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Stigma, suspicion and a lack of support. That’s the view on why only 10% of sexual assaults are reported in Australia. As a result, sexual assault victims are grossly under-represented and do not receive the social or judicial validation that they deserve. While systemic reform is slow-moving, With You We Can is fighting for victims now, by empowering victims to fight for each other. If we create understanding around our criminal justice system, we change outcomes for victims everywhere. Sarah Rosenberg is the Executive Director of With You We Can, a national platform demystifying the police and legal processes for victims of sexual violence while working to improve them. Her advocacy centres on the need for independent legal representation for victims. Sarah fosters collaboration among advocates, experts and services and consults on various government and sector initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.
Sarah is a member of the National Women's Safety Alliance, the Independent Collective of Survivors, the Polished Man: Polished Innovators Advisory Committee and the Australian Law Reform Commission's Expert Advisory Group for the Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence.
Sarah's work has been recognised with an Edna Ryan award and 7News Community Achievement award and a Westpac Social Change Fellowship.
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Wendy Sachs
Director
It’s a timely and tragic day to feature the Director of the October 8 film with the devastating murder of two young innocents
Last night, a couple was shot and killed in Washington, DC by a man who was screaming, "Free Palestine."
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were leaving a peace-building event at the Capital Jewish Museum and were about to get engaged.
OCTOBER 8 offers a look at the explosion of antisemitism on college campuses, social media and in the streets of America beginning the day after the October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas. It now seems sadly prophetic.
Through meticulous investigation, the film also uncovers how over decades, Hamas created sophisticated networks in America to permeate U.S. institutions and examines the tsunami of online antisemitism, propaganda, and disinformation unleashed by Iran, China and Russia – with the sole purpose of dividing American society.
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Kat Stewart
Actor
Kat Stewart has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most outstanding actors. Renowned for her exceptional performances across a diverse range of unforgettable characters on both stage and screen, Kat has played leading roles on productions including Five Bedrooms Offspring and Underbelly
One Night, Black Snow (series 2), Mr and Mrs Murder, Tangle (Series 1-3), Newstopia (Series 1-3), Supernova (Series 1-2)and the original Underbelly. Her many guest credits include Get Krack’n, Orange is the New Brown, No Activity, True Story with Hamish and Andy and Jack Irish. Film credits include Little Monsters, West of Sunshine, Sucker and My Melbourne.
Her work on stage includes Melbourne Theatre Company’s Admissions, Heisenberg, Disgraced, The Speechmaker, Frost Nixon and Festen. She was an active member at Red Stitch Actors Theatre for ten years with credits including Creditors, The Little Dog Laughed, The Shape of Things, Bug, Dirty Butterfly and Loyal Women. Kat’s historic return to the company in 2023 to play Martha in the highly acclaimed sell-out season of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? led to a further successful commercial season at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in 2024 and an upcoming remount for the Sydney Theatre Company for their 2025 season at the Roslyn Packer Theatre.
Among many nominations, Kat received an AACTA Award for Offspring and both an AFI and Logie for Most Outstanding Actress in Underbelly.
She is a proud Ambassador for The Magical Getaway Foundation (MGF) and Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF).
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At 3am on Sunday 23 March, police were notified of the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman last seen in Erina on the NSW Central Coast.
The next day in the afternoon, police found the body of Audrey Griffin in a creek in Erina.
At the time, police said the death was not suspicious.
But yesterday a 53-year-old man was arrested in Surry Hills, Sydney, and charged with murder in relation to the woman's death.
Anti-violence activist Sherele Moody is an award-winning journalist, femicide and child death researcher and the creator of Australia's only memorial to women and children lost to violence. Her projects include Australian Femicide Watch, The RED HEART Campaign and the ground-breaking Australian Femicide and Child Death Map. Sherele has been documenting the killing of women and children since 2015 and her work has been recognised with multiple awards.
Another week another woman murdered.
Her mission is to educate and advocate - Welcome to The RED HEART Campaign’s Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence.
This Memorial is designed to commemorate lives lost while providing a respectful interactive forum highlighting the impact of violence on our community.
It tracks every known Australian woman and child killed as a result of murder, manslaughter or neglect.
This is an ongoing project, with no start or end date. The intention is to continue documenting violent deaths from white Settlement to current day.
I respectfully advise that the Memorial contains descriptions of extreme acts of terrorism against women and children and may cause distress.
The Memorial also holds the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children lost to violence and (in limited cases) some of these victims are named and their images are used.
