Episodes

  • S4 Ep46: An Update

    S4 Ep46: An Update
    Apr 1 2021
    We thought that because we've been absolutely terrible at keeping everyone updated with how things are, we'd record a little update. It's not an episode, so sorry about that, and it's only Phil L on this one, so double sorry about that.
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    8 mins
  • S4 Ep45: The Hartford Circus Fire - 1944

    S4 Ep45: The Hartford Circus Fire - 1944
    Nov 18 2020
    It’s 1944, it’s Hartford Connecticut and this may be the most horrible episode we’ve ever done.  In what grisled old circus types are already calling the Greatest Podcast on Earth, join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss the truly terrible Hartford Circus Fire - the awesome conflagration that descended on the good people of Connecticut one beautiful summers day in July. Should they have used petrol to waterproof the tent. Nope. No. Absolutely not.  TRIGGER WARNING. This is a bad one, and it gave both of us a bit of a shock. Seriously, one of the worst. So proceed with caution. It involves children being burned alive.  Written by Phil Lucas Edited by Phil Jerrod Music by Steve Adam Sound clips [No Copyright Music] Retro 80's Funky Jazz-Hop Instrumental (Copyright Free) Music - Sundance Remix Music Credit: SUNDANCE Track Name: "Perséphone - Retro Funky (SUNDANCE remix)" Music By: SUNDANCE @ https://soundcloud.com/sundancemusic The SUNDANCE Official Website is HERE - http://lefthandmusic.fr/ Follow SUNDANCE on BandCamp: https://sundancemusic.bandcamp.com/ License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbnMgHgZfs The Life of Reilly | 13 Hartford Circus Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-a4eCFMFc LifeOfReillyMovie 744 subscribers http://CharlesNelsonReilly.com  This video is part 13 of The Life Of Reilly, starring Charles Nelson Reilly.   In this segment Charles explains a traumatizing moment from his childhood, as he recalls the day he witnessed a circus tent bun to the ground. Buy the film on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/2cgzvhn Stars and Stripes Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxZBy3KAQI Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Stars and Stripes Forever · Sounds of the Circus South Shore Concert Band Sounds of the Circus - Volume 7 ℗ 1993 Whitmarsh Released on: 1999-07-06 Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_circus_fire http://www.circusfire1944.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/07/hartford-circus-fire-1944-bodies-exhumed https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mystery-hartford-circus-fire-still-lingers-76-years-later/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Meln3N13OM https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/74219/25-things-you-should-know-about-hartford-connecticut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut http://www.circusfire1944.com/ https://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-circus-fire/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hartford-circus-fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Wallendas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Haley
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S4 Ep44: The Goldsboro B-52 Crash - 1961

    S4 Ep44: The Goldsboro B-52 Crash - 1961
    Oct 23 2020
    It’s 1961. It’s North Carolina USA and a Boeing B52 Stratofortress has just mislaid two 3.8 megaton Hydrogen Bombs somewhere in the sky above Goldsboro. 
    In what, despite the best efforts of Pentagon whitewashers, we now know to be the newly declassified 44th episode of the CB Wallop podcast, join Phil Lucas and Phil Jerrod as they discuss The Goldsboro B-52 Crash - the gigantic military plane that fell out of the sky, dumped two of the most dangerous pieces of equipment the world has ever seen into a tree and ended up creating the tensest picnic spot in North America. 
    Did the Pentagon keep it all secret? Well ... ****REDACTED ....REDACTED ....REDACTED****
    Trigger Warning: FIRE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS! This episode is one of the closest shaves in the history of close shaves, but it’s all about what could have happened, rather than what ended up happening - so unless you’ve got a really vivid imagination, you should be fine. 
    Written by Phil Lucas Edited by Phil Jerrod Music by Steve Adam
    Audio clips
    ATOMIC ALERT. 1951 Cold War Classroom Film on Atom Bomb Attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IgNIt2lETY
    [No Copyright Music] Retro 80's Funky Jazz-Hop Instrumental (Copyright Free) Music - Sundance Remix Music Credit: SUNDANCE Track Name: "Perséphone - Retro Funky (SUNDANCE remix)" Music By: SUNDANCE @ https://soundcloud.com/sundancemusic The SUNDANCE Official Website is HERE - http://lefthandmusic.fr/ Follow SUNDANCE on BandCamp: https://sundancemusic.bandcamp.com/ License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbnMgHgZfs
    Sources
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph241/williams1/ https://www.history.com/news/document-reveals-1961-nuclear-close-call-over-north-carolina https://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-bomb-accident-goldsboro-nc-swamp-2017-5?r=US&IR=T https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/usaf-atomic-bomb-north-carolina-1961 https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/index.html https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://worldwarwings.com/12-interesting-facts-about-the-b-52-bomber/ https://www.uso.org/stories/2391-10-need-to-know-facts-about-the-b-52-bomber https://www.boldmethod.com/blog/lists/2015/05/18-things-you-never-knew-about-the-b-52-stratofotress/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_39_nuclear_bomb


