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“Do I want to be right? Or do I want to be happy?”
This is a quote from one of my favorite authors; Richard Carlson, from the book Shortcut through Therapy: Ten Principles of Growth-Oriented, Contented Living
Letting Go
This very idea of 'being right' pops up many time throughout my life. Most people believe they possess an astute sense of self-awareness. Eventually, we uncover our need to be understood, but do we really?
Is being understood necessary to be happy?
Letting go of being wrong or tricking the brain by pretending may feel like a huge weight being released from the body. If we have to be right or understood all the time — that alone puts pressure on us to keep defending our stance. The invisible stress bubble enlarges to a point of being uncomfortable. None of us like to be corrected. We want everyone to understand where we are coming from and see our perspective. Unfortunately, we will fail if that is the goal we are trying to achieve. Stop correcting and let go. You have to decide what is more important.
- Keeping your ego filled...
- Seeing other people in your life happy...
Start listening and trying to understand their point of view.
I’m not saying for others to be right ALL the time, but what I am saying is how about letting them be right considerably more...
I’m reminded by the “Behavior Doctor” Dr. Laura Riffel speaking on student behaviors. She told the story of her son wanting to always be right, and his ability to debate aggressively at the age of three. He is now a district attorney so he found his calling. With her husband’s help they came upon the phrase “probably so” anytime they were in a debate with their son. They would try and argue their point and never win regardless of the topic. So, they decided to start saying 'probably so' to the argument. This stopped the future attorney in his tracks and there wasn’t anything to say to that four syllable phrase.
So, next time you are in a debate or argument try adding the phrase “probably so” to the conversation as an experiment to see what happens, you might be pleasantly surprised.
How about a simple action plan this week.
Think of a family member, friend, coworker, student, or even an acquaintance that you might have overstepped or argued with and...
Try any one or all 3 Things:
- Write a handwritten thank you note to say how you appreciate them being in your life or a positive comment
- Text them the same note
- Next time you see this person tell them how much you appreciate them in your life
This is just a simple way of letting them know you care, and maybe next argument or debate you will stop yourself and say “probably so…”
Our word of the week is:
Unfeigned
Adjective
genuine; or sincere.
All eyes in the classroom immediately sparked with unfeigned interest.
Try using it this week in conversation.
Happy Monday!
Katie Grams is a NEW TEACHER in her first year! She teaches at Olympic High School in North Carolina. She teaches AP Environmental Science and Biology. She is honest and real in this episode from a real new teacher!
In the episode:
- Katie's favorite failure
- How preparation is KEY
- Tips & Tools for new teachers
- The resource she endorses and loves
Quote of the Week:
"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin
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In the episode:
1. Background
2. Personality Type
3. Tips and Tools for New Teachers & Students Teachers
Quote of the Week:
“Next to love, balance is the most important thing.” John Wooden
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In the episode:
1. Susan Barber's background and her first years as an educator
2. Favorite Failure
3. Advice to New Teachers and Student Teachers
4. What's she loves about education
5. What she wishes would change about education
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All of her amazing work can be found at susangbarber.com; APlithelp;
and Edutopia
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In this episode, I speak with the Teresa Danks aka "The Panhandling Teacher. Teresa has been featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, and even the Harry Connick Jr. Show. Like many teachers in this nation, Teresa was fed up with the lack of respect towards teachers in this state and instead of waiting for someone else to step up she started voicing here concerns — first with panhandling for classroom supplies and then creating a petition after another teacher pay increase in Oklahoma failed on the Senate floor.
We discuss Teresa's journey up until this point, the fear that teachers need to relinquish, and some action steps and advice to those teachers listening.
Show Notes
- Introduction of Teresa
- Panhandling for the Classroom
- Raising $40,000 for teachers
- After the failure of Step-Up
- Petition for Walkout
- Non-Profit Begging for Education
- Action Steps Today
- Call up another teacher, parent, or Oklahoma citizen
- Make some signs
- Go on a busy corner and hold up the signs
Quotes from the episode
“A teacher like you is why I'm alive today." Unknown
"You would not believe how hard it is to give away money in education." Teresa Danks Roark
"We have nothing else to lose but have everything to gain and we are worth it." Teresa Danks Roark
"Fears are educated into us, and can if we wish, be educated out."Karl Augustus Menninger
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Teacher Tunnel Podcast #37
In this episode, we speak with two West Virginia teachers that made a big impact in their county and state. Catherine Pizzino and Greg Phillips speak about the beginning and end of the West Virginia teacher strike plus give advice to those Oklahoma teachers currently in limbo.