This project is inspired by the memories of nine-year-old Stacey-Ann Tracy and five-year-old Sandra Dorothy Bacon. It is a tribute to their young lives, their unfulfilled futures and the bravery of their families and friends who were forced to navigate the distress and darkness that only those touched by murder can understand.
This project is also a pledge to every Australian woman and child lost to violence – our nation cannot change your stories, but collectively, we can change the stories of those who follow in your footsteps.
After violence, hope is all that remains.
This podcast includes material that some listeners may find distressing.
If you need surport at any time contact any of the services listed.
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As the much loved footy Season looms with the excitement of packed stadiums team scarves and hot meat pies it’s the players the teams that thrill us the most !So we’re excited to welcome a major footy legend to the Pod winning countless awards includingthe Brownlow Medal, Norm Smith Medal, Carji Greeves Medal and Leigh Matthews Trophy ·
An exceptionally skilled footballer, now director of football at Carlton Diesel Greg Williams - Greg would later become one of the highest-paid player in the AFL.
However, as a child in suburban Melbourne, any future sporting career looked impossible. At two-and-a-half years old, Williams' parents, Brenda and Leigh, sought medical opinion on his severely knocked knees. As a result, he wore full-length callipers on both legs until he started school.
The intervention worked, and it was only a short time before he began showing significant sporting promise. His football prowess came to the fore when the family moved to Bendigo, and he developed his game with the Golden Square Football Club. As part of the VFL's country zoning scheme, Bendigo belonged to Carlton, and after training with the club in the pre-season of 1982, he returned home with an official letter stating that h
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David Southwick is the Member for Caulfield in Victoria. David has held several Parliamentary Positions.
In April 2013, David was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Police and Emergency Services. In December 2014, David was appointed into the Shadow Ministry as the Shadow Minister for Innovation, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources and Shadow Minister for Renewables.
In November 2018, David was appointed as Shadow Minister for Police, Shadow Minister forCommunity Safety and Shadow Minister for Corrections.In September 2021, David was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria and wasappointed as the Shadow Minister for Jobs and Employment, Shadow Minister for the Events Industry, Shadow Minister for Business Recovery, Shadow Minister for CBD Recovery, Shadow Minister for Small Business, and Shadow Minister for Business Precincts.
In the State election held in November 2022, David was re-elected for another 4-year term as the Member for Caulfield. His Party’s colleagues also re-elected him as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.David is currently Shadow Minister for Police and Corrections, Shadow Minister for Youth and Future Leaders and Shadow Minister for Youth Justice.
David has an extensive background in innovation, entrepreneurship, and small business. He also spent several years in academia, including serving as RMIT’s first Entrepreneur in Residence and as Head of the Executive Education Unit at Victoria University.
David continues in his commitment to young people and various local charities. As the Member for Caulfield, David has supported local initiatives including a charity fundraising run at Caulfield Racecourse. As the inaugural Chair of the Social Inclusion Leadership Committee (SILC) he seeks to promote the inclusion of people with disability in employment and community life in Victoria. In recognition of his work assisting local youth, David was awarded the City of Stonnington’s Citizen of the Year in 2009.David holds a Bachelor of Business from Victoria University. In 1991 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his service on the Victoria University Council.
In his spare time David enjoys keeping fit, following the St Kilda Saints and spending time with family.
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Maggie Zhou is a Melbourne-based writer, editor, slow fashion advocate and the co-host of the Culture Club podcast.
She's written for publications such as The Guardian, ABC, The Age, Frankie, The Big Issue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, and has been interviewed by the BBC, ABC, Nylon, The Project and Teen Vogue.
She's previously held positions at Fashion Journal and Refinery29 and is currently Broadsheet's fashion editor-at-large.
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World Literacy Summit 2025 Over 150 Sessions with over 200 speakers from 80 different countries.This year's conference will take place from April 7-9th at Oxford University.
