#324 When you want to cry, laugh (Economics)

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Edition #324

Act 1: Flight Delay – Daily Show
Act 2: Predicting economies Part 1 – This American Life
Act 3: Smiley-face dollar to boost economy – The Onion
Act 4: Predicting economies Part 2 – This American Life
Act 5: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Too Big to Fail – Daily Show
Act 6: Fed’s Dead with Bernie Sanders Part 1 – Colbert Report
Act 7: Norway returns to a pillage-based economy – The Onion
Act 8: Fed’s Dead with Bernie Sanders Part 2 – Colbert Report
Act 9: NY Times exposes terrible big bank scam – Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
American Idle – Daily Show

Music:
Don’t you – Simple Minds
Simple Minds - The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Once around the block – Badly Drawn Boy
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block - Single - Once Around the Block
Crazy – Seal
Seal - Seal: Best 1991-2004 - Crazy
Making me nervous – Brad Sucks
Brad Sucks - I Don't Know What I'm Doing - Making Me Nervous
Island in the sun – Weezer
Weezer - Weezer (Green Album) - Island in the Sun
Catch my disease – Ben Lee
Ben Lee - Awake Is the New Sleep - Catch My Disease
La Noyée – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - La noyée
Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare – Matt and Kim
Matt & Kim - Grand - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare

Sources:
This American Life
The Onion
The Daily Show
Colbert Report
The Young Turks

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#320 Winter Holiday Extravaganza (Podcast)

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Edition #320

Act 1: Athiest summer camp – The Young Turks
Act 2: God To Postpone Apocalypse – The Onion
Act 3: Adam and Eve Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: Robert Wright on the three major religions – Colbert Report
Act 5: Adam and Eve Part 2 – This American Life
Act 6: Richard Dawkins new book – Thom Hartmann
Act 7: Bucket Of Rags This Year’s Must-Have Christmas Item – The Onion
Act 8: Schaeffer on hateful talk against Obama – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Offending people talking about religion – The Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Kirk Cameron’s Plot Against “Origin of Species” – The Young Turks

Music:
Hello Mother, Hello Father – Alan Sherman
Nutcracker: Act 2: Chinese Tea – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: Chinese Tea
Nutcracker: Act 2: Waltz of the Flowers – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: Waltz of the Flowers
Nutcracker: Act 1: Overture – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 1: Overture
Nutcracker: Act 1: March – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 1: March
Nutcracker: Act 2: The Merlitons – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: The Merlitons
Nutcracker: Act 2: Trepak – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: Trepak
Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy – Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy

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#318 Disaster Economics (Podcast)

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Edition #318

Act 1: Obama caving in to Wall St again – The Young Turks
Act 2: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 1 – This American Life
Act 3: Water balloon attacks hurting bottom line – The Onion
Act 4: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 2 – This American Life
Act 5: Joining the tea-baggers – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: US-owned GM produces the Pelosi-Boehner – The Onion
Act 8: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Government by organized money – Thom Hartmann

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Biden on the economic recovery – Daily Show

Music:
Nothing is good enough – Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) - Nothing Is Good Enough
Sénégal Fast-Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don?t Stand a Chance
Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) – Cyrille Verdeaux
Cyrille Verdeaux - Messenger of the Sun - Remember Jonathan
Smokescreen – Flying Blind
Flying Blind - Push - Smokescreen
Under the milky way – Seven Nations
Seven Nations - Seven Nations - Under the Milky Way
You’re the best around – Joe Esposito
Joe "Bean" Esposito - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - You're the Best
All For Swinging You Around – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - All for Swinging You Around

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#313 Recruiting disciples through fear and coupons (Podcast)

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Edition #313

Act 1: Catholic lifeboat – Colbert Report
Act 2: Hell House – This American Life
Act 3: God checks in to the Mayo Clinic – The Onion
Act 4: The Republican Apocalypse Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Catholics recruiting new members – Daily Show
Act 6: The Republican Apocalypse Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Catholic blow out sale – Le Show
Act 8: Pat Robertson fighting against hate crime laws – The Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme court takes on religion – Colbert Report

