Pete McMurray Show
The Pete McMurray Show is a talk show featuring Pete McMurray and Lisa Kotara. The two address issues like politics, entertainment, health & wellness, sports, fitness, relationships and just about everything else. The show can be heard in three states and growing!
💘 Office Romance Alert: 1 in 3 employees have dated a coworker! Turns out love is on the clock ⏰❤️ From flirty Slack messages to lifelong partners, many couples say it all started at work… because let’s face it, we’re there ALL DAY 👩💻👨💻
1 in 3 employees have dated a coworker
Pete met his wife at work
Most do
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⚖️ From Prosecutor to Podcaster 🎙️ Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi on Law, Order… and True Crime Stories You Can’t Miss 👀
Anna-Sigga-Nicolazzi is a former prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office,
She is the host of the podcast "Law & Order: Criminal Justice System"
Law and Order podcast
Working for the Brooklyn DA
How they all tie together
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NBC News Morgan Chesky covering the Charlie Kirk assassination "So we know Tyler Robinson, the 22 yr old suspect being held in Utah County jail, we anticipate formal charges on Tuesday, among those charges we anticipate is aggravated murder"
NBC News Morgan Chesky has been covering the Charlie Kirk assassination
-Tyler Robinson's father turned him in
-Security at the event
-Utah Governor Spencer Cox
-Formal charges "So we know Tyler Robinson, the 22 yr old suspect being held in Utah County jail, we anticipate formal charges on Tuesday, among those charges we anticipate is aggravated murder"
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🎙️ Billy Bush on Charlie Sheen’s new book “The Book of Sheen” 📖: “He was looking for the next dopamine hit and he couldn’t find it in a crack pipe... 'I need a rush, I need a high, I need something different. I need something out of the box.'” 🔥
The 'Hot Mics' podcast host Billy Bush joined us to talk:
-Meghan Markle being an unlikable person
-Charlie Sheen's new book "The Book of Sheen" where he admits to sleeping with women and men “He was looking for the next dopamine hit and he couldn’t find it in a crack pipe... I need a rush, I need a high, I need something different. I need something out of the box.” 🔥 first way"
-Bushy is best friends with Hoover from Animal House
-The Rock has dropped a ton of weight
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🌜 How Many Hours Do We REALLY Sleep? 😱 The Answer Might Shock You… Plus a 3AM Sleep Hack That Will Get You Back to Sleep 😴
😴 How Many Hours Do You REALLY Sleep? 🕒 The Average Will Shock You… If You Don’t Doze Off Reading This 😂
PLUS - if you wake in the middle of the night and can't fall back to sleep, listen for the sleep hack that WORKS!
Adults just don't sleep
Listen to the crew and find out ...
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🍟👶 Nearly HALF of Adults Secretly Order from the Kid’s Menu… but WHY?! 🤔 The answer is not just chicken nuggets 😂
🍟👶 Nearly HALF of Adults Secretly Order from the Kid’s Menu… but WHY?! 🤔 The answer is not just chicken nuggets 😂
Listen and find out (love us some chickie nugs)
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For Pete's Sake 09.13.25 🚘 Knight Rider reboots with the Cobra Kai crew behind the wheel 🎂🧇 Waffle House hits 70 candles… and serves a birthday cake waffle 🍻🏈 Jay Cutler flagged for drinking & driving with a loaded “backseat bonus”
For Pete's Sake 09.13.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🚘 Knight Rider reboots with the Cobra Kai crew behind the wheel
🎂🧇 Waffle House hits 70 candles… and serves a birthday cake waffle
🍻🏈 Jay Cutler flagged for drinking & driving with a loaded “backseat bonus”
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Show Open 09.13.25 ⚠️ The political violence has to stop 👖 Adam Sandler’s wardrobe is now classified as “extra too large” 🌀 The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere… because nothing says timeless classic like Dorothy in 4K IMAX on your retinas
Show Open 09.13.25
⚠️ Political violence has to stop
👖 Adam Sandler’s wardrobe is now classified as “extra too large”
🌀 The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere… because nothing says timeless classic like Dorothy in 4K IMAX on your retinas
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📺 David Eigenberg aka Steve Brady on 'And Just Like That' ending: “First it was binge-watching 🍿… then it spun into hate-watching 😡… it even made The New York Times and Variety 📰✨
Chicago Fire's David Eigenberg joined. It's all ridiculous and funny!
