Best Scott Carrier Podcasts (2025)

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This Week: T-Mobile Experience and Beyond - The Not-So-Un-Carrier's New Plans 12:28

5h ago12:28

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the features and potential follies of T-Mobile's three new price plans. 00:26 T-Mobile's new plans step back from its Un-carrier ethos 04:00 The plans do have some benefits 05:12 Finances are still sound 05:53 Network comes at the expense of value 06:59 A particularly bad time to raise prices? 10:11 Fre…

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Japan’s Desperate Air Battles Against the US in the Final Months of WW2 37:15

4d ago37:15

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The B-29 Bomber led the Allied strategic bombing offensive against Japan, succeeding when US Bomber Command switched from high-level daytime precision bombing to low-level nighttime area bombing. The latter tactic required Superfortresses to attack their targets individually, without a formation or escorting fighters for protection. Despite this, J…

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Episode 57: Why do we abandon some projects? And: Considering the effects of tariffs on the hobby 1:10:28

1d ago1:10:28

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In this episode, your hosts mull over why some modelers (like Jim) rarely abandon a project, seeing even the dogs through to completion, while others (like Barry) regularly start one and then set it aside. And, at the risk of abandoning our policy of avoiding politics, which is generally a very good one these days, the boys felt compelled to consid…

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D-Day From the East: The Soviet Operation Bagration Crippled the Wehrmacht in Late 1944 42:08

6d ago42:08

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Throughout the war on the Eastern Front, there were two consistent trends. The Red Army battled to learn how to fight and win, while involved in a struggle for its very survival. But by 1944 it had a leadership that was able to wield it with lethal effect and with far more effective equipment than before. By contrast, the Wehrmacht had commenced a …

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This Week: Q1 Earnings Recap and Looming Tariffs 18:26

4d ago18:26

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Q1 earnings from the major players in telecom and cable, as well as when impacts from tariffs may start to appear. 00:23 Economic headwinds affect Q1 overall 03:16 Verizon Q1 overview 04:32 Free lines are affecting the numbers 06:40 Prepaid growth should not be ignored 07:34 Verizon adjusts reporting on…

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Shipping & the 2025 Economy: UPS, Amazon, USPS 33:49

11d ago33:49

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In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding is joined by Jamin Dick, CEO of J.Dick Advisory and former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Lands’ End, for a timely conversation on the shifting dynamics of e-commerce shipping. Together, they explore how the industry has moved from a seller’s market—dominated by UPS and FedEx—to a buyer’s market …

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Pilgrimages Involved Penitent Marches, Visiting Holy Places, and Watching Drunken Emperors Go on Chariot Rides 44:53

11d ago44:53

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Pilgrimages are a universal phenomenon, from China’s bustling Tai Shan to the ancient Jewish treks to Jerusalem. But why? What is it about a grueling penitent march to an isolated temple that has become a prerequisite for a civilization of any size, whether Chicen Itza in the Mayan Empire or the holy sites of Mecca? To explore this is today’s guest…

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Britain Learned How to Set Up Its Global Empire on a Tiny Bermudan Island 44:02

13d ago44:02

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Years before Jamestown planters made New World farming profitable by growing tobacco, and years before their countrymen up north in Plymouth Colony managed to overcome their starvation conditions and acclimate to New England’s growing conditions, there was an English settlement in Bermuda that was wealthier, larger, and more prosperous. It was esta…

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This Week: Comcast's New Price Plan and Use Cases for Starlink 13:54

12d ago13:54

13:54

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss encouraging developments at Comcast that are likely to benefit internet users, along with Starlink’s evolving role in the broadband market. 00:25 Comcast announces new price plans and guarantee 05:26 Competition is driving service improvements 07:04 Contracts are unnecessary with quality products 07:37 …

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The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Started Over a Pig and Nearly Escalated Into a Regional War 45:20

18d ago45:20

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The origins of the Hatfield-McCoy conflict (between the Hatfield family of West Virginia, led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, and the McCoy family of Kentucky, led by Randolph "Old Randall" McCoy) begins with a dispute over a pig. From here, it escalated from minor disagreements to violent encounters that spanned decades, nearly sparking…

