Comedic food talk and even some respectful interviews with big name chefs, celebrities, and regular schnooks. Hosted by shrimp fanatic, uneducated eater, and horrific at home chef Jordan Okun. Coming to your ears straight out of Los Angeles, California.
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Curious is what I am, about people, places, and things. I’ve been so lucky to have met a tableau of interesting characters and people in my journey on this earth, and I constantly want to find out what makes them tick—what their human experience has been like. Be it someone who’s super famous, someone who’s going through a life transition, someone who’s got a very specific job or upbringing—if it sparks my interest I want to get in deep, and learn more about it. For the most part, this will ...
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Jeff Gordinier: The Antidote to LA Fatigue
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Esquire writer Jeff Gordinier has returned to living in Los Angeles after decades of being a New Yorker to share endless happy dining thoughts on Jordan’s favorite bite, a beautiful Apple Pan vs. Pie ’N Burger take, “the bloated rock operas of the culinary realm,” a plague of under-seasoning, Addison love, eating pain, the perfect LA bang bang, lea…
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Cheesesteaks For Dessert Life with Jerry Greenberg
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Jerry G is back to talk it all with the fellas, answering audience questions, and it's all Jordan's horrible advice, where’s the HiHo cheesecake and lemonade, scaling concepts, sushi hand soaps, the one food brand Jerry would love to own, another Saint James pairing, the whole no tipping thing, questioning Uovo’s pasta origins, some of Jerome’s fav…
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The Fog Of Food War: Pizzeria Sei & Podcast Beef
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Jordan & Max review a night out at Pizzeria Sei, where they experienced a rush of emotions while partaking in a farmer's market and luxury ingredient bombardment of a Pico Blvd. Japan meets Italy meets California tasting menu, which was a heated haze of all sorts of dough, tons of cheese, wasabi and caviar dollops, wagyu jus, bottles of sake, pours…
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A Meat Sweats Blind Tasting Episode Live From Stella West Hollywood
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Jordan and Max talk a recent Summer ingredient fuelled meal at Stella West Hollywood, before returning days later to undertake a meaty marathon of a blind beef tasting. Into the Beverly Blvd. restaurant the boys went to help chef Rob Gentile and team determine the best tasting steak out of eight worthy prime and wagyu opponents. Smacking of lips on…
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Michelin Stars, Casual Oxalis Recipes, and Vegas Jordo Returns
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Jordan and Max talk the recently announced California Michelin guide, all the stars, and how Los Angeles fared. Plus, Oxalis may not be back, but Max is cooking again, and he shares a few recipes his lucky lady has been enjoying; and where many of the ingredients are coming from, which happens to be a market where Jordan loves the parking, but need…
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Baroo, Addison, Callie & Restaurants We Need To Visit
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The fellas are back with tales of a night together at Baroo and Jordan in San Diego, where he revisited 3 Michelin star temple Addison, and had a first voyage to Callie, where the prawns and chicken were flowing like a Carmel Valley breeze. Plus, they talk all the restaurants they've been needing to visit in Los Angeles, Jordan raps, Max's appearan…
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Katz's vs. Langer's & Summer Fruit and Veggie Rankings
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Jordan is back from another New York visit where the only real highlight was Katz's Deli, which led to the inevitable comparisons to Langer's, and final judgments are revealed in the long debated battle of the delis. Then, the fellas discuss and rank their favorite Summer fruits and vegetables, and where they've been loving them around town. Plus, …
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The boys are back with more answers to audience questions covering everything from best international appetizers to serve while watching the upcoming Olympics to Summer desserts, best LA salads, how much Bubbles spends a month on restaurants, at home burger recipes, guessing the fellas top 3 bites, and hardest reservations in Los Angeles. Plus, doe…
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Jordan and Max talk top five L.A. pizzas, Summer vegetables, pre-Sphere eats in Vegas, stone fruit rankings, Boris vs. Oscar, Jodro vs. Bubbles, capresefication, more Stella, and all the best bites from Jordan's recent trip to New York. All this, plus first dates, broken hearts, and the worst part of being human in part one of the dead of Summer Q&…
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Chef Ben Osher sits down with Jordan to talk his Valley Village pizza, wings, and beyond shop, and all the pitfalls one must dodge when running a small business. And it's all cheesy garlic bread, ranch over blue cheese, salad and fries on a pizza, why those wings are so good, the fingers you need, a Nobu origin story, and a very special July 4th of…
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Ben Hundreds and Kate Burr join Jordan and Max to discuss opening their first restaurant, where the cocktail and burger game is already the talk of the town. Plus, Jordan wants to recreate Rodney Dangerfield's appetizer sandwich with The Benjamin's menu, Max gets angry, Kate and Ben talk the steps it took to open, those chips, that whipped cream, B…
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Can Shapiro Actually Cook: The Sequel
