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The Boba Guys: Andrew Chau and Bin Chen Bubble Tea Entrepreneurs Bridging Cultures for 11 Years Ep 288

Felicia Lin — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:05:39 +0000

Early last year I spoke with Boba Guys co-founders Andrew Chau and Bin Chen. At the time Andrew had just gotten back from visiting Taiwan and other parts of Asia, so it was interesting to hear his observations. Andrew and Bin shared so many great nuggets.

We talked about how they got started with a pop-up shop while working fulltime and how they continued to so even after they opened their first few stores Other topics covered include how Boba Guys weathered the pandemic, Andrew and Bin’s book called The Boba Book, and how they see boba as a way to bridge cultures.

What has Boba Guys been up to since we spoke? Lots of interesting collabs with other brands, and the release of a loyalty program called “Passport” which gamifies the experience through loot boxes instead of linearly earning points to redeem for a drink.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How Andrew and Bin first met when they both worked at Timbuktu
How they decided to start a bubble tea business
Andrew’s recent trip to Taiwan and the other Taiwanese Americans he met up with while there
Andrew’s thoughts on Taiwan’s bubble tea scene
How they started with a pop-up shop
How they have not taken any VC (venture capital) money
The social costs and risks of being an entrepreneur
How other Taiwanese American entrepreneurs like Steve Chen and Kevin Lin mentored them
How Andrew does advising for the small business council and testified in Washington D.C. on behalf of small businesses
How they were working on Boba Guys Japan when the pandemic hit
How Boba Guys dealt with the pandemic
The biggest challenges they’ve experienced
The third wave of boba
The meaning of the word boba and how Andrew’s mom reacted to the name Boba Guys
How Boba Guys name their drinks
Their book, The Boba Book and how they choose their co-author Richard Parks
What happened when they went to Taiwan and tried to determine which tea shop invented bubble tea
The Boba Guys’ merchandise and aardvark mascot
The Boba Home Kit and how they created a boba kit that was on Williams Sonoma
How they teach people how to make boba online
How they have mentored other entrepreneurs

Abigail Hing Wen: NY Times Best-Selling Author Launches her New YA Book “Loveboat Forever” Ep 261

Felicia Lin — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:16:53 +0000

Abigail Hing Wen was recently in New York for the launch of her latest YA book Loveboat Forever, the third book in her Loveboat trilogy. We caught up with her at her book launch and she stopped by our podcast studio for a quick visit.

If you’re a long-time listener of Talking Taiwan you may remember when we interviewed Abigail (who’d just become a New York Times bestselling author) about her first YA novel of this series, Loveboat Taipei in episode 67.

Here’s the video of our recent interview with Abigail, when she stopped by our Talking Taiwan studio in NYC.

We’ll be having Abigail back on Talking Taiwan at a later date for a more in-depth interview.

Love in Taipei: Our Interview with Award Winning Film Director Arvin Chen Ep 252

Felicia Lin — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:56 +0000

My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is the film director Arvin Chen. He just directed Love in Taipei, the film adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen’s bestselling YA novel Loveboat, Taipei.

If you’re a long-time listener of Talking Taiwan you may remember when I interviewed Abigail about her bestselling YA novel. That success was preceded by 12 years of writing and over 20 drafts of the novel. It was also in that episode that she announced that Loveboat, Taipei was going to be made into a film.

I remember watching her journey afterward on social media as the film was being shot in Taiwan during COVID. Arvin directed the film version of the book Love in Taipei and I had a chance to speak to him recently about the film.

