Eoin McDevitt and Ciarán Murphy are trying to find the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson. Guests from around the world reflect on the sporting experiences of their past, their highlights and lowlights, before having their sporting lives ranked on air. From the multi-award winning team behind the hugely popular SC podcast, Second Captains Saturday on RTÉ Radio 1 is the perfect mix of culture, sport, comedy and music. Listen back to the incredible roster of guests over the years below, in ...
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The podcast that lovingly dissects the best (and worst) of 90s teen horror.
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The International Literature Festival Dublin, founded in 1998, is Ireland’s premier literary event and gathers the finest writers in the world to debate, provoke, delight and enthral.
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Ourshelves is a place where writers from the legendary feminist publishing house Virago will talk about their cultural worlds. Host Lucy Scholes will be diving into writers’ bookshelves, record collections and recollections to discover what inspires them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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BOOKS WITH JEN is a podcast run by author Jen Campbell where she interviews writers and talks about books. Grab a cup of tea and pull up a seat!
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Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club. Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. Authors include: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more. You can email your thoughts on the stories to: theghoststorybookclub@gmail.com and follow on Twitter at @ghostclubpod
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The summer ain't over til it's over and one of our favourite actors Eileen Walsh still has a chance to pip Ardal O'Hanlon to the title in our season finale.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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With just two weeks to go and Brendan Gleeson still holding on at the top, can Ardal O’Hanlon elbow a fellow national treasure aside?על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Award-winning Irish writer and die-hard Jackie Fullerton devotee, Jan Carson joins Eoin and Murph for this week's Second Captains Saturday.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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In three months' time, America will take to the polls again and John King will be back stationed at the Magic Wall on CNN. But first, let's put his sporting mettle to the test.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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He's won most literary prizes worth their salt, but will that tip the scales in Colum McCann's favour in our race to be Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson 2024? Unlikely.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Eoin and Murph have to address a points controversy, before turning to their latest would-be athlete, BBC journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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One-third of West Belfast Irish-language rap group Kneecap, Móglaí Bap AKA Naoise Ó Cairealláin steps up tp the plate in the hopes of scoring more than Brendan Gleeson's 83 points from last week.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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A summer of sport wouldn't be complete without more famous faces and cultural icons competing to be named Ireland's Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson, and this year's contest begins with none other than Brendan Gleeson.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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It's a three-way scramble for the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson Christmas title as Charles & Andrew Hendy and Seán McKenna of the Mary Wallopers join Eoin and Murph for a chat and a few amazing live performances.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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From the Archives: Kirsty Bell (2022)
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The ILFD podcast is back! For our final episode of 2023, as many of us head home for the winter holidays, we're listening back to Kirsty Bell discuss her book 'The Undercurrents', an exploration of the city she calls home -- Berlin. __Kirsty Bell’s 'The Undercurrents' is a story of Berlin, fusing memoir and criticism through a succession of lives a…
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Christmas Special: with Mike Muncer - 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975)
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In Series 4, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 7 December 2023) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975) Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a w…
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In Series 4, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, as I count down ten of my favourite Ghost Stories for Christmas! What are your favourites? Tell me on Twitter and Facebook.על ידי Adam Robinson
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'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford: with Nathan Ballingrud
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In Series 4, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Nathan Ballingrud as we discuss 'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. A novella, Crypt of the Moon Spider, will appear i…
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From the Archives: Paul Lynch & Peter Murphy (2013)
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The ILFD podcast is back! In case you missed it, this year's Booker Prize winner is Irish author Paul Lynch — we thought there would be no better time to listen back to his 2013 visit to the festival. ___Dublin Writers Festival brings together two emerging Irish novelists whose distinctive prose style and strong sense of place has marked them out a…
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'Martin's Close' by M.R. James: with Naomi Ryan
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In Series 4, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Naomi Ryan as we discuss 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James Naomi Ryan is a barrister. After completing the BCL at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, she taught criminal law to undergraduates at St Hilda’s College Oxford and University College London before embarking on her career as a crimin…
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'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe: with Leon Craig
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In Series 4, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Leon Craig as we discuss 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe Leon Craig is a writer and editor from London, now based in Berlin. Her gothic short story collection Parallel Hells was published by Sceptre Books and she is currently working on her first novel. Leon’s fiction has also appeared i…