Show Notes
- The beginning of the walkout
- Informational Pickets
- The Washington Post contacts Cathy
- Get ALL State employees on your side
- Greg and the stress of the walkout
- Why we need Unions
- Get a Megaphone
- Get Creative with signs and chants
"Our worst enemy was ourselves." Greg Phillips
- What can teachers do now?
"When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Teacher Tunnel Podcast has taken a bit of a break since our last episode, and was planning on pushing out the new season of the podcast later in the month, but due to the current situation in Oklahoma I thought it would be a great time to talk with the leaders of a few movements happening in this great state.
In the episode, we discuss the Oklahoma Walkout and the impact it will have on our state, we discuss student walkouts and what to do if your son, daughter or student is fired up to invoke change and take a stand, and where this state is headed if something doesn’t get fixed.
Oklahoma Teacher United
Larry Cagle
Topics discussed on the show
- Background as an Educator and the Oklahoma Teachers United
- Differences between Florida and Oklahoma schools
- Edison Preparatory High School
- Teacher turnover rate in Oklahoma
- The coffee shop meeting that sparked a movement
- Sick-Out to Protest
- Student Protesting
- Starting of the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout - The Time is Now
- The plan put forth to Oklahoma Legislators
- Is the plan set forth unrealistic?
- The OEA - Oklahoma Education Association
- Student Walkouts and Parent Permission
"They will not bend; we will have to break them..." Larry Cagle
- Putting on a concert as a benefit for Oklahoma Education
- #metoo question
- Charter Schools & Public Schools
- Magnet Private Schools
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Joe Ferraro is getting 1% One Percent Better every day and he's hoping to help you get better with him. Joe's podcast, 1% One Percent Better is helping one individual at a time develop an arsenal of information to get better with every listen. Joe is in his 18th year and he teaches English and Public Speaking to seniors as well as the Head Varsity Baseball Coach.
In this episode we discuss
- Joe being hired at Manhattanville College as the youngest head coach in NCAA history at age 21
- The Alumni Classroom he started last year
- Favorite books and Podcasts,
- and his 1% Percent Better Podcast
Show Notes
- Bullet Point Background (Joe's Background)
- It's all about the names
- College Baseball Head Coach at Twenty-One
- September 4, 1999 - The Moment
- Alumni Classroom
- "The difference between the expert and the beginner is the expert has failed more times than the beginner has even tried."
- Cathy Salit's "The Performance Breakthrough"
- Love of Coffee - Tip of the Ande's by Simpson & Vail
- 1% Percent Better Podcast
- His Broadcasting Background
- His son Joey for Episode 15 of the 1% Percent Better Podcast
- Goal with his podcast
- KWB Podcast
- "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" Jim Rohn
- Episode 1 with Todd Finley
- Secret to a healthy marriage
"Marry someone you like." Joe Ferrero
- Story of being the youngest NCAA Head Coach
- Episode 7 of the 1% Better Podcast with Debbie Millman
- "Comparison is the thief of Joy." - Theodore Roosevelt
Favorite Books/Audiobooks
The Four Agreements by Don Luiz Miguel
Debbie Millman - Look Both Ways
Malcolm Gladwell
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Solo by Kwami Alexander
City of Thieves by Simeon Beneoff
Favorite Podcasts
The Moment with Brian Koppelman
Learning Leader with Host Ryan Hawk
ABCA Calls From The Clubhouse
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Monday Meditations #11 - Definition of Virtue
In this episode, we discuss social and emotional learning, her recent Ethiopia trip, and meeting The Batman - Christian Bale but first, we start with the history of her name that leads into her super teacher origin story.
- Super Teacher Origin Story
- History of Chaffee and Sydney
- She almost was named Lindsay
- I am a POET!
- Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School
The 3 Things she's learned from Middle School
1. Don't take it personally
2. Know your Slang
3. "Whatever kids want to read is good!" Sydney Chafee
- Teacher Of the Year Process
- Social and Emotion Learning
- Ethiopia
Some of the things we take for granted like:
-moving desks
-Desks are bolted to the floor
-100 students in the class
- If you could give a Ted Talk...
