The Geek-out Podcast

In our first ever solo pod (saving you from a week of nothing followed by a four-hour pod stuffed with two weeks’ worth of content), Bud (very quickly) covers the new Spider-Man trailer, cautiously freaks out about Firefly, and reviews Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime (it’s a game).

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:49 – Meta dropping IG E2EE

Coming Soon

03:12 – Spider-Man: Brand New Day (in theatres July 31) (Zoner Ewan and Zoner Mary)

related: Zendaya on Tom Holland A.I. Wedding Pics, Robert Pattinson Lying & Seeing the New Spider-Man

05:18 – Dune: Part Three (in theatres December 18, just like Avengers: Doomsday) (Zoner Mary)

related: Timothee Chalamet’s ”ballet and opera” comments, and Steven Spielberg’s response, Oscar roasting

06:30 – Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel series, S2, 8-ep, Disney+, March 24)

07:10 – Disclosure Day (in theatres June 12)

08:23 – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video movie, May 20)

10:49 – Big Mistakes (Netflix film, Dan Levy, April 9)

11:20 – Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (in theatres March 19, 2027)

11:59 – Firefly returning as an animated series, hopefully (this is the post they want boosted) (Zoner Rob)

13:20 – Kate Winslet is joining The Hunt for Gollum (along with Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, and Elijah Wood)

13:51 – White Lotus S4 casts Max Greenfield, Kumail Nanjiani, Chloe Bennet, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul

14:32 – Two more missing episodes of Doctor Who have finally been found (BBC’s iPlayer, next month)

NOT Coming Soon

15:09 – Planned Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot cancelled, says Sarah Michelle Gellar (SMG’s post) (Zoner Darren across the wall)

Geek News Proper

15:40 – Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT makes history as first major studio film looped by an all-disability group (great BTS video)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

17:20 – Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime

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Kirsten and Bud geek out about Lanterns, Lorne Michaels, lamentations of the women, and limits on Zoom rooms.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:25 – smart glasses detector

Coming Soon

08:51 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (final trailer, in theatres April 1)

related: Donald Glover is the voice of Yoshi

11:41 – Lanterns (8-ep series, co-creator: Damon Lindelof, Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, article, HBO Max, August)

14:29 – The Boys (final S5, Prime Video, April 8)

15:41 – In The Grey (dir: Guy Ritchie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Eiza González, in theatres May 15)

16:27 – Man On Fire (remake of 2004 Denzel movie, seven-episode series, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Netflix, April 30)

18:17 – Lorne (in theatres April 17)

19:20 – Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s making a new Conan movie with M:I director Christopher McQuarrie

21:45 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S2 cast update

22:46 – Firefly somethingorother. Gina/Zoë, Morena/Inara, Sean/Simon, Summer/River, Jewel/Kaylee, and Adam/Jayne summoned, announcement March 15.

Geek News Proper

26:00 – Elijah Wood says no one else will play Frodo while he’s ”alive and able”

28:35 – Project Hail Mary 95% practical, contains not a single greenscreen shot in the entire movie, director says

33:10 – Quentin Tarantino hits back at Rosanna Arquette for n-word criticism

Tech Times w/ Kirsten

33:55 – The Start

38:00 – The End

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

38:40 – The Bear ending with season 5, accoRRRdiiing to Jamie Lee Curtis (source: red carpet chat w/ Access Hollywood)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

39:21 – War Machine (Bud)

related: War Machines?

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud do NOT talk about trucks.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:58 – BMW screw / screw BMW & moisture farming IRL

Coming Soon

12:49 – Toy Story 5 (in theatres June 19)

18:11 – Mortal Kombat II (in theatres May 8 )

22:35 – Scary Movie (not the movie from 2000, June 5, 2026)

25:09 – Tommy (IMAX remaster, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 17 & 18)

27:24 – Doctor Who The TV Movie (1996 original, pilot for a failed American series, restored to 4K UHD, coming to Blu-ray soon)

29:12 – Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves (2027)

32:06 – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy(not Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weiss, Blumhouse, in theatres April 17)

36:33 – Is God Is (in theatres May 15)

38:15 – Paradise (Hulu show, S2, Disney+, out now, plus Bud’s micro-review of the first few eps so far)

38:57 – Normal (in theatres April 17)

40:40 – Backrooms (A24 film, in theatres May 29)

41:44 – The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC series, pilot last month, E02 February 23 at 8p on NBC, Peacock the next day, Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Moynihan)

44:18 – Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot has found its star (Danielle Deadwyler)

46:00 – God of War Amazon series first look, casting so far, Jaffe yelling (in production in Vancouver)

50:12 – Project Hail Mary: theatre tour + LEGO 11389 (March 1, $130 CAD) + early reviews + US/Alamo-only popcorn bucket, dangit!