Monday’s program will be held in the Sheldonian Theatre with Keynote speakers in the Morning including: Dr Molly Ness Literacy Advocate “When There Are No Bedtime Stories: Obstacles to Children's Literacy Development”Janhvi M. Kanoria Director of EAA Foundation's Innovation Development Education Above All QatarHenry Warren Co-founder of TOTS and Caterpiller CaptionsThe Power of Subtitles: An Educational Journey with Big AmbitionsMichael Crawford Lead Education Specialist, GEDDR The World BankReading in Crisis: A look at Early Grade Literacy in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesFireside chat with the Education Ministers of Qatar, Her Excellency Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater and Philippines Education Secretary Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Manalang AngaraJosh Clark Landmark Schools USA United States United Kingdom The Intersection of AI & LD: Implications and Opportunities for Dyslexia in an AI-Infused WorldSonali Nag Professor of Psychology and Education University of Oxford Supporting Oral Language for Literacy Development: Nuances and ApplicationsSheriff Christopher R. Swanson Founder & Presenter Major Jason Gould Genesee County Sheriff’s Office I.G.N.I.T.E.® FROM INCARCERATION TO EDUCATION “The 21st Century’s Answer to a Global Crisis.”Empowering the Future: How Non-Profits and Businesses Unite to Drive Global LiteracyJonathan Douglas Chief Executive Officer National Literacy Trust (UK) KPMG (UK) Discussant - TBD Mark Vineis Chief Executive Officer ProLiteracy Worldwide (USA) Denine Torr Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy Dollar General (USA)Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/
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Third Wave Volunteers are now in full deployment, with volunteer firefighters in Los Angeles battling the fires and our local volunteers doing what they can to assist. This will all unfold over the following months.
Third Wave Volunteers have been disaster responders for the past 24 years and were founded at the Sept 11th, 2001 attacks in NYC by Dr. Alison Thompson.A brave Australian Dr Allison Thompson joins me from the frontlines in LA where her team is assisting the ravaged communities with food water clothing medicines and support in any way they can.
They have grown to over 30,000 first responder volunteers running large refugee camps, field hospitals, and natural disasters worldwide for the past 24 years (including the Syrian, Afghan, Venezuelan, and Ukraine refugee crises.)
They have worked for the past 4 months in the North Carolina disaster with long-term ongoing work, as well as in Ukraine, and building water wells in the Nth Colombia desert for the Wayuu tribes.
Now they are in the heart of California and Dr Allison joins us for a deep dive podcast with updates insights and an overview of what they're doing and what they need so stay tune @thirdwavevolunteers
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Author Ella Ward
What does the world feel like when it’s ending for you, and no one else? What does life feel like when you are running away from it? This is a story that begins in a way you expect and ends very far from there. It is a story of creaking English hallways and vast Australian skies. Of hands that feel like warm sandpaper. Cicadas that sing so loudly they drown out the grief. Of white wine and an old piano and children who want their parents back from the dead. It is a magical tale of travel and mystery. And a very human tale of sex and loss and seawater and the primal joy of coming home. This is The Cicada House.
She has worked in advertising for many years. This means she has a proclivity for profanity and needs help with punctuation. Her words have been published in places like Frankie, Marie Claire and The Sydney Morning Herald. Her memoir, 27 Letters to My Daughter, was published in Australia in 2022 and the US in 2023. Ella lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, child, pets and neuroses. The Cicada House is her first novel.
A Melbourne girl who moved to London and came home with a penchant for pork pies, Percy Pigs and a husband. In 2018 she was hit with the cancer stick, which apart from being rather frightening also encouraged a foray into oversharing on insta.
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Maggie Alderson is the author of ten novels and four collections of her columns fromGood Weekendmagazine. Her children’s book Evangeline, the Wish Keeper’s Helper was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Before becoming a full-time author she worked as a journalist and columnist in the UK and Australia, editing several magazines, including Mode and British ELLE. She writes a Substack called Style Notes and is on Instagram at @maggialderson. She is married and has one daughter.
Would You Rather, the new novel from bestselling author Maggie Alderson. It’s a heart-warming story about second chances and starting over and a great summer read.
Food stylist Sophie Crommelin has a beautiful life. Now that their two boys are grown up, she and her husband, Matt – an acclaimed artist – are leaving London for a new start on England’s fashionably boho south coast. But the day after the house is sold, a series of shocks leaves Sophie reeling – and suddenly she’s heading off to Hastings on her own.
Beau Crommelin has always been very much his father’s son. Charming, beautiful and creative, he gets on with everyone and is building a name as a jewellery designer. But after Matt’s sudden death, Beau finds himself on the wrong end of a scandal and everything he thought he knew about himself is called into question.
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Andy Kay
In his role as CEO of the World Literacy Foundation, Andy spearheads a powerful literacy organisation - he has the wonderful opportunity to meet likeminded amazing people and organizations around the world.
With more than 750 million people globally struggling with literacy this is an epidemic
It affects all aspects social health educational parts of their lives.
Sometimes, l wear different hats. One of those highlights over the past 20 years was running with the Olympic torch when my home country was the host. Sydney 2000.
Pictured is much younger and more native person who was early in his journey in a leadership role.