Music:
God – The Dodos
The Dodos - Visiter - God?
Friend of the devil – Counting Crows
Counting Crows - Films About Ghosts: The Best of Counting Crows - Friend of the Devil
Like a prayer – Madonna
Madonna - Like a Prayer - Like a Prayer
Major Tom – Peter Schilling
Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom - Single - Major Tom
You know my name – The Beatles
Natural Blues – Moby
Moby - Go - the Very Best of Moby - Natural Blues
I’m free – Soup Dragons

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#309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented (Podcast)

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Edition #309

Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny – The Young Turks
Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 3: Medicare Part E – Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Healthcare, now what – This American Life
Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The history of our healthcare system – This American Life
Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs – The Young Turks
Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign – Rachel Maddow

Music:
Curl up and die – Relient K
Relient k - The Bird and the Bee Sides - Curl Up and Die
Who will buy – Oliver Soundtrack
The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast - Oliver! (Soundtrack) - Who Will Buy
Fake Empire – The National
The National - Boxer - Fake Empire
Doctor my eyes – Jackson 5
Jackson 5 - Anthology: Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
I go to extremes – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - I Go to Extremes
Remember Jonathan – Cyrille Verdeaux
Cyrille Verdeaux - Messenger of the Sun - Remember Jonathan
Stop crying your heart out – Oasis
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

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#286 You know, Napoleon wasn’t exactly French either (Podcast)

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Act 1: Obama’s Waterloo – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: News and notes on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – On the Media
Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision – This American Life
Act 6: Dems can’t get their act together – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare – Daily Show
Act 8: Special comment on healthcare – Countdown

Music:
Waterloo – Abba
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Waterloo
Can’t help falling in love – UB40
UB40 - The Very Best of UB40, 1980-2000 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers - Take a Chance - Single - Take a Chance
Naked as we came – Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days - Naked As We Came
Oh my God – Ida Maria
Ida Maria - Fortress 'round My Heart - Oh My God
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
If I ever feel better – Phoenix
Phoenix - United - If I Ever Feel Better

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#269 Denials debunked and truth spoken to power (Podcast)

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Act 1: PowerShift 09 Day 2 – PowerShift09.org
Act 2: Obama from the climate change summit – This American Life
Act 3: News of the warm Part 1 – Le Show
Act 4: George Will denies climate change Part 1 – Counterspin
Act 5: Van Jones speaking to congress
Act 6: News of the warm Part 2 – Le Show
Act 7: Richard Branson purchases north pole – The Onion
Act 8: George Will denies climate change Part 2 – Counterspin
Act 9: Joe Romm interview – On the Media
Act 10: News of the warm Part 3 – Le Show
Act 11: The grid may be smart but will it be green? – NPR
Act 12: George will denies global warming Part 3 – Counterspin

Music:
Sunrise – Norah Jones
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - Sunrise
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi
Cold as Ice – Foreigner
Foreigner - No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Remastered) - Cold As Ice
Honesty – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - Honesty
Goodbye blue sky – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - The Wall - Goodbye Blue Sky
Untitled – Zoe Keating
Recycled Air – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Recycled Air
Major Tom – A-Ha
Information Travels Faster – Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album - Information Travels Faster
Tell me a lie – Griffin House
Griffin House - Lost & Found - Tell Me a Lie
Radio – One Ring Zero
One Ring Zero - Live At Barbes - Radio

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#267 Why and how banks are going down (Podcast)

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Act 1: American’s having sex at home – The Onion
Act 2: Credit card holders bill of rights – Colbert Report
Act 3: How to take down a bank Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: Limbaugh’s racist take on Obama’s economic plan – Counterspin
Act 5: Closing auto dealerships by mail – The Daily Show
Act 6: How to take down a bank Part 2 – This American Life
Act 7: 1/4 cent “soda tax” – Colbert Report
Act 8: Productivity up and wages down equals crash – Thom Hartmann
Act 9: We all just bought a car company – The Daily Show

