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We are obsessed with the presidency at American POTUS. We believe that the 46 imperfect patriots who have held our nation’s highest office all have something to offer today’s electorate – a perspective that appropriately grounds today’s political conversations in truth and context. To help us reveal the many layers of each administration, we’ll be joined by the nation’s most influential historians, scholars and experts who have studied every facet of the presidents and the presidency. Not only will we cover the crucial decisions that changed the world but also the humor, hobbies and quirks that give us a captivating sense of each American POTUS.
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American POTUS - TR and the Birth of Presidential Primaries with Geoffrey Cowan
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Sep 14, 2025 |
American POTUS - A Half Naked George Washington! Featuring Ronald Shafer
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Aug 30, 2025 |
American POTUS - Inside the George W. Bush Presidency with Barbara Perry and Russell Riley
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Jul 31, 2025 |
American POTUS - The Life and Legacy of James Garfield featuring C.W. Goodyear
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Jul 19, 2025 |
American POTUS - Thinking Like James Madison featuring Jack Rakove
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Jul 14, 2025 |
American POTUS - Bush, Reagan, and When Things Went Right with Amb. Chase Untermeyer
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Jun 14, 2025 |
American POTUS - Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore featuring Michael Cohen
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May 30, 2025 |
American POTUS - James K. Polk and the Transformation of America featuring Walter Borneman
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May 16, 2025 |
American POTUS - Gerald R. Ford: An Ordinary Man, A Historic Presidency with Richard Norton Smith
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Apr 26, 2025 |
American POTUS - Leadership Lessons from the Presidents: How the Best Did It featuring Talmage Boston
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Apr 03, 2025 |
American POTUS - Warren Harding, the Jazz Age President featuring Ryan Walters
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Mar 23, 2025 |
American POTUS - Ronald Reagan: The Man and His Legend featuring Max Boot
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Mar 15, 2025 |
American POTUS - Lincoln, Religious Nationalists, and the Civil War featuring Richard Carwardine
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Feb 22, 2025 |
American POTUS - Hitting the Links with the Presidents featuring Alexandra Kitty
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Feb 08, 2025 |
American POTUS - How Ike Led with Susan Eisenhower
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Feb 02, 2025 |
American POTUS - Hal Wert - A Tale of Two Herbert Hoovers
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Jan 25, 2025 |
American POTUS - Richard Toye - A Conversation with Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, and Ed Murrow
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Jan 15, 2025 |
American POTUS - The Life and Legacy of Andrew Jackson with Dr. Dan Feller
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Dec 14, 2024 |
American POTUS - Remembering John Adams with Marianne Holdzkom
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Dec 08, 2024 |
American POTUS - Theodore Roosevelt After the White House with Patricia O'Toole
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Oct 19, 2024 |
American POTUS Woodrow Wilson The Moralist with Patricia O'Toole
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Sep 07, 2024 |
American POTUS - Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency - Mark Updegrove
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Aug 30, 2024 |
American POTUS - Awakening the Spirit of American: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh and the Battle to Save Democracy - Paul Sparrow
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Aug 03, 2024 |
American POTUS Remember the First Ladies with Diana Carlin, Anita McBride and Nancy Kegan Smith
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Jul 26, 2024 |
American POTUS - Hal Wert: Hoover vs. Roosevelt
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May 31, 2024 |
Presidents from Abe Lincoln to Silent Cal
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May 10, 2024 |
Truman and the Atomic Bomb
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Jefferson's European Adventure
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Feb 05, 2024 |
Long Shot POTUS Candidate Abraham Lincoln
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Jan 09, 2024 |
POTUS 1 and Westward Expansion
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Nov 30, 2023 |
The 1st Female Presidential Advisors
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Oct 18, 2023 |
POTUS 26: TR and His Political Best Friend
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Sep 14, 2023 |
POTUS 20 - The Unfulfilled Presidency
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Aug 21, 2023 |
POTUS 3's BIG, BOLD Real Estate Deal
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Honest Abe's Death-Defying Trip to D.C.