Today, our world is so much different. The numbers of children without basic foundational literacy skills is greater yet the passion still remains deep to serve others and deliver successful outcomes.
We discuss the literacy revolution and the exciting world Literacy Summit in Oxford London in April next year
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Collette Dinnigan 🌺
Her style is one of simple yet sophisticated
beauty. Bellissima: An Australian–Italian
Affair takes you into Collette’s world of
beauty – interiors, gardens, food, friends,
curiosities, art and travel – in Italy and
Australia. It shows us Collette’s remarkable
eye for detail, vignettes, texture and colour.
She shares her design inspiration and
reveals stunning photos never before
published of her homes in Bowral and
Darling Point, along with a Rome apartment
and holiday house in Puglia.
Collette and
her photographer, Earl Carter, travelled the
length of Italy, from Naples to Turin, to
capture the essence of what inspires
Collette that she then brings home to
Australia, the ‘great Southern light’
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Collette not only takes us into her own
private worlds but also those of her friends
such as Mimi Thorisson in Turin, Neil Perry
in Sydney, and Louise Olsen and Luke
Sciberras in country NSW, where they
share their recipes and art.
This is a book of inspiration and delight, a
joyous journey of creativity with one of
Australia’s foremost fashion designers. Full
of glorious imagery, it is a must-have book
for those who love travel and interiors.
BELLISSIMA: AN AUSTRALIAN– ITALIAN AFFAIR
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THE POWER OF TWO
LISA MESSENGER & SARAH MEGGINSON
A life-changing story of friendship, surrogacy and true connection
Fourteen years of friendship. Eight years of ‘trying’. Eighteen rounds of IVF
and now, one beautiful baby boy. The Power of Two is a remarkable true story
that shows how together, we can do more than we ever thought possible.
Lisa and Sarah’s journey begins with a working relationship and transforms
with a life-changing act of love and friendship, but this book is about so much
more – a powerful ode to community, resilience, and the power summoned
when we support each other.
From the outside, Lisa Messenger was the consummate success story, a highly
respected publishing professional, a shooting star in the entrepreneurial
space. But privately, Lisa was struggling with the one thing she could not
achieve through hard work and a positive attitude. She had almost given up
on having a child, when her dear friend, Sarah Megginson, came to her with
an extraordinary offer.
A deeply personal exploration of grief, hope and rebirth, this book is
proof that together we are stronger, more resilient and infinitely more
powerful. This is the power of two.
The essence of your relationship is huge trust .. how hard was it to trust each other and the process …
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Janice BREEN Burns
Janice Breen Burns is a highly respected fashion journalist, editor and features writer of more than 30 years experience in metro daily newspapers and more recently, digital media.
Voxfrock.com.au is her digital blogzine based on the variety of content and style of newspaper fashion pages.
Renowned for her industry knowledge and witty, realistic insights into the role of fashion in everyday life. She is a frequent contributor to workshops and seminars, industry panels, radio and television reports relevant to fashion and its culture.
She is listed annually from the inaugural issue of “Who’s Who of Australian Women”, was admitted to the Stonnington Fashion Hall of Fame in 2011.
She has also judged the Victoria Racing Club’s Fashions on the Field series during the Melbourne Cup Carnival since 1982.
So we’re thrilled to have her join us on the pod to talk all things fashion after a stunning sun soaked Melbourne cup with Oaks Day tomorrow the ladies are getting ready to launch …
In 2013 she was appointed to the board of the Melbourne Fashion Festival, a not-for-profit event that attracts more than 350,00 fans every year.
So welcome back Janice thrilled to have you join me again on the WhatIveLearntPodcast podcast .. for a fashion check up ! Noting it’s the US election today which feels rather dystopian let’s hone in on our premium local fashion fare here in downtown Melbourne
From Heiress Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Australian designer Rebecca Vallance to .. Elizabeth and Damien Hurley to dapper Sir Bob Geldof and Singer Ronan Keating there was a vast array of who’s who .. from here and abroad .. why do they love us so much ?
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Nikki Gemmell
An explosive, contemporary literary thriller from international bestselling author Nikki Gemmell -
Wing is Lord of the Flies meets Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Promising Young Woman.
Students from an elite girls' school go on a camping trip into the Australian bush. Four of them - a girl gang, a group of best friends dubbed 'The Cins' by the teachers - become separated from the main group. A male teacher volunteers to look for them.
None of the five come back.
Nikki has done it again enthralled us with her storytelling capturing the essence of the female lense
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Ben Shewry
Chef Ben Shewry strives for truth in life and perfection in his new memoir, Uses for Obsession.
