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  • Don Durham--Other Texts

    Don Durham--Other Texts
    Oct 13 2022

    There is no easy way to share this news, but Don Durham, co-host of Bible Bash unexpectedly and suddenly died of natural causes at home last month. Bible Bash producer Peterson Toscano put together this episode with outtakes from recording sessions. He also includes recordings Don sharing "Another Text" from several episodes since he first started co-hosting with LIam Hooper. 

    Liam is taking time off to regroup after losing a best friend. He and Peterson will consider the next steps for the podcast. In the meantime, as you join us in mourning the loss of Don, we hope hearing his voice will be a way remember him and his deep warm love, his big heart, and his wide open mind. 

    If you would like to share a remembrance or a word of comfort, feel free to email Liam and Peterson at ministriesbeyondwelcome@gmail.com

    About US

    In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster took turns presenting the text. They then discussed. In addition, each episode they presented another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text. 

    Bible Bash Podcast has been a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.  

    The theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano. 

    To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, Liam & Don:  ministriesbeyondwelcome@gmail.com

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    Liam @LiMHooper

    Don @RealDonDurham

    Peterson @p2son

    Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network 

    Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications

    Check out other Rock Candy podcasts

    • Brown Suga Diaries
    • Blessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery Smith
    • Sacred Tension by Stephen Long
    • Bubble&Squeak by Peterson Toscano
    • Eleventylife by EleventySeven
    • Common Creatives
    • Hot Tea Hot Takes
    • The Pickle and Boot Shop Podcast
    • Magnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Giants in the Land Face a Different Spirit--Numbers 13, 14

    Giants in the Land Face a Different Spirit--Numbers 13, 14
    Sep 14 2022

    After a summer holiday, the Bible Bash team has returned! This month, Liam takes a look at the story in Numbers 13 and 14 - the story of the Hebrew scouts, which reveals the reason the people were destined to wander for 40 years before entering the promised land.

    Liam raises important questions: 

    • Is this story of the scouts a story of failing faith, as we are so often told, or is it something more?
    • What about Caleb’s “different spirit”?
    • Is a brave and unfettered “different spirit” the way into the promised land for all of us? 

    Don offers a reading from Feminist thinkers Rosemarie Tong and Tina Fernandes Botts. Don’s reading is found in the book, Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction 

    Featured music Beyond the Rainbow by Polor Nights from Epidemic Sound

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    If you like Bible Bash podcast, you will LOVE Liam Hooper's latest book!

    In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon.  

    About US

    In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text. 

    Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.  

    Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano. 

    To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com 

    Follow on Twitter

    @BibleBash

    Liam @LiMHooper

    Don @RealDonDurham

    Peterson @p2son

    Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network 

    Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications

    Check out other Rock Candy podcasts

    • Brown Suga Diaries
    • Blessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery Smith
    • Sacred Tension by Stephen Long
    • Bubble&Squeak by Peterson Toscano
    • Eleventylife by EleventySeven
    • Common Creatives
    • Hot Tea Hot Takes
    • The Pickle and Boot Shop Podcast
    • Magnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Shame, Pride, and Saying NO to Self-Doubt

    Shame, Pride, and Saying NO to Self-Doubt
    Jun 29 2022
    Liam and Don are taking a little break over the summer to research, relax, and reboot. In this episode you will hear Another Text shared by Pastor June. You will hear an excerpt from a recent Pride Service.  We're honored to have a special guest this week to share a reading as our "other text." Reverend Junia Joplin has provided an excerpt from a recent sermon delivered to her congregation during Pride on the second anniversary of her coming out.   More about Junia Joplin - After 20-plus years in Baptist ministry, Rev. Junia Joplin (she/her) now serves on the clergy team at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto - a vibrant, inclusive, and progressive faith community and human rights church. Junia is either a basic suburban hockey mom or a sign of the apocalypse, depending on who you ask. We look forward to having Junia join us for a full episode soon. In the meantime, if you'd like to learn more about her work, here's a link to Junia's personal website and a link to the full sermon from which her reading was selected."   In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon.   About US In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text.  Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.   Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heard They Won't by Jonatan Mollberg and Song for Maeve by American Legion from Epidemic Sound. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano.  To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com  Follow on Twitter @BibleBash Liam @LiMHooper Don @RealDonDurham Peterson @p2son Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network  Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications Check out other Rock Candy podcasts Brown Suga DiariesBlessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery SmithSacred Tension by Stephen LongBubble&Squeak by Peterson ToscanoEleventylife by EleventySevenCommon CreativesHot Tea Hot TakesThe Pickle and Boot Shop PodcastMagnify the Pod 
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    18 min
  • Thomas the Movement Skeptic--John 20: 19-29