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Jun 14, 2023 |
JFK - Debatable, Complex, Scandalous
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May 15, 2023 |
The Accidental War-Time POTUS
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Apr 17, 2023 |
Ronald Reagan's Starring Role
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Mar 15, 2023 |
The New Cold War
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Feb 22, 2023 |
Marine One - Lifting the POTUS
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Feb 17, 2023 |
The POTUS So Nice We Elected Him Twice!
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Dec 12, 2022 |
The First 15: Setting Precedence for The POTUS
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Nov 29, 2022 |
The Break-In that Brought-Down a Presidency
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Oct 10, 2022 |
POTUS 29 - A Return to Normalcy
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Sep 26, 2022 |
Presidential Afterlives
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Sep 13, 2022 |
POTUS 39 - The Overachiever
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Sep 05, 2022 |
POTUS 37: Making Sense of a Complicated President
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Aug 22, 2022 |
The battle of the POTUS's over WW1
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Aug 08, 2022 |
POTUS 43's Successful Strategy Shift
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Jul 22, 2022 |
American FLOTUS Preview - Mary Todd Lincoln
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Jul 12, 2022 |
The Supreme Court - An Inside Perspective
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Jun 28, 2022 |
POTUS 22 & 24's Secret Surgery at Sea
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Jun 22, 2022 |
The Power & Influence of Drinking with a POTUS
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Jun 06, 2022 |
The Scheming POTUS from Kinderhook
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May 23, 2022 |
The Evolution of a Young JFK
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May 08, 2022 |
D.C. POTUS Site Tour
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Apr 25, 2022 |
POTUS Party Spot - Gadsby's Tavern
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Lincoln's Private Getaway
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Apr 11, 2022 |
The Ultimate Presidential Library
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Apr 04, 2022 |
The National Mall - Honoring The POTUS!
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Mount Vernon Part 3: Washington's Library
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Mount Vernon Part 1: Washington's Legacy
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Mar 09, 2022 |
Mount Vernon Part 2: Mansion Tour
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Mar 09, 2022 |
TR: The Rough Riding POTUS
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Feb 28, 2022 |
The Personal & Presidential struggles of Andrew Johnson
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Feb 21, 2022 |
POTUS 43: A Fresh Look at W
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Feb 14, 2022 |
POTUS 3: The Founding Father who Founded a University
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Feb 06, 2022 |
POTUS 14: Handsome & Heartbroken
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Jan 31, 2022 |
Ike: Substance over Style
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Jan 24, 2022 |
POTUS 1: Saving the Nation by Hitting the Road
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Jan 11, 2022 |
Our Constitution: The POTUS Rule Book
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Jan 04, 2022 |
POTUS 4: The First, First Couple of American Politics
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Dec 28, 2021 |
POTUS 27 - Chief Executive & Chief Justice
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Dec 22, 2021 |
The Grandfather/Grandson POTUS Legacy
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Dec 13, 2021 |
POTUS Parties at 1600
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Nov 18, 2021 |
Presidential History of Thanksgiving
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Nov 09, 2021 |
POTUS 44 Forges a New Path to The Presidency
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Nov 01, 2021 |
Part 2 - The Indispensable Characters of Our Revolution
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Oct 25, 2021 |
Part 1 - The Indispensable Characters of Our Revolution
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Oct 25, 2021 |
POTUS 5 - The Challenge of Global Frenemies
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Oct 17, 2021 |
POTUS 1 Saves the Nation…for a 2nd time
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Oct 11, 2021 |
Pals to The POTUS: Unelected & Persuasive
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Oct 04, 2021 |
Lincoln: His Private Notes to Himself
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Sep 26, 2021 |
HBD to American POTUS!
