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  • Episode 191 - Abu Ghraib - Torture

    Episode 191 - Abu Ghraib - Torture
    Feb 10 2026
    Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Torture. JT tells you about Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Sources American Civil Liberties Union. (n.d.). Torture Photos. Britannica. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib prison. Carl Levin Center. (n.d.). Torture investigation. Center for Constitutional Rights. (n.d.). Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI. Department of Defense. (2004). US Army 15-6 Report of Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq (Taguba Report). History.com Editors. (2022). Abu Ghraib graphic photos of abuse, torture released in Iraq. Human Rights Watch. (2004). The Central Intelligence Agency: “Ghost Detainees” and “Disappearances.” Human Rights Watch. (2004). The Road to Abu Ghraib. Human Rights Watch. (2006). The Numbers: Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project. Human Rights Watch. (2024). US Jury Awards $42 Million to 3 Iraqis Abused at Abu Ghraib Prison. International Committee of the Red Cross. (n.d.). United States: Taguba Report. Justice Department, Office of Legal Counsel. (2006). Re: Application of the War Crimes Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, and Common Article 3... Military Times. (2025). Appeal starts for US military contractor held responsible for torture. National Security Archive. (n.d.). The “Torture Memos”: Rationalizing the Unthinkable. Parameters. (n.d.). Leadership, Supervision, and the Rule of Law in Detainee Operations. The Guardian. (2008). US army throws out conviction of only officer court martialled in Abu Ghraib scandal. TIME Magazine. (2005). The Abu Ghraib Cases: Not Yet Over. U.S. Government Publishing Office. (2009). Hearing: Torture and Accountability. Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib prison. Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). CBS broadcasts photos of abused and tortured prisoners. Wollman, D. (2024). Abu Ghraib Verdict: Iraqi Torture Survivors Win Landmark Case... World History Project. (n.d.). ICTJ Research Brief – November 2008. 💻 Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can support us on Patreon! 🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content! 🔑 Keywords: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 min
  • Brew Crime News February 2026

    Brew Crime News February 2026
    Feb 3 2026
    Welcome to Brew Crime News! This episode falls on February 2026. Listen to todays news, once monthly. Sources https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-man-accused-desecrating-cemeteries-found-100-human-skulls-rcna253123 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/cape-coral-jewelry-store-robbery-florida.html https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-red-lingerie-allegedly-hid-gun-under-prosthetic-silicone-breasts-it-ugly https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/new-jersey-dive-bar-donkeys-place-seeks-return-of-stolen-walrus-penis/ https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/nude-louisiana-woman-attacked-cop-who-told-her-to-leave-a-private-pond-trying-to-be-a-mermaid/ https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-hosts-maga-furries-event-not-kidding-26303548/ https://contrarian.substack.com/p/j6ers-where-are-they-now https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/large-black-bear-finally-evicted-from-california-home/ar-AA1TTuIS?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1 • https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/bonnie-blue-bangbus-indonesia-sentence-tour-police-273674-20251209 • https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-tricks-russia-paying-500k-bounty-fake-hit-putin-opponent-report • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/26/us-bombs-target-isil-in-nigeria-whats-really-going-on • https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/ • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/minnesota-justin-eichorn-arrested-soliciting-minor • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canadian-mps-israel-trip-9.7017464 • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy875j28k0o 💻 Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 min
  • HH08 Roos Hall: The Headless Horseman’s Christmas Eve Delivery

    HH08 Roos Hall: The Headless Horseman’s Christmas Eve Delivery
    Jan 8 2026
    Go to https://linktr.ee/ghostbites to follow the podcast on its feed and hear other seasons. Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT travel to the English countryside of Suffolk to explore Roos Hall, a 16th-century Tudor manor and reputedly one of England's most haunted houses. Mike details the sinister history, including the house's past as a site for public executions where a gibbet once stood. Crucially, Mike introduces the spectacular, recurring Christmas Eve haunting: a phantom coach pulled by headless horses and driven by a headless horseman, who arrives at the front door only for a beautiful, ghostly woman to step out before the whole procession vanishes. JT critiques the sheer cinematic drama of the Headless Horseman's holiday arrival, analyzes the extreme consequences of looking into the spectral woman's eyes, and questions the efficiency of a headless driver on Christmas. Sources ● Burials & Beyond. (2019, December 21). The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/⁠ ● Hypnogoria. (n.d.). Door 21 - The Many Hauntings of Roos Hall. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.hypnogoria.com/ghosts⁠_of_christmas21.html ● Moon Mausoleum. (2024, December 11). The Christmas Haunting of Roos Hall of the Headless Horseman. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://moonmausoleum.com/the-christmas-haunting-of-roos-hall-of-the-headless-horseman/⁠ ● The Paranormal Database. (n.d.). Suffolk Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://paranormaldatabase.com/suffolk/sufpages/suffdata.php?pageNum⁠_paradata=1&totalRows_paradata=402 ● The Suffolk Coast. (n.d.). The Suffolk Coast's Most Haunted. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/articles/the-suffolk-coasts-most-haunted⁠ ● US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Headless Horseman of Roos Hall. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/the-headless-horseman-of-roos-hall/⁠ ● Weird Suffolk. (2020, December 24). Weird Suffolk: The Christmas ghost at one of Suffolk's most haunted houses. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/21328565.weird-suffolk-christmas-ghost-one-suffolks-haunted-houses/⁠ ● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Bramshill House. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill⁠_House Intro Music by - Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Linktree ⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 min
  • HH07 The Crescent Hotel: Quakery, Cadavers, and Cold Spots

