Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Immune
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| Immune Booster 36: Innate immune brakes with Carla Rothlin | 06 Oct 2026 | 00:34:40 | |
Carla Rothlin joins Immune at AAI2026 to talk about her career studying inflammation regulation and how she co-founded the Global Immunotalks virtual seminar series. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Carla Rothlin
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| Immune 108: B cells go broad and live long | 30 Sep 2026 | 01:22:58 | |
Immune tackles papers on the breadth of human B cell responses following mRNA vaccination and on the role of mitochondria and reactive oxygen species in plasma B cell maintenance.
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| Immune Booster 37: Secret lives of neutrophils with Tanya Mayadas | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:35:55 | |
Tanya Mayadas joins Immune to talk about her road to study neutrophils and her research findings on neutrophil antigen presentation and novel neutrophil targeting therapies. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Tanya Mayadas Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 35: Human immunology and Dengue virus infection with Adam Waickman | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:41:29 | |
Adam Waickman discusses the unusual reason he got into studying immunology just in humans, his important studies on Dengue virus vaccine antibodies, and the problematic phenomenon of antibody dependent enhancement. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Adam Waickman Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 107: Breakfast of champions | 25 Aug 2026 | 01:23:38 | |
Immune reviews new research that shows a boost in T cell function after eating and the potential for the cGAS-STING pathway to be a new lupus therapeutic target. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy Horner | 19 Aug 2026 | 00:38:57 | |
Stacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Stacy Horner
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| Immune Booster 33: Immunity to pesky parasites and peanuts with Scott Smith | 04 Aug 2026 | 00:57:55 | |
Scott Smith talks about his research on cloned individual antibodies and how those studies have shifted his thoughts on the role of IgE in parasite defense and food allergy. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Scott Smith
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| Immune 106: Science and podcasting with Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck | 28 Jul 2026 | 01:03:02 | |
Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck join the Immune team to talk about their research and their podcast "Mucosal Immunology". Guests: Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 32: Natural infection versus vaccine protection with Jenna Guthmiller | 21 Jul 2026 | 00:42:38 | |
Jenna Guthmiller talks about how she became interested in immunology and her exciting research on how different responses to vaccines and infection shape future responses to infection. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Jenna Guthmiller Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 105: Tumor bacteria undermine immunotherapy | 30 Jun 2026 | 01:01:36 | |
Immune discusses a snippet on how EBV infection alters the immunopeptidome and promotes multiple sclerosis, and a paper on head and neck cancers harboring bacteria that create an immunosuppressive environment and promote immunotherapy resistance. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 31: NOD-like receptor discovery with Gabriel Nunez | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:40:35 | |
Gabriel Nunez discusses the discovery of NOD-like receptors, NOD1 and NOD2, in inflammatory bowel disease and how travel and taking a moment to enjoy local culture and art influences his creativity. Host: Cindy Leifer
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| Immune Booster 30: Infant Immunology with Martha Alexander-Miller | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:49:16 | |
Martha Alexander-Miller discusses why newborn and infant immune responses to vaccines are generally less effective and how we can make vaccines safer and more effective. Guest: Martha Alexander-Miller Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 104: All about allergies | 26 May 2026 | 01:20:32 | |
The Immune team talks about two papers on the effect of sleep and environment on seasonal allergies. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology | 20 May 2026 | 01:03:25 | |
Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology May 19, 2026 Today Dr. Kevin Kohl, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how he and his colleagues study the interplay between animals, their resident gut microbes, and the overarching concept of the holobiont. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Kevin Kohl Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode
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| Immune Booster 29: Immune regulation and science communication with Nicholas Jackson | 19 May 2026 | 00:31:56 | |
Nicholas Jackson, AKA Nick the Immunologist, talks about being a graduate student, social media creator, and his research on cytokine tools to investigate regulatory T cells. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Nicholas Jackson (Nick the Immunologist) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 28: Immunometabolism, Inflammation, and Building Biotechs with Luke O'Neill | 05 May 2026 | 00:44:56 | |
Luke O'Neill recounts his role in discovering key components of the TLR signaling pathway, explains how pursuing unexpected research questions keeps him motivated, and reflects on his experiences as an entrepreneur founding biotech companies. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Luke O'Neill Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 27: Interferons, JAKs, and STATs with George Stark | 28 Apr 2026 | 00:37:44 | |
George Stark from the Cleveland Clinic reflects on his early training in biochemistry and how several sabbatical leaves sparked pivotal changes in his research trajectory, eventually drawing him to interferon signaling where he helped establish the core principles of the JAK–STAT pathway and uncovered interesting roles for interferon signaling in cancer. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: George Stark Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 103: Cytokines 101 | 21 Apr 2026 | 01:22:13 | |
The Immune team talks all about cytokines, from what they are to immunotherapies against them to treat diseases. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 26: Immune defense against parasitic worms with Irah King | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:34:49 | |