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The 1845 Potato Blight Struck Across Northern Europe. Why Did Only Ireland Starve? 48:41

20d ago48:41

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In 1845, a novel pathogen attacked potato fields across Europe, from Spain to Scandinavia—but only in Ireland were the effects apocalyptic. At least one million Irish people died, and millions more scattered across the globe, emigrating to new countries and continents. Less than fifty years after the union of Ireland with the rest of Great Britain,…

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This Week: Sunshine and Roses in Telecom-land 17:36

19d ago17:36

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Verizon's new guarantees and free phone offer, as well as the latest news on tariffs and their implications for carriers, consumers, and the nation as a whole. 00:53 Verizon's new guarantees may not be enough 3:00 Slowing growth indicates recession 05:16 Tariff implications for smartphones and carriers …

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A Simple Tennessee Preacher Transformed Abolitionism from a Deeply Unpopular Radical Movement to a Centrist Cause 51:18

25d ago51:18

51:18

Sitting high above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone in the front window of a small, red brick home at night. It was a signal to slaves just across the Ohio River. Anyone fleeing bondage could look to Reverend John Rankin’s home for hope. To the slaveholders they fled from, Rankin’s activities as a “conductor” on the Underground …

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How Benjamin Franklin’s Stove Invention Kept Early America From Freezing 41:53

27d ago41:53

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The biggest revolution in Benjamin Franklin’s lifetime was made to fit in a fireplace. Assembled from iron plates like a piece of flatpack furniture, the Franklin stove became one of the era's most iconic consumer products, spreading from Pennsylvania to England, Italy, and beyond. It was more than just a material object, however—it was also a hypo…

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This Week: Innovations for First Responders with the Vice President of Verizon Frontline, Cory Davis 13:00

26d ago13:00

13:00

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Cory Davis, Vice President of Verizon Frontline, for a discussion on the company's ongoing commitment to public safety as well as innovative advancements on the horizon. 00:24 Verizon Frontline overview 01:44 5G network redundancy and reliability 02:59 Verizon Frontline's Crisis Response Team 03:3…

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Roman Churches Had No Involvement in Marriage. How Did It Become a Holy Sacrament by the Middle Ages? 38:25

1M ago38:25

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For much of Christian history, the Church had little involvement in marriage, which was primarily a contract between families. It wasn’t until the fourth century that church weddings emerged, and even then, they were mostly reserved for the elite. Fast forward to the High Middle Ages, and marriage became a sacrament of the Roman Catholic Church. Si…

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Embracing Change in 2025: Key Moves to Enhance eCommerce Supply Chain Success 37:21

1M ago37:21

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In this week's episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding delves into the shifting dynamics of small parcel shipping for 2025, with a focus on how the USPS's Delivering for America initiative is reshaping costs and complexities for lightweight shipments. Glenn discusses how these developments compel businesses to revise their strategies, emphasi…

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The Power of Play: A Conversation with Pete Silvius and Dr. Kent Griffin 45:30

1M ago45:30

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In this episode, hosts Rachel Naylor and Lisa Fall, CMP, sit down with Pete Silvius, Director of Whole Child Initiatives for the Seguin Independent School District, and Dr. Kent Griffin, an associate professor in the Health and Human Performance (HHP) department at Texas State University, to explore the impact of outdoor recreation on student devel…

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How a Mess Cook Saved Dozens of Sailors from Shark Infested Waters Off the Coast of Guadalcanal 28:21

1M ago28:21

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On the night of September 5, 1942, the USS Gregory (APD-3), a converted destroyer turned high-speed transport, was caught in a deadly ambush near Guadalcanal. The ship had been supporting U.S. Marine forces, ferrying troops and supplies, when it was mistaken for a larger threat by a group of Japanese destroyers. Outgunned and unable to escape, Greg…

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This Week: Innovating MVNO Creation with Hermann Frank, CEO of Gigs 10:27

