Best Honored Guests with host Eric Miller Podcasts (2025)

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90 - David Butters: It’s Like Putting Five Bucks in the Tank 49:06

3d ago49:06

49:06

Join nurse and Delaware and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest David Butters as he talks about moving around a lot (and visiting 46 countries and counting), being open-minded, going to college with his “head screwed on right,” inspirational Navy nurses, getting turned around after getting kicked out of his house, the PICU being the Navy SEALs…

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89 - Jasmine Cultum: Mindset's Everything 47:22

6d ago47:22

47:22

Join nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jasmine Cultum as she describes the role her dad played in choosing nursing, being a nurse tech, practicum, nursing being “a lot of little different things,” how to protect your nursing heart, being cheerleaders for our patients, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to b…

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88 - Lynzee Hewett: Brains and Beauty(cian) 58:00

11d ago58:00

58:00

Join nurse and Lewiston, Idaho native Honored Guest Lynzee Hewett as she chats about quickly getting off a pre-med path, writing things down, her advice on establishing friendships in nursing school, HESIs, more “appropriate” competition, her NCLEX adventure, her career progression, advice for those interested in travel nursing, her experience as a…

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87 - Jordi De La Mora: Delusionally Optimistic 58:39

14d ago58:39

58:39

Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Jordi De La Mora as he follows the dice’s lead and talks about who inspired him to become a nurse, his family dynamics and parents’ sacrifices, contemplating different areas of nursing to practice in post graduation, what he loves most about nursing school, his thoughts on being a male …

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85 - Kate Joy Pt 1: Still Finding the Joy in Everyday Life 1:01:42

18d ago1:01:42

1:01:42

Join nurse, nurse educator, and Wisconsin native Honored Guest Kate Joy as she joy-fully chats about how she balances bedside nursing with student education, being a nurse volunteer at Burning Man (and what collaborative care looked like there), her love of audio books, her two unique first times in hospitals, alternate universes, her continued abi…

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86 - Kate Joy Pt 2: Host for a Day 55:31

18d ago55:31

55:31

Join spur-of-the-moment and alternate universe host-for-a-day Kate Joy and her honored guest Eric Miller as they compare and contrast peds oncology and postpartum nursing, and discuss topics such as end of life care from the perspectives of a nurse and patient family member, what grief does to people, working in the place where your loved one died,…

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84 - Sierra Martinsen: I'm Here for the Journey 49:09

21d ago49:09

49:09

Join nursing student and Seattle, Washington native Honored Guest Sierra Martinsen as she explains the weird passage of time in nursing school, having two nuclear families, why she chose nursing, giving and receiving support in nursing school, who inspires her most in life, her love of travel (30 countries and counting), her incredible studying abr…

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82 - Shawna McMillan Pt 1: Who Else Gets to Fall in Love as Often as I Do? 48:10

25d ago48:10

48:10

Join nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses her love of academia, a funny patient NFL story, crazy hair, using her tattoos to connect with her patients, how she got into peds oncology and why she loves it there, having long-term professional relationships with patients, her gift box, …

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83: Shawna McMillan Pt 2: We all Have Biases; Investigate, Don't Ignore 54:57

25d ago54:57

54:57

Continue with nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses working in reproductive health and family planning, caring for the LGBTQ community, helping others make decisions for themselves without judgment, investigating and not ignoring biases (the unrealistic expectation of leaving biases …

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80 - Kara Buller Pt 1: I Threw My Name in the Hat 46:10

28d ago46:10

46:10

Join nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about being one of the first cohorts at her university, originally wanting to go into teaching, how a diagnosis led her to nursing, how she chose amongst many potential nursing programs, not looking cute during clinicals, prepping for the NCLEX, her career pr…

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81 - Kara Buller Pt 2: Enjoy the Ride! 49:54

28d ago49:54

49:54

Continue with nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about how she transitioned from bedside to management, her time in the unique role of administrative fellow, having difficult conversations, her practical points for students coming out of school (the DOs and DON’Ts of interviewing), showcasing your …

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79 - Elizabeth Jenkins: Sometimes It's the Simple Answers 54:30

1M ago54:30

54:30

Join nurse educator and Alabama native Elizabeth Jenkins as she talks about never having planned on being a nurse, the importance of reading your textbook, teaching students how to take notes, having a lack of family support, having an overcoming mindset, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode q@feeding…

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78 - Aly Willard: It's So Worth It! 59:40

1M ago59:40

59:40

Join nurse, nurse educator, and Indianapolis, Indiana native Honored Guest Aly Willard as she describes her Haiti mission trip, not having a “light bulb moment,” having “300 other things” you can do as a nurse, enjoying the balance of working concurrently as bedside nurse and educator, burnout resources, taking care of yourself, and more! Contact u…