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    58 mins
  • S4 Ep43: The Long Island Rhesus Monkey Escape - 1935

    S4 Ep43: The Long Island Rhesus Monkey Escape - 1935
    Oct 5 2020
    It’s 1935, it’s Long Island, New York and a group of extremely naughty monkeys are about to stage the easiest prison break since David Copperfield pretended to be locked in Alcatraz. In what hundreds of fast-talking New York monkeys are already throwing their excrement at, it's the 43rd episode of the CB Wallop podcast. Join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss the The Long Island Rhesus Monkey Escape - the tiny plank-based blunder that unwittingly released over a hundred naughty monkeys into the metropolitan area, causing car crashes, electrocutions, and a whole load of general monkey-based mayhem. Should we have called this episode “Escape from Monkey Mountain”?  Yes, yes we should have.  Trigger Warning: MONKEYS! Nothing to worry about mate, this episode is just a load of monkeys having a right laugh for a couple of weeks in New York City. There is a tiny bit of discussion about animal cruelty (oiling elephants), electrocution (monkeys), space travel (again monkeys), and Rasputin's cock (Rasputin).  Written by Phil Jerrod Edited by Phil Jerrod Music by Steve Adam  Clips: Jungle Cavalcade (1941) | Full Movie | Frank Buck Classic Hollywood Movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsP0_KPcbiY&t=4136s A Slice of Long Island history, part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnwe3V4dgD4&t=217s Superman - Jungle Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2LUJQgfhcI&t=163s Wild monkeys attack family at Florida state park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNc1NlUVqwo [No Copyright Music] Retro 80's Funky Jazz-Hop Instrumental (Copyright Free) Music - Sundance Remix Music Credit: SUNDANCE Track Name: "Perséphone - Retro Funky (SUNDANCE remix)" Music By: SUNDANCE @ https://soundcloud.com/sundancemusic The SUNDANCE Official Website is HERE - http://lefthandmusic.fr/ Follow SUNDANCE on BandCamp: https://sundancemusic.bandcamp.com/ License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbnMgHgZfs Sources: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351029.2.34 https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2014/03/long-island-monkey-escape/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Long_Island https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/r/rhesus-macaque/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Day_(New_York_City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buck_%28animal_collector%29 http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041735,00.html https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/library/libspc-oe-lisi-frank-buck.pdf https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i4H8CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=frank&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=frank&f=false https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/frank-buck/ https://www.amityvillerecord.com/articles/bring-em-back-alive/ https://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/worlds_fair/wf_tour/zone-7/jungle_land.htm https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/tiger-king-19th-century-private-zoos-carl-hagenbeck.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_Progress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_Progress#Exhibits https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/rhesus-macaque-monkey-lifespan-behavior-facts.html https://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Primates/Cercopithecidae/Macaca/Macaca-mulatta.html https://www.space.com/19505-space-monkeys-chimps-history.html#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20was%20the%20first,V2%20rocket%20in%20June%201948. http://stevenlehrer.com/index.htm https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species/
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    53 mins
  • S4 Ep42: Aeroflot Flight 593 - 1994

    S4 Ep42: Aeroflot Flight 593 - 1994
    Sep 15 2020
    It’s 1994. It’s forty-thousand feet over the Siberian tundra and Captain Yaroslav Vladimirovich Kudrinsky is about to take part in the worst bring your child to work day since Daddy Day Care 3.

    In what panicking Russian pilots are already radioing in as the 42nd edition of the CB Wallop Podcast join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss Aeroflot Flight 593 -  the quite frankly anus tightening, stomach crunching, thigh scarring, nightmare fueling, brain buggeringly terrifying story of what happens when you let your children fly an airliner. 

    Should they have let their kids in the cockpit?... I mean, I can’t believe i’m even having to say this - but no. no please God no.

    Trigger warning: Well, this one scared the absolute crap out of me - so I don’t know how you’ll deal with it. I mean it’s a plane that crashes into a Siberian mountain, what do you want from me? There are no survivors and it would be hard to imagine how the last few moments of the flight could have been any more terrifying. Other than that - walk in the park mate.