1M ago10:27

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Hermann Frank, CEO of Gigs, to discuss the company's facilitation of MVNO creation for tech companies. 00:24 Gigs platform overview 02:01 How Gigs actually works 04:24 Success stories 06:12 Smoothing the process 06:58 U.S. operating profile 08:04 What MVNO size is best? 09:07 Specialty MVNO cases …

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Humanity’s Past Suggests We Only Have 10,000 Years to Change or Go Extinct 53:19

1M ago53:19

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We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline - fast. As Gee demonstrates, our population has peaked, and is dec…

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Episode 56: What do we do with all of this STUFF? with Joe Berton 1:29:23

1M ago1:29:23

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Death comes to us all, as the saying goes, and while your hosts aren’t feeling particularly morbid at the moment, we certainly look around from time to time at all of the tools and paints and supplies on our workbenches; the closets and shelves full of un-built kits; the stacks (and stacks and stacks) of books; our displays of the figures, vignette…

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The 16th Century Ottomans Nearly Conquered Europe. Why Did European Kingdoms Make So Many Alliances With Them? 51:05

1M ago51:05

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The determined attempt to thwart Ottoman dominance was fought by Muslims and Christians across five theaters from the Balkans to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, from Persia to Russia. But this is not merely the story of a clash of civilizations between East and West. Europe was not united against the Turks; the scandal of the age was the al…

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This Week: Crown Castle, Zayo, Grain Management, Recession Fears, and Handset Trends 14:28

1M ago14:28

14:28

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, including the Crown Castle asset sale, spectrum changing hands, and recession indicators and predictions. 00:26 Crown Castle shifts strategy with asset sale to Zayo 02:50 What's in it for Zayo? 03:58 Elusive network economies of scale 04:59 Grain Management acquires spectrum …

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Fort Stanwix and the Forgotten Revolutionary War Siege That Convinced France to Help the US 42:07

2M ago42:07

42:07

After a series of military defeats over the winter of 1776–1777, British military leaders developed a bold plan to gain control of the Hudson River and divide New England from the rest of the colonies. Three armies would converge on Albany: one under Lieutenant General John Burgoyne moving south from Quebec, one under General William Howe moving no…

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Mastering the Chain: Leadership & Innovation in Supply Chain Management with Scott Luton 43:53

2M ago43:53

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Supply chain complexities are mounting. Are you equipped to lead through the chaos? In this compelling episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding and Scott Luton, CEO of Supply Chain Now, tackle the critical challenges facing today's leaders. Learn how to transform decision-making with insights from Gartner's latest research, and discover the po…

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Enough is Enuf, Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell 39:21

2M ago39:21

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No language is as inconsistent in spelling and pronunciation as English. Kernel and colonel rhyme, but read changes based on past or present tense. Ough has many pronunciations: ‘aw’ (thought), ‘ow’ (drought), ‘uff’ (tough), ‘off’ (cough), ‘oo’ (through). In response to this orthographic minefield, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill …

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This Week: Connecting First Responders with FirstNet President Scott Agnew 13:00

2M ago13:00

13:00

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Scott Agnew, President of AT&T FirstNet, to discuss their ongoing commitment to public safety and what first responders can expect next. 00:24 FirstNet overview 03:58 Partnership with state-level public safety 05:10 How deployables work in emergencies 07:27 FirstNet's all-band approach to spectrum…

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Border Trilogy

2M ago

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Thanks for listening to these stories. This is the last one on the album. It’s three pieces from the same place—the Sonoran Desert, 60 miles southwest of Tucson, the border with Mexico. From an air conditioned car, the landscape looks beautiful and serene, but it’s actually one big open graveyard for people who died trying to walk into the United S…

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Did Haiti’s First and Last King Squander the Revolution or Succeed in Underappreciated Ways? 51:04

2M ago51:04

51:04

Slave, revolutionary, king, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to end slavery. Yet in an incredi…

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Over There

2M ago

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As the war correspondent for a men’s fashion magazine in the late 1990’s, I was given one directive: There will be blood in the first paragraph! This was a time of relative peace and calm, when it seemed the United States would rule the world for at least the next couple hundred years. My job was to go to places where people were still acting up, c…