Some of you may be familiar with some of Arvin’s other films, Au Revoir Taipei, Will You Love Me Tomorrow? and Mama Boy.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The iconic scenes of Taipei that are captured in the film, Love in Taipei
What it was like shooting at the Grand Hotel because Arvin got married there
Some of Arvin’s favorite scenes from Love in Taipei
The challenges of shooting huge crowd scenes
Arvin’s favorite types of scenes to shoot
What it was like shooting in Taiwan during COVID
How the casting was an open call and what that process was like
How Arvin usually writes and directs his films, but Love in Taipei was adapted from the YA novel Loveboat Taipei and Arvin was not involved with the screen adaptation
Arvin’s directing approach to Love in Taipei
How to capture the essence of the Loveboat experience
The Loveboat program and what it is
Parallels between Arvin’s experience of going back to Taiwan in his 20s and that of the characters of the film Love in Taipei
What has changed and stayed the same about Taipei since Arvin went there to live and work in 2001
How Taiwanese food has been softly exported around the world
The music that was selected for Love in Taipei
The Mandarin Chinese language version of the Whitney Houston song, How Will I Know
The role of or choreography in Love in Taipei
How Ashley Liao had to learn modern dance moves in a matter of weeks for her role as Ever Wong
If anything unexpected happened during the filming of Love in Taipei
What Arvin likes about the romantic comedy genre
What it was like to co-write the script for Arvin’s latest film Mama Boy
Changes in the Taiwanese film industry over the last 20 years
How Taiwan has a thriving film industry because of commercial filmmaking and local film crews with technical know how to work on an American movie
How Arvin’s films could be someone’s introduction to Taiwan or a Taiwanese movie
Films that introduced Taiwan to Arvin and that Arvin would recommend people watch
A more recent Taiwanese film that Arvin would recommend
How working with film director Edward Yang influenced Arvin
How Arvin’s directing style differs from Edward Yang’s
What it is about Taipei that inspires Arvin
What Arvin has been working on and what we can expect from him in the future
What Arvin hopes that audiences come away with after watching Love in Taipei

Ed Lin: Our Interview LIVE at Passport to Taiwan Ep 242

Felicia Lin — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:43:14 +0000

Author Ed Lin stopped by to chat with me in the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan. This is the first of several live interviews we recorded at our outdoor on-location podcasting booth. We touched upon a broad range of topics, many that we’ve covered here in the past on Talking Taiwan. In fact, this gives us a good excuse to share some of our past episodes in the related links section for this episode on our website. On the other hand, my conversation with Ed brought up a few good ideas for future topics and guests that we should have on Talking Taiwan.

As Ed and I were talking, you’ll hear us talking to some of the people who walked by and stopped by to say hello, among them were of some of our supporters, mutual friends and a previous Talking Taiwan guest another Lin, Peter Lin who’s band the Asian American Jazz Collective performed at Passport to Taiwan that day. That’s the thing about Passport to Taiwan, when you’re there you never know who you’ll run into. We were also thrilled to meet and talk to some of our listeners who stopped by our booth.

For those of you in New York City, you can catch Ed Lin performing in Short Stack 2 at the Ma-Yi Theatre from June 15-18. We’ll include a link to purchase tickets online on the Talking Taiwan website.

CORRECTION: The restaurant that Ed refers to in the interview as 688 is actually the 886 Restaurant. The film that Ed mentions as Taipei Au Revoir is Au Revoir Taipei.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association.

NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:

to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women’s dignity,
to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
to fully develop women’s potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
to reach out and work with women’s organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.

To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

What Ed’s been working on lately
How Ed will be performing in Short Stack 2 at the Ma-Yi Theater from June 15-18 to benefit Heart of Dinner, a community organization aiding and feeding working-class AAPI seniors throughout the city
Ed will be speaking at the TANG (Taiwanese American Next Generation)/TAC (Taiwanese American Conference), which will be at West Chester University from July 1-4
Taiwanese soft power and how it compares to that of other island nations like Ireland or Jamaica’s
People who will be stopping by to be interviewed in the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan
The upcoming movie adaptation of the novel Loveboat Taipei
Things to do in the first 24 hours upon arriving in Taiwan
Ximending Red House in Taipei
The bells of Kaohsiung Harbor public art project (Echo Across the Harbor)
The band Chthonic and how their song Supreme Pain for the Tyrant makes reference to Peter Huang, who tried to assassinate Chiang
How activist Yuri Kochiyama encouraged Ed when he was a student at Columbia University working on bringing Asian studies to the campus
How the Taiwanese and Taiwanese diaspora are becoming more outspoken and proud of their identity
How the Famous Porkchop House on Doyers Street in New York City’s Chinatown was renamed Taiwan’s Porkchop House
Cannabis use in Taiwan