-Lisa running into David in the neighborhood and not talking to him
-David was with Taylor Kinney in the neighborhood
-The Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That is over
-The binge watching and the hate watching "first I heard about the binge watching, that became very popular...then it spun out into hate watching...it was written up in the New York Times & Variety"
-His buddy's hotdog stand made the reboot
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🧠💭 New Study: Americans Question 4 of Every 10 Choices… including reading this title 🤔😂
New research says the average American second-guesses themselves 41 percent of their daily decisions.
4 out of 10 decisions daily!
Do you struggle with this?
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🐶🇺🇸 America has spoken… the list of 'favorite dogs in the United States'i s out! Did your pup make the cut or get snubbed like a Golden Retriever at the Oscars? 🏆😂🐾
The list of America’s favorite dogs are out…
Here are the top 10:
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For Pete's Sake 09.06.25 - 👠 Could this really be the end for Carrie Bradshaw? 🐶 The butt-sniffing bandit… busted 💰 SC man buys 162 identical Pick 4 tickets… and WINS BIG
For Pete's Sake 09.06.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
👠 Could this really be the end for Carrie Bradshaw?
🐶 The butt-sniffing bandit… busted
💰 SC man buys 162 identical Pick 4 tickets… and WINS BIG (1731)
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🏫💸 Parents are now dropping up to $20K to decorate dorm rooms… yes, really 😳✨
🏫💸 Parents are now dropping up to $20K to decorate dorm rooms… yes, really 😳✨
-The average family spends $598 on dorm items
-Some parents have gone all in for social media
And, another college trend - PETS in dorms
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Show Open 09.06.25 🎭 Lisa peaked in high school theater… and yes, she still knows all the lines👖 Sydney Sweeney puts on jeans and American Eagle’s stock jumps 25% 💸 Why would anyone pierce their middle finger knuckle… is that the “point”? 😂
Show Open 09.06.25
🎭 Lisa peaked in high school theater… and yes, she still knows all the choreography
👖 Sydney Sweeney puts on jeans and American Eagle’s stock jumps 25%… denim really pays 💸
🖕 Why would anyone pierce their middle finger knuckle… is that the “point”? 😂
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💘 Office Romance Alert: 1 in 3 employees have dated a coworker! Turns out love is on the clock ⏰❤️ From flirty Slack messages to lifelong partners, many couples say it all started at work… because let’s face it, we’re there ALL DAY 👩💻👨💻
💘 1 in 3 employees have dated a coworker!
Turns out love is on the clock ⏰❤️
Many couples say it all started at work… because we’re there ALL DAY 👩💻👨💻
Biggest minuses having an office affair?
Trust issues
People think others are playing favorites
AND, you could BREAK UP!!!!!
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🎭✈️ Tim Daly (Wings 🎬 The Sopranos) & Robin Bronk of The Creative Coalition join us to talk about what proposed arts defunding could mean for you and your kids 🎧 🇺🇸
You know Tim Daly from Wings (with our pal Steven Weber), Madam Secretary, The Sopranos, and Tim is also President of The Creative Coalition. Along with him is Robin Bronk, the CEO of The Creative Coalition. They’re joined the crew to talk about the proposed Congressional defunding and what it could mean for you and your children
-What is the Creative Coalition
-Why the arts are important
-Call your congressman 202.224.3121
-His friend Steven Weber from Wings (and now Chicago Med)
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🎙️ Craig Melvin on shifting gears & segments on The Today Show: “We go from politics to international affairs… oh, could Taylor Swift be performing at the Super Bowl… and then we’re doing a fall shoe segment out on the Plaza” 👞🏈🎶
Today Show host Craig Melvin joined us to talk:
-Craig enjoys the shifting of gears on the show "We go from politics to international affairs ... oh, could Taylor Swift be performing at the Super Bowl...and then we're doing a fall shoe segment out on the Plaza"
-What happens off-air stays off-air
-New artists on the show
-His charity golf event to keep his brother's legacy alive
Click HERE to donate to 'Bottoms Up'
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🎙️ NBC News Garrett Haake 🚨 Is President Trump winning the crime fight vs Democrats? 🪖 "It's a very difficult position for these democratic politicians to be put in because they very much don't want to get caught looking like they are pro crime"
NBC Chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake joined us to talk:
-US Military blew up the Venezuelan drug smugglers boat
-The National Guard moving into cities to help with crime
-Is President Trump winning on crime against the Democratic party sending in the National Guard "It's a very difficult position for these democratic politicians to be put in because they very much don't want to get caught looking like they are pro crime"
-Xi, Putin and Kim show united front at huge Chinese military parade
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🥩🥚🥬🍫 Sticker Shock at Checkout! Prices on eggs, meat, lettuce & chocolate keep climbing 😬 Inflation’s slowing, but your grocery bill isn’t shrinking. Why your wallet still feels lighter every trip 🛒💸
Sticker shock at the grocery store is all too common nowadays
More and more grocery shoppers are experiencing sticker shock every single trip to the store.