54:36 – Game of Thrones movie in the works at Warner Bros. (dependent on Paramount sale)

Geek News Proper

1:00:15 – Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy, Euphoria) dies at 53 from ALS (final message to his daughters)

1:01:11 – Phil Spencer leaving Xbox (also Sarah Bond, Core AI lead Asha Sharma to take over, cofounder/designer opinion)

1:03:34 – Netflix vs Paramount for Warner Bros: Netflix out, Paramount ”wins”, breakup fee, HBO Max and Paramount+ to merge

1:12:47 – Jim Carrey did attend César Awards, was not Alexis Stone

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:19:21 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Pol & Kirsten)

1:24:34 – Marty Supreme (Kirsten)

1:32:05 – first few episodes of The Sopranos (Kirsten)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud catch up on THREE WEEKS of missed pods due to scheduling difficulties, and somehow managed NOT to make it a three hour pod! Three hour pod!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:06 – Samsung privacy screen tech / Discord

Coming Soon

13:49 – The Mandalorian and Grogu (in theatres May 22, Super Bowl :36)

17:47 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Super Bowl :30, in theatres April 1)

18v01 – Spider-Noir (Sony/Marvel series, Prime Video, May 27, colour or black & white) (Zoner Mary)

19:09 – Project Hail Mary: trailer, article explaining the revealed plot elements (in theatres March 20)

_____ – Disclosure Day (Super Bowl :60, in theatres June 12)

24:06 – The Devil Wears Prada 2 (in theatres May 1)

24:28 – Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (conveniently-timed Netflix animated series, April 23)

26:09 – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV series, S2, February 27)

27:48 – [STROBE LIGHT WARNING AGAIN UGH] Scream 7 (February 27)

29:53 – Michael: trailer, 2m first look (in theatres April 24)

30:04 – Rooster (10-ep miniseries, Steve Carell, John C. McGinley, HBO Max, March 8)

31:07 – In The Blink of An Eye (dir: Andrew Stanton, starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, basically Cloud Atlas?, Disney+, film February 27)

32:25 – War Machine (Netflix film, March 6)

33:18 – Lucky (Apple TV series, Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, July 16)

34:30 – Exit 8 (in theatres April 10)

related: Bud’s micro-R&R of The Exit 8 and Platform 8 (games)

36:16 – Supergirl (Super Bowl :30, in theatres June 26)

37:09 – What’s Your Favorite? (Pokémon Super Bowl :60, Trevor Noah, Lady Gaga, Blackpink’s Jisoo, Formula One driver Charles Leclerc, Spanish professional footballer Lamine Yamal, Canadian actor/voice actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer Young Miko)

40:31 – The Adventures of Cliff Booth (written by Quentin Tarantino, Directed by David Fincher, Netflix film, also in theatres sometime this year)

related: Quentin Tarantino’s new Beverly Cinema goes back to its porno roots this month

also related: Paul Dano reacts to Quentin Tarantino dissing him: ‘Incredibly grateful the world spoke up for me so i didn’t have to’

44:06 – White Lotus season 4 casts Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Messina, Marissa Long (HBO series, preproduction, location reveal)

45:05 – Ted Lasso to return for fourth season this summer (Apple TV series)

45:34 – Baldur’s Gate Series in the works at HBO (creator/writer/EP/showrunner: Craig Mazin)

related: The Last of Us to film S3 in BC March 2–November 27

Geek News Proper

48:30 – The Grammys

49:05 – Gone too soon: Catherine O’Hara, 71, James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek, 48, Jesse Jackson, 84, and Robert Duvall, 95

59:28 – John Lithgow on playing Dumbledore in Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling’s trans-exclusionary views