Tim Chng Documents the Overseas Taiwan Independence Movement on Wikipedia Ep 159

Felicia Lin — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:00:34 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Tim Chng is one of the founders of ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association), and we’ve known each other since those college days. He is currently documenting the overseas Taiwan Independence Movement on Wikipedia.

I thought I’d invite him on to Talking Taiwan to talk about some of the media attention that Taiwan’s been getting lately, and the project he’s started to document the contributions of WUFI (World United Formosans for Independence) and overseas Taiwanese to the fight for Taiwan’s freedom and democracy.

After a non-Taiwanese friend of mine texted me asking about who Enes Kanter was and why he was speaking up about Taiwan, I realized that it would be a good idea to do an episode about this and other celebrities who have shed light on Taiwan- for good and bad.

Enes Kanter, a basketball player for the NBA’s Boston Celtics, has called for boycotting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and caused quite a stir by tweeting and speaking out about Taiwan being a free and democratic country, and not a part of China. Twitter was all abuzz over this.

I had seen Tim weighing in on the Twitter discussion about Enes, so I thought it would be fun to invite him on to Talking Taiwan to share his thoughts on all of this.

I knew that we’d have an interesting conversation. We talked about Enes, John Oliver, John Cena and even Peng Shuai, the Chinese women’s tennis player whose safety and whereabouts have been in question ever since her post on a Chinese social media platform (Weibo) about being sexually assaulted by a retired Chinese Communist party leader was deleted.

Tim also talked about what motivated him to start documenting the Taiwan independence movement on Wikipedia, and how in a broader sense it is about recognizing the role of Taiwan’s diaspora in the fight for Taiwan’s freedom and democracy during the White Terror era.