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Sep 19, 2021 |
Grandpa Truman - The Plain Spoken POTUS
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Sep 13, 2021 |
POTUS Protection: The Men & Women of The Secret Service
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Sep 06, 2021 |
POTUS 5 - The Last Founding Father President
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Aug 30, 2021 |
POTUS18: The 1st Person History of U.S. Grant
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Aug 23, 2021 |
POTUS #2 - Crotchety, Stubborn...and Brilliant
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Aug 16, 2021 |
POTUS 25: Beyond our Borders
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Aug 09, 2021 |
The 1st VicePOTUS to become POTUS
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Aug 02, 2021 |
POTUS 38, The Healer-in-Chief
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Jul 25, 2021 |
The 232 year evolution of The Presidency
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Jul 19, 2021 |
The Post-Presidential Service of POTUS 41
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Jul 12, 2021 |
The POTUS & The Prime Minister
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Jul 05, 2021 |
6 Presidents who failed to stop Civil War
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Jun 28, 2021 |
The Post-POTUS Political Life of JQ Adams
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Jun 21, 2021 |
Taylor, Fillmore & The Disappearance of The Whigs
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Jun 14, 2021 |
The 31 Day Presidency of William Harrison
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Jun 07, 2021 |
White House Infighting - A Long Scrappy History
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May 31, 2021 |
The 3-POTUS Energy Crises of the 70's
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May 24, 2021 |
Ike & Dick - The Mentor & The Mentee
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May 17, 2021 |
Woodrow Wilson: A Provocative Plan for Peace
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May 10, 2021 |
John Marshall: The Chief Justice that helped create the Presidency
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May 03, 2021 |
James Buchanan: Qualified but Vilified
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Apr 26, 2021 |
James Garfield: The what-might-have-been Presidency
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Apr 19, 2021 |
Chester Arthur: The Dirty Politician with the Honest Presidency
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Apr 12, 2021 |
FDR's Final Days: Exhausted but Determined
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Apr 05, 2021 |
Truman's Big Win: Overconfidence vs. Confidence
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Mar 29, 2021 |
Nixon: From Rock Bottom to Resounding Respect
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Mar 22, 2021 |
Theodore Roosevelt's Commitment to Conservation
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Mar 15, 2021 |
The Chief Instigator of 4 Chief Executives
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Mar 08, 2021 |
Reagan: The Political Power of a Washington Outsider
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Mar 02, 2021 |
Rutherford Hayes: Victory by 1 Electoral Vote
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Feb 23, 2021 |
POTUS History: How to Make it Fun & Accurate for Kids
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Feb 15, 2021 |
Clinton: The New Generation of Politics
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Feb 10, 2021 |
We Like Ike: The General who kept us out of war
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Feb 01, 2021 |
Carter: The Complicated POTUS from Plains
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Jan 25, 2021 |
Adams & Jefferson: The Mutual Respect of Political Enemies
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Jan 18, 2021 |
FDR: Inspirational Rise to The White House
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Jan 11, 2021 |
Review & Preview: The Best of our 1st Term + our 2nd Term Plans
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Dec 28, 2020 |
Young JFK: The Man Before the Presidency
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Presidential Authors: 1st Person History
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Dec 14, 2020 |
First Ladies: Supporting Their Causes & Their Country
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Dec 07, 2020 |
POTUS 16: The Character & Leadership of Abraham Lincoln
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Nov 29, 2020 |
POTUS 1: Washington & The Men/Women Who Created the Presidency
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Nov 23, 2020 |
POTUS 30: Calvin Coolidge: The Last True Conservative?
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Nov 17, 2020 |
POTUS 11: James Polk: The Unfairly Forgotten POTUS That Changed the Nation
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Nov 11, 2020 |
James Baker: Presidential Power Broker
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Oct 13, 2020 |
POTUS 40: Ronald Reagan - A personal experience with the great communicator
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Sep 29, 2020 |
POTUS 41: George HW Bush - The responsibility to serve
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Sep 29, 2020 |
POTUS 7: Andrew Jackson - The conflicting perception of Old Hickory - Pt. 1
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Sep 29, 2020 |
POTUS 7: Andrew Jackson - The conflicting perception of Old Hickory - Pt. 2
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Sep 29, 2020 |
POTUS 36: Lyndon Johnson - A Texas sized politician
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Sep 29, 2020 |
American POTUS - Season 1 Teaser
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Jul 02, 2020 |