This year marks 19 years for Ben Shewry’s Ripponlea fine-diner Attica, a restaurant whose legacy was built on imagination and creative fearlessness. It also marks the release of his second book, a memoir aptly titled Uses for Obsession. “Ultimately,” says Shewry, “this book is about using imagination and creativity to solve problems”.
Uses for Obsession is Shewry’s second book. Despite containing three recipes for Bolognese ( love) and the 10 commandments that make for a good one, Shewry insists it isn’t really about food. “It’s also about the search for the meaning in everything,” he says. “Really this book is not just about food; it is about an acute dislike of bullshit.”
I come from a long line of storytellers, and in my childhood, the way we communicated was through stories. It was how we coped with the difficult things that were happening, how we brought light and humour to those moments, the way we connected. Sharing ridiculous situations and turning them into humour was a source of entertainment for our extended family. To bring to life a story is to feel that you are not alone.
I was also motivated to write a book that defied the tough-guy energy that is unfortunately still so often associated with chefs – okay, male chefs – at the top of their game.
The pitch to the publisher was… My incredible publisher Murdoch Books pitched to me. They visited and asked me what I’d like to write about, and I said, “Well, definitely not a cookbook, and it could be this or that”. I then went and wrote something totally different to what was discussed, which I think is appropriate when writing a book; writers should go where the process takes them, but this requires a high level of trust from a publisher. I feel fortunate to have the immense support of a group of people who totally believed in my ability to deliver something meaningful to them, to an audience of readers, and audiobook listeners. (By the way, I narrated my book, which was really important to me and a total thrill.) The main thing I learnt writing it was that having courage and telling the truth is the most important thing an author can do. Truth is what writing deserves, nothing less. WithUses for Obsession, I have tried to honour that truth. That requires a writer to go down rabbit holes, and to sit with deep discomfort for extended periods of time to reflect upon their actions, and of the things happening around them. Even more so when an author has been critical of power structures and systems, in the ways that I have. To write an honest book requires a level of fearlessness, owning your own culpability, and an ability to see the world as a bigger place than something that just serves any one individual’s needs.
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Anthony “Kouta” Koutoufides is a former award winning AFL player and a Carlton Football Club legend, playing over 270 games for the club. Anthony was often referred to as the ‘Prototype of the Modern Footballer’ as he was notably athletic and versatile, allowing him to play almost every position throughout his career.
Koutoufides – who insisted he was independent and not in any way aligned with the Liberal Party – said he was committed to bringing Melbourne “back alive”.
“Where are the people? People don’t come in. It’s too hard. It’s not enticing,” he said.
He said he was also familiar with adversity. In his footy career, he underwent a 10-day “torture camp” at which he cried nearly every day.
“I had to endure quite a bit, but if you have that goal and love for it, you push through,” he said.
One of Koutoufides’ primary policies is to take on the work-from-home culture and force CBD-based employees back into the office at least four days a week.
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Michael Klim is an entrepreneur and head of the Klim Foundation best known for being and awesome guitar strumming and pumping Olympic swimming gold medallist.
In July 2022, Klim revealed that he had been diagnosed with the auto-immune disorder which affected his legs and feet and left him struggling to walk unassisted. Based in Bali the journey has been tough but there seems some light
With the release of his new Memoir Klim the 47-year-old discusses his struggles as an elite athlete with a debilitating autoimmune illness and how writing his memoir is part of his healing .. a moving and inspiring story he also
Talks about his adventurous grandmother from the Communist bloc in Poland, the woman who taught him how to swim and how he met and has now united with his current partner Michelle Owen on a mission to find a cure and help others tackle the disease
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It takes courage to stand up and that is what Eylon Levy has done since Oct 7
As the cultural wars rage across media platforms he has used his skills intelligence and even humour to tell the world about the siege that has engulfed Israel but the global Jewish community
He is a former Israeli Government Spokesman, who became one of the most prominent voices for Israel in the October 7 War with Hamas. He previously served as the international media advisor President Isaac Herzog after a career as a TV news anchor. Born and raised in the UK, he studied at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge before making Aliyah and serving in the IDF. He is now the host of the State of a Nation podcast.
Welcome to Australia Eylon I see you are embracing this big beautiful community and welcome to the WhatIveLearntPodcast
Grateful as this is an intense time for us all
The devastating news about hostage including the young Hersh Polin Goldberg has rocked the global Jewish community I interviewed Rachel his brave beautiful mother she was extraordinary !
How do we process that young people went to a music festival and were murdered?
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Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/
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