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A tasting menu of 14 courses straight out of the Oxalis Palace and the mind of Bubbles Shapiro are experienced by a jury of his peers to decide for the final time if Max can actually cook. Ben Hundreds joins Jordan to review the night that started with an aged welcome drink, leading the fellas into buttery broth talk, the perfect potato dish, olive…
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Revisiting Pizzeria Mozza, The Benjamin's Cookies & Cream, and Chace Crawford Screws Shapiro
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Jordan returned to Pizzeria Mozza for the first time in forever to figure out why it's not as popular as it once was, and it was all hot hunks of olive oil dripping bread, Max having thoughts on Nancy’s chopped, those meatballs, a truffle cheese vs. truffle oil discussion, the welcomed proteins, Jordan attempts to learn Italian, the only miss of th…
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Jordan and Max answer audience submitted questions ranging from crushed vs. rock ice, all sorts of prime rib all over the country, how much Bubbles is really drinking, a curation of old Air Jordan episodes, The World's 50 Best Restaurants, deep dish pizza, and a recent Kato review. Plus, the worst pasta shape, Summer sushi fish, worst bites at Max'…
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Food writer Bill Esparza joins Jordan and Max to review their recent voyage across Los Angeles and beyond, exploring (possibly too) many great tacos across the city. There was lots of lamb, plenty of goat, enough prawns to keep Jordan happy, the pig everyone needed, a king in the beef world, all sorts of tortillas, stewed meats, and a surprise gues…
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Jordan reviews a recent trip to Las Vegas, where he found the hotel, spa, and peking duck of his desert dreams at the Fontainebleau. Plus, Max sampled a $500k bottle of wine while Jordan doesn't understand a $400 bottle of wine, new dishes at Dunsmoor, the return of Oxalis meal planning is spiraling out of control, and Angler is kinda back with Leo…
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Is Mexico City A Necessary Food Trip?
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The hottest foodie travel destination is reviewed and debated by Shapiro and Ben Hundreds, who both recently returned from gorging themselves in the capital of Mexico. The fellas talk their eating tales, including favorite bites and misses from Maximo, Contramar, Pujol, Em, and all the tacos they chewed down. Plus, air travel, hotel, and museum tip…
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Jordan and Max discuss a massive change occuring in the LA restaurant scene and how it will manifest in future California meals, including the fate of automatic gratuity and that horrific additional tip line, and a possible silver lining for diners. Then, Max reviews two restaurants he recently visited for the first time, Jordan talks some very spe…
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Jordan, Max, and Jon talk the most authentic East Coast pizzeria on the West Coast, which is just a zip away, and it's all godly galamad, two types of fried shrimp, a sausage pizza like no other, and the "white people taco night" pie shocks them all. Plus, Jordan begs the fellas for their Ozempy needles after a very chubby day, Max will LEARN to co…
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Audience questions are answered by Jordan and Max, supplying the food knowledge you need, from tipping etiquette to personal maritni recipes, celebratory birthday destinations, and more trash sushi talk. Plus, Mideast Tacos, lunching in the 818, waiting in line for food, Beautiful loves Tito's, open faced bagels, 90's music, Addison advice, the L.A…
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Jordan and Max are joined by Beautiful Ben to discuss two recent meals. First up is the Virgil Village izakaya where the boys talk tons of grilled sauced meats, the real hospitality bubbles, and pounds of soft serve that has all made its way into Jordan's ro-ro. The second restaurant tale brings the boys to Calabasas for every food influencer's fav…
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Steak 48 with Big Wave & Josh Peck
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Jordan is joined by his dad Dave, Shapiro, and Peckerman to review a steak dinner they all shared at the newest Beverly Hills beef haunt. The bread, shrimp, salad, steaks, sides, and desserts are all covered as they umtimately decide if this is the traditional steakhouse experience Los Angeles has been missing. Plus, a potato side dish discussion a…
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Jordan and Max talk a sequel to the Can Shapiro Actually Cook? episode, Bubbles isn't so alone anymore, the perfect date night order at Stella, and two new restaurants the boys are excited about: Kushiba on Sunset for fried Japanese sticks and wagyu corned beef, and Leopardo on La Brea for all the wood-fired excellence from ex-Saison and Angler mas…
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The Hollywood legend is a food lover, so Jordan joins Henry and his daughter Zoe to talk all the Winkler food love, including a 40 year relationship with Matsuhisa, how to scramble eggs the Henry way, the icon's favorite chocolate chip cookie, and a lifelong Wonder Bread love affair. Plus, a Cindy Crawford off-the-menu rice dish, the day after Than…
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The LA vs NY debate is over, and we hate to tell ya, but LA has some work to do. Jordan and Max discuss why Los Angeles is currently lacking in the food world, how the city can storm back, and what new restaurants will help bring the ruckus. They also talk meals at Poltergeist and Holbox, Vespertine’s return, Daniel Boulud coming to Beverly Hills, …
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Audience questions are answered and it’s all bill splitting etiquette, Somebody Feed Jordan and the new Phil Rosenthal x Nancy Silverton diner, bar cart essentials, ranking LA cuisines, solo dining, an A5 wagyu discussion, making out in restaurants, a Culver City princess cake, Max is cooking again and yet is an extreme Stella fella, and most impor…