Irah King from McGill University talks about his passion to understand how our immune system detects and responds to helminthic worm infections, how the worms can reprogram those responses, and how these pathways might be exploited to develop new treatments for inflammatory diseases. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Irah King Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune102: Living longer without B cells | 31 Mar 2026 | 01:13:52 | |
The Immune team discusses a paper describing the negative effects of old B cells on T cells and longevity and a snippet on an interesting vaccine approach to promote competition between gut commensals. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 25: Out of the anti-vax woods with Ellen Woods | 17 Mar 2026 | 01:07:04 | |
A former anti-vax mom talks about going down the rabbit hole, her mindset shift, the importance of doctors who are willing to talk with patients about vaccines, and why she is now a vaccine advocate. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Ellen Mary Woods
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| Immune Booster 24: Tolerating pregnancy with Gabrielle Rizzuto | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:33:48 | |
Gabrielle Rizzuto from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses her work on the curious immunology of pregnancy and how a woman tolerates a genetically different baby but quickly rejects a mismatched organ donation. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Gabrielle Rizzuto Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 101: Ink and immunity | 24 Feb 2026 | 01:14:44 | |
Immune discusses how tattoo ink accumulates in lymph nodes, promotes inflammation and influences response to two different vaccines. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 23: Critical windows during immune system development with Anna Beaudin | 17 Feb 2026 | 00:42:05 | |
Anna Beaudin from University of Utah talks about the key thread of her career, development, and how that influences her research on the events happening during critical prenatal windows shapes everything from the developing immune system to hearing loss. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Anna Beaudin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster #22 T cell signaling and selection with Leslie Berg | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:44:49 | |
Leslie Berg talks about her career studying T cell receptor signaling, T cell development, and the importance of mentors in her career.
Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Leslie Berg Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 100: Immune turns 100! | 27 Jan 2026 | 01:22:47 | |
The whole Immune gang gathers with special guests Gretchen Diehl and Shruti Naik at The Incubator with an audience to celebrate the 100th episode. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Guests: Gretchen Diehl and Shruti Naik
Music by Tatami.
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| Immune Booster 21: Origins of antigen receptors with David Schatz | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:30:12 | |
David Schatz talks about his discovery of Rag genes that are critical for antigen receptor development and how that discovery depended on taking high risks and using approaches that everyone thought could never work. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: David Schatz
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| Immune 99: A Nobel for immune tolerance | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:54:03 | |
The Immune team discusses the groundbreaking discoveries of regulatory T cells, which was the topic of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 20: Lipid GPS for T cells with Susan Schwab | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:27:11 | |
Susan Schwab talks about how she got the research bug, bugs she ate, and her research on how the lipid S1P helps T cells decide- should I stay or should I go. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Susan Schwab
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| Immune 98: T cells on the brain | 25 Nov 2025 | 01:31:47 | |
Immune discusses cross-reactive antibodies to avian influenza neuraminidases and a role for gut-derived T cells in the brain to regulate eating behavior.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 19: Virus-immune Tug-of-war with Kristian Andersen | 11 Nov 2025 | 01:00:22 | |
Kristian Andersen from Scripps Research Institute joins Cindy to talk about how he got interested in virus evolution, how the immune system drives viral adaptation, and what we can learn from this research to better prepare us for the next pandemic. Host: Cindy LeiferGuest: Kristian Andersen
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| Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas | 28 Oct 2025 | 01:14:43 | |
Cindy and Steph discuss a paper that challenges the textbook dogma that B cells must first bind to an antigen for antibody affinity maturation to occur, and a snippet on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Steph Langel Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster 18: From Stars to cells with Bali Pulendran | 14 Oct 2025 | 00:29:43 | |
Cindy sits down with Bali Pulendran at the AAI 2025 meeting where he told the story of how a childhood fascination with the cosmos grew into a career addressing fundamental questions about the human immune response, and how when an antigen enters the body it is like the big bang in how it initiates immune responses. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Bali Pulendran Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster #17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik | 07 Oct 2025 | 01:05:57 | |
Elizabeth Marnik, also known as Science Whiz Liz, grew up unvaccinated, yet she is now an immunologist, science communicator, and advocate for vaccines–this is her story. Host: Cindy LeiferGuest: Elizabeth Marnick Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 96: How to floss a mouse | 30 Sep 2025 | 01:10:51 | |
Immune discusses the potential future of delivering vaccines by flossing your teeth and how antibodies in human milk shape the normal immune responses in newborns. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker
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| Immune Booster #16: Teaching and communicating immunology with Aimee Pugh Bernard | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:33:03 | |
Cindy speaks with Aimee Pugh Bernard from University of Colorado about her career and her passion for teaching and communicating immunology to the public. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Aimee Pugh Bernard Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 95: Mitochondria for everyone | 26 Aug 2025 | 01:02:04 | |