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76 - Amanda Shafer Pt 1: Just Roll With Life 47:59

1M ago47:59

47:59

Join nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about sourdough, being pregnant with twins during nursing school, her super-unique NCLEX prep, lessons learned from raising an autistic child, being the ultimate advocate, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode q@feedingoury…

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77 - Amanda Shafer Pt 2: Sourdough, Consent, and Nursing 58:19

1M ago58:19

58:19

Continue with nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about changes in nursing, her career progression, your safe crying space, making mistakes, the utmost importance of informed consent, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode [email protected] to send a question f…

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74 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 1: Climbing Hills Instead of Mountains 43:54

1M ago43:54

43:54

Join nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about having lived in Australia not once, but twice, dealing with debilitating panic attacks, her journey through extremely challenging mental health issues during nursing school, how medication turned mountains into hills, and more! Contact us: mysto…

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75 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 2: You Have Overcome All of Your Hardest Days 35:04

1M ago35:04

35:04

Continue with nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about unconditional love in nursing, healthcare trauma, the most beautiful part of nursing, “getting it” in nursing school, supporting peers, the importance of the way you speak to yourself, dealing with chronic migraines in nursing school, a…

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70 - Jennifer Evans Pt 1: I've Adopted You; You're My Kids Now 51:55

2M ago51:55

51:55

Join nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Niffer” Evans as she discusses the event that made her know she wanted to be a nurse, how her students made her overcome her lack of desire to go back to school, her words that describe nursing school that all start with the letter C, being in the same place for a lon…

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71 - Jennifer Evans Pt 2: Stop Shoulding on Yourself 56:12

2M ago56:12

56:12

Continue with nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Jen” Evans as she discusses cellphone bias, being the new girl, “snapdragon,” adapting to the role of full-time educator, character assassinations, committing med errors, connections in nursing school, impactful learning (and teaching), stopping “shouldering”…

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72 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 1: Rock Bottom, Twisps and Turns 58:44

2M ago58:44

58:44

Join nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes how she got her name, never being born, working research that was simultaneously fascinating and heart wrenching, finding the strength within yourself to persevere, her best friend in nursing school, getting the full allotment of NCLEX questions, almost bei…

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73 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 2: We are Storytellers 1:01:13

2M ago1:01:13

1:01:13

Continue with nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes teen moms being her favorite patients, the transformative power of nursing school, her first year in nursing, practical education for her students, applying for your dream job, med surg nursing, appropriate timing of questions, nursing stories, and…

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69 - Lauren Avery: A Dream Delayed (Bringing the Fight to Every Day) 59:11

2M ago59:11

59:11

Join prospective nursing student and Lisbon, Illinois native Honored Guest Lauren Avery as she emotionally describes her faith-challenging life circumstances that have so far prevented dreams from coming to fruition, the fight she and her family bring to those challenges on a daily basis, her on-and-off again relationship with nursing, the crucial …

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68 - Sarah Byers: Being More Comfortable Being Uncomfortable 39:38

2M ago39:38

39:38

Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Sarah Byers as she chats about going back for her FNP, getting active, her family influence, making the difficult decision to change jobs from her dream job and how that set her on her new path, using food as a crutch, feeling more comfortable being uncomfortable, working through online educat…

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67 - Nikki Hyche: You Can Do Anything as an Associate 48:38

2M ago48:38

48:38

Join tenured nurse and Selah and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Nikki Hyche as she talks about being the host’s “mom,” her time in Texas, wanting to save manatees, struggling during nursing school, how she graduated with no debt, what means more to her than getting her BSN, her position on unicorns vs. narwhals, how her nursing career has…

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65 - Tera Tveit Pt 1: All I Know So Far 39:25

2M ago39:25

39:25

Join nurse educator and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tera Tveit as she waxes eloquent about how to pronounce her name, the song she shares with all of her nursing students, her rough start as a nurse, why she left bedside nursing, how she got into education, her break from nursing entirely, multiplying herself, how she got into nursing …

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66 - Tera Tveit Pt 2: I Just Wanted to Be Numb 44:40

2M ago44:40

44:40

Continue with nurse educator and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tera Tveit as she vulnerably opens a window into a very dark time in her career and how she (mis)handled it, how the COVID pandemic compounded that, her incredible story of recovery, and her resulting advice to fellow nurses and nursing students! Contact us: mystory@feedingou…

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64 - Lindsey Gibson: Bedside, Management, and Educator - Oh My! 44:48

2M ago44:48

44:48

Join nurse and Curlew, Washington native Honored Guest Lindsey Gibson as she discusses her transition from bedside nursing to leadership and management, being a nurse twin, her big family, being indecisive, ending up in a field of nursing she didn't like in school, chasing flexibility, sharing her passion for nursing with students, having a job dur…