    Thomas the Movement Skeptic--John 20: 19-29
    May 28 2022
    This month, Don takes a look at the story of Thomas, the disciple often referred to as “doubting Thomas,” in the gospel according to John. In his reading of this story, Don presents a rather revolutionary interpretation of Thomas and his reaction to the disciples’ claim that they have seen their teacher, Jesus. Through his refreshing take on the story, Don invites us to consider the Thomases among us, now. We can question: are we like Thomas? Liam, for one, energetically, if not sadly, claims to be a Thomasite. Give a listen and find out why. Following the discussion, Liam offers a reading - a prayer, in fact - from the Jewish Mishkan T’filah for Travelers, A Reform Siddur (or prayer book).  Produced by the Central Conference of American Rabbis I begin with a prayer of gratitude for all that is holy in my life. God needs no words, no English or Hebrew, no semantics and no services. But I need them. Through prayer, I can sense my inner strength, my inner purpose, my inner joy, my capacity to love. As I reach upward in prayer, I sense these qualities in my Creator. To love God is to love each other, to work to make our lives better. To love God is to love the world God created, and to work to perfect it. To love God is love dreams of peace and joy that illumine all of us and to bring that vision to life. In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon and published by Otherwise Engaged.   About US In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text.  Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.   Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heard From A to Me by Frank Johnson on Epidemic Sound. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano.  To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com  Follow on Twitter @BibleBash Liam @LiMHooper Don @RealDonDurham Peterson @p2son Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network  Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications Check out other Rock Candy podcasts Brown Suga DiariesBlessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery SmithSacred Tension by Stephen LongBubble&Squeak by Peterson ToscanoEleventylife by EleventySevenCommon CreativesHot Tea Hot TakesThe Pickle and Boot Shop PodcastMagnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Esther: A Liberative Gathering of Women, Exiled Jews, and Eunuchs

    Esther: A Liberative Gathering of Women, Exiled Jews, and Eunuchs
    Apr 29 2022

    Is the story of Esther the first documented intersectional justice uprising? In this month’s episode, Don and Liam join the Saturday morning Torah study class at Liam’s Shul, where they curate a rousing liberation-themed discussion of the Book of Esther. After all, it is the season of Purim.

    In the first of what Don and Liam hope will be more “live” shows of the season, Liam invites us to consider the justice-seeking implications in a story that turns on the combined efforts of a whole cast of outcast, marginalized, and vulnerable characters.

    In the process, Liam offers us an enlightening look at ancient understandings of gender, including a look at the eight accepted gender classifications in Talmudic discussions.

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    In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon and published by Otherwise Engaged.  

    About US

    In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text. 

    Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.  

    Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heard First Moon by Cerulean Skies. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano. 

    To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com 

    Follow on Twitter

    @BibleBash

    Liam @LiMHooper

    Don @RealDonDurham

    Peterson @p2son

    Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network 

    Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications

    Check out other Rock Candy podcasts

    • Brown Suga Diaries
    • Blessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery Smith
    • Sacred Tension by Stephen Long
    • Bubble&Squeak by Peterson Toscano
    • Eleventylife by EleventySeven
    • Common Creatives
    • Hot Tea Hot Takes
    • The Pickle and Boot Shop Podcast
    • Magnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Paul in Acts--A Self-Professed Thug for Jesus?

    Paul in Acts--A Self-Professed Thug for Jesus?
    Mar 29 2022
    This month, for our Bible Bash entertainment and considerations, Don takes us on a trip through the Christian book of Acts. Don’s chosen task: to reflect on the complicated person we know as Paul, based on his behavior throughout these chapters describing the early formation of Christianity.  In this journey, Don points us to a Paul who may have experienced a call to conversion, yet nonetheless continues to act (pun intended) as if he is still working for the emperor. We are left to question, is the possible adage “once an imperial thug, always a thug” true … or is Paul simply a good example of a regular, deeply flawed, privileged fellow who has perhaps noble dreams for spreading the gospel?  His question prompts at least one other underlying consideration: how do we “read” people - and then respond to them - who claim to seek growth, yet seem so unable to achieve it? Or who claim God speaks to them then act in disturbing ways that call that claim into question?  The Other Text Liam offers a Sufi parable from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s book, Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer. “There is a story about Juna’id, the ninth-century Sufi master. He has twenty students who each wants to be his successor, and they are arguing among themselves and pressing him for a decision. He is getting older, so finally he says to them, “You go out and each bring a live bird, and I’ll tell you what to do.” So they each come back with a live bird, and he says, “Now go find a place where no one can see you, kill the bird, and come back.” They all go off, and nineteen of them come back with dead birds, but the bird of the twentieth is still alive. So Juna’id makes an angry face. “Why didn’t you kill the bird!”  The disciple says, “Master, I couldn’t find a place where no One can see me.”’ -------------------------------- In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon and published by Otherwise Engaged.   About US In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text.  Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.   Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heard First Moon by Cerulean Skies. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano.  To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com  Follow on Twitter @BibleBash Liam @LiMHooper Don @RealDonDurham Peterson @p2son Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network  Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications Check out other Rock Candy podcasts Brown Suga DiariesBlessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery SmithSacred Tension by Stephen LongBubble&Squeak by Peterson ToscanoEleventylife by EleventySevenCommon CreativesHot Tea Hot TakesThe Pickle and Boot Shop PodcastMagnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Bisexual Lovers in the Hands of a Peevish God -- I Samuel 18

