The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry: Lee Tran Lam quizzes chefs, critics, bar staff and other people from the food world about their dining habits, war stories and favourite places to eat and drink in Sydney.
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The Culinary Archive Podcast is a series from the Powerhouse with food journalist Lee Tran Lam exploring Australia’s foodways: from First Nations food knowledge to new interpretations of museum collection objects, scientific innovation, migration, and the diversity of Australian food. Contributing editor Lee Tran Lam is a freelance journalist who has worked with The Sydney Morning Herald, Gourmet Traveller, The Guardian, SBS Food, FBi, ABC, Australian Financial Review, Rolling Stone and Turk ...
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Should you really add olive oil or salt to your coffee, or microwave your tea? Can rice and bread be that bad for us if we’ve been eating these staples forever? Which seafoods are sustainable? And should I say no to cheese boards? It can be so tricky trying to consume the ‘right things’, and the forces that shape our diets go far beyond what’s supposedly ‘good for us’. On Should You Really Eat That?, food writer Lee Tran Lam untangles the social, cultural and nutritional confusion around the ...
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Food is connection and sustenance, it is cultural, social, ethical, political and a fundamental human right. In the Anthropocene*, food is also complex and problematic. So, grab your knife, fork and spoon and join me as we digest the Australian foodscape, one bite at a time. onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across the socials *Anthropocene: the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.
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Seafood: Cooking inspiration, mercury magnet, cultural storyteller
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Our taste for seafood goes back a long time. We’ve been snacking on shellfish for more than 100,000 years. And the foods we gather from the ocean (whether it’s mussels or seaweed) are typically loaded with nutrients. But today, people might reconsider these staples because of environmental, ethical or health concerns – so should you limit your cons…
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Cheese: Calcium source, place marker, vegan inspiration
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Our love of cheese is so vast, it can be plotted across the planet. From Gorgonzola in Italy to Oaxaca in Mexico, many places are famous for their wedges and wheels. But can you go overboard with a cheese board? And what if you don’t eat dairy at all? Lee Tran Lam wheys it all up with cheesemaker Giuseppe Minoia, chef Shannon Martinez and dietitian…
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Coffee: Caffeine hit, productivity booster, wedding custom
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Around the world, people drink coffee – whether it’s sweetened with condensed milk in Vietnam or spiced with cinnamon in Mexico. It powers us through our workdays, deadlines and boring office meetings. Maybe that’s why it’s the most socially acceptable drug we consume – but is there a limit to how much we should have or what it can really do?…
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Tea: Scandal water, life saver, yum cha essential
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Tea is the most-consumed drink on the planet, second only to water. Originally consumed for medicinal reasons, a well-brewed pot also helps with break-ups and bad news. But are there certain instances where we should put our teacups away?
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Bread: Historic staple, riot-starter, loneliness cure
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The oldest bread that still exists today was baked 14,500 years ago in Jordan. We’ve eaten this staple for a long time, but rejecting bread because it’s ‘bad’ for you has become a modern trend. Should we be saying no to loaves and toast?
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Rice: Dietary staple, daily greeting, and nutritional villain?