Books discussed:
It Won't Be Easy by Tom Rademacher
For White Folks That Teach In The Hood by Christopher Emdin
- TedX - Taking and Preparing
- Secret to a healthy marriage & how she met her husband via internet
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- The BATMAN Story
- Trends in Education
- Favorite Failure
- The Impostor Syndrome
- Morning Routine
- Scariest thing she's done
- Book that positively impacted her life:
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- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- QR Code App
- CandyCrush
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On today’s episode, we have a friend of mine all the way from the UK, Tallal Gondal. Tallal is a Math Lecturer at Brooksby Melton College in the United Kingdom. He was born in Saudi Arabia, lived in Pakistan and now calls the United Kingdom home. He started a YouTube channel less than a year ago called Hustle Is 4 Life Motivation where he brings on "amazing guests from all over the world who are doing awesome things to add value to others." Like me, he is learning from their habits, strategies, and routines. We discuss the growth mindset, his networking strategies that have guided him to speak with some great people on his channel, negative self-talk and of course book recommendations.
In the episode we discuss:
- Hustle is 4 Life Motivation
- Networking Genius
"It's not about passive learning it's about active problem-solving." Tallal Gondal
Networking {3 Things}
- Be more interested in what's happening in their lives than interesting
- Bring value into their lives
- Leverage your social media account
- Habits to add and subtract
- Negative Self-Talk
- Positive Morning Routine
- Favorite Quotes
BOOKS MENTIONED
The One Thing by Jay Papasan & Gary Keller
Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
PODCASTS MENTIONED
Freedom Fast Lane
MWF Motivation
Self-Made Man
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"It's in keeping with Nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advancement as if it were our very own. For if we don't do this, virtue, which is strengthened only by exercising our perceptions, will no longer endure in us."
Seneca, Moral Letters, 109.15
Have you ever caught yourself feeling jealousy or selfishness when looking upon others successes?
“If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.”
Lao Tzu
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In this episode, we have the innovation specialist and author of "Pure Genius" - Don Wettrick. Don is leading the way in changing how we think of education. Getting out of the dark ages and into the future with his innovation class and popular podcast - StartEdUp. He has interviewed industry titans like Gary Vaynerchuk, James Altucher, Seth Godin, Daniel Pink, plus a video call from Tim Ferriss with his students. His voice is needed in the 'fix it' mentality when it comes to education. He wants to change the conversation from how can we make it better to how can we change it completely because change is happening all around us daily. My first introduction to Don was an interview he did with Tom Bilyeu on Inside Quest and it completely altered my views on the classroom dynamic. Watch the interview and you will see what I mean.
Inside the episode:
- Teaching career
- Cultivating the growth mindset
- Startedup Vlog
- Why he didn't want to get into teaching and why he got into teaching
- First job out of college
- How to get started with innovation
- Naveen Jain story in the classroom
- Connect and Collect Days
- Lime Green Pants
- Dancing shirtless on stage
- Expert in being transparent
- Don's in charge of Education
- Seth Godin's Linchpin
- Key to a healthy marriage
- Jocko Willnick
- Twitter Profile
- Teacher Branding
- Silicon Valley on HBO
- Don's Routine
- Workout
- Journal
- Cold Shower
- Fasting until noon
- Two hours of family time uninterrupted
- Floss and Recount day
- Email of gratitude
- Email himself (Top 3 Goals for the days)
Books
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Bold by Steven Kotler & Peter Diamandis
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Living Buddha Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
Podcast
Freakonomics
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In this edition of "Monday Meditations," I talk about reading, and why we should stick with one author and dig into their content and life.
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I love all the guests I've had on the podcast so far, but this guest was special because I don't think I would have started this podcasting adventure if it wasn't for the inspiration Brian gave without even knowing me. His podcast "Talks With Teachers" is one of the most popular educational podcasts out there. He brings inspiring stories from some of the best teachers around. When I was still in my infant stage of teaching I started listening to this podcast and realized that it was okay to fail, some of the best teachers in the nation had bad days and lessons go terribly wrong. In 2013 was when I started listening. I would listen in the car on my way to work, morning runs in the icy cold weather to warm me up - corny I know. But true. It gave me ideas on how to be better, and it also helped me to stop being so hard on myself.
Along with his podcast and blog, Brian is a contributing writer for Edutopia, creator of aplithelp.com and #aplitchat on twitter. He is in his 13 or 14th year as an English teacher - he’s wasn’t sure of the exact number. He currently teaches AP Literature and Composition, creative writing, and public speaking at Miller’s Place High School in Long Island. He’s also a varsity basketball coach, husband, and father of 2. In this episode We talk about finding balance for all the things, the moment he decided he wanted to become a teacher, the book that introduced him to a love of reading, his morning routine, and the new journal he created called the Daily Teacher.
