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Confronting Russia's Nuclear Weapons Threats: A Conversation with Tom Countryman 33:55

9M ago33:55

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You would not know if from the onslaught of nuclear weapons threats from Russian TV propagandists and political figures, but there is a 1973 Treaty between the USSR and the United States -- still in effect with Russia -- under which both sides agree to refrain from the use of nuclear weapons threats. I spoke with Tom Countryman, Board Chair of the …

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War Next Door: Romania's Security Challenges 1:08:02

10M ago1:08:02

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Romania plays an often under-appreciated role as a bulwark for NATO on its eastern flank. I spoke with Black Sea security expert and George Washington University Professor Iulia Joja on June 14 about Romania's security challenges amid Russia's war on neighboring Ukraine. Among the topics covered were: traditional Romanian attitudes toward Russia; i…

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El Salvador President Bukele's War on Gangs 40:00

1y ago40:00

40:00

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has declared an unprecedented and controversial war on the country's gangs. Under a "State of Exception" in effect since March 2022, over 60,000 suspected gang members have been arrested. Some human rights groups warn that the round up is coming at the expense of proper due process. Bukele's supporters note a d…

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Russia's Information Warfare: Ukraine Holding Its Own 52:39

1y ago52:39

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How is Russia's information war against Ukraine going? What are the main propaganda and disinformation narratives Russia is pushing -- and are they working? What is happening in cyber space? We explore these and other topics with Gavin Wilde, Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs program at the Carnegie Endowment for Internation…

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Russia's War One Year On: Poland and (Most of) Central Europe Rise to the Challenge 40:04

1y ago40:04

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We review what Russia's war on Ukraine has meant for Central Europe with Matt Boyse, who served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for coordinating policy toward Central Europe from 2018-2021. Poland has emerged as a clear leader in the wake of the invasion, but we examine how the rest of the region, with the exception of Hunga…

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How Trump Enabled Nordstream 2 23:19

1y ago23:19

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The Nordstream 2 natural gas pipeline -- Putin's project to make Germany energy dependent on Russia, divide the Euro-Atlantic Community, bypass Ukraine, and make Europe subject to energy blackmail -- went from zero percent completed to 95 percent completed during the Trump Administration. This took place despite bipartisan legislation from Congress…

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Roots of Russian Military Failure in Ukraine: A Veteran U.S. Marine Russia Watcher Explains 53:19

1+ y ago53:19

53:19

I spoke with Mike Purcell who had decades of experience as a Russia watcher for the U.S. Marines. Mike, now retired and teaching at GW University, brings unique operational, strategic and area expertise to the analysis of Russian military performance. He led a combined armed force of 800 marines and 200 vehicles during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He…

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Putin's Ouster: History Offers Hope 18:07

1+ y ago18:07

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Russian and Soviet history make it clear that defeat in war can result in the overthrow of the leader and that -- in the Soviet period especially -- the inner circle has repeatedly taken action against a leader seen to have failed. Autocrats rule through the appearance of strength. Putin is weakened and getting desperate. Yet he continues to hold o…

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The Energy Diplomacy We Need to Win the Long Game with Russia 1:11:40

1+ y ago1:11:40

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I spoke with my former State Department colleague Ben Schmitt on August 12 about energy sanctions against Russia. We reviewed how Germany had willfully made itself more dependent on Russian energy through a misguided policy of "change through trade." We discussed the outlook for Europe's efforts to rapidly wean itself off Russian oil and gas. While…

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The View From Kyiv: How Ukraine Will Prevail in Putin's War 45:38

1+ y ago45:38

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I spoke with Mykola Vorobiov, journalist and political-military analyst based in Kyiv. Mykola has devoted the past eight years to analyzing and writing about Russia's war on Ukraine, including covering the front in Donbas. Mykola evaluates prospects for Ukraine's much anticipated counter-offensive in the key Kherson region in the South. He examines…

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Can the U.S. Shift China's Calculus on Russia's War in Ukraine? 20:26

2y ago20:26

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China has been cagey in its support for Russia since the February invasion of Ukraine. On one hand, China echoes Russia’s propaganda line and has ramped up purchases of Russian oil, giving the Putin regime a lifeline. On the other hand, China has not sent military supplies to Russia. Chinese companies have actually decreased exports to Russia in re…