    HH07 The Crescent Hotel: Quakery, Cadavers, and Cold Spots
    Jan 5 2026
    Go to https://linktr.ee/ghostbites to follow the podcast on its feed and hear other seasons. Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into "America's Most Haunted Hotel," the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mike details the hotel's notorious mid-life crisis when it was taken over by the charismatic but fraudulent "Dr." Norman Baker, who ran it as an experimental cancer hospital in the late 1930s. Mike covers the discovery of hundreds of bottles containing Baker's "cure-all" potions and, grotesquely, human tissue. Crucially, Mike includes the festive, yet chilling, ghost story of the Grand Christmas Tree that was inexplicably moved across the dining room during the holiday season. JT critiques Baker's fashion sense (a white linen suit and purple shirt), breaks down the sheer terror of a hospital using the basement kitchen as a morgue, and analyzes the spirits left behind, from the falling stonemason Michael to the ever-helpful cancer patient Theodora. Sources ● Historic Hotels of America. (n.d.). Ghost Stories - 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2021, September 29). Ghostly Happenings at the Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/ghostly-happenings-at-the-crescent-hotel/⁠ ● US Ghost Adventures. (2022, January 14). The Crescent Hotel 'America's Most Haunted Hotel'. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/⁠ ● Travel Eureka Springs. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Nightly Ghost Tours. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.traveleurekasprings.com/crescent-hotel-ghost-stories/⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2023, August 4). Haunted Hotel History. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Haunted Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/things-to-do/ghosts/⁠ ● Smithsonian Magazine. (2018, October 27). The Charlatan of the Ozarks Still Looms Over the Haunted Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/⁠ ● YouTube. (2022, October 31). The truly haunted history of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, explored. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuEOBTpRiE⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Americas Most Haunted Hotel Archives. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/tag/americas-most-haunted-hotel/⁠ ● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2024, February 15). The Baker Hospital – A Patient's Story. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/uncovering-the-past/⁠ Intro Music by - Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Linktree ⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 min
  • HH06 Bramshill House: The Bride in the Box and 14 Ghosts

    HH06 Bramshill House: The Bride in the Box and 14 Ghosts
    Jan 1 2026
    Go to https://linktr.ee/ghostbites to follow the podcast on its feed and hear other seasons. Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into Bramshill House in Hampshire, England, reputedly one of the country's most haunted stately homes with over 14 specters. Mike details the house's magnificent Jacobean history, its famous owners (including a Lord Zouche and an exiled King of Romania), and the legendary ghost: The Mistletoe Bride (or White Lady). Mike covers the tragic tale of the bride who hid in an antique chest during a game of hide-and-seek, only to be found 50 years later as a skeleton in a wedding dress. JT dissects the bride's baffling choice of hiding spot, questions the sheer audacity of being haunted by a 'Green Man' and a 1920s tennis ghost, and reflects on the eternal trauma of a love story ruined by a faulty spring-loaded lid. Sources ● Burials & Beyond. (2019, December 21). The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/⁠ ● Cope Collection. (2018, October 31). The Bridal Chest of Bramshill, or, A Ghost Tale from the Cope Collection. University of Southampton Special Collections. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection/⁠ ● House and Heritage. (2018, June 25). BRAMSHILL PARK. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://houseandheritage.org/2018/06/25/bramshill-park/⁠ ● US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Bramshill House Bride. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/the-bramshill-house-bride/⁠ ● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Bramshill House. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill⁠_House ● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend⁠_of_the_Mistletoe_Bough Intro Music by - Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Linktree ⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 min
  • Brew Crime News Year End 2025