Music:
I want you to want me – Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick - Authorized Greatest Hits - I Want You to Want Me
Killing for love – José González
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature - Killing for Love
I shall not be moved – Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - The Gospel Album - I Shall Not Be Moved
About today – The National
The National - Cherry Tree - About Today
Bottle it up – Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice - Bottle It Up
Le Banquet – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Le banquet
God – The Dodos
The Dodos - Visiter - God?
Teenage dirtbag – Wheatus
Wheatus - Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

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#265 The Religious Right Is Down But They Still Love Torture (Podcast)

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Act 1: Bart Ehrman interview – Colbert Report

Act 2: Dobson is down and out – The Young Turks

Act 3: News from religiosity – Colbert Report

Act 4: Bart Ehrman interview Part 1 – The Young Turks

Act 5: 357 Maharishis missing – The Onion

Act 6: Bart Ehrman interview Part 2 – The Young Turks

Act 7: Trying to kill your father – This American Life

Act 8: Jet briefly passes through heaven – The Onion

Act 9: Evangelicals most in favor of torture – The Young Turks

Music:
To The End – Blur
blur - The Best of Blur, Vol. 1 - To the End
Take me down – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Take Me Down
Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera - Stripped - Beautiful
Nantes – Beirut
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup - Nantes
Making me nervous – Brad Sucks
Brad Sucks - I Don't Know What I'm Doing - Making Me Nervous
Oh well, OK – Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith - XO - Oh Well, OK
Santus – Libera
Angel of Harlem – U2
U2 - Rattle and Hum - Angel of Harlem

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#254 Missing: Stable economic system, if found please contact owner (Podcast)

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Act 1: Executive pay out of control – The Young Turks
Act 2: Unemployed without benefits – NPR
Act 3: Keynsian Economics Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: AT&T lays off 30,000 automated operators – The Onion
Act 5: Keynsian Economics Part 2 – This American Life
Act 6: Recorded CEO conference call Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: CEO lays off 5,000 workers to impress girlfriend – The Onion
Act 8: Recorded CEO conference call Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 9: These people are thieves – Maron vs. Seder
Act 10: Enough carrots, time to use the stick – The Young Turks

Music:
Daylight robbery – Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself - Daylight Robbery
On the turning away – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - On the Turning Away
The artifact & Living – Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) - The Artifact & Living
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings - Go Ahead
Slipping away – Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) - Slipping Away
Notorious – Duran Duran
Duran Duran - Duran Duran: Greatest - Notorious
Someday You Will Be Loved – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - Someday You Will Be Loved
The Czar of Munster – Seamus Egan
Seamus Egan - When Juniper Sleeps - The Czar Of Munster
Clean and sober – Anya Marina
Anya Marina - Miss Halfway - Clean & Sober

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#253 The Laws of the Universe (Podcast)

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Act 1: Bill Maher on The View – The Young Turks
Act 2: Faith-based TV repair – The Onion
Act 3: Speech excerpt – Alan Watts
Act 4: Hooligan transforms into a goat – The Young Turks
Act 5: Doubting Hell – This American Life
Act 6: God returns from vacation – The Onion
Act 7: Pope declares holy war – The Young Turks
Act 8: The laws of the universe – Radio Lab

Music:
Senegal Fast Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a  Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
Fix You – Coldplay
Coldplay - X & Y - Fix You
Whenever God shines his light – Van Morrison
Van Morrison with Cliff Richard - Avalon Sunset - Whenever God Shines His Light
Good King Joy – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories - Good King Joy
Stairway to Heaven – Apocalyptica
The heart of life – John Mayer
John Mayer - Continuum - The Heart of Life
What I’m looking for – Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love - What I'm Looking For

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#252 Notes on the Barackalipse (Podcast)

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Act 1: Obama from his first climate conference – This American Life
Act 2: Mission Accomplished – Slate.com
Act 3: After 10 years of Bush – Wait Wait
Act 4: The Obama effect – Radio Lab
Act 5: Little Obama celebration in Wyoming – NPR
Act 6: Notes on the Barackalipse – Wait Wait
Act 7: Republicans shower praise on Bush – The Young Turks
Act 8: In Bush’s wake, a new political landscape – NPR
Act 9: New administration staff training – Wait Wait