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From the Archives: Eoin Colfer (2023)
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The ILFD podcast is back! On Monday 20 November, we celebrated World Children's Day, so today we're listening back to an event with one of our favourite children's authors — Eoin Colfer. From the 2023 edition of the festival.___Whether he’s cloud gazing or saving the world, author Eoin Colfer has so many stories up his sleeve, it’s a wonder they do…
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LIVE SPECIAL: The Woman in Black (1989 adaptation) with Prof. Catherine Spooner & Andrew Michael Hurley
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Welcome to this special bonus LIVE episode of The Ghost Story Book Club! Join me (Adam Z. Robinson), Gothic expert and award-winning writer Professor Catherine Spooner and novellist Andrew Michael Hurley for this post-screening discussion of The Woman in Black (1989 TV film adaptation) which was recorded LIVE at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Saturday 28…
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Rachel Seiffert is one of Virago's most critically acclaimed contemporary novelists. She has published four novels and one collection of short stories. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Dublin Impac Award and longlisted three time for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. In the finale episode of this season of Ourshelves, Rach…
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'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: with Dr. Emily Vincent
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In Series 4, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Dr. Emily Vincent as we discuss 'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Dr Emily Vincent is a Deputy Associate Director of Research and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International, based at Durham University. Emily holds a PhD in English Lite…
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From the Archives: Neil Gaiman (2018)
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The ILFD podcast is back! Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman celebrates his birthday later this week, so let's listen back to his last visit to ILFD in 2018. ___What doesn’t Neil Gaiman write? One of the greatest living storytellers, he is the author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and movies, including The Sandm…
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'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton: with Caroline Bird
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In Series 4, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Caroline Bird as we discuss 'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton. Caroline Bird is a poet and playwright. Her most recent collection, The Air Year, won the Forward Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize and the Polari Prize. Her previous collections includ…
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Annie Hodson is a queer writer and playwright from York, and one of the 40-strong cohort of the London Library’s 2022-2023 emerging writers’ programme. She has just won the Virago short story competition, with her story ‘Banshee’, which will appear in the paperback of Furies in spring 2025. Lucy and Annie dive into Annie’s earliest introduction to …
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'The Hated House' by Celia Fremlin: with Kirsty Logan
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In Series 4, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Kirsty Logan as we discuss 'The Hated House' by Celia Fremlin. Kirsty Logan’s latest novel is Now She is Witch (Harvill Secker, 2023), a queer medieval witch revenge quest. Her memoir The Unfamiliar (Virago, 2023), a memoir of queer pregnancy and parenthood is out now. She is also the …
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From the Archives: Kirsty Logan & Anya Bergman (2023)
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The ILFD podcast is back! With Halloween just around the corner, let's listen back to authors Kirsty Logan & Anya Bergman talking all things witches with moderator Sarah Maria Griffin. Part of the 2023 edition of ILFD.___How far would you go for justice? In two powerful additions to the witchlit canon, Kirsty Logan and Anya Bergman dig into the pai…
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'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' by M.R. James: with Will Maclean
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In Series 4, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Will Maclean as we discuss 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' by M.R. James. Will Maclean is a writer and the author of the novel The Apparition Phase. He’s written for television professionally since 2006, during which time he’s worked as a scriptwriter for people as varied a…
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'Man-Size in Marble' by E. Nesbit: with Rachel Fairburn
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Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club Series 4! In Series 4, Episode 1 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Rachel Fairburn as we discuss 'Man-Size in Marble' by E. Nesbit. Rachel Fairburn is a comedian. Along with Kiri Pritchard McLean, she co-created and co-hosts All Killa No Filla, a smash-hit podcast with a huge international following. Rach…
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From the Archives: Marise Gaughan (2022)
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The ILFD podcast is back! Kicking off with a listen back to Irish writer and comedian Marise Gaughan talking about her book 'Trouble' for the 25th anniversary edition of the festival in 2022. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains strong language and mentions of suicide, sex, and substance abuse; it may not be appropriate for young listeners.__Come…
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Audrey Osler is Professor Emerita of Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds. Her latest book, Where Are You From? No, Where Are You Really From? will be published by Virago in November and looks at the British Empire through the history of one family. This week, join us as Audrey and Lucy dive into ‘Britishness’ and the c…
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Join me at live events that are happening up and down England this October and November... Visit our LinkTree here for info and to book: https://linktr.ee/tbodal HAUNTED dates and details: Fri 6 October LION’S DEN, MANCHESTER, 8pm https://grimmfest2023.eventive.org/passes/buy **Use the code HAUNTED23 for a discount!** Fri 20 October OLD TOWN HALL, …