Reviews and Kirstemendayshes

1:02:24 – IT: Welcome to Derry (Kirsten & Pol)

1:05:16 – The Muppet Show (Kirsten & Pol)

1:07:22 – Wonder Man (Bud)

1:09:10 – The Secret Agent (Kirsten)

1:11:22 – Fallout S2 (Kirsten & Pol)

1:13:48 – Heated Rivalry (Kirsten)

1:20:28 – Send Help (Pol)

1:22:24 – Wuthering Heights (Pol)

Other stuff that didn’t make the pod

– Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name: short film, article w/ background

– Unable to stop AI, SAG-AFTRA mulls a studio tax on digital performers

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Pol & Bud host a shortyboi pod, missing our other geek pals, Kirsten, Bryan, and Art, and chat about the Oscars, smartwatches, and Hallmark movies.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:07 – Pebble update

Coming Soon

16:38 – Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel series, S2, Disney+, March 24) (Zoner Mary)

18:59 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (first look at Yoshi, in theatres April 1)

21:31 – Supergirl (Jason Mamoa as Lobo, in theatres June 26)

24:57 – The Muppet Show (Disney+ special, February 4, that’s like a week and a half out!)

29:16 – The Stars Between Us (Hallmark movie, February 21, starring DJ Boitano as…a DJ)

31:25 – Melania (Amazon MGM movie, in theatres Friday) (Zoner Ewan, ”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ”)

Geek News Proper

35:30 – Academy Awards 2026 nominations (Conan O’Brien to host, ABC & Hulu, Sunday, March 15)

44:50 – Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie announced as Olympic torchbearers for Milano Cortina 2026

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

45:09 – Marvel reeepoooRRRrrrt reveals exactly when MCU’s new Black Panther will arrive (source: The Direct / Daniel Ricthman/DanielRPK’s Patreon??!? It’s literally titled ”creating News, Scoops, Stories.”)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

46:58 – Shoresy S6 (Pol?)

49:00 – Wonder Man S01E01–E04 (Bud)

52:22 – Wonder Man SPOILERS

1:00:28 – A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms S01E02 (Pol)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud memberberry Darth Maul, He-Man, The Mummy, Robin Hood— holy crunch. Is Crime 101 the only original IP in this pod??!?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

16:33 – game dev deletes his own game

Coming Soon

18:52 – Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (Star Wars CG animated series, Disney+, April 6, trailer teaser)

19:02 – Masters of the Universe (in theatres June 5, trailer teaser)

23:35 – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (in theaters April 17)

23:25 – The Death of Robin Hood (A24, in theatres…I dunno, sometime in 2026?)

25:14 – Crime 101 (Amazon/MGM, Chris Hemsworth/Mark Ruffalo/Barry Keoghan/Halle Berry, in theatres and IMAX February 13)

28:24 – The Bride! (in theatres March 6)

29:09 – The Dreadful (in theatres AND digital February 20)

related: first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

30:42 – God of War live-action series casts Ryan Hurst as Kratos (voiced Thor in GOW: Ragnarök)

31:59 – The live-action Zelda movie is coming to Netflix after its theatrical and VOD periods

Geek News Proper

35:05 – Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as the president of Lucasfilm (Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan take over)

related: Maybe a Han Solo movie wasn’t a great idea, admits Kathleen Kennedy

45:03 – Peter Jackson took a 12-year movie hiatus after the death of his trusted cinematographer, Andrew Lesnie (heart attack, 2015, age 59)

47:39 – Matt Damon says Netflix wants movies to restate the plot ‘three or four times in the dialogue’ because viewers are ‘on their phones while they’re watching’

53:41 – Dunesday is what Robert Downey Jr and Timothée Chalamet call their simultaneous Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 day

55:40 – Harry Potter fans unsure about Hans Zimmer score: ”Will never beat John Williams”

58:13 – Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees (1,500 jobs) in Reality Labs division

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:00:43 – The Rip (Kirsten)

1:04:45 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S01E01 (Pol)

1:07:33 – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Pol)

1:14:32 – Heated Rivalry (Bud and Kait)