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63 - Jamie Felchlin: I Could Not See Myself Anywhere Else 44:55

2M ago44:55

44:55

Join recent grad and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Felchin as she talks about her family, being a "nurse" twin, the skeleton in the classroom, the uniqueness of nursing education, remembering your why, NCLEX advice, her tragic personal story that helped propel her into nursing and healthcare, the role faith plays in her life, prior…

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60 - Kenna Perkins Pt 1: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 55:17

2M ago55:17

55:17

For Part 3: Join recent grad and Northern California and Boone Street Zoo native Honored Guest Kenna Penelope Smith-Perkins as she talks about being a double major in psychology, how to advocate for yourself and others, academic boundaries, the intensity of nursing school, finding your safe spot, finding your community, “B” is for boundaries, and m…

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61 - Kenna Perkins Pt 2: On the Sunny Side of the Street 56:26

2M ago56:26

56:26

For Part 3: Join recent grad and Northern California and Boone Street Zoo native Honored Guest Kenna Penelope Smith-Perkins as she talks about being a double major in psychology, how to advocate for yourself and others, academic boundaries, the intensity of nursing school, finding your safe spot, finding your community, “B” is for boundaries, and m…

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62 - Kenna Perkins Pt 3: Don’t Compare Your Insides to Other People’s Outsides 39:27

2M ago39:27

39:27

For Part 3: Join recent grad and Northern California and Boone Street Zoo native Honored Guest Kenna Penelope Smith-Perkins as she talks about being a double major in psychology, how to advocate for yourself and others, academic boundaries, the intensity of nursing school, finding your safe spot, finding your community, “B” is for boundaries, and m…

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58 - Vanessa Arbuckle Pt 1: Blue Hair, Red Hot Reluctant Leader 45:19

2M ago45:19

45:19

Join nurse and Georgia native Honored Guest Vanessa Arbuckle as she tackles topics such as coming from a brilliant family, her defining physical characteristic, simultaneously meaning business and being down to earth, making the transition from working PetSmart and being a pre-veterinarian major to nursing, innovations in nursing, breaking through …

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59 - Vanessa Arbuckle Pt 2: Ask Every Question! 53:57

2M ago53:57

53:57

Continue with nurse and Georgia native Honored Guest Vanessa Arbuckle as she tackles topics such as working public school nurse leadership, improving and innovating, being willing to try anything, celebrating accomplishments, future plans (nursing, writing a book, leaning into her passion for art), asking all the questions, what inspires her most i…

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56 - Ranessa Acosta Pt 1: Success Without the Constant Grit and Hustle 44:56

3M ago44:56

44:56

Join nurse, entrepreneur, nurse practitioner student, and Modesto, California, Reno, Nevada, and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Ranessa Acosta as she describes her love of podcasts, nursing as a second career, her inspirational mother, starting as a new grad in cardiac ICU, being a travel nurse during COVID, becoming an infection preventionis…

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57 - Ranessa Acosta Pt 2: Inspirational Holistic Care for a Better You 52:23

3M ago52:23

52:23

Continue with nurse, entrepreneur, nurse practitioner student, and Modesto, California, Reno, Nevada, and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Ranessa Acosta as she describes traveling for fun, her family coming full circle, how discharging a patient sparked her current passion, living a holistic lifestyle, the Institute of Functional Medicine, emp…

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54 - Corey Clark Pt 1: Nursing Fight Club 42:05

3M ago42:05

42:05

Join nurse and San Antonio, Texas native Honored Guest Corey Clark as she elaborates on Honored Guest husband’s first date story, and discusses being a pro-girls kind of girl, going to a private nursing school, how being “really smart” didn’t help in nursing school, her road to becoming a pediatric ER nurse, her “it’s not if, but when” philosophy r…

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55 - Corey Clark Pt 2: Corey the Fighter, Round Two 40:14

3M ago40:14

40:14

Continue with nurse and San Antonio, Texas native Honored Guest Corey Clark as she discusses the current state of corporate healthcare, relatively inexperienced nurses, her involvement in unions, being forced to prioritize task completion over patient connection, the burnt out new grad phenomenon, inspiring changes in working conditions thanks to u…

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52 - Garret Clark Pt 1: Thanos of Emergency Nursing 48:52

3M ago48:52

48:52

Join nurse and East Coast, Ventura, California, and San Antonio, Texas native Honored Guest as he chats about alphabet soup, accelerated learning, being an EMT, falling into both love and nursing, navigating personal challenges having multiple rainbow babies, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode q@fee…

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53 - Garret Clark Pt 2: From Lazy Student to Lover of Learning 51:35