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When dietitian Susie Burrell named white rice as something she’d never put in her shopping trolley, food writer Lee Tran Lam was intrigued... and a little confused. Rice is the star of so many national dishes and it feeds half the planet! "Have you eaten rice yet?” is even a greeting in many parts of Asia. So should we really be avoiding these grai…
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It can be extraordinarily confusing keeping up with what foods are ‘good’ for you. Should you actually put olive oil or salt in your coffee as recent food trends suggest? Is white rice a no go? And which seafoods are actually sustainable? In Should You Really Eat That? host Lee Tran Lam explores the cultural, social, and nutritional confusion over …
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In 1770, naturalists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander reportedly saw wild soybeans in Botany Bay. The following century, the Japanese government sent soybeans to Australia as a gift. Thanks to Chinese miners in the 1800s, tofu was most probably part of gold rush diets, but it wasn’t until just a few decades ago – with the growing vegetarian movemen…
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The tomato was dismissed as poison for 200 years in Italy, though it’s now celebrated as a staple of its cuisine. Italian migration to Australia helped make the tomato a mainstream ingredient here. Learn about the people who grow it, preserve it or cook it — whether it’s Italian Australians bottling passata in their ‘second kitchen’ (garage) in Syd…
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Australia is famous for its coffee culture, but it didn’t begin with Italian post-war migration. There was the rise of coffee palaces during the 19th century temperance movement and the influential Depression-era coffee shops run by Russian migrant Ivan Repin (who offered fresh-roasted beans when stale, day-old coffee was standard). The impact of I…
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Australian colonial history begins with beer: the Endeavour left England with 250 barrels on board. The drink reflects the changing fortunes of women, from Australia’s first female licensee to the 1960s feminist fight to allow women into public bars. Beer has always bubbled over into politics, with Reschs’ owner, Edmund Resch, thrown into a local i…
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Long before local authorities tried to ban sliced bread, Australia was home to the world’s first bakers. Grindstones, some 65,000 years old, suggest Indigenous communities have been baking for millennia and there’s an amazing effort to bring back this cultural knowledge and revive Indigenous grains. While Australia has had a fraught relationship wi…
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The history of Australia can be told in an oyster shell. For thousands of years, First Nations communities feasted on these mollusks and collected them in middens – a millennia old example of sustainability. Sydney was literally constructed from oysters. Our roads were paved with them because the shellfish was so abundant, and the crushed-up shells…
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Ever wonder how a by-product of beer gave us Vegemite, an Australian icon? Have you heard about the bakers producing pide, damper or Johnny cakes from ancient Middle Eastern or Indigenous grains? Did you know our roads and buildings used to be constructed from oysters? Or that soybeans can be transformed into plastic and cars? To find out about all…
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In memory of Kerby Craig, here's the podcast I recorded with him in 2014. I listened back to this episode after I heard about Kerby being gone and it made me re-remember all these great things from that day, so I thought I should share these stories again, in tribute to Kerby and his enthusiasm for cooking, Japanese food culture and hospitality … A…
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Billy Wong – Golden Century, XOPP
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The best dish in the world, according to chef David Chang, could be found at Golden Century – the Sydney institution that Billy Wong's family ran in Chinatown for more than three decades. There was more to Golden Century than the XO pipis, though (despite Chang's major endorsement of the dish). The restaurant's fan base included shift workers takin…
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Paul Carmichael – Momofuku Seiobo
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“I literally got here and the first two weeks, everybody quit." Despite this challenging start to becoming Momofuku Seiobo's executive chef, Paul Carmichael has since scored many awards (both Gourmet Traveller and Time Out named him Chef of the Year) and he's been called one of the world's greatest chefs by his boss, David Chang. The restaurant has…
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That's a wrap for season 1 of One Bite. Thanks to Jaimee, Vanessa, Kylie, Costa, Sinead, Gabrielle, Alice, Tammi, Jen, Amy, Liz, Jess, Lee Tran and Tyson for your time, story, knowledge and expertise. Thanks to my academic advisors Alana Mann and Michelle St Anne from the Sydney Environment Institute. Thank you for listening, following, engaging, s…
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S01 E13: Tyson Yunkaporta, author & academic
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In this episode we hear from Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. He is an academic, arts critic, and researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. Tyson carves traditional tools and weapons and works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University, Melbourne.…
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S01 E12: Lee Tran Lam, Diversity in Food Media
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In this episode we hear from Lee Tran Lam, a freelance journalist and editor of New Voices on Food. Lee Tran has written about food for various publications, including Good Food, Gourmet Traveller, SBS Food, The Sun-Herald and The Guardian. She runs The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry podcast, Diversity in Food Media and presents Local Fidelit…