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After almost a month away due to holidays and scheduling issues, the geek pod gang’s back for 2026! And we talk Avengers, The Odyssey, The Golden Globes, and more!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:10 – CES

Coming Soon

21:09 – Avengers: Doomsday Cap · Thor · X · Wak-astic · (in Theaters December 18, 2026)

29:53 – Wonder Man (Marvel 8-episode series, Disney+, January 27 at 6:00 pm Pacific) (Zoner Mary)

31:19 – The Odyssey (in theatres July 17)

35:15 – Euphoria (S3, HBO Max, April 12)

36:05 – Digger (dir: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, in theatres October 2)

37:06 – Dracula (dir: Luc Besson, in theatres February 6)

38:14 – Godzilla Minus Zero coming to North America November 6

38:44 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (dir: Gore Verbinski, in theatres February 13)

43:56 – Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (Hulu four-episode miniseries, 30 mins each, Disney+, April 10)

44:24 – New Jackass movie coming to theaters in June (in theatres June 26)

45:31 – Paul King (Paddington and Wonka) to direct Labubu movie (early development)

47:57 – Lars Eidinger will play Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow

50:58 – Live-action Tangled casts its Rapunzel (Teagan Croft) and Flynn (Milo Manheim)

NOT Coming Soon

51:48 – Bowen Yang to exit Saturday Night Live after 7 seasons

53:32 – The Last of Us to recast Danny Ramirez’s Manny for season 3

54:16 – House Of The Dragon ends with season 4 and Black Mirror ends with season 8

55:26 – Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize

Awards Shows!

56:43 – Golden Globes winners

1:08:48 – The Emmys create a new Legacy Award to honor old favorites

1:09:50 – Disney Loses the Oscars to YouTube . . . AND . . . The Grammys will be on Disney+ starting in 2027!

Geek News Proper

1:12:21 – Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, dies at 68

1:14:06 – Rian Johnson confirms Rickroll in Wake Up Dead Man

1:16:39 – Watch the Jim Henson Company bring Magic: The Gathering to life (Lorwyn Eclipsed set, January 23, amazing BTS)

1:18:20 – The Muppet Show returning for one night only (Disney+, February 4, teaser, trailer

1:19:43 – Rhea Seehorn’s career began as the ‘tutorial sorceress’ in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997

1:20:38 – Of course Avatar: Fire and Ash has made a billion dollars already

1:24:08 – Pokémon fans outraged by ‘insane’ ~$900 Canadian dollar Lego set

1:25:27 – Disney+ to start throwing vertical videos at our poor, attention-deficient brains

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:26:41 – Something something The Hunt for Gollum nothing confirmed

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:32:11 – Anaconda (Pol)

related: Mashable review with terribly-written subhead

1:34:02 – CFNY: The Spirit of Radio (Bud)

1:36:31 – Stranger Things (everyone but Bud)

1:44:15 – Heated Rivalry

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Pol & Kirsten (where’s Bud? #BudFlood) remember Rob Reiner, and talk Tik Tok, blue kitties, running men, and feet pics.

Coming Soon

14:41 – Supergirl (teaser, Milly Alcock, in theatres June 24)

16:44 – Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (trailer, article)

18:43 – The Moment (less-strobey mockumentary, in theatres January 30)

19:48 – Disclosure Day (created & directed by Steven Spielberg, screenplay by David Koepp, in theatres June 12) (KEP; SILENT O)

21:23 – The Life of Chuck (Stephen King adaptation, Mike Flanagan dir, BONKERS CAST, Hulu film, on Disney+ December 26)

22:58 – The Drama (A24, Zendaya, Robert Pattison, in theatres April 3)

24:39 – PONIES (Peacock series, Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, January 15)

26:16 – The Copenhagen Test (Peacock series, Simu Liu, December 27)

27:13 – Hijack (Idris Elba, Apple TV series, S2, January 14, S1)

28:48 – The inaugural U.S. TikTok Awards (December 18, hosted by…Ciara?)