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Will Putin Use Nukes in Ukraine? 17:55

2y ago17:55

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Putin's war against Ukraine is already a nuclear war. Although he has not pushed the nuclear button, Putin and his propagandists have used Russia's nuclear arsenal extensively to try to intimidate Ukraine and -- in particular -- the West. Threats of nuclear war have been fast and furious, with Russian TV commentators expressing outright glee at the…

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Ineptitude: Putin's History of Screwing Himself on Ukraine 27:57

2y ago27:57

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Putin's history of getting Ukraine wrong did not begin will his brutal and bungled invasion in February 2022. In fact, Putin himself prompted the overthrow of the Russia-friendly, NATO-neutral, corrupt Ukrainian Administration of Victor Yanukovych in 2014. This episode explores Putin's repeated ineptitude in his dealings with Ukraine -- from the Or…

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Chris Stark on Hitting Net Zero 50:21

2+ y ago50:21

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My guest this week is Chris Stark, the CEO of the Climate Change Committee. His job is to set the national carbon budget and then report to Parliament on whether we’re on track to hit net zero. Earlier this year, his committee praised the Government for its ambition in setting targets but warned that ‘time was running out’ for the delivery plans to…

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Angela Hultberg on the Climate Conference 37:06

2+ y ago37:06

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Angela Hultberg is my first return guest on The Freewheeling Podcast. Since we last spoke she has joined the UN’s Climate Champions team preparing for the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. Her remit is road transportation and she joins me to talk about how the COP process works, what we can expect from the Glasgow conference and the priorities f…

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Andrew Haines on Great British Railways 50:21

2+ y ago50:21

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Andrew Haines has a big task ahead of him. As well as leading Network Rail, he also has to create a completely new public body to run Britain’s railways. The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail outlined the creation of a new ‘fat controller’ organisation to manage the railways on behalf of customers, but the current CEO of Network Rail has the job of tur…

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Professor Jillian Anable on the Future of Cars 37:06

2+ y ago37:06

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Professor Jillian Anable, of the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, is an expert on the future of motor transport. She also has something of a track record as a forecaster: she accurately saw the trend towards SUVs coming, and fears they will be fatal to Britain’s chances of hitting its carbon targets. She tells me she is a…

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End of Season wrap-up 12:45

2+ y ago12:45

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The Freewheeling Podcast has now been live for exactly six months, so let's look back at some of the highlights from the first season. I won’t be releasing new episodes in August: too many listeners are away (as are too many guests!). So here’s a 10 minute summary of some of my favourite episodes of the last six months. If you’ve dipped in and out …

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Simon Munk on Cycling campaigns 48:48

3y ago48:48

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13 years ago, Simon Munk decided to take his local councillors on a bike ride to demonstrate just how dangerous the roads were for cyclists. Without knowing it, he’d kickstarted a revolution that resulted in Waltham Forest becoming a national (even global?) leader on cycling infrastructure - and led to Simon quitting his day job to become a full ti…

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Patrick Warner on Decarbonisation 34:05

3y ago34:05

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In the week that the Government publishes its decarbonisation plan for transport, my guest is someone that has thought deeply about this topic. Patrick Warner is both Lead Officer for Bus Decarbonisation at Liverpool City Region and Head of Innovation for Brighton & Hove/Metrobus (one of Britain’s most forward-thinking operators). Through his resea…

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Ray Stenning on Design in Transport 31:24

3y ago31:24

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Ray Stenning claims to have designed more train and bus liveries than anyone else, ever. It seems likely to be true. His designs span the world but all typify his obsession with ‘creating desire’. He believes that design is of fundamental importance but often both misunderstood and undervalued in transport. We discuss what good design is, why it ma…

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Katy Taylor on customer focus 31:47

3y ago31:47

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Few people have championed buses like Katy Taylor. In an industry not renowned for rocking the boat, Katy Taylor has been a passionate advocate for the Government giving buses more support and attention. The National Bus Strategy, in part, owes its existence to Katy’s constant lobbying. Now in her last few weeks as Strategy and Customer Director at…