    Written by Phil Lucas
    Edited by Phil Jerrod
    Music by Steve Adam 

    Music clips
    Zero Hour - Aeroflot Flight 593 disaster (Kid In The Cockpit)
    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xbwqz

    Aeroflot Promo Spot - 1970
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8kcT9r7yg&t=1s

    Aeroflot Flight 593 Crash Animation + CVR
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrttTR8e8-4
    Source: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/

    Sources
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310#A310-300
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot
    http://aviationknowledge.wikidot.com/asi:aeroflot-flight-593:child-in-the-cockpit
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc50kWJBcx4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1kPAWVI5UA
    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xbwqz
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheremetyevo_International_Airport
    https://www.tailstrike.com/230394.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/28/world/tape-confirms-the-pilot-s-son-caused-crash-of-russian-jet.html
    https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940323-0
    https://www.avgeekery.com/the-tragedy-of-aeroflot-593/
    https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1994/19940323-0_A310_F-OGQS.pdf
    https://apnews.com/3e6e36622501657b493bd942a13f1303
    https://steemit.com/science/@milekj/the-most-shocking-air-crashes-kid-in-command
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1kPAWVI5UA&t=660s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc50kWJBcx4&t=413s




       
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • S4 Ep41: Carrie: The Musical - 1988

    S4 Ep41: Carrie: The Musical - 1988
    Aug 18 2020
    It's 1988. It's as close to Broadway as makes no odds and a load of luvvie theatre types are about to sit through the worst high school musical since High School Musical. In what puritanical religious mothers are already wringing their hands might be the 41st edition of the CB Wallop podcast, join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss Carrie: The Musical. The gigantic Broadway flop that tried to make a big song and dance about periods, bullying, dirty pillows and pig murder, but ended up being more waterlogged barbecue than blazing telekinetic inferno. Should they have based the whole thing on Fame! No... No probably not. Trigger Warning: Nothing to worry about mate, this is just musical theatre. There is a bit more swearing than usual for some reason - maybe just because Phil Lucas hates musicals so much, and some lady’s hygiene chat, but mainly it’s just making fun of a terrible musical. If you don’t like it, don’t worry, we can burn it together and pray for forgiveness. Written by Phil Jerrod Edited by Phil Jerrod Music by Steve Adam Sound clips BAD REVIEW OF "CARRIE THE MUSICAL" - NYC TV NEWS - RARE ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZRannDMsiQ&t=4s Rock Bottom Remainders at ALA 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUQ2VE_PJrw CARRIE STRATFORD FULL SHOW 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOTxiLYFF-Y&t=564s [No Copyright Music] Retro 80's Funky Jazz-Hop Instrumental (Copyright Free) Music - Sundance Remix Music Credit: SUNDANCE Track Name: "Perséphone - Retro Funky (SUNDANCE remix)" Music By: SUNDANCE @ https://soundcloud.com/sundancemusic The SUNDANCE Official Website is HERE - http://lefthandmusic.fr/ Follow SUNDANCE on BandCamp: https://sundancemusic.bandcamp.com/ License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbnMgHgZfs Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_Baby#:~:text=The%20Dollar%20Baby%20(or%20Dollar,his%20short%20stories%20for%20%241. https://www.nme.com/news/stephen-king-shawshank-redemption-cheque-2423514#:~:text=It's%20been%20revealed%20that%20Stephen,Rita%20Hayworth%20and%20Shawshank%20Redemption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(musical) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/22813/10-terrific-facts-about-stephen-king https://www.thefactsite.com/interesting-facts-about-horror-author/ https://www.tickld.com/wow/2162589/fbkda45-amazing-facts-about-stephen-king-most-people-havent-heard/ https://smartblogger.com/stephen-king/#:~:text=Stephen%20King%20has%20published%2057,richest%20writers%20in%20the%20world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel) https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/13/theater/review-theater-the-telekinetic-carrie-with-music.html https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/is-carrie-the-worst-musical-of-all-time
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    50 mins
  • S4 Ep40: The London Gin Craze - 1720ish to 1750ish