If you’re interested in helping Tim with this project you can do so simply by creating a login on Wikipedia, which as Tim said is really quite easy to do, and you can start editing and adding to the Wikipedia pages about WUFI or the Taiwan independence movement.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The background of Enes Kanter NBA’s Celtics team, has spoken up for Taiwan
How Enes Kanter and his family has been blacklisted by the Turkish government
How Enes’ father went to prison for speaking up against Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Taiwan’s blacklist
Comparing the struggles and conflict that the Uyghers, and people of Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan’s have with China
Badiucao, the artist who created the art and designs for Enes Kanter’s sneakers that called for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Stand With Taiwan sneakers
The perception that Taiwan’s democracy was a direct result of Chiang Ching-kuo lifting martial law in Taiwan
How the father (Dr. Kang-lu Wang) of one of ITASA’s founders (Alvin Wang) was assassinated by the Kuomintang (KMT)
What led Tim to start his project to document the Taiwan independence movement, especially the resistance movement amongst overseas Taiwanese
How the resistance movement of overseas Taiwanese in the 1950s-1980s is not taught in history books and hasn’t been well documented
Documenting WUFI (World United Formosans for Independence) on Wikipedia
How difficult it was to get media coverage on Taiwan in the 1950s-1980s
How New Bloom was contacted and consulted by John Oliver’s team for his segment about Taiwan
How Taiwan needs allies and support as it stands up to China
What is problematic about what Enes Kanter is saying about China
Tsai Ing-wen’s public statement thanking Enes Kanter for his support
Whether or not the U.S. really cares about Taiwan’s self-determination or freedom
The KMT’s network of overseas student spies during the martial law era
How organizers of the first ITASA conference at Yale University received an anonymous intimidating letter
How no one from Yale University was able to attend the Love Boat program in the year following the Yale ITASA conference
How Tim and his family were blacklisted and not allowed to return to Taiwan
What inspired many WUFI members and overseas Taiwan independence activists to stand up for Taiwan and to attempt to free Taiwan from authoritarian rule
How Peter Huang who attempted to assassinate Chiang Ching-kuo was a WUFI member
How many overseas Taiwanese students were inspired by the Cuban revolution
How within WUFI there were members who were KMT spies
The founding of WUFI in 1971 and how it united organizations in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Canada
How WUFI members were responsible much of the U.S. media coverage on Taiwan
The Taiwanese American Association of America (TAA), the grassroots arm of WUFI
Fundraising efforts for the Taiwanese political drama Island Nation 2
What motivated Chiang Ching-kuo to lift martial law in Taiwan
Tim’s criticism of John Oliver’s segment on Taiwan
John Oliver’s criticism of John Cena, the pro wrestler and actor who apologized to China after calling Taiwan a country
What happened to Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and what may have motivated her to speak about how she was sexually assaulted by Zhang Gaoli, a former high-ranking government official and member of the Chinese Communist Party
The support that Peng Shuai has gotten from other professional tennis players
The Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) reaction to Peng Shuai’s statement about being sexually assaulted and her subsequent disappearance
The pressure by the WTA and countries like Finland to cancel on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Myanmar and the Free Burma movement
China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Lithuania’s support of Taiwan
Tim’s call for others to help contribute his Wikipedia project documenting the contributions of overseas Taiwanese (from all over the globe) to Taiwan’s democratization and independence movement
WUFI’s 2021 paper calendar commemorating WUFI’s 50^thanniversary
How Professor Chen Wen-chen was part of the WUFI network
The Taiwan History Facebook group
The importance of documenting the stories of Taiwan’s diaspora who fought for Taiwan’s freedom and democracy

Dr. Michi Fu Straddles Between Living in Taiwan and the U.S. Ep 118

Felicia Lin — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:58:23 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Dr. Michi Fu is a professor, psychologist, writer, public speaker and experience creator. She spoke with me about how her mother’s decision to retire in Taiwan led her to decide to take a one-year sabbatical in Taiwan and to apply for Taiwan citizenship- which proved to be an arduous process but well worth it in the end. It has allowed her to more easily travel and straddle between living in the U.S. and Taiwan. As she’s spent more time residing in Taiwan, she’s faced challenges adulting in Taiwan due to limited language and cultural proficiency. We spoke in depth about how she’s dealt with all this by learning to let go of cultural norms and expectations, and found ways to build a community for herself in Taiwan.

While in Taiwan she’s connected with expat communities like the Black lives Matter and Burning Man Taiwan communities, participated in a bilingual version of the Vagina Monologues, and she’s also been invited to participate in the 228 Transitional Justice Project. I found that to be a timely topic of conversation indeed, with the 74^th anniversary of the 228 Incident having just passed.

Also referred to as The 228 Massacre, or The 228 Uprising, 228 is February 28, 1947, the date that the arrest of a cigarette seller in Taipei sparked protests over the corruption and repression of the ruling Kuomintang party at the time. What followed were the disappearance and execution of thousands by the Kuomintang. Some say up to 20 thousand were murdered. It led to the declaration of martial law and it was the beginning of the reign of White Terror in Taiwan that lasted for decades.

CORRECTION: At the 45-minute mark of Michi’s interview when she stated that she had arrived on holiday for her dissertation, she had arrived during the Dragon Boat Holiday for her sabbatical not her dissertation.