3M ago51:35

51:35

Continue with nurse and East Coast, Ventura, California, and San Antonio, Texas native Honored Guest Garret Clark as he chats about traveling, learning Mandarin, ADHD as a superpower, being a lifelong learner, his father’s inspirational success story, how he overcame being a lazy student and trying teen years to became a pediatric ER trauma nurse, …

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50 - Ashley Ross Pt 1: "Maybe Nursing's Not for You" 46:42

3M ago46:42

46:42

Join nurse and Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley Ross as she talks about never forgetting nursing school, aging, the importance of family, dealing with Spokane winter as an Arizonan, the relaxing nature of volunteering, unreal nursing school expectations, celebrating passing the NCLEX, the difficulty of finding her first job, being non-judgmental…

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51 - Ashley Ross Pt 2: It’s Okay to Make Mistakes 44:56

3M ago44:56

44:56

Continue with nurse and Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley as she talks about how support in nursing school makes all the difference, praying with her patients, being your own worst critic vs. your number one advocate, having hype friends, making med errors, asking questions, putting patient safety first, the beauty of nursing as a career, sappers…

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48 (explicit) - Laura Kortus Pt 1: Answering the Calls 56:40

3M ago56:40

56:40

[Explicit Version - 15 swear words] Join tenured nurse and Foreman, North Dakota native Honored Guest Laura Kortus as she opens up about swearing in nursing, her five-year four-year degree (and “majoring” in cheer), not originally really wanting to be a nurse, her extensively rich career progression, her experience with nurses “eating” their young …

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48 (censored) - Laura Kortus Pt 1: Answering the Calls 56:40

3M ago56:40

56:40

[Clean/Censored Version] Join tenured nurse and Foreman, North Dakota native Honored Guest Laura Kortus as she opens up about swearing in nursing, her five-year four-year degree (and “majoring” in cheer), not originally really wanting to be a nurse, her extensively rich career progression, her experience with nurses “eating” their young (and asking…

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49 (explicit) - Laura Kortus Pt 2: The Accidents 1:04:06

3M ago1:04:06

1:04:06

[Explicit Version - 10 swear words] Continue with tenured nurse and Foreman, North Dakota native Honored Guest Laura Kortus as she opens up about very deep topics including personal grief, disenfranchised grief, and hospice care; the accident that overshadowed her entire career, the disadvantage of not undergoing therapy for numerous years, debrief…

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49 (censored) - Laura Kortus Pt 2: The Accidents 1:04:06

3M ago1:04:06

1:04:06

[Clean/Censored Version] Continue with tenured nurse and Foreman, North Dakota native Honored Guest Laura Kortus as she opens up about very deep topics including personal grief, disenfranchised grief, and hospice care; the accident that overshadowed her entire career, the disadvantage of not undergoing therapy for numerous years, debriefing codes a…

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47 - Abbie Johnson: The Power of a Tater Tot 43:48

3M ago43:48

43:48

Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Eagle River, Alaska native Honored Guest Abbie Johnson as she discusses why she stayed in the city in which she studied, the life-changing addition of Tate to her family, how her health history helped her decide on nursing as a career, her rough transition into her chosen field, not giving up, making a "sca…

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46 - Harlee Miller: Human Embodiment of Joy 48:00

3M ago48:00

48:00

Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Wyoming, and Battle Ground, Washington native Honored Guest Harlee Miller as she chats about her family (including the host?), her self-care routine, the touching story why she went into nursing, how she ended up in L&D, dealing with patient death, deriving joy from sorrow, being a nurse tech, not getting i…

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44 - Sherry Loubardias-Fassler Pt 1: Use Your Noggin 52:07

4M ago52:07

52:07

Join tenured nurse and Saskatchewan, Canada native Honored Guest Sherry Loubardias-Fassler as she pontificates about passing the NCLEX twice, why she wanted to become a nurse, her fascinating career progression over three decades, her team as a nurse educator, her brief stint in research, her family, her key to a happy relationship, having a “very …

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45 - Sherry Loubardias-Fassler Pt 2: Telling It Like It Is 1:10:44

4M ago1:10:44

1:10:44

Continue with tenured nurse and Saskatchewan, Canada native Honored Guest Sherry Loubardias-Fassler as she pontificates about how she approached teaching patients, learning in Canada, dealing with the first couple of years of nursing school, her opiniion on getting your bachelor's degree, almost failing a class about making your bed, how nursing sc…

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43 - Jeanelle Classen: Taking Imperfect Action 50:59

4M ago50:59

50:59

Join nurse, entrepreneur, and South African and Australian native Honored Guest Jeanelle Classen as she describes moving from one country to another in her teens, her desired careers prior to becoming a nurse, having “STS Syndrome,” what it takes to become a nurse in Australia, imperfect action, not taking “get used to it” for an answer, creating N…

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