:02

7M ago1:06:02

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Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*At the heart of every healthy, fulfilling relationship lies the unshakable knowledge that we can trust another person with the care of our whole well-being. Yet most of us arrive at our relationships …

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Sara Elise: On the Ingredients for Everyday Abundance and Ease 1:03:45

7M ago1:03:45

1:03:45

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Author, creative, host, and self-proclaimed "pleasure doula" Sara Elise is on a quest to examine the ingredients of our lives—those essential components that make up our days—in support of systemic tr…

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Nedra Glover Tawwab: On Breaking Family Patterns to Move Forward 1:02:51

8M ago1:02:51

1:02:51

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located…

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Richard Tarnas: On the Planets in 2024 1:18:12

8M ago1:18:12

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Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Archetypal astrology is an approach influenced by Jungian and transpersonal psychology that studies the connection between the changing positions of the planets in the solar system and archetypal patt…

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Merlin Sheldrake: How Fungi Make our Worlds and Shape our Futures 1:00:37

9M ago1:00:37

1:00:37

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*A massively diverse group of organisms, fungi support and sustain nearly all living systems. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality, and even intelligence, into question. They can change our minds,…

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Tanmeet Sethi: On Reclaiming Joy for Justice and Healing 1:03:19

9M ago1:03:19

1:03:19

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Integrative physician, author, and activist Tanmeet Sethi’s work focuses on shifting our nervous system and biochemistry into a form of joy at the cellular level. Dr. Sethi has worked globally and loc…

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Lisa Kentgen: On Building Vibrant Communities Of Belonging 58:05

9M ago58:05

58:05

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*How can we cultivate the traits of a vibrant community in our own lives and what would it look like to prioritize caring and acceptance in our interactions with others? How can we, collectively, creat…

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Samira Mehta: On the Racism of People Who Love You 1:07:00

10M ago1:07:00

1:07:00

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*Popular belief assumes that mixedness gives you the ability to feel at home in more than one culture, but the flipside reveals you can feel just as alienated in those spaces.*Born to a white American …

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Deborah Egerton: On Social Justice and the Enneagram 1:06:06

10M ago1:06:06

1:06:06

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*For over two decades, Deborah Egerton has been teaching the Enneagram—a popular personality typing tool—as a valuable device for social justice and anti-racism. In this episode Dr. Egerton is joined b…

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Dahr Jamail: Indigenous Voices on our Changing Earth 57:41

11M ago57:41

57:41

Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes (see below) properly, so we have included a list of links at the end of this description.*For a great many people, the human impact on the Earth was not apparent until recently, but this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration …

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Jessica Wilson: On Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies 59:20

11M ago59:20

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This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land.The contemporary definition of a “good” or “healthy” body has been centuries in the making, but as …

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Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde: On Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community 1:04:50

12M ago1:04:50

1:04:50

In her latest book, Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community, activist, counselor, and Buddhist teacher Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde shares ways of creating kinship and community through the metaphor of Indra’s Net—a universal net in which all beings reflect each other like jewels. In this episode, Ayo is joined by somatic and trans…

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan: On Healing The Trauma of Caste 53:02

1y ago53:02

53:02

Caste is one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world. It negatively impacts 1.9 billion people worldwide, crippling their quality of life. Brahmins, who created this system in Hindu scripture, are at the top of the caste system and have benefited from centuries of privilege, access, and power because of it. Dalits, who sit at the bottom of …

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Resmaa Menakem: On Healing Racialized Trauma 1:01:28

1y ago1:01:28

1:01:28

Resmaa Menakem is a healer, therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker renowned for his bestseller My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Resmaa is the originator and key advocate of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied antiracist practice of living and culture building. In this episode, CIIS …

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Elissa Bassist: On Unlocking a Woman's Voice 1:07:44

1y ago1:07:44

1:07:44

Between 2016 and 2018, essayist and humor writer Elissa Bassist saw over 20 medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. Elissa had what millions of American women had: pain that didn’t make sense to doctors, a body that didn’t make sense to science, and a psyche that didn’t make sense to mankind. Then an acupuncturist suggested some…

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Joan Sutherland: On Awakening with Zen Koans 1:04:47

1y ago1:04:47

1:04:47

Koans are the record of provocative, and often paradoxical, exchanges between Zen masters and their students developed in medieval China. In her practice and writing, renowned Zen teacher Joan Sutherland reimagines the koan tradition with allegiance to its root spirit and to its profound potential for vivifying, subverting, and sanctifying our live…

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Cara Page and Erica Woodland: On Healing Justice Lineages 51:41

1y ago51:41

51:41

Black Queer Feminists Cara Page and Erica Woodland’s work focuses on political and spiritual liberation grounded in Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer and Trans healing justice lineages. Their work guides individuals through the history, legacies, and liberatory practices of healing justice—a political strategy of collective care and saf…

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Brian Swimme: On the Cosmic Dimension of Human Stories 54:16

1y ago54:16

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One of the 10 most radical discoveries in human history is that of cosmogenesis, the narrative of how the expanding universe is evolving into stars, galaxies, life, and human consciousness. The challenge to this discovery is the thorny question of how human subjectivity relates to the evolution of the universe. Is there cosmic meaning in our ongoin…

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Mark Nepo: On Surviving Storms 1:06:13

1y ago1:06:13

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We live in a turbulent time with storms everywhere, of every size and shape. And like every generation before us, we must learn the art of surviving them, so we can help each other endure. In his work, bestselling author and spiritual teacher Mark Nepo explores the art and practice of finding the strength to meet adversity by using the timeless tea…

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Roger Kuhn and Landa Lakes: On Two Spirit Identity and Cultural Expression 1:01:46

1+ y ago1:01:46

1:01:46

The term Two-Spirit is translated from a Northern Algonquin word and is used by some Native peoples of North America to signify variations of gender and sexual orientation. The term gained popularity in the 1990s as a counterpoint to colonial terminology used by anthropologists and academics alike to signify practices of nonbinary gender and sexual…

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Kathleen Webster O'Malley: On The Healing Wisdom of Dreams 1:01:35

1+ y ago1:01:35

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When we understand and engage with our dreams we can tap into a special, deeper kind of healing. The process of healing is not about putting the same pieces back together, rather it is about reclaiming what is already within us that could not be broken—the essence of who we are as individuals and as interconnected parts of a greater whole. In this …

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Dr. Jennifer Lisa Vest: On Being an Ethical Psychic 1:03:07

1+ y ago1:03:07

1:03:07

For Afro-Indigenous intuitive healer and scholar Jennifer Vest, being an ethical psychic means being of service and learning how to navigate the thorny issues and unique risks inherent to intuitive work. In her latest book, The Ethical Psychic, Dr. Vest explores how and why energy workers must be of service, authentic, and self-aware. They must lea…

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Tricia Hersey: On Rest as Resistance 44:40

1+ y ago44:40

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What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? For far too many of us, we have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic and damaging pace. In this world, rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it…

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Debashish Banerji and Robert McDermott: On Spirituality and Integral Education 52:00

1+ y ago52:00

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For over 50 years CIIS has been a leader in transformative integral education. Integral studies, in the founding of CIIS, encapsulated a contemporary academic approach to a spiritual mission. In this episode, CIIS Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures, Debashish Banerji, and CIIS President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus i…

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