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What Ancient Greeks and Victorian Explorers Thought Was at the North Pole 41:34

2M ago41:34

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The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation, and its sub-zero temperatures and strange year of one sunset and one sunrise make it an eerie, utterly disorienting place that challenges human endurance and understanding. Erling Kagge and his frien…

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This Week: T-Priority & the BEAD Program 15:32

2M ago15:32

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss their respective disagreements on two key telecom topics: T-Priority and BEAD. 00:24 T-Priority launches for first responders in NYC 03:26 Speed floor promises 04:08 Will this be adapted for business? 06:12 Slicing vs. private networks 06:48 BEAD qualifications are changing 07:56 Connection costs are ve…

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A Trip To Cambodia

2M ago

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This story changed my life. Until then, 1997, I’d always done stories about things where I live, what I call home. When J.J. Yore (producer of “The Savvy Traveler”) asked me to go to Cambodia, I didn’t even have a valid passport. Then, when the story aired, one night in 1997, David Granger (editor of Esquire Magazine) heard it in his limousine on h…

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Swim Lesson

2M ago

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In the summer we would drive across the country to Squam Lake in New Hampshire. My wife’s parents had a house there in a quiet bay with a beach, with loons and moose. The lake was perfect for swimming. Swim Lesson was produced in 1995, with (a lot of) help from Jay Allison of Transom.org. I invite everyone to listen to these stories for free, and t…

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Nothing Healed America’s Wounds After the Civil War Like Baseball 50:35

2M ago50:35

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The nineteenth century was a time of rapid growth and development for the game of “base ball,” and players George Wright and Albert Spalding were right in the thick of it. These two young men, the first superstars of the professional game, won the hearts of a country in search of a unifying spirit after a devastating civil war. Today’s guest is Jef…

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Finding Amnesia

2M ago

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These are my thoughts after watching Trump’s speech last night: Right now, in the United States, you’re either in Trump’s gang or you are not; and, if not, you’re getting your ass kicked, over and over, for fun and pleasure by people in the Trump gang. This is what’s happening. This is the show now—a WWF Smackdown of woke-ass liberals, and the rest…

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Unlocking the Power of Play: A Conversation with Dr. Debbie Rhea 57:44

2M ago57:44

57:44

In this episode, hosts Rachel Naylor and Lisa Fall, CMP, talk with Dr. Debbie Rhea, full professor of kinesiology and founding director of the LiiNK Project at Texas Christian University. Dr. Rhea shares how the LiiNK Project is reshaping school curricula by integrating unstructured outdoor play and character development to improve children's healt…

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Working For The Friendly Man

2M ago

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I am hesitant to post a 30-year-old story on this day before Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, laying out his plans for our future. For Trump, the pedestal has never been higher, and I’m afraid he will declare that he has been chosen by God to be King of the World. This just doesn’t seem like the time to be looking back. So I will…

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USPS Realignment: Moving Towards Privatization 10:20

2M ago10:20

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In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, host Glenn Gooding delves into the controversial proposal by the Trump administration to privatize USPS by aligning it with the Commerce Department. Amidst strong resistance from the USPS Board of Governors and the American Postal Workers Union over concerns of rising rates and service cuts, Glenn unpacks the…

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How an 1870 Murder Created San Francisco 37:52

2M ago37:52

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Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small pistol and aimed it directly at a well-dressed man sitting quietly with his wife and children. T…

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This Week: The Future of Large-Scale Data Infrastructure with Zayo's Bill Long 12:36

2M ago12:36

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Bill Long, Chief Product and Strategy Officer for Zayo, to discuss both the current and future states of large-scale data infrastructure. 00:25 Zayo as a major data infrastructure provider 01:47 AI's massive impact on fiber demand 04:03 Demand calculations 06:03 Will compute efficiency increase? 0…

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The Test

2M ago

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(This is the eighth part of an album I am building. For more information please go to homebrave.com.) Everything changed, for me, when Ira Glass started “This American Life” in 1996. I’d been working odd jobs, trying to support my family, and pretty much failing. Then Ira called and asked that I contribute stories for his new show. He wanted me to …

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