Photo above of Dr. Michi Fu is courtesy of Tobie Openshaw

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Michi’s upbringing and where she grew up
Michi’s connection to Taiwan
The study tour that Michi has co-organized with Dr. Tsuann Kuo (Founder of NATWA II)
How Michi’s perception of Taiwan has changed over time
How she’s met expats who have made Taiwan their home and out be interested in applying for citizenship in Taiwan
The reason why Michi decided to apply for citizenship and residency in Taiwan, and to split her time between the U.S. and Taiwan
What’s involved in the process to apply for citizenship and residency in Taiwan if you have a Taiwan birthright (i.e. parents born in Taiwan, and have residency and citizenship in Taiwan)
What the Yo yo card is and how to use it
Residency status that children of Taiwanese nationals can apply for to stay longer than a passport visa
The number of days required to stay in Taiwan in order to able to apply for citizenship
Michi’s sense of Taiwanese and Taiwanese American identity
Michi’s participation in the 228 Transitional Justice Project
The challenges of learning a language later in life
How Michi sometimes feels like a Third Culture Kid
How Michi has learned from cultural misunderstandings
How Michi has connected with and made friends through the expat community in Taiwan
What Michi misses about the U.S. when she’s in Taiwan
What Michi misses about Taiwan when she’s in the U.S.
What advice Michi has for those considering applying for Taiwan residency and citizenship
What advice Michi has for those considering spending more of the calendar year living in Taiwan
The different cultural expectations of Taiwan and the U.S.
The challenges of adulting in Taiwan with limited language and cultural proficiency
The wage gap for certain professions in Taiwan vs. the U.S.
The things Michi considers in deciding to live in Taiwan full-time
How Michi built her own sense of community by connecting with the expat community and Facebook groups

Auntie Sewing Squad Combats Covid-19 One Mask at a Time Ep 75

Felicia Lin — Sun, 17 May 2020 17:38:08 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

What a fun, spirited conversation I had with my guests Valerie Soe and Kristina Wong! We could certainly use more conversations like this in this post-COVID-19 world. We talked about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a sewing circle formed during the global Coronavirus pandemic, that has taken on making masks first for frontline medical and essential workers, and now for vulnerable marginalized communities, who have no financial means to purchase masks.

My guests are Valerie Soe, an Asian American Studies Professor and Film maker, and Kristina Wong, a performance artist. comedian, writer and elected representative.

Valerie has been on Talking Taiwan previously to talk about her documentary film Love Boat: Taiwan and she recently made a microdocumentary, “Sewing in the Time of Coronavirus,” which incidentally, is how I learned about the Auntie Sewing Squad.

Kristina, is the force behind the Auntie Sewing Squad. She recently streamed a live performance, “Kristina Wong Sweatshop Overlord” over Zoom and YouTube. It’s her latest work born out of the current COVID-19 lockdown, about how she went from volunteer sewist to a “sweatshop” overlord in ten days.

Listen in and enjoy our conversation!

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The mission/purpose of the Auntie Sewing Squad
Why Kristina was initially reluctant to wear a mask herself when the pandemic first hit Los Angeles
How the Auntie Sewing Squad grew from a dozen members to over 600
Writing Auntie Rebecca Solnit’s piece for The Guardian which mentions the Auntie Sewing Squad
“Aunties” located in states other than California
What funds donated to the Auntie Sewing Squad (via Kristina) used for
The unfortunate acronym that represents to the Auntie Sewing Squad
What “Auntie Care” is
Does Kristina plan on making the Auntie Sewing Squad into a non-profit organization
The microdocumentary film that Valerie made for A-Doc (Asian American Documentary Network)
How Kristina helped an LA hospital fix broken N95 masks that were given to them by the Federal government
Stories about the amazing dedication of the sewing aunties
How you can support the Auntie Sewing Squad even if you don’t sew
How much longer the Auntie Sewing Squad will continue sewing masks
Kristina’s connection to the “Love Boat program”
Kristina and Valerie’s advice for how to deal with lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic

Love Boat Taipei: An Interview with Best Selling Author Abigail Hing Wen Ep 67

Felicia Lin — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:44:04 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Earlier this year I went to Books of Wonder (in New York City’s Upper Westside) to attend a book launch event for Loveboat, Taipei. There I heard the book’s author, Abigail Hing Wen speak frankly and openly about her 12-year writing career and journey leading up to getting her first book Loveboat, Taipei published. All too often when we hear of success stories like hers, what gets lost is what it took to get there. I was really impressed by her story of persistence and tenacity.