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Victoria Belim is a writer, journalist, and translator of Persian literature and poetry. She speaks eighteen languages, including Japanese, Turkish, and Indonesian. Her memoir, The Rooster House, was published earlier this year by Virago and explores her search for the truth behind an unmentioned family secret - and the Ukrainian people's complex r…
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In our last show of the series, can Michael Sheen pull off the extraordinary feat of pipping Enda Walsh at the post and become our Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson for 2023?על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Over the course of a 17 year career on BBC Radio 1, Annie Mac became one of the most beloved broadcasters and most influential DJs in the UK. Does she have it in her to put Macúl to the sword in our penultimate show of the series, though?על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Emma Donoghue is an acclaimed writer whose novels include the international bestsellers Room and The Wonder. She wrote the short story ‘Turmagant’ in Virago’s recent collection of short stories, Furies, and her upcoming novel, Learned By Heart, publishes on 24th August 2023. On this episode, Emma and Lucy Scholes dive into the varied cultural reach…
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A member of Dublin's Mercury Prize-nominated band Lankum, Radie Peat puts her sporting pride on the line.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Joining the race to snatch first place on the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson leaderboard is one of Ireland's best playwrights and screenwriters, Enda Walshעל ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Natasha Walter is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, a journalist and human rights activist. Her books include The New Feminism and Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, which was reissued as one of Virago’s 50thAnniversary Five Gold reads this year. On this episode of Ourshelves, Natasha and Lucy Scholes discuss the continued relevance of Liv…
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Conan O'Brien - Extended Version
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In a very special show, one of the most iconic American broadcasters and comedians of the last three decades, Conan O'Brien joins Eoin and Murph in this extended version of the original broadcast.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Theo Dorgan is one of the finest Irish poets of his generation, but how will he fare under Murph's scrutiny? With a completely made up scoring system, it's ... hard to say.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Are families a refuge or a prison? Join Veronica Raimo as she talks with Lucy Scholes about the line between fiction and auto-fiction, drawing the curtain back on the creative process, and the many idiosyncrasies of language that arise during the translation of fiction. Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On …
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From her desk in One World Trade Centre, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, Samantha Barry makes her play for the title of Ireland's Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Second Captains Saturday is back for another summer and kicking off this year's series is the author of the one of the most iconic books of the last thirty years, Irvine Welsh.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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Ourshelves with Kirsty Logan
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Kirsty Logan is a novelist and short story writer. She’s the author of Now She is Witch, Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales. To mark the publication of her new book, The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir, she talks with Lucy Scholes about writing like no one is …
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Ourshelves with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
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Join Lucy Scholes as she talks with American author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about her debut novel, Big Girl – reviewed by the New York Times as ‘achingly beautiful’ – about a young black girl growing up in 1990s Harlem. On the table for discussion is coming-of-age fiction, beauty standards, women’s bodies and matrilineal traditions. Hosted on Acast.…
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Ourshelves with Caroline O'Donoghue
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On the premiere episode of this special series of Ourshelves, commemorating Virago’s 50th anniversary, join Caroline O'Donoghue, New York Times best-selling author and the host of the award-winning podcast Sentimental Garbage, as she talks about her new novel, The Rachel Incident. Listen as Caroline and Lucy Scholes discuss the intersection of Iris…
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Multi-award winning authors Sinéad Gleeson and Roddy Doyle are friends, huge football fans and for one day only, Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson opponents.על ידי RTÉ Radio 1
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'The Lady's Maid's Bell' by Edith Wharton: with Rhianna Dhillon
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In Series 3, Episode 12 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Rhianna Dhillon as we discuss 'The Lady's Maid's Bell' by Edith Wharton. Rhianna Dhillon has been a film critic for 12 years, beginning her career at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra as their in-house film critic. Now a film and TV critic on BBC 6Music’s Breakfast Show with Lauren Laverne, Rhian…
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Christmas Special: with Mike Muncer - 'The Stalls of Barchester' (1971) and 'Lost Hearts' (1973)
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In Series 3, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 2 December 2022) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Stalls of Barchester' (1971) and 'Lost Hearts' (1973) Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a weekly…
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'The Room in the Tower' by E. F. Benson: with James Swanton
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In Series 3, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, James Swanton as we discuss 'The Room in the Tower' by E. F. Benson James Swanton is an award-winning actor and writer, increasingly recognised for his attempts to frighten people. He has so far been responsible for Sikes & Nancy (Trafalgar Studios, West End), Frankenstein's Creature …
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'They' by Rudyard Kipling: with Emily Klassen
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In Series 3, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Emily Klassen as we discuss 'They' by Rudyard Kipling. Emily Klassen is a classical soprano and actor living in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in music from the Baroque period and has performed extensively at home and abroad. She made her worldwide television debut on the critically …
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