Music:
Thanksgiving – George Winston
George Winston - December (Silver Anniversary Edition) - Thanksgiving
The world is new – Save Farris
Leaving on a jet plane – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Have a Ball - Leaving On a Jet Plane
Piano Piano – Luis Bacalov
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne - The Essential Ozzy Osbourne - See You On the Other Side
Learning to fly – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits - Learning to Fly
Burning love – Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered) - Burning Love
Ballad of a comeback kid – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - Ballad of a Comeback Kid

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#251 From various points of view (Podcast)

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Act 1: The Michael Savage Story Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 2: ACLU Defends Neo-Nazis – The Onion
Act 3: The Michael Savage Story Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 4: Affable anti-semite on the Jews – The Onion
Act 5: The Michael Savage Story Part 3 – The Young Turks
Act 6: Glenn Beck on the hatred from the left – CounterSpin
Act 7: Our job is to push back – Conceptual Guerilla
Act 8: New media with the new administration – The Daily Show
Act 9: Journalists declare victory in Iraq – CounterSpin
Act 10: Clinton’s impeachment press conference – This American Life
Act 11: The new host of Meet the Press – CounterSpin
Act 12: Fox ‘News’ on the new administration – The Daily Show
Act 13: Corporate media on race relations – CounterSpin
Act 14: O’Reilly and Rove on Obama’s torture policy – The Young Turks

Music:
Unknown Grerman marching song
I’m a loser – The Beatles
Crazy – Seal
Seal - Seal: Best 1991-2004 - Crazy
House of the rising sun – The Animals
The Animals - The Best of The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Everyday I love you less and less – Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Blue bird tattoo – Circe Link
Circe Link - More Songs! - Blue Bird Tattoo
Fat lip – Sum 41
Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler - Fat Lip
Good day Sunshine – The Beatles
Everybody’s Fool – Evanescence
Evanescence - Fallen - Everybody's Fool
Good people – Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams - Good People
Dreams – Gabrielle
Gabrielle - Find Your Way - Dreams

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Preaching politics from the pulpit and other bad ideas (Podcast)

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Act 1: Summoning the Devil – This American Life
Act 2: Pastors preaching politics Part 1 – On the Media
Act 3: Hammer-induced thumb injury – The Onion
Act 4: Pastors preaching politics Part 2 – On the Media
Act 5: Issac Hayes’ death & Scientology – The Young Turks
Act 6: Spanish the official language of Christianity – The Onion
Act 7: Faith, fraud and Republicans – Marc Maron
Act 8: Muslim toilets for the London Olympics – LeShow
Act 9: The birth of Islam – The Young Turks (Explicit)
Act 10: 2007 Chrismas had lowest mirical tally on record – The Onion

Music:
Camp Granada – Alan Sherman
Like a prayer – Rufio
Rufio - Punk Goes Pop - Like a Prayer
Shed a little light – James Taylor
James Taylor - James Taylor: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Shed a Little Light
Letters to God – Box Car Racer
Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer - Letters to God
Mani Mani Kuru – Streets of Spain (Album)
Stairway to heaven – Apocalyptica
Show me what I’m looking for – Carolina Liar
Carolina Liar - Coming to Terms - Show Me What I'm Looking for
Viva la vida – Coldplay
Coldplay - Viva la Vida - Viva la Vida

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All in The Family

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Act 1: Hicks teach evolution – The Young Turks
Act 2: Religion in politics – On the Media
Act 3: Child injured mimicing crucifiction – The Onion
Act 4: Waiting for Joe – This American Life
Act 5: “The Family” – On the Media
Act 6: Christ Announces hiring associate Christ – The Onion
Act 7: “Fuck your religion” – The Young Turks

  

Music:
Faith – George Michael
George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best of George Michael - Faith
Crazy Faith – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite - Crazy Faith
Crucify – Troi Amos
Tori Amos - A Tori Amos Collection - Tales of a Librarian - Crucify
God’s gonna cut you down – Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways - God's Gonna Cut You Down
In God’s country – U2
U2 - The Joshua Tree (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - In God's Country
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Hallelujah

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