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This series explores colonizing and terraforming our solar system and beyond.

Outward Bound Series

When the largest of stars dies, the supernova they produce can outshine a whole galaxy, and potentially sterilize vast swathes of space. Future civilizations will need to be able to prevent or mitigate such events, though some might seek to artificially ignite a nova.

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Credits:
Killing Stars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 281; March 11, 2021

Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Script Editors: 
Darius Said
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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Udo Schroeter

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Killing Stars (Narration Only)

Our future in the galaxy is typically envisioned as tied to the stars, be it on planets orbiting them or vast megastructures fueled by the alien suns, and yet the true future of humanity might be to dwell in the vast gulfs between the stars or even in a galaxy in which those stars have ceased to exist.

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Exo-Stellar Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 281a, March 14, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg

Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik

Katie Byrne

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Udo Schroeter

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Exo-Stellar Civilizations (Narration Only)

One day humanity might make contact with an alien race, but will we be able to understand their languages? 

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Alien: Civilizations: Alien Languages
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 290, May 13, 2021

Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alexander Long
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg

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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Martin Rezny: https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Aerium: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
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Alien Languages

Science fiction amazes us with futuristic technology and weapons, but many like the laser pistol, raygun, or lightsaber seem high-tech versions of old tech. Are such weapons possible and if so, could they have a role in future warfare?

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Laser Pistols & Lightsabers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 290a; May 16, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Script Editors: 
Andy Nelson
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Matthew Campbell

Graphics by:
Ken York
Mihail Yordanov

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Laser Pistols & Lightsabers

Arcologies are type of future giant buildings, towns, or off-world outposts where architecture meets ecology and contains entirely self-sufficient communities, from homes to farms and factories.

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Arcology Design
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 291, May 20, 2021

Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Anne Kopperud
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Keith Blockus

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
SpaceResourcesCGI
Udo Schroeter

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Reign Pagaran:
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Arcology Design

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped out our communication and electric grid had it occurred today. For all of that, our Sun is far less volatile than most stars, and this may be a factor in why Earth has a technological civilization.

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The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 292, May 27, 2021

Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Keith Blockus

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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares

Imagine two wildly different species evolving intelligence and technology on the same world. Would they exist in peace or seek to wipe each other out?

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Credits:
Could Two Alien Races Evolve on the Same World?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 292; May 27, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Konstantin Sokerin
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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Could Two Alien Races Evolve on the Same World?

We begin the new Outward Bound series by discussing the Colonization of Mars, and survey all the colonizing and terraforming options from the early settlement days to the far future and a Green Mars. 

We will also look at alternatives to terraforming which might make more sense for Mars, like bioforming the people to the environment, rather than terraforming it to our environment.

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Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

Colonizing Mars

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Venus, and exploring both the options for vast floating habitats in the upper atmosphere as well as full terraforming of the planet.

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Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

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Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"

Colonizing Venus

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Saturn's moon Titan, and examine the options for less classic colonization by exploring alternatives to manned colonization and classic terraforming.

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Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"

Colonizing Titan

Today we discuss the concept of trade throughout a colonized solar system, and ask how viable it is and what challenged it faces.

While Interplanetary trade faces many challenges, Interstellar Trade faces even more, this episode will seek to examine in detail what can be traded between worlds, what probably can't, and what technologies might impact that.

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Stefan Blandin

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Philip Baldock
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Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"
Kai Engel, "Snowfall (Intro)"

Interplanetary Trade

The Fermi Paradox asks us where all the alien civilizations are? Today we will ask if the might be hiding in the Voids, from those between the stars to the massive Supervoids like the Boötes Void. Could they be home to Extraterrestrial Empires so large they dwarf even Kardashev-3 Civilizations?
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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox:Into the Void
Episode 160b, Season 4 E46b

Writer:
Isaac Arthur

Editors: 
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell
Mark Warburton
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer: 
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through, pt 2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Fermi Paradox: Into The Void

A Moon Base may be built within a generation, but long term colonization will take many more. As more people travel and immigrate their, establishing more lunar colonies, tension between them and Earth could lead to conflicts and possibly even warfare.