    S4 Ep40: The London Gin Craze - 1720ish to 1750ish
    Jul 31 2020
    It's the 18th Century. Britain is deep at war with France (probably) and Londoners are getting slaughtered on a ‘throat-searing, eye-reddening, vomit-churning hell broth’ of fermented juniper berries and sulphuric acid. In what powder-faced, big-wigged, coffee house creeping Georgians are already calling the 40th episode of the CB Wallop Podcast join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss The London Gin Craze - the unaccountable popularity of a beverage so strong it caused birth defects, blindness, and in some extreme cases, actual infantacide.  Fancy sucking down a triple Beefeater from the Puss-and-Mew machine tonight? No... no thanks. Trigger warning. This one’s all about the problems of drinking too much - but don’t worry - there’s nothing on the market these days that comes close to the horrors of 18th Century homebrew - unless you’re drinking out of your lawnmower that is. There is a bit of child murder in this one, and a little bit of nasty childhood illness - but mostly it’s underprivileged Georgians having a right old knees up. Written by Phil Lucas Edited by Phil Jerrod Music by Steve Adam Sound clips [No Copyright Music] Retro 80's Funky Jazz-Hop Instrumental (Copyright Free) Music - Sundance Remix Music Credit: SUNDANCE Track Name: "Perséphone - Retro Funky (SUNDANCE remix)" Music By: SUNDANCE @ https://soundcloud.com/sundancemusic The SUNDANCE Official Website is HERE - http://lefthandmusic.fr/ Follow SUNDANCE on BandCamp: https://sundancemusic.bandcamp.com/ License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbnMgHgZfs Lazy Sunday, Small Faces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGkMTV68kDU Album: Lazy Sunday Writers: Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott WMG (on behalf of Non-Wea/Other); LatinAutor, LatinAutor - SonyATV, CMRRA, EMI Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., SOLAR Music Rights Management, and 7 Music Rights Societies John Stanley (1713-1786) - Concerto Nº 4 in C minor for Organ and Orchestra (Op. 10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY_JJ-lKerA Song: Concerto No.4 in C Minor Artist: Gerald Gifford Album: Stanley: Six Organ Concertos, Op. 10 Licensed to YouTube by The Orchard Music (on behalf of CRD Records) Song: Concerto No.4 in C Minor Artist: Gerald Gifford Album: Stanley: Six Organ Concertos, Op. 10 Licensed to YouTube by The Orchard Music (on behalf of CRD Records) Song: Concerto No.4 in C Minor Artist: Gerald Gifford Album: Stanley: Six Organ Concertos, Op. 10 The Orchard Music (on behalf of CRD Records) Sources https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/04/01/the-250th-anniversary-of-londons-gin-riots/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Craze https://spartacus-educational.com/LONgin.htm https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/53jj7z/how-a-gin-craze-nearly-destroyed-18th-century-london http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/booze/history.stm https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/gin-craze-panic-18th-century-london-when-came-england-alcohol-drinking-history/ https://pasttenseblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/today-in-londons-drunken-history-a-gin-riot-in-seven-dials-1735/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Act_1736 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5vCXrfRLrShpj4fLb4B3hMt/when-the-gin-craze-swept-london https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiebell/2017/09/05/the-sordid-history-of-londons-gin-craze-and-how-one-distiller-revived-it-for-the-better/#7142a8a96b41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Act_1751 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London https://www.metro.news/where-are-all-the-dead-pigeons/1126806/#:~:text=London%20alone%20is%20estimated%20to,not%20strewn%20across%20city%20streets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin https://www.diffordsguide.com/g/1108/gin/history-of-gin-1728-1794 https://www.theclerkenwellpost.com/the-gin-craze-madam-geneva/
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    51 mins
  • S4 Ep39: The Pepsi Numbers Promotion - 1992

    S4 Ep39: The Pepsi Numbers Promotion - 1992
    Jun 3 2020
    It’s 1992. It’s the Phillipines and PepsiCo have just made the biggest computer error since Newscorp bought MySpace.

    In what discerning listeners are already calling the Podcast of a New Generation, join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss The Pepsi Numbers Promotion - the Pepsi Challenge that created 40,000 Filipino millionaires, then quickly turned into absolute bloody madness.

    Should they have just used raffle tickets? Yes.. that might have worked better.

    Trigger Warning - Phil and Phil would like to apologise wholeheartedly and unreservedly for the poor accent choices they made during the recording of this episode of the CB Wallop Podcast. Australian is NOT a reasonable replacement for Filipino.

    Otherwise this episode’s fine mate, nothing to worry about - just a bit of mayhem on the streets of Manilla - some people do get slightly killed, but it all turns out fine in the end. 

    Music by Steve Adam
    Written by Phil Lucas
    Edited by Phil Jerrod

    Sound clips
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UQMpW8XPI0&t=89s
    Great Moments In Commercial Failures: Pepsi Number Fever

    Sources
    https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/10/pepsis-number-fever/
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/558202/pepsi-number-fever-promotion-failure-philippines
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/01/that-time-pepsi-accidentally-promised-hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-40000-each/
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/07/29/a-pepsi-giveaway-gone-wrong/1a6af4b1-2b6f-4e5a-9b1d-5dc6799ac2af/
    https://didyouknowfacts.com/that-one-time-a-computer-glitch-led-to-the-philippines-declaring-war-on-pepsi/
    https://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2006/06/26/344000/sc-decides-finality-pepsi-349-case
    https://www.just-drinks.com/news/court-clears-pepsi-on-promo-fiasco_id86846.aspx
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v6-fpIrlDA
    https://pepsiyouniverse.com/2018/08/28/20-interesting-facts-about-pepsi/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
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    45 mins