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Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher

Host: James Molesworth

Director: Robert Taylor

Producer: Gabriela Saldivia

Guests: Jason Kesner, Mitch Frank

Assistant producer, Napa: Elizabeth Redmayne-Titley

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