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The Academy Awards are this week and many dreams are about to become reality, so Jordan invited some Tinseltown friends over to make their food dreams come true at McDonald’s, by all creating their very own adult happy meals. The fellas break down the massive buffet by chef Ronald, Bob Koch drops McDonald’s knowledge all over the place and eats bre…
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Jordan & Max's First Episode: A Rerun Special
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It was early 2020, the pre-Coron days, Angler was open (the 1.0 version, the good sh*t), and Air Jordan was co-hostless until a red 911 screeched to a halt in palm tree swaying 818 daylight. Max entered the Sherman Oaks Food Building for the first time, to meet Jordan for the first time, and the fellas talked their Apple Pan love, Wolfgang passion,…
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You know Chace Crawford from Gossip Girl and The Boys, but Max somehow knows him as a friend, so they both showed up inside the Sherman Oaks Food Building to talk Chace’s favorite restaurants, their bromance that has bloomed over the years, another Gjelina brunch, and all the fellas got sneak peak bites of Stella West Hollywood, and review the best…
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Jordan and Max talk their Super Bowl viewing chubby tales where Max controlled himself with fried fish and a donut, while Jordan most certainly controlled nothing. Plus, the boys usually don’t like Italian sandwiches, Max betrayed Jordan and lied to him, Cheese Store of Beverly Hills potential, the need for Ozempy brochures, chips in cake, respecti…
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Ben Hundreds and Kate Burr enter the Sherman Oaks Food Building to compete with Jordan against each other as they attempt to build the best food lineups for the big game. And it's all whose got the best pizza, fried chicken, sandwiches, things to munch, all the sweeties, and will Jordan get his favorite tacos or will he pick Ben's just to piss him …
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Jordan and Max gift the audience sexy food advice for the big lovers day, ensuring listeners maximize their romantic plans this Valentine's Day. Learn how to seduce someone with a drink order, what to cook for dinner and dessert, and the chocolates you must buy to get the sex you're looking for. Plus, top five aphrodisiacs, the horniest movies, ord…
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Necessary L.A. Pizzas & Unnecessary Foods
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Jordan and Shapiro visited Boris, who catered a dinner with Pizza Kris' bar pies, which brought the fellas their best bite of the week. Jordan didn't understand Japanese whiskey, but he did enjoy a negroni ala Bubbles, and the filtered water was top notch. Plus, a sleeper dessert, the professional male model, and a discsussion of approved Los Angel…
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Jordan had a disturbing weekend of eating with very little discipline and he needs to learn after too much KazuNori, a trip to a candy store with his son, the birthday dim sum buffet, a bucket of Magnolia pudding, the darkest pizza moment, more chicken shawarma, slices of pie, a chocolate pastry inside Joan's with his daughter and celebs, and an Em…
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Chef Rob Gentile is about to open Stella, an Italian restaurant the likes of which Los Angeles has not seen or tasted. Jordan and Max toured the wildly remodelled iconic space on the border of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, and then went out to dinner with Canada Rob. First, the fellas talk Stella's location, space, menu, and how it all happened…
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Jordan in Del Boca Vista, Max's New Year's Eve kiss, restaurant closures, the infamous berry cake's passing and maybe Jane isn't such a Sweet Lady, Jordan's top LA cakes, lots of wine talk, Howlin' Ray's fries, road trip food destinations, calzone vs. pizza, LA Times 101 blowback, the Don Antonio's order, Jordan needs a Ricola, mulitple exclusive n…
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16,000 Calories at The Cheesecake Factory with Josh Peck
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Jordan and Max are joined by Peckerman to talk a recent 'tis the season feast at The Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills where over 16,000 calories of Buffalo Blasts, Glam Burgers, and four different flavors of cheesecake were consumed by the fellas. And it's all brown vs. white bread, not enough shimp for Jordan, too much of everything for Bubbles…
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More LA Times Best 101 talk and will Max become Bill Addison, top Goldbelly holiday gifts, crab rangoons, 2023 food world trends that need death, a painful FMK for Max, another trip to Quarter Sheets, NYE plans and bubbles from Bubbles, top LA free agent chefs, the must orders at Gjelina & Dunsmoor, Miami restaurants, Jordan's top 5 LA ice creams, …
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LA Times 101 Best Restaurants Talk
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The only year end food list in Los Angeles that matters is here, so Jordan and Max talk it all (well, most of it, it's very long), including a top ten breakdown, what exactly "the curve" is, when a beloved chef's personality transcends the food they're putting out, a character on the list who offered Jordan drugs, all the snubs, and the role and re…
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Jordan's Birthday & Thanksgiving Recaps
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This episode has it all: the shocking birthday meal reveal and what was ordered, the even more shocking Shapiro Saffy's snub, two nasty Thanksgiving meals, another trip down to Addison, and enough shrimp & Mexican Diet Coke to drown Jordan.