    Bisexual Lovers in the Hands of a Peevish God -- I Samuel 18
    Feb 26 2022
    Peterson Toscano Zoom bombs the podcast to talk about the love between Jonathan and David, but really he is mostly curious about God in the story. The story of King Saul, Prince Jonathan, and future king David is one filled with desire and jealousy. We hear a lot about Saul’s jealousy over David. There is fear of being replaced and of no longer being the big man. A younger, shinier thing captured the people’s eyes. And this is exactly what God feels towards Saul when it turns out the people were tired of Judges leading through God and instead wanted a king. God begrudgingly gives them Saul and then slams Saul through the Prophet Samuel over and over. Also, something of note: Verse 20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. According to “Michal is the only woman in the Bible of whom it is said that she loved a man.” The Book of All Books by Roberto Calasso Liam brings “The Other Text” with a beautiful reading of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.  As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.  -goodreads ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon and published by Otherwise Engaged.   About US In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text.  Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.   Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heard Soothing Nature from Epidemic Sound. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano.  To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com  Follow on Twitter @BibleBash Liam @LiMHooper Don @RealDonDurham Peterson @p2son Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network  Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications Check out other Rock Candy podcasts Brown Suga DiariesBlessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery SmithSacred Tension by Stephen LongBubble&Squeak by Peterson ToscanoEleventylife by EleventySevenCommon CreativesHot Tea Hot TakesThe Pickle and Boot Shop PodcastMagnify the Pod 
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    30 min
  • Midwives: Beautiful, Splendid Leaders of Resistance -- Exodus 1:15-22

    Midwives: Beautiful, Splendid Leaders of Resistance -- Exodus 1:15-22
    Jan 29 2022
    We begin the new year, in 2022, with a close reading of the story of the midwives in Exodus 1: 15-21. Liam offers us an invitation to recognize Shifrah and Puah as revolutionary resistors and so much more: namely, co-creators with G-d, The Potter of earthen vessels. Along the way, Liam and Don offer, for our consideration, the idea that we are all potentially midwives of a sort. Even, perhaps, revolutionaries. Following their discussion of the story - including thoughts about changing diapers, and digging up mud for throwing clay - Don offers another text.  Don’s Other Text: From “Soul Among Lions: Musings of a Bootleg Preacher” by Will D. Campbell © 1999, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky. pp. 8-9. When you write rare books for a living, paydays are sometimes sporadic Some years ago my wife said one of us had to get out and find a real job. I sensed a preference. Waylon Jennings, a neighbor and old friend, gave me the prestigious position of cook on his tour bus. Waylon is not noted for excessive piety, but I learned an important lesson from him. Late one night I said, “Waylon, what do you believe?” “Yeah,” he answered. On an overnight stagecoach, a conversation need not be rushed. After a long silence I asked, “Yeah? What’s that supposed to mean?” Quiet again, until Waylon said, “Uh-huh.” That ended my prying into the state of ole Waylon’s soul. Today we are bombarded with a theology of certitude. I don’t find much biblical support for the stance of God told me and I’m telling you, and if you don’t believe as I do, you’re doomed,” A sort of “My god can whip your god” posture. From Abraham, going out by faith not knowing where he was being sent, to Jesus on the cross, beseeching the Father for a better way, there was always more inquiring faith than conceited certainty. It occurs to me that the troubadour’s response that late night might have been the most profound affirmation of faith I had ever heard. “Yeah. I believe. Don’t bother me with all the baggage.’ Recently he wrote a song about that long ago conversation. “In my own way I’m a believer,” he sings.* Maybe that’s as close as any of us ever get. * From “I Do Believe” by Waylon Jennings. © Waylon Jennings Music. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Trans-Forming Proclamation, Liam Hooper tenderly explores gender and the Bible. This book actually defies genre. With rich patches of poetry, memoir, and devotional, Liam weaves together inspiring literary insights with grounded, original, and informed scholarship. Trans-Forming proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence is new wine in a new wine skin. It is Inventive, artful, and liberating. Available on Amazon and published by Otherwise Engaged.   About US In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, , Liam Michael Hooper, a white trans Bible scholar and Don Durham, a white, cis, heterosexual farmer, minister, and podcaster take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text.  Bible Bash Podcast is a collaborative project created by Liam Hooper, Don Durham, and Peterson Toscano.   Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through Rock Candy Recordings. You also heardMusic: Poets by Ciaran Delany. The show is edited by Peterson Toscano.  To share your questions, comments, requests for passages to be discussed, or suggestions for guests who can talk about texts, email Liam & Don:  convos@biblebashpodcast.com  Follow on Twitter @BibleBash Liam @LiMHooper Don @RealDonDurham Bible Bash Podcast is part of the Rock Candy Network  Bible Bash logo was designed by Diana Coe at Crone Communications Check out other Rock Candy podcasts Brown Suga DiariesBlessed are the Binary Breakers hosted by Avery SmithSacred Tension by Stephen LongBubble&Squeak by Peterson ToscanoEleventylife by EleventySevenCommon CreativesHot Tea Hot TakesThe Pickle and Boot Shop PodcastMagnify the Pod 
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    30 min