After getting her first book rejected, writing five novels along the way, she wrote four versions and 26 drafts of Loveboat, Taipei, before deciding to make Ever Wong the main character. In her interview with me she was just as candid- talking about all of the hard work behind honing her craft of writing and how Loveboat, Taipei, a story about the rebellion of youth in a safe environment actually brought her closer to her parents.

The latest exciting news is that ACE Entertainment (the producers of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series) has optioned the film rights to Loveboat, Taipei.

If you’d like to learn more about the Love Boat language study program, be sure to listen to our previous episode, episode 66 which is about Love Boat: Taiwan, Ep 66 Interview with Valerie Soe a documentary film made about the Love Boat program.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How Loveboat, Taipei has benefited from the growing interest in diverse characters and storylines
The Love Boat study program experience
When Loveboat, Taipei hit the New York Times bestseller’s list
Abigail ‘s decision to step off the path to becoming a law professor and to try writing
The first book Abigail tried to get published, but was ultimately rejected
Abigail ‘s decision to enter an MFA in writing program
How Abigail persisted for over ten years after her first novel was rejected and wrote five novels before Loveboat, Taipei got published
How she wrote Loveboat, Taipei from four different perspectives before deciding to write it from the perspective of Ever Wong
The process of shopping around a book to get it published
How Loveboat, Taipei has been optioned for a film by ACE entertainment
What Abigail hopes that people will learn from the story of Loveboat, Taipei
The announcement that Loveboat, Taipei has been optioned for a movie by ACE Entertainment, the producers of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series
How important it is for writers to have critique partners
Her role as a Senior Director of Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Abigail’s future book projects
What advice Abigail has for people who want to write a book
The feedback that Loveboat, Taipei has received
How Loveboat, Taipei has brought Abigail closer to her parents

Love Boat Taiwan: Interview with Asian American Studies Professor and Filmmaker Valerie Soe Ep 66

Felicia Lin — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 03:07:00 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

For many overseas born Chinese and Taiwanese, the Love Boat Taiwan language culture study program was quite the cultural phenomenon and rite of passage. We are dedicating two episodes of Talking Taiwan to the topic. The first will feature Asian American Studies professor and filmmaker Valerie Soe who’s made a documentary film called Love Boat: Taiwan. Learn more about the Love Boat program, the lasting impact on its participants- college and high school-aged individuals away from home for 6 weeks in Taiwan. It was the quintessential summer camp experience.

What’s interesting to me is that the Love Boat program, which was started and run by the Chinese Nationalist government (aka the Kuomintang) set out to aggrandize the Republic of China (which at one time claimed to rule all of China), but instead, what it seems to have done is to solidify the difference between Taiwan and China in the minds of Love Boat participants.

In the next episode of Talking Taiwan, I’ll be speaking with New York Times Bestselling author, Abigail Hing Wen, a Love Boat alum herself about her debut young adult novel, Loveboat, Taipei.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

What the Love Boat program is
How the Love Boat got its nickname
How the program evolved over time
The lasting relationships and Love Boat alumni connections
Selection of the Love Boat program counselors
Escape routes that Love Boat program attendees used to sneak out at night
The Baby Boat or Tugboat program
Typical rites of passage for the Love Boat participants
Why Valerie had to stop working on the documentary for a year
How to raise money for an independent documentary film
What advice Valerie has for documentary filmmakers
What Valerie would like people to take away from her film
The influential alumni of the Love Boat program

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The Boba Guys: Andrew Chau and Bin Chen Bubble Tea Entrepreneurs Bridging Cultures for 11 Years Ep 288

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