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Horace Dediu on micromobility 44:50

3y ago44:50

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Horace Dediu doesn’t just “get” micromobility, he invented the very word “Micromobility”! Back in 2015, he saw the transformational potential of small, motorised vehicles and has been championing their adoption ever since. Who better to discuss this global revolution with than the man who first saw it coming? Horace is an analyst and founder of Asy…

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Brianne Eby on congestion pricing 34:06

3y ago34:06

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Brianne Eby is an expert in transport policy who, in her role as Senior Policy Analyst at US transportation thinktank Enotrans, advises the federal Government, state Governments and local Governments. Last year she did a major piece of research into congestion pricing but we also talk about the wider environment for change in public transport globa…

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Charles Read on History, crises and change 32:49

3y ago32:49

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Charles Read teaches economics and history at Cambridge University. His areas of interest include pandemics, famines, financial crises and, on a brighter note, all things related to transport. Trains, planes, ships and cars have fascinated him since an early age. Recently, he has written several articles about the future of transport after covid-19…

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Dyan Crowther on Running Railways 42:10

3y ago42:10

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My guest Dyan Crowther has run a traditional rail franchise, a non-revenue risk rail franchise, a region of Network Rail and now leads Britain’s only High Speed line at HS1. With experience of such a mix of incentives, systems and structures, she is the ideal person to talk to about running a railway in the post-Williams era.…

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Professor Alex Edmans on Purpose in Business 38:30

3y ago38:30

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Should companies have a wider purpose? Professor Alex Edmans has written extensively on why capitalism is the best way to grow the pie for everyone, but how companies can only succeed with a wider social purpose. The tensions between public and private are a constant feature of transport and in today's discussion we explore the role of wider corpor…

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Sir Michael Holden on the Williams Review 41:04

3y ago41:04

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After - finally - discovering what the Williams Shapps Plan for Rail actually said, I got together with Sir Michael Holden to discuss it. After all, who better to pick it apart than someone who’s actually run trains for the Government. Michael Holden has first-hand experience of the strengths and weaknesses of both public and private sector, having…

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Professor Kate Jeffery on the Neuroscience of Navigation 37:25

3y ago37:25

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Professor Kate Jeffery is a global leader in the neuroscience of navigation. By monitoring the brains of rats as they move about a box, she can start to figure out how our brains learn where we are - and how we create a mental map of the world. In this discussion, we talk about how the brain works, the different parts of the brain used for navigati…

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Giles Fearnley on Entrepreneurship and Groups 35:00

3y ago35:00

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Giles Fearnley has founded two successful independent transport businesses and ended his career running the country’s biggest bus group. What has he learned from Blazefield, Prism and First? Are the things that drive growth the same as those that create a shareholder return? Is there a future for the big bus groups? Do we have a problem with short-…

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Lilian Greenwood on politics and select committees 38:44

3y ago38:44

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My guest this week has focused on transport for a decade. She was Shadow Rail Minister under Ed Miliband, Shadow Transport Secretary under Jeremy Corbyn and chaired the Transport Select Committee until the last election. We talk about what it’s like doing these different roles in politics, the key messages she’s heard on the select committee and th…

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Roc Sandford on Extinction Rebellion 39:25

3y ago39:25

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Roc Sandford is a Catalyser for the environmental direct action group Extinction Rebellion. Living off-grid on an otherwise uninhabited Hebridean island, he spends time in London either taking direct action himself or pressing Extinction Rebellion’s case. In this episode, we talk about what ER want, get under the skin of how they work as an organis…

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Angela Hultberg on sustainable mobility at IKEA 35:37

3y ago35:37

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My guest this week is attempting to turn round a supertanker of a culture. Few places are more synonymous with car travel than IKEA. Yet the giant of blue boxes has committed itself to achieve not just carbon neutrality, but carbon negative - and all in the next ten years. Angela joins me on The Freewheeling Podcast to talk about what sustainable m…

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James Palmer on the autonomous metro 37:09

3y ago37:09

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James Palmer has a vision for Cambridgeshire in which people travel under the city in autonomous pods. It sounds crazy, but when you talk to him, you hear just how it seems to make sense. As Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, he explains how he’s dealing with a fast-growing city, low population density and houses in th…