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S01 E11: Councillor Jess Miller, City of Sydney
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In this episode we hear from Councillor Jess Miller from the City of Sydney (CoS). Jess has worked with a broad range of organisations to design, lead and implement change for over a decade. She was elected to Council in 2016 and is an advocate for a slow city with lots of active and public transport, character, community, sport, colour and creativ…
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S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition
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In this episode we hear from Amy Lawon and Liz Millen, founding members of Australia’s Right to Food Coalition. The Coalition started in 2014 and exists to advocate for the human right to nutritious food for all Australians. Amy is a social researcher who has focused on a number of food related issues and Liz worked for 20 years in a Sydney Health …
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THE FAT #29 LEE TRAN LAM - New Voices on Food
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The definition of LOW-KEY BOSS, Lee Tran Lam is one of the most important voices in the wonderful world of Food. Lee Tran is a food writer, critic, podcaster and commentator, and is one of our favourite people. Her latest project, "New Voices on Food" & "Diversity in Food Media" is profound, important and inspiring. BUY IT NOW! VIVA LA DIVERSITE!! …
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S01 E09: Jen Sheridan, Open Food Network
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In this episode we hear from Jen Sheridan, a Director of Open Food Network Australia (OFN). Jen worked on the Know Your Foodbowl and Foodprint Melbourne projects and currently leads a number of federally funded food system development projects in Victoria. We talk about the what OFN is, the impacts of COVID, connecting stranded produce, dignity in …
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THE FAT #28 - WE SMOKED A TOAD
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WHHHOOOOAAAAAAA MOTHERFUCKERSSSSSSS WE SMOKED THE TOAD!!!!! Widely acknowledged as the most powerful Hallucinogenic experience in the world, 5MEO DMT is the dried venom of the Sonoran Desert Toad. We sit in our semi-circle of trust and discuss our interaction with this, the most powerful of the Teacher Animals! Grazie Mr. Toad!!! (Be Careful Fucker…
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S01 E08: Tammi Jonas, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
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In this episode we hear from Tammi Jonas, an 'ethicurian' farmer of heritage-breed pigs and cattle, and president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA). Tammi is very active in the global fight for food sovereignty, advocating in numerous UN governing bodies. She is undertaking a PhD on the biodiverse and decolonising practices of agro…
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THE FAT #27 MIKE RODRIGUES - COVID & THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
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Mike Rodrigues is the Owner and Publisher of TimeOut Australia, founding member of the Nighttime Industries Alliance (NTIA). Timeout Australia were recently awarded "Publishing Company of the Year", and Mike was awarded "Publish Leader of the Year" at the mUmbrella Publish Awards. In addition to the above, Mike is our dear friend and ally in the Sy…
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S01 E07: Alice Zaslavsky, food literacy advocate
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In this episode we hear from Alice Zaslavsky, a food literacy advocate, resident Culinary Correspondent for ABC News Breakfast and ABC Radio, author of In Praise of Veg, Alice's Food A-Z, and creator of Phenomenom! We talk about food literacy and education, the cultural disconnect from food, aspirational food media, ‘othering’ of veg, how we label …
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THE FAT #26 SHANNON MARTINEZ - KICKING CANCER & COVID SQUARE IN THE CUNT
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Shannon Martinez is the owner and operator of the iconic Smith and Daughters in Fitzroy, Melbourne. She is also one of the baddest motherfuckers on Planet Earth. Whilst fighting cancer, Shannon has also been navigating a restaurant through COVID, writing a cookbook for Chemo patients, co-writing a comic and still finding the time and energy to fill…
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THE FAT # 25 DWAYNE BANNON-HARRISON
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Dwayne is a Powerful man with a Powerful story, both historic and forward looking. At once humbling and inspiring, this was a rare gift to speak with a human of such depth, clarity, passion and vision. A Yuin- Ngarrugu Descendant with connections to the Yorta-Yorta, Dja Dja Warrup, Watchabolic & Gunai language groups, Dwaynes "Bring Back The Warrio…
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S01 E06: Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Aus
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In this episode we hear from Gabrielle Chan, a journalist and author who has lived on a farm for 25 years. She began covering the NSW parliament in the 90s and moved to the Canberra press gallery in 1995. Gabrielle has worked at The Australian, ABC radio, The Daily Telegraph, in local newspapers and politics and has been a political correspondent f…
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S01 E05: Sinead Boylan, University of Sydney
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In this episode we hear from Dr Sinead Boylan, a nutritional epidemiologist and inter-disciplinary researcher at the intersection of food systems, health and the environment. Sinead is the Executive Officer for the Climate Change, Human Health and Social Impacts Node at the University of Sydney, Executive Director of the Sydney Food and Nutrition N…
