Episodios
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Do we accept the creepy side of tech in order to enjoy its benefits? Bill Ottman is a technologist best known for founding the decentralized social network Minds, but you may have seen him on Joe Rogan Experience, NPR, or the NYTimes. In this episode, we discuss the privacy paradox of public outrage at government surveillance living alongside public over disclosure on social media. You’ll also hear his take on TikTok, baby monitors & his response to “I have nothing to hide.” You’ll also hear easy swaps you can make to increase your digital privacy without spiraling into techno paranoia.
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 109: BEING SMART WITH PHONES: NO TIN FOIL HATS
Guest: https://www.minds.com/ottman/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/billottman/ | https://networks.minds.com/ | https://www.fishtank.live/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Who’s talking about men’s mental health? In this episode, four guests join me – Russ Jones, an ADHD mentor, Paul Roberts, a blue-collar business owner, Ali Mattu, a clinical psychologist & Jon Patrick Hatcher, a nonfiction humor writer. We discuss how men talk to each other about mental health behind closed doors, the mistakes women are unknowingly making when they try to help, the problem with strength-based identity, the medicine of community, neurodiversities & emotional dysregulation parties.
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 166: MALE ANXIETY: STIGMA, STRATEGIES & ROGAINE
Guests: Jon Patrick Hatcher https://anxietyforamateurs.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonpatrickhatcher/ | Russ Jones HTTPS://www.adhdbigbrother.com/podcast | https://adhdbigbrother.circle.so| Ali Mattu https://www.braverwithanxiety.com/start/ | https://www.youtube.com/@drali | Paul Roberts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bass-and-brews-fishing-podcast/id1562959432 | https://www.instagram.com/paulheels/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Dr. Barbara Cohen is psychotherapist, certified ADHD Coach, international ADHD researcher, and fellow ADDer. In this episode, you’ll hear why adult ADHD is often misdiagnosed, the #1 question you should be asking to a mental health counselor if you think you have ADHD, some practical tips for work & even how ADHD might be sabotaging your sex life.
This episode is a combination of episodes originally airing on June 1, 2020 & March 21, 2021.
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 197: ADHD REAL TALK: EPIC FAILS & EASY HACKS
Guest: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/dr.barbara.a.cohen/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-beyond-adhd/id1229338780 | https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingbeyondadhd/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. In this episode, he shares why studying NDE’s is time well spent, how historical NDEs differed from the religious texts of the time, consciousness as a cosmic circuit, Non-linear reality & reincarnation.
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 224: ARE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES SCIENCE? [REMASTERED]
Guest: https://www.gregoryshushan.com/ | https://x.com/GregoryShushan | https://www.instagram.com/gregoryshushan/ | https://www.facebook.com/GLShushan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-shushan/ | https://a.co/d/iGZZ9yf
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Mike Feldstein worked in the natural disaster restoration sector, witnessing firsthand the impact of polluted air on people’s health. Later he went on to found Jaspr, a health company that makes commercial-grade air scrubbers. In this episode, you’ll hear the danger in your dentist office, what sick building syndrome is & what the Manhattan project has to do with HEPA.
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 109: BEING SMART WITH PHONES: NO TIN FOIL HATS
Guest: https://www.instagram.com/mike.feldstein/ | https://www.instagram.com/jasprco/ | https://www.facebook.com/JasprCo | jaspr.co/curious use code CURIOUS for $400 during May 2025 & $200 off after that
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Dr. Loretta Breuning was unconvinced by prevailing theories on human motivation & after researching the animal origins of our brain chemicals, wrote the book Habits of a Happy Brain. Here she shares why we find ourselves saying, “I shouldn’t be so unhappy! I have everything I need” or doing late-night shopping at the expense of your savings account, drinking more than we said we would, or going back into that bad relationship. She breaks down each brain chemical in plain language, philosophical vs physical happiness, & why our expectation of constant happiness can be a source of chronic distress.