-The price of food, especially meat, fruit and vegetables has been going up.
“For the last six to 12 months, the rate of inflation has fallen significantly, but that doesn’t mean that prices are declining. They’re just not going up as much,” Michael Swanson, chief agricultural economist at Wells Fargo
Items that have increased the most:
Eggs, Meat, Frozen juice, lettuce, and chocolate
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Gilligan’s Island 🏝️ Dreama Denver: “He always credited the longevity of the show … you can't place Gilligan's Island in any particular time period … Gilligan's Island was on an ISLAND!” 📺 🥥
Dreama Denver is woman who spent her life with everyone’s favorite castaway. She’s the widow of Bob Denver - who played Gilligan and the author of the new book - Island to Icon: The Many Lives of Bob Denver.
Dreama Denver talks:
-Gilligan's iconic Red shirt, blue pants, white hat
-Gilligan's Island only ran from 1964-1967 - they did 33 episodes a season back in the day
-Bob went to the CBS bosses and had them change the iconic theme song
-Does she still have any of the props from set
-"He...
😂🔑 2025 password report: people STILL use “password,” 123456, and even 123456789 🙃 Plus 78% admit to reusing their logins everywhere 💻 Might as well DM hackers your bank info 🏦
A Password survey in 2025 revealed 1 in 20 people use the word password and 78 per cent also admitted to using the same or near identical passwords across multiple sites despite all the hacks
Also people have included number combinations such as 123456 and 123456789
What? Really?
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😰 Anxiety weighing you down? Therapist Amy Morin shares the surprising secret: “Acknowledge it…instead of fighting it…and amplify it.” Learn how this shift can change everything. 🌟
Amy Morin is a licensed psychotherapist and best-selling author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do.”
-She helps people build mental strength the same way … you’d train your body at the gym!
Amy joined us to talk
-Kids pressure and anxiety going back to school
-How do parents hide stress from their kids
-How can adults deal with the anxiety in their life "Acknowledge it, this is what happens, instead of fighting it...and amplify it"
-How to get rid of that inner negative voice
-Doom scrolling is dopamine
Show Open 08.23.25 - 📚 Pete visits his son at college... and loves it so much (shocker)🚀 Elon Musk hits pause on launching a third political party🐶💊 Weight loss drugs for your PET... because your pooch is chunky too
Show Open 08.23.25
📚 Pete visits his son at college... and loves it so much (shocker)
🚀 Elon Musk hits pause on launching a third political party
🐶💊 Weight loss drugs for your PET... because your pooch is chunky too
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🍔❌🥦 Survey says: 6 in 10 people claim to hate foods they’ve never even tried 😂 So are we picky… or just dramatic? #FoodFails🍣😂
6 in 10 People Claim to Hate Foods They've Never Tried
Really?
-What do you think are the most common foods that people say they don’t like - BUT have never tried …
The crew runs through ...