31:20 – Wonder Man: Ben Mankiewicz interviews Trevor Slattery (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

33:09 – Rob (78) and Michele Reiner (70) found dead

43:31 – ”The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora”

related: Disney fires off cease-and-desist letter to Google claiming its ai services infringe on copyright on a ”massive scale”

46:27 – KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

46:54 – Millie Bobby Brown says she and David Harbour have a ‘great relationship’ amid bullying rumors

49:51 – Avatar: Fire and Ash: How can a film be so stunning, yet so disappointing? (Mashable)

related: Read James Cameron’s ‘critical’ letter to theater technicians showing Avatar: Fire And Ash

55:25 – Daisy Ridley was as surprised as anyone that Adam Driver wanted more Star Wars (The Hunt For Ben Solo)

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

59:45 – Zoner Ewan: New horror movie sending feet pics to those who buy tickets

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:03:10 – Helena Bonham Carter is REPORRRTEDLYYY being lined up for the next season of The White Lotus. (source: NME)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:04:32 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Kirsten)

1:10:59 – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Pol)

1:12:02 – The Running Man 1987 (Kirsten)

1:13:40 – The Running Man 2025 (Kirsten)

Other stuff that didn’t make the pod

– Bud’s Weekly Geek-out: The Game Awards

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk Warner Bros wooing, the end of The Boys, and celebrities chirping at each other.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:43 – retro listening

Coming Soon

16:58 – The Boys (Amazon series, final season 5, Prime Video, April 8)

18:55 – Paradise (Huhu series, S2, February 23, LOUD HULU LOGO AT THE END)

20:51 – A Private Life (in theatres January 16)

23:54 – Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (in theatres April 10, amazing SMG moment in the trailer, 2006 OG)

28:34 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (”Official Final Trailer,” HBO Max series, January 18)

32:30 – F1 (Apple TV, December 12, was in theatres June 27)

33:41 – Columbia’s New Endor-Inspired Star Wars Collection (drops December 11, BTS)

35:40 – Star Wars returns to theaters for 50th anniversary (February 19, 2027)

39:42 – New 4K restorations of Studio Ghibli movies are coming to IMAX screens in 2026

40:55 – Stranger Things 5 coming to the Odeon at 6:30 pm and 10:00 pm on NYE (adding 11:40a and 3:10p showings NYD)

Geek News Proper

42:09 – Netflix Wins Bidding War to Purchase Warner Bros.

BUT: Paramount makes $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros

1:01:37 – Golden Globes 2026 nominations

1:04:22 – Joel Edgerton says James Cameron shouldn’t ‘be squabbling’ over ‘what has a right to be seen’ after arguing Netflix films don’t belong at the Oscars

1:05:02 – Quentin Tarantino calls Paul Dano a ”weak, uninteresting guy”

related: Dano love, we got Dano love

1:09:02 – wholesome chat beetween Jonathan Bailey and David Corenswet re: levitating kisses (article, full Actors on Actors episode)

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:10:58 – Scarlett Johansson in taaaAAAaaalks to join The Batman: Part II (source: Consequence)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:16:00 – Eternity

1:18:47 – Squid Game

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Pol, Bud, and post-shot Kirsten talk AI (ew), Letterman (aw), F––kboats (um), and real live puppets (yay)!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:45 – datacentre home heating

Coming Soon

08:35 – The First Snow of Fraggle Rock (Apple TV special, December 5)

11:49 – Mother Mary (A24 film, Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, fka twigs, in theatres April 2026)

15:12 – Run Away (Netflix film, January 1)

16:46 – My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Netflix series, S6, December 16)

24:06 – Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show (6-episode documentary, Vancouver concerts, with songs from The Tortured Poets Department, Disney+, two-episode premiere December 12)

26:09 – Glen Powell is chartering a Fuckboat

NOT Coming Soon

29:39 – Netflix is killing casting from your phone

Geek News Proper

33:38 – A Critter Carol (shot on iPhone 17 Pro, BTS, LNY’s, LNY’s BTS)

50:20 – Kpop Demon Hunters is now officially eligible in the Animated Feature category for the 2026 Oscars

54:49 – Stranger Things 5 criticised for Nintendo ”cardinal sin”: showing a TV w/ NES running the arcade version of Ghosts ’n Goblins, NOT the NES port

related: Dick

Extro!

57:40 – Festive Face-Off (Christmas movie bracket)

Late-breaking listener mailbag ([email protected])

1:10:44 – Zoner Spenny: Westhills’ heat transfer

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