This episode originally aired November 21, 2022.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 58: DEPRESSION OR SADNESS? HOW TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
Guest: https://innermammalinstitute.org/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorettabreuning/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happy-brain/id1377502232 | https://www.instagram.com/inner.mammal.inst/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Nichol R Bradford is the Chairman & co-founder of The Transformative Tech Lab, where she specializes as a futurist focusing on human-centered AI adoption. We not only discussed theoretical scenarios of human betterment due to AI, but practical AI tools that are available now that could make the internet safer & more supportive for your kids as well as what your personal AI agent could be like, how AI could make a huge dent in mental health dilemmas & improve our work experiences.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 168: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: AI, SMART CITIES & DATA NESTING DOLLS
Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholbradford/ | https://x.com/Nichol_Bradford | https://www.nicholbradford.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/nicholbradford/ | https://www.facebook.com/nicholbradford
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Michael Glawson, PhD, is a philosopher of science and technology with a background in theology. He’s also the host of the podcast Anomalous Review & the UAP Studies Podcast. In this video, we cover the public’s love affair with cryptids, why new information is unlikely to smash our world view, ancient aliens, data vs entertainment & how the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies collects data.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 276: ARE ALIENS HUMAN FROM THE FUTURE? [REMASTERED]
Guest: https://www.explorescu.org/podcast | https://www.instagram.com/michaelglawson/ | [email protected] | https://www.facebook.com/michaelglawson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmglawson/ | https://x.com/MichaelGlawson
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Trish St John is the founder of Sensual Solutions in Vancouver, Canada, an intimate care service for adults with disabilities. With everyone trying to be more sex-positive, we ask the question, why then is it so uncomfortable to think about someone with a spinal cord injury having sex? In this episode, she shares how she went from HR executive to sex surrogacy agency owner, why we prefer people with disabilities to be asexual, how her service works & how it’s legal.
This episode originally aired October 24, 2022.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 156: SHOULD SEX BE SAVED FOR MARRIAGE?
Guest: https://www.facebook.com/intimacycoaches | http://www.sensualsolutions.ca/ | https://twitter.com/SolutionSensual
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Rollin McCraty, PhD is Psychophysiologist & Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute where his primary areas of focus are the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, health, & global interconnectivity between people & Earth’s energetic systems. His research has appeared in journals including the American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology & Stress Medicine and Biological Psychology.
In this episode, you’ll hear the critical difference between heart rate & heart rate variability, the frequency connection between earth & earthlings, how to measure your personal field environment & how heart coherence is steroids for your intuition.
Guest: https://store.heartmath.org/inner-balance-coherence-plus.html Coupon Code TOP1 | https://www.heartmath.org/ | https://www.heartmath.com/addheartpodcast/ | https://www.instagram.com/heartmath/ | https://www.instagram.com/rollin_mccraty/ | https://www.facebook.com/HeartMathInstitute/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-of-heartmath/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Matt Lane is a certified personal trainer, behavioral change specialist and practicing registered nurse who gained 50lbs ON PURPOSE, so he could experiment on himself to see IF it was possible to lose weight by only eating fast food for 60 days.
In this episode, you’ll hear the emotional impact of his weight gain, the fallacy of portion control, food as a cultural cornerstone & what it was like eating only fast food for every meal for 60 days.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 251: FOOD ADDICTION: CHARACTER FLAW OR REAL DEPENDENCE [REMASTERED]
Guest: www.getfitonfastfood.com | https://www.youtube.com/@MattLaneFitness | https://www.instagram.com/mattlanefitness| https://www.facebook.com/mattlanefitness/ | https://x.com/mattlanefitness
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Dr. Stephanie Sarkis is a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience specializing in ADHD, anxiety, & narcissistic abuse. She’s a contributor to Forbes & Psychology Today & the Author of Healing from Toxic Relationships: 10 Essential Steps to Recover from Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Emotional Abuse. In this episode, you’ll hear the reason there isn’t a lot of research on narcissists, bad brain wiring vs trauma response, narcissism vs self-care & how to prevent narcissistic behavior within ourselves.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 260: IS AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM OVERRATED? COWBOYS & THE PRISON OF PRIVACY
Guest: https://stephaniesarkis.com/ | https://x.com/stephaniesarkis | https://www.facebook.com/StephanieSarkisPhD | https://www.youtube.com/stephaniesarkis | https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesarkis/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka is a Professor of religious history at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her research focuses on religion and technology, but it was her research about purgatory specifically that lead her to UFO culture, a journey she documents in her book, American Cosmic. Here she helps us understand the connection between tech, religion & aliens, explains why you might think about something & then see it show up in your life & why some Christians get offended at the idea of interplanetary life.
This episode originally aired August 15, 2022.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 203: Ep. 276: ARE ALIENS HUMANS FROM THE FUTURE? [REMASTERED]
Guest: https://dwpasulka.com/ | https://x.com/dwpasulka | https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-heath-pasulka-512003205/ | https://www.instagram.com/dwpasulka/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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The world of family influencers is one we all know, but what are the impacts of on the children of these influencers when they come of age? Erin Quinn Kong is a longtime magazine editor, having worked at Allure & UsWeekly. Her most current endeavor led her to merging real influencer allegations into a fictional novel called Hate Follow about a teenage daughter of a family influencer who sues her mother.
In this episode, you’ll hear the recent legislation that allows kids of family influencers to sue their parents (& the legal loopholes that could lead to more problems), how parasocial relationships can impact social skills & the evolving repercussions of everyday people posting kid content.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 203: Ep. 203 IS POSTING KID PICS ONLINE A BAD IDEA (COLLECTIVE SHRUG)?