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For Pete's Sake 08.23.25 - 💍 Christie Brinkley says marriage should be like a lease “renew in 5 yrs” 💔📞 AOL's dial up service is bye bye … 160K users not happy 😬🌶️ Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis brewing up his own coffee ☕
For Pete's Sake 08.23.25
💍 Christie Brinkley says marriage should be like a lease “renew in 5 yrs” 💔
📞 AOL's dial up service is bye bye … 160K users not happy 😬
🌶️ Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis brewing up his own coffee ☕
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⚠️ High stakes at the Trump/Putin summit: NBC’s Peter Alexander warns "The biggest real sticking point right now is appears to be on this issue of security guarantees ... Russia is basically insisting that they need to be apart of those assurances" 🇷🇺🇺🇸
Peter Alexander is NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and Weekend TODAY Co-Anchor joined us to talk:
-Trump / Putin Alaska summit "The biggest real sticking point right now is appears to be on this issue of security guarantees ... Russia is basically insisting that they need to be apart of those assurances"
-It does NOT look like they headed towards a peace deal in Ukraine
-What did Putin and Trump talk about
-Israel invading Gaza City
-The National Guard on the streets in DC
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🎬 Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is back in Daniela Forever 🍿 On working with Matthew McConaughey in The Gentlemen: “He has his method… and our two characters were pretty frosty to each other” ❄️
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is back with a new film called Daniela Forever
Henry Golding joined us to talk:
-Is the dude on drugs
-How did 'Crazy Rich Asians' change his life
-Is talking to Matthew McConaughey like being in a lucid dream "He has his method, and his method is sort of being in character on set. And our two characters were pretty frosty to each other"
-Hugh Grant comes off like he doesn't care about anything, but ...
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For Pete's Sake 08.16.25 - 📚 Britney’s ex is writing a tell all - 300 pages of I need money 💇♂️ John Cena has new lettuce and isn't afraid to share 🔧 Gen Z is using Hinge to find a Mr Fix It because love fades but at least she never had to assemble anything
For Pete's Sake 08.16.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
📚 Britney’s ex is writing a tell all but it might just be 300 pages of I need money
💇♂️ John Cena has new lettuce and isn't afraid to share
🔧 Gen Z is using Hinge to find a Mr Fix It because love fades but at least she never had to assemble anything
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Show Open 08.16.25 - ❌ Don’t be a “Miller” at Costco… unless you enjoy getting tackled over free cheese cubes 💿 Who still has record albums? People allergic to Spotify 🎸 Eddie Van Halen’s signed guitar is up for auction
Show Open 08.16.25
❌ Don’t be a “Miller” at Costco… unless you enjoy getting tackled over free cheese cubes
💿 Who still has record albums? People allergic to Spotify
🎸 Eddie Van Halen’s signed guitar is up for auction
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📰 Bret Baier from the Putin/Trump summit: “Putin is probably feeling a lot of pinch economically… tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. That directly affects Russia's ability to make money"” 🇷🇺💰⛽
📰 Bret Baier from Fox News Channel joined us to talk Alaska Summit and more:
-Putin calling a Summit with President Trump "The reason the summit happened is because Putin is probably feeling a lot of pinch economically, and the tariffs for example on India for buying Russian oil. That directly affects Russia's ability to make money"
-Why aren't we seeing Ukraine at the summit
-Why did Kim Jong Un call Putin this week
-National Guard being deployed in DC
-There is a company that rents crowds - paid actors to protest . The company is c...
🎬 Spencer Garrett: HBO’s “Winning Time” star AND gatekeeper of the legendary Character Actor Dinners 🍷🍽️ This yearPete finally made the cut 🍝 “You’re invited… YOU’RE INVITED!” 📩🍸
🎬 Spencer Garrett: HBO’s “Winning Time” star AND gatekeeper of the legendary Character Actor Dinners 🍷🍽️ This yearPete finally made the cut 🍝 “You’re invited… YOU’RE INVITED!” 📩🍸
Spencer joined us to talk
-Music and his love for Springsteen
-The Character Actor Dinners - Spencer to Pete “You’re invited… YOU’RE INVITED!”
-Working with the talent on HBO's "Winning Time"
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🎸 Author Peter Ames Carlin takes us behind the scenes of Born to Run - the madness and the magic 🎷 From obsessive perfectionism to Clarence’s epic 18-hour sax solo session, plus the story behind the iconic album cover 🎤🔥
Born to Run was released in 1975
50 years later we're still playing it and talking about it.
There's a new book is entitled “Tonight in Jungleland: The making of Born to Run"
Author Peter Ames Carlin joined us to talk:
-Would a 9 minute song like Jungleland make it today
-How his OCD and perfectionism almost drove him crazy making B2R
-It took between 12 - 18 hours to nail down Clarence's Jungleland sax solo (we feel for the Big Man)
-"...beyond the palace hemi-powered drones ..." what the heck does that mean???
-How...
🥪💼 Skipping lunch to get ahead? Turns out 55% of Americans trade sandwiches for spreadsheets 😬 New research says we’re ditching mid-day meals for “productivity”... but are we just hangry? 🍔📉
Do you skip lunch?