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THE FAT #24 GEN FRICKER
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Gen Fricker is a stand-up comic, radio presenter, and sabotaged TV Host ( thank Jake...lol). She is also a very good friend of Mary's. Our chat is long and wide-ranging and takes some surprising turns. From the role of vulnerability in comedy to the long-lasting effects of trauma in the body, we go deep and traverse some important issues that affec…
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THE FAT #23 STRUTHLESS
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Campbell Walker aka Struthless, is an old friend, with whom we have collaborated on merch, garage doors, kids colouring books, and now a podcast! We wax lyrical about living in small town Australia, the emergence of straight-bashing slurs on Tik-Tok, the deeper meanings of Rick and Morty and what it takes to succeed in the art and media world. ENJO…
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S01 E04: Costa Georgiadis, Gardening Australia
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In this episode we hear from Costa Georgiadis, host and presenter of Gardening Australia, landscape architect, environmental educator, garden gnome and lover of the planet. We talk about pandemic gardening, complex systems, resilience, local food, education, regeneration and get philosophical about the power of gardening. You can find Costa on Inst…
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S01 E03: Kylie Newberry, Our Food System
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In this episode we hear from Kylie Newberry, a writer, speaker, advocate and founder of Our Food System. Kylie has over 15 years experience as a Public Health Nutritionist, holds a MSc in Food Policy and is part of the Brisbane Fair Food Alliance. We talk about food system resilience to shock, why food is so complex, power and influence in food sys…
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Joanna Hunkin – Gourmet Traveller
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Reporting from murder scenes and interviewing Lorde live at the Grammys – that's what Joanna Hunkin did before she became editor at Gourmet Traveller. Enduring these high-pressure situations meant she wasn't too shaken by her first year at the magazine – which has been incredibly eventful and challenging, and involved her relocating from Auckland t…
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S01 E02: Vanessa, independent supermarket
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In this episode we hear from Vanessa, a food lover, avid gardener, fellow Master of Sustainability student and employee at an independent food retailer. Vanessa is part of their graduate program working on sustainability, responsible supply chains, and product development. Her professional interest is how we can make fair, sustainable, and nutritio…
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Topher Boehm – Wildflower
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They're not obvious candidates for making beer: wattle, strawberry gum and leftover sourdough from Ester. Topher Boehm turns to flower cuttings and other NSW-only ingredients to create wild ales for Wildflower, the Sydney brewery he runs with brother-in-law Chris Allen. They've named beers after their children – including the wild-raspberry-flavour…
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S01 E01: Jaimee Edwards, Cornersmith
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In this episode we hear from Jaimee Edwards, a fabulous fermenter, food educator, author and part of Sydney food community Cornersmith. She is passionate about the politics of food and the pleasures of eating and her first cookbook, Use it All, co-authored with Alex Elliott-Howrey, is available now. We talk about the impacts of COVID from a small p…
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THE FAT #22 JESS SCULLY
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Jess Scully is the Deputy Mayor of Sydney. Not only that, but she is an author, creative director, rattler of chains, antagonizer of complacency, and a fierce and responsible intellect. Her new book "Glimpses of Utopia- Real Ideas for a Fairer World" is a radiant exploration of possible futures. She brings us hope, constant joy, and unending gratit…
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Food is connection and sustenance, it is cultural, social, ethical, political and a fundamental human right. In the Anthropocene*, food is also complex and problematic. One Bite is a new podcast series exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on food, and how we build back better by asking; what is the food system for and why? We will meet a variety of Au…
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THE FAT #21 LIL SPACELY
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From the Heart of the 2148 comes one of Australia's best rappers, writers and producers. Lil Spacely brings along his pal and producer Tasker to drink, talk and share stories that give us an insight into the beautiful mind of this generous and thoughtful human. ENJOY BEASTS!! SUBSCRIBE TO MARY'S TV HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmgS... LIL…
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THE FAT #20 JOHNNY HUNTER
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Johnny Hunter are one of Australia's most exciting bands, melding punk with a sense of occasion, intensity with drama and knock out musicality and lyricism that challenges and excites the fuck out of us! Drinking with Nick and Nick, we get into the tyranny of Uber Silent Mode, moving house, our love of the band, how they met, and what is PISSING TH…
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THE FAT #19 THE PINHEADS
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UP THE PINNIES!!! The sweetness of clouds, losing fans due to musical exploration, leaving a scene better than you found it, delivering Pizza via Train & the personal costs of performing live. A slow burn of a discussion that ends with us learning a lot about and from these deep thinking and beautiful humans. ENJOY BEASTS!!! SUBSCRIBE TO MARY'S TV …
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