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Nina Lockwood on People in Transport 32:10

3y ago32:10

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My guest this week has been specialising in recruitment in transport for over a decade. She spends her time having conversations with key people in the sector, so understands who they are and what makes them tick. On The Freewheeling Podcast we discuss what the industry is thinking right now, and whether there is a ‘transport type’.…

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Rory Sutherland on Behavioural Science in transport 44:41

3y ago44:41

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Rory Sutherland is a global leader in Behavioural Science. As Vice President of Ogilvy, Rory’s mission is to educate the world on how people think. He is passionate about explaining that people are not rational - we make decisions based on how things make us feel and we justify our feelings later with ‘rational’ arguments. If transport companies re…

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Professor Corinne Mulley on alternative financing 33:53

3y ago33:53

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My guest this week is Corinne Mulley, who has been researching transport for over 50 years. She is especially interested in using the tax system to find new ways of financing public transport: property value uplift or road pricing. She’s Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney and was the inaugural Chair of Public Transport at their Institute…

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Leon Daniels on the National Bus Strategy 39:22

3y ago39:22

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After an extraordinary week for the bus industry, I got together with Leon Daniels (host of the Lunch with Leon podcast and former Managing Director of Surface Transport for TfL) to review what had happened. Is the bus strategy as radical as it sounds? Where are the hidden catches? And what’s going to happen next? Join us for a wide-ranging discuss…

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Graham Cross on Private Infrastructure Investment 27:02

3y ago27:02

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My guest this week is an expert in the funding and creation of new transport infrastructure. Graham Cross has been promoting new development throughout his career and is currently Director of the Heathrow Southern Railway. He joins me to talk through what the Heathrow Southern Railway is, why it's different and the wider lessons for how we fund tra…

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James Freeman on how to run a bus company 35:25

3y ago35:25

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"Just like the bus driver wants to be on the winning team, so a user wants to be a winner" - how to grow the bus business by James Freeman, someone who actually knows. www.freewheeling.info/the-freewheeling-podcast/james-freeman. From The Freewheeling Podcast by @thomasablemanThomas Ableman

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River Tamoor Baig on barriers to innovation in transport 39:54

3y ago39:54

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My guest this week has created an innovation powerhouse in just a few years. From a career in technology, River Tamoor Baig intended to spend just a few years in transport, running the hugely successful Hack Train accelerator events. But he stayed and created Hack Partners - employing dozens of software developers to create revolutionary technology…

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Benedict Morrison on Transport in Film 35:25

3y ago35:25

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My guest on The Freewheeling Podcast this week is Dr Benedict Morrison, lecturer in film and literature at Exeter University. We're going to be talking about how transport is depicted in films, from the 19th century right through to the present day.Thomas Ableman

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Andrew Adonis on Politics and Transport Secretaries 40:47

3y ago40:47

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I’m joined on The Freewheeling Podcast this week by Andrew Adonis. One of the most influential politicians of his era, Andrew Adonis served as education minister, transport secretary and head of policy for Tony Blair. He’s best known as the father of HS2 but is also widely seen as one of the few transport secretaries to actually care about the sect…

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Alex Hornby on Leadership, Partnership and Confidence 41:37

3y ago41:37

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Alex Hornby is one of the leading bus managers of his generation. As CEO of Transdev, he has created iconic local brands, a sense of possibility - and no shortage of cheesy press stunts. He joins me on The Freewheeling Podcast to tell us what he knows now that he wished he’d known when he started out, what it takes to run a bus company… and whether…

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Simon Calder on Politicians and the Future of Transport 35:25

3y ago35:25

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I’m joined on The Freewheeling Podcast this week by Simon Calder, Travel Editor of The Independent. No-one knows transport better than Simon; having been watching over the sector since 1994. He’s met every transport secretary since I was a schoolboy and is passionate about bringing the joys of travel to as many people as possible. We talk about the…

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Introduction to The Freewheeling Podcast 2:48

3y ago2:48

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This introductory trailer tells you a little bit about why The Freewheeling Podcast exists, what I'm hoping to achieve and who I'll be talking to in the first few episodes.Thomas Ableman

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