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Battle for the Moon
Episode 160, Season 4 E46

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Steve Nixon
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Gateway Foundation
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mike Munt http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero
Space Resources CGI

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Ayreon, "Planet Y is Alive!" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was Asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Stellardrone, "Eternity" & "Breathe in the Light" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Dracovallis, "For the King!" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/

Battle For The Moon

To journey across the stars requires voyages of centuries or more, ensuring the crew will be long dead by the time they arrive. If you want your crew available to colonize new worlds after their interstellar voyage, you either have to extend their lives, train their descendants, or freeze them till they arrive. We will examine the third option day, freezing people with cryonics, using hibernation, or suspended animation, or some other form of stasis the future might offer.
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Credits: Sleeper Ships
Episode 161, Season 4 E47

Writer: Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Olly Epsom

Producer: Isaac Arthur

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LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator: Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Dan MacLeod, "Deompression" & "Gravity Well" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Aerium, "The Darwin Project" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me the Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Sleeper Ships

Our planet is so enormous that it can often appear flat to those living on it, as time went on and we determined it was a sphere, many still chose to assume it was a flat disc. While this notion is outdated, it is possible to construct an artificial planet as a discworld, and such worldbuilding shapes may have some advantages over a sphere. In this episode we will examine a number of Flat Earth models and some variations on the theme, and see what advantages and disadvantages they have, along with the challenges in constructing them.

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Credits:
Megastructures: Flat Earths
Episode 162, Season 4 E48

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jarred Eagley
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Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Dracovallis, "Black Sacrifice" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" http://chriszabriskie.com
Kai Engel, "February"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Serena Elis, "Science" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis

Flat Earths

So often expanding into space can seem like a Catch-22, where every proposed idea for development can only be practical if space is already developed. Today we'll take a look at some potential options for pushing forward our orbital infrastructure such as asteroid mining or power satellites, and take a look at what other technologies and industries might start the avalanche to our future in space and on other planets.

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Credits:
Upward Bound: Kickstarting Space Industry
Episode 163, Season 4 E49

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Sigmund Kopperud

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SpaceResourcesCGI

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Dan MacLeod, "Time Dilation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
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Kickstarting Space Industry

An Introduction the Outward Bound series on Colonizing and Terraforming our Solar System and beyond

Outward Bound Series Intro

Cryonic freezing offers a pathway to reap future medical technologies today by preserving someone for future restoration, but what would the impact of this technology be on civilization?

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Interstellar Navigation
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 269; December 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

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Cryonics: Frozen Civilizations

Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity Utopia, but its dark reflection is the Post-Discontent society, one where through deception or brainwashing people do not even known how they are being deprived or oppressed. 

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Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies  
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 273a; January 17, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
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Matthew Campbell

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LegionTech Studios

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Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies

Water is one of the most common substances in the Universe, and Earth has far more seas than land and life arose in the ocean first. Planets covered entirely in water may be common and abundant with life, including intelligence extraterrestrial life.

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Alien Civilization: Oceanic Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 274; January 21, 2021
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Udo Schroeter

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Oceanic Aliens

For every yellow star like our own there are ten times as many smaller stars. Red Dwarfs are the most common type of star, outnumbering all the others combined, and as we head out into interstellar space to colonize the galaxy, the exoplanets around these red alien suns may be the most common home for settlers.

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Colonizing Red Dwarfs
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 275, January 27, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnySNJ_gDOdRAdUXbIpxYQw
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S. Kopperud

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Udo Schroeter

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Colonizing Red Dwarfs

Colonizing space and settling the minor planets and asteroids may mean adjusting to much lower levels of gravity, or micro-gravity, what sort of biological and cultural adaptations might that require of humanity?

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Zero-Gravity Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 276; February 4, 2021

Produced & and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg

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Jason Burbank

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Zero-Gravity Civilizations

Zero-Gravity Civilizations (Narration Only)

Dark Matter is both the most abundant and most mysterious substance in the Universe, what properties does it have and what technologies might we create to use it in the future?

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Dark Matter Technologies
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 277, February 11, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Dark Matter Technologies

Science Fiction often shows us aliens and human living among one another in space, but how realistic are such portrayals and what sort of accommodation would extraterrestrials need for their environments? We will also ask if humans and aliens could live together, possibly even marry and have hybrid offspring.

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Multi-Species Civilizations & Co-Alien Habitats
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 277a; February 14, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
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S. Kopperud
PhoneticFailure


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Multi-Species Civilizations & Co-Alien Habitats

They say you should always attack from the high ground, and there's no higher ground than from orbit. Today we'll examine orbital strikes, asteroid bombardment, kinetic weapons, dropships, and how to defend from them.

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Check out Peter Garretson's work:
Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space https://www.amazon.com/dp/1498583113/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_HK0PTVKG08VM0GK11J7Z
https://cdn.afresearchlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27223753/State-of-the-Space-Industrial-Base-2020-Report_July-2020_FINAL.pdf

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Orbital Bombardment
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 278; February 18, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
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Orbital Bombardment

Giant Stars are often considered too hot and short lived to colonize, but it may be that they shall be the most powerful and pivotal systems in a future galaxy.

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Colonizing Giant Stars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 279, February 25, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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