More than half of Americans skip lunch in order to work more, according to new research. 55% of us don’t eat lunch on busy days to be more productive.
Some people also admitted to completely forgetting to eat lunch two days out of the work week
What???
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💪 Kevin Sorbo talking Hercules: “When the show was at its peak in season 3, we were the most watched show in the world. When I’d go in the gym to workout, the guys would walk by (and look at me & say) ‘I can lift more than that!’” 😂🏋️♂️📺
💪 Kevin Sorbo Hercules: “When the show was at its peak in season 3, we were the most watched show in the world. When I’d go in the gym to workout, the guys would walk by (and look at me & say) ‘I can lift more than that!’” 😂🏋️♂️📺
His film ‘What If’ is re-releasing in theaters. Kevin Sorbo joined us to talk:
-How Dean Cain forgot to call Pete
-Living and filming in New Zealand
-John Ratzenberger (Cliff from Cheers) is his guardian angel in "What if"
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🔪 Lou Diamond Phillips plays a killer in Et Tu 🎬 “He’s the bad guy, kinda like Jack Nicholson in The Shining… he’s got some issues” 😳 Lou also told us he’s officially tired of hearing La Bamba 🎸🧠🩸
Lou Diamond Phillips plays a murderer in his new film
"Et Tu"
Lou joined us to talk:
-Playing the bad guy in his new film "he's the bad guy, kinda like Jack Nicholson was the bad guy in The Shining...he's got some issues"
-"It's a horror film, a thriller, and also a black comedy....a lot of people have said it's like The Shining meets Birdman"
-They filmed this movie in 15 days!
-He performed "The King & I" on Broadway. What is the buildup like leading up to opening night
-W...
Are YOU doing the latest social media health trends? 💪🥴 "100 Kettlebell Swings a Day" or… Fibermaxxing 💩🥦 Because nothing builds character like swinging a cannonball or counting your fiber like it's a second job ⏰
Are YOU doing the latest social media health trends? 💪🥴 "100 Kettlebell Swings a Day" or… Fibermaxxing 💩🥦 Because nothing builds character like swinging a cannonball or counting your fiber like it's a second job ⏰
Here's the latest online trends, folks.
Good luck!
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😴🧼⏰ The Bedtime Olympics: Are You a Gold Medal Sleeper or Still Washing Your Face? What time do you usually hit the pillow? How long is your nightly wind-down? And how long does it actually take you to fall asleep?
😴🧼⏰ The Bedtime Olympics: Are You a Gold Medal Sleeper or Still Washing Your Face?
What time do you usually hit the pillow? How long is your nightly wind-down? And how long does it actually take you to fall asleep?
If your bedtime routine is longer than your workout, we need to talk.
Take a listen and compare
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For Pete's Sake 08.09.25 - 🧔♂️The average guy hasn’t changed his hairstyle in 10+ yrs ✂️ 🥎 Softball-sized spiders 🕷️ are about to crawl out of the ground 😱 🧳 People who travel more tend to be happier 😎 We're packing our bags right now! ✈️
For Pete's Sake 08.09.25 - 3 of the Most Important Stories of the Week!
🧔♂️The average guy hasn’t changed his hairstyle in 10+ years ✂️
🥎 Softball-sized spiders 🕷️ are about to crawl out of the ground 😱
🧳 People who travel more tend to be happier 😎 Coincidence? Maybe. But we're packing a bag just in case ✈️
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Show Open 08.09.25 - 🍻 Lisa was on a two-week bar crawl bender🎸 Is Pete too old for Lolla or just too sore🇬🇧 Brits say 20 sexual partners is “a touch much” but who’s counting
Show Open 08.09.25
🍻 Lisa was on a two-week bar crawl bender
🎸 Is Pete too old for Lolla or just too sore
🇬🇧 Brits say 20 sexual partners is “a touch much” but who’s counting
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🦈 Alien Sharks, Death Beaches & Shark Week Secrets! 🧪 Forrest Galante Swims With the Scary Stuff
Wildlife biologist FORREST GALANTE, was featured in SHARK WEEK specials ALIEN SHARKS: DEATH DOWN UNDER and FLORIDA’S DEATH BEACH joined us to talk sharks!
He’s wrestled crocs, dodged hippos, and now he’s telling us why sharks aren’t the ones you should be afraid of… unless you're in Florida.
How he almost died one year
What's the one thing people get wrong about sharks
...and so much more ...
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