Guest: https://www.instagram.com/erinquinnkongwrites/ | https://bookshop.org/p/books/hate-follow-erin-quinn-kong/21020447 | https://x.com/ErinQuinnKong | https://www.erinquinnkong.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-quinn-kong-2a317b5/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/
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Lopaka Kapanui is a native Hawaiian who was adopted by a non-Hawaiian family & raised Catholic. When he was 7, he died during a medical procedure & his near-death experience left him with some unusual gifts & an open door to connecting back to his culture. He now celebrates over 25 years of owning & operating Hawaii’s only locally-owned ghost tour company, Mysteries of Hawaii. In this episode, he shares the tie between mediumship & Hawaiian culture, his personal journey back to his roots & some ghost stories he’s personally experienced.
This episode originally aired October 31, 2022.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 206: IS THE MEXICAN BORDER HAUNTED? [REMASTERED]
Guest: https://www.instagram.com/mysteriesofhawaii/ | https://www.facebook.com/MysteriesofHonolulu/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopaka-kapanui-50357715/ | https://www.mysteries-of-hawaii.com/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn are the directors of Another Body, a documentary highlighting an engineering student's experience becoming a victim of nonconsensual intimate imagery or what most call deepfake porn.
The documentary walks through how a young engineering student became a victim of image based sexual abuse and in this conversation you’ll hear, how this can be legal, the origin of deep fake AI, who the perpetrators are & what motivates them & who to talk to young people about the risks.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 205: NEUROTECH: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT OR MIND CONTROL?
Guest: https://myimagemychoice.org/ | https://tinyurl.com/4zk8er27 Block MrDeepFakes | https://x.com/myimagemychoice?lang=en | https://www.instagram.com/sophietaracompton/?hl=en | https://www.instagram.com/urghreub/?hl=en | https://www.instagram.com/anotherbody.film/?hl=en | https://www.instagram.com/myimagemychoice/?hl=en | https://www.instagram.com/willa.willa.willa/?hl=en | https://www.instagram.com/utopiamovies/?hl=en
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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Dr. Sarah Kerr is the founder of The Centre for Sacred Death Care & has been a practicing death doula since 2012. In this episode, she shares conversational onramps to death conversations (including kids), the difference between death the moment & death the process, how to find death rituals that feel authentic & what a death doula does.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 267: GRIEVING DURING THE HOLIDAYS: SNEAKY SYMPTOMS & FINDING JOY [REMASTERED]
Guest: https://www.instagram.com/sacreddeathcare/ | https://www.youtube.com/@SacredDeathcare | https://www.facebook.com/SacredDeathcare/ | https://sacreddeathcare.com/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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Ep. 277 Divorce Revolution: Living with Your Ex (& his new wife) [REMASTERED]
Living together while divorced sounds crazy, but it’s the story of Suzanne Vickberg, PhD, an author & psychologist who chose a divorce by design rather than a divorce by default. She shares her thought process & divorce success story to answer the questions, can divorce be a good thing? When is divorce the best option? She also shares the hilarious hiccups along the way.
This episode originally aired February 28, 2022
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 73 THE IMPACT OF ADHD ON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.
Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannevickberg/ | https://www.facebook.com/divorcebydesignthebook | https://www.instagram.com/suzannevickberg/ | https://www.divorcexdesign.com/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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Dr. Michael P Masters is a professor of biological anthropology at Montana Tech University. Part of his research draws on anthropology, astronomy, physics & astrobiology to investigate UFO phenomenon, specifically the premise that aliens may be our human descendants, returning from the future to visit & study their own hominin evolutionary past. We discuss why thinking about this is more than just entertainment, the possibility that UFOs could be time machines, free will vs feel will, ancient alien theory & why time travel *isn’t* like back to the future.
This episode originally aired August 21, 2023
If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 148 with Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka: ARE TECHNOLOGY, RELIGION & UFOS CONNECTED?
Guest: https://www.instagram.com/morphotime/ | https://www.facebook.com/idflyobj/ | https://www.amazon.com/Identified-Flying-Objects-Multidisciplinary-Scientific/dp/1733634061 | https://idflyobj.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michael-p-masters-3694857/
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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Paul Ollinger was one of Facebook’s first 250 employees. At age 42, he walked out with a pocket full of cash in what most would consider an ideal situation, but what he found instead left him wondering what’s next while he explored the relationship between money, happiness, work, and meaning.
In this episode, we discuss how wealth changes us, leaves us the same and why it even matters for the average middle class American as we explore the question.If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 162: WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? ANCIENT BRAINS & MODERN EMOTIONS
Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger/ | https://www.paulollinger.com/ | https://www.paulollinger.com/podcast | https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ | https://www.facebook.com/pmo | https://x.com/Paul_ollinger
Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert
Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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