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Jordan and Max offer advice on how to make Thanksgiving as delicious as possible. The fellas carefully curate that iconic Thursday night meal for everyone by offering elevated concepts for appetizers, the bird of course, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and vegetables. Then, Diet Coke Dave aka The Pie King of LA calls in to help everyone build the best d…
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Quarter Sheets Bar Pies & Max's Overseas Eats
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The fellas finally get to Quarter Sheets for their elusive Connecticut style bar pie pizza, so they had to breakdown the cracker crust, cheesy meal that ended with a couple of princesss. Plus, they talk L.A. bar pies and the lack thereof, and their plans for the next Echo Park voyage. Then, Shapiro does the good, the bad, and the ugly on his eating…
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Tricks & Treats with The Foodie Magician
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Josh Beckerman aka The Foodie Magician enters the building to talk his food travels as a master of the dark arts, plus all sorts of New York and Los Angeles chocolate chip cookies, pizza, and ice cream. Did Josh love kangaroo tartare or turtle livers more? Are David Blaine and other mentalists actually aliens? Can Josh successfully read Jordan's mi…
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Actress and Air Jordan fan Delaney Rowe enters the Sherman Oaks Food Building to help answer audience questions with Jordan and a straight off an international flight back to L.A. Bubbles, and it's all neighborhood restaurants, the best Burgundy, go-to cookware, the Benihana ass clock, dealing with fame, Spanish beef, best Halloween candies, Twizzl…
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Bubbles Popped in Spain & Apollonia's Thin Crust
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Max became violently ill in Spain, so an emergency segment with him was in need to talk what happened leading up to the explosive event, the nasty seafood culprit, absolutley demolishing a hotel bathroom, and Jordan stumbles upon one of the biggest Shapiro reveals in Air Jordan history. Plus, on his comfort food quest, Jordan finally experiences Ap…
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Times are tough and emotions are running high, but the comfort of food can help. Jordan talks recent meals at Funke and Sushi Sonagi that helped it all fade away, and then he lists some his most comforting LA foods. Then, brother and sister Ernie and Val Aguirre enter the food building to talk the OG LA legendary chicken spot their family has been …
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Jordan and Max briefly talk what it's been like as Jews in the food world since the recent attack on Israel, and how the local food industry has responded. Then, the boys review their day at Family Style Food Festival, where they were on a mission: to drink up. Top three bites, a bubble guts scare, all the booze, stolen cocktails, a Moo's Craft Bar…
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It's Ruth! The LA OG food critic, author, and lover of Yucca's bean and cheese burrito jumps on a Zoom call with Jordan to discuss LA's past and present, food media vs. food journalism, the power of anonymity in criticism, and the upcoming LA Chef Conference both Ruth and Jordan will be appearing at later this month. They're also joined by Brad Met…
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The Wagyu Party & A Very LA Yom Kippur
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Jordan and Max talk a recent night out in the hills of Beverly eating Westholme wagyu prepared by three big name chefs as the Air Jordan martini era continues. Then, Jordan recounts his night in Hancock Park breaking the Yom Kippur fast with Saffy's challah, Daughter's Deli pastrami, and it's all yellow vs. deli mustard, shrimp hot dogs, cream chee…
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Donna's, 6pm vs. 8pm, and Influencer Criticism
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Ben Hundreds is back, joining Jordan and Max in the building to discuss Danny Meyer's recent tweet (or is it called an X?) about 6pm being the new dining primetime reservation. Then, the boys talk their first meal at Echo Park Italian hotspot Donna's, where the parking is an issue, but would the whole garlic and parm package live up to the hype? La…
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