    Brew Crime News Year End 2025
    Dec 30 2025
    Welcome to Brew Crime News! This episode will end our 2025 Podcast year! Listen to todays news, once monthly. New episodes back in February. Happy New Year! Sources https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sophie-kinsella-author-books-behind-132853934.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-recall-petition-approved-9.7001541 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-cair-muslim-brotherhood-declaration-9.7008351 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rfk-jr-hit-articles-impeachment-164336909.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-settlements-9.7010575 https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/12/02/drunk-raccoon-virginia-abc-store-break-in https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/bald-eagle-cat-windshield https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html https://thegrio.com/2025/12/06/trump-admin-removes-mlk-day-juneteenth-fee-free-days-national-parks/ https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/toddler-star-ms-rachel-named-finalist-for-antisemite-of-the-year-amid-gaza-advocacy-stopantisemitism-tucker-carlson https://www.fox19.com/2025/12/08/ice-agent-arrested-held-no-bond-order-prosecutors-request/ https://coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/ 💻 Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • HH05 The Yule Cat: Fashion Policing to the Extreme

    HH05 The Yule Cat: Fashion Policing to the Extreme
    Dec 29 2025
    Go to https://linktr.ee/ghostbites to follow the podcast on its feed and hear other seasons. Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture to Iceland to confront the most terrifying holiday figure—one who isn't interested in coal or spanking, but in your wardrobe: the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn). Mike details the cat's monstrous size ("bigger than a house"), its association as the pet of the man-eating troll Grýla, and the bizarre rule that dictates its victim: anyone who does not receive new clothes before Christmas Eve. JT critiques the sheer absurdity of the cat’s mission as "holiday fashion police," breaks down the underlying economic anxiety of wool-processing, and praises the cat's commitment to high-stakes sartorial enforcement. It’s an episode about horror, high fashion, and the constant fear of wearing last year's socks. Sources ● J. M. (2021, December 1). The Yule Cat of Iceland: A Different Kind of Christmas Tradition. Medievalists.net. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/09/frau-perchta-the-belly-slitter/⁠ ● Nordic Visitor. (n.d.). Christmas in Iceland with the Yule Lads. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.nordicvisitor.com/blog/the-13-yule-lads-of-iceland/⁠ ● Smithsonian Magazine. (2016, December 19). Each Christmas, Iceland's Yule Cat Takes Fashion Policing to the Extreme. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/⁠ ● US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Legend of the Yule Cat. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-legend-of-the-yule-cat/⁠ ● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Yule cat. Retrieved October 9, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule⁠_cat ● ZME Science. (2024, December 17). The Yule Cat: Forget Santa, Embrace the Dark Side of Icelandic Christmas. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/yule-cat-christmas-repubz/⁠ Intro Music by - Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Linktree ⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 min
  • HH04 Belsnickel: The Fur-Clad Judge of Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas

    HH04 Belsnickel: The Fur-Clad Judge of Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas
    Dec 25 2025
    Go to https://linktr.ee/ghostbites to follow the podcast on its feed and hear other seasons. Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the folklore of southwestern Germany and the American tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch to meet Belsnickel. Mike details Belsnickel's unique role as a pre-Christmas judge who travels alone, dressed in ragged furs, wielding both a switch and pockets full of treats. Mike also covers the elaborate "Belsnickling" rituals and the character's eventual decline. JT hilariously critiques the sheer psychological terror of the Belsnickel's moral test (especially the "candy scramble"), questions why a figure of moral accountability looks like a runaway woodsman, and analyzes the extreme chaos of a holiday tradition based entirely on the fear of a gentle swat. Sources ● Uncharted Lancaster. (2024, December 6). The Belsnickel: A Mischievous Spirit of Christmas Past. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/12/06/the-belsnickel-a-mischievous-spirit-of-christmas-past/⁠ ● VisitPAAmericana. (2019, December 18). What - or Who - is Belsnickel?. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.visitpaamericana.com/blog/post/what-or-who-is-belsnickel/⁠ ● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Belsnickel. Retrieved October 9, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsnickel⁠ ● WITF. (2023, December 20). Who is Belsnickel in Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas tradition? [The Spark]. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.witf.org/2023/12/20/who-is-belsnickel-in-pennsylvania-dutch-christmas-tradition/⁠ ● Woot & Hammy. (n.d.). Krampus, Santa's Other Little Helper, and Perchta, Christmas Terrors. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://wootandhammy.com/blogs/news/krampus-perchta-the-christmas-terrors⁠ Intro Music by - Jayme McDonald (Chatterless) ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Linktree ⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min