Immune discusses how cancer cells swap mitochondria with T cells and then digs in for a discussion of an unusual checkpoint blockade that failed for cancer but could be repurposed for autoimmune inflammation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster #15 Vaccine ground rules with Shane Crotty | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:39:55 | |
Cindy talks with Shane Crotty about his teenage days driving 3 ½ hours every weekend to have his first research experience in marine biology, how that eventually led to studying how vaccines work and how we can make them better, and how immunology research and publishing got a turbo-boost during the pandemic. Hosts: Cindy Leifer Guest: Shane Crotty
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| Immune 94: The nose knows | 29 Jul 2025 | 01:15:22 | |
The Immune team goes up the nose to discuss cytotoxic T cells activating complement through secretion of granzyme K to drive inflammatory nasal polyps and how IgA-producing B cells are made in the nose. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of Immune! Links for this episode
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| Immune Booster #14: In the eye of immune responses with Darren Lee | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:28:31 | |
From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Cindy and Brianne talk with Darren Lee to discuss his career, how he got interested in immunology of the eye, and how his team visualizes immune responses of the eye in real time with the hope of better understanding autoimmune uveitis. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guest: Darren Lee Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 93: Macrophages managing memory B cells | 24 Jun 2025 | 01:16:21 | |
Vincent and Cindy discuss differences between MPox-specific T cell responses following infection and vaccination, and lymph node macrophage control of memory B cell localization and trafficking that might be important for choosing which arm to get a vaccine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cindy Leifer Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of Immune! Links for this episode
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| Immune Booster #13 Microbiome and regulation of gut inflammation with Justin Wilson | 10 Jun 2025 | 00:25:53 | |
From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Cindy and Brianne sit down with Justin Wilson to talk about how he got into research and his more recent studies on innate immune sensors and the interaction between the gut microbiome and inflammation related to inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guest: Justin Wilson Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 92: Gut symbiont breaks antibody | 27 May 2025 | 01:20:33 | |
Steph talks about identification of gut bacteria that can digest protective mucosal antibodies and Vincent covers a new paper on Zika virus that implicates fetal phagocytes in brain invasion, which may provide insight into the devastating microcephaly outcome of infection during pregnancy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of Immune! Links for this episode
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| Immune Booster #12: Innate immunity to Archaea with Holger Heine | 13 May 2025 | 00:23:41 | |
From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Immune talks with Holger Heine about the discovery of immune recognition of bacterial lipopolysaccharide and innate immunity to organisms within the kingdom Archaea. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne BarkerGuest: Holger Heine Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode
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| Immune 91: People, parasites, plagues, and podcasts | 29 Apr 2025 | 01:00:03 | |
Immune talks with David Peterson and Kim Klonowski from the University of Georgia about their careers, their People, parasites, and plagues podcast, placental malaria immunity, and and how interferons in the thymus affect T cell repertoire selection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guests: David Peterson and Kim Klonowski Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune Booster #11 Immunity to Fungi with Amy Hise | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:25:23 | |
From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Immune talks with Amy Hise about her career in science, her current research using mouse models for investigating fungal immunity and navigating the challenges of being a mom in science. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guest: Amy Hise
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| Immune 90: Immunology of Injury | 25 Mar 2025 | 00:53:22 | |
Immune 90: Immunology of Injury March 25, 2025 From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting at Michigan State University, home of the Spartans, Immune's Cindy and Brianne talk with Liz Kovacs and Jim Lederer about their careers, dirty mice, old mice, and immunity during trauma. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guests: James Lederer and Elizabeth Kovacs Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of Immune! Links for this episode
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| Immune Booster #10 HIV in the brain with Amanda Brown | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:30:58 | |
Immune Booster #10 HIV in the brain with Amanda Brown March 18, 2025 From the The Society for Leukocyte Biology 2024 conference at Michigan State University, Cindy and Brianne sit down with Amanda Brown from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to talk about her career and the research of her laboratory on mechanisms of neuroinflammation in disease, especially during HIV infection. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guest: Amanda Brown
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| Immune 89: Misplaced antibodies and foreign food foes | 26 Feb 2025 | 01:22:50 | |
Immune discusses how non-neutralizing antibodies can still be protective…intracellularly, and a technically innovative paper that uses Lipstic to label antigen-presenting cells responsible for gut tolerance to food antigens. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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| Immune 88: Bespoke antibodies and stinging erythropoiesis | 29 Jan 2025 | 01:28:35 | |
Immune describes the use of bespoke antibodies to characterize immune cell populations in cave nectar bats, and co-option of retrotransposons to activate hematopoietic stem cells and erythropoiesis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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