In this episode we discuss
- His first 3 years
- Letters to the New York Times
- Brian's persistence to pursue
- Scariest thing he's ever done
- Love of reading
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac
- Finding balance with all the things
- Inspiring teachers
- Talks With Teachers
- Writing Process
- Pearl Jam
- Morning Routine
- The Daily Teacher Journal
- What I hope to accomplish today
- What will I teach my students
- How will I make a difference
- Teach Like A Pirate by Dave Burgess
- War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
- Where are we going as teachers?
- #aplitchat
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This edition of Monday Meditations takes us to the topic of organization. I list 3 organizing tips I will be working on this week to get my life and work organized. If you need an accountability partner contact me at http://www.teachertunnel.com
Welcome to another edition of Monday Meditations. This week we will focus on a weekly challenge, and this challenge stems from a quote by Knute Rockne
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”
– Knute Rockne
Weekly Challenge
1. List three things that you perceive as your weaknesses
2. List how those perceived weaknesses could become strengths
I know that my weaknesses hold me back from so many things in my life, but listing them and seeing them on paper plus visualizing how they can become our strengths can be a tremendous breakthrough and habit to build.
You have roughly 10,000 minutes to accomplish the challenge this week. That puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?
To end is a quote from the greatest basketball player of ALL TIME: Michael Jordan
“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”
⏤Michael Jordan
In this episode, we talk with The Tech Rabbi: Michael Cohen. Michael is a designer and technologist turned educator. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Trainer who advocates, speaks, writes, and facilitates workshops on creativity and innovation. He works with schools on a local and national level to help them develop a creative mindset to influence and empower individuals in becoming confident and passionate problem solvers. You can hear Michael’s story of creativity and innovation through social media, and conferences such as Apple Education Events, EdTechTeacher Summits, iPadpalooza, ISTE, and SXSWEdu. He holds a Master of Science Education (Educational Technology) from California State University-Fullerton and a Bachelors of Fine Art (Printmaking and Design) from California State University-Long Beach. The Tech Rabbi is not just a brand, but a real thing. He is, in fact, a real Rabbi.
Show Notes
- Michael did not like school
- Did not enjoy school
- The moment Michael decided he wanted to be a teacher
- What a classroom should look like with 1:1
- How to get more organized chaos in the classroom
- How to be inspired by people that are doing amazing things, and cultivating creativity from work that has existed before.
- F.A.I.L.U.R.E. ⎮First Attempt in Learning (Unless Reflection Exists) ⎮
- Empathy the ability to understand and share the abilities of another
⏤It needs to be a huge force in education (differentiation and collaboration needs to be rooted in empathy in order to be successful)
- Processing reflection
- What was the challenge presented?
- I will try and find somebody that’s already done it
- Mentorships (education, business, spiritual, parenting)
- The secret to a happy marriage?
"My wife is my better half, my number one fan, the number one committed to making me the best person I am, being open to the belief that the partner is going to make the other better." ⏤Michael Cohen
- Habits or routines to add and subtract
- Where is education? And where is it going?
- “Education needs to be about creating people that are unstoppable learners.”
- Morning Routines
- Impactful books
Books mentioned on the show
Bible
The Tanya (Guidebook on how you should view your life and striving for you to love everyone like you love yourself)
Dr. Tina Seelig “What I Wish I Knew When I was 20”
Gary Vaynerchuck “The Thank You Economy” & “Jab Jab Jab Right Hook”
Seth Godin “Linchpin”
Dale Carnegie “How to Win Friends and Influence People”
Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich”
"The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow your passion" by Elle Luna
Podcasts mentioned in the show
Talks with Teachers with Brian Sztabnik
Startedup Podcast with Don Wettrick
Edtech Podcast with Sophie Bailey
Tim Ferriss Show with Tim Ferriss
Gary Vee Audio Experience with Gary Vaynerchuk
Places to find Glenda
http://thetechrabbi.com/
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"A year from now you may wish you started today." Karen Lamb
Thanks for listening, and happy Monday!
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We all have goals in one form or another, and some come to fruition and others die quickly. I’m talking about the big lofty goals because many times we want them to happen tomorrow, but what about the lightweight goals underneath the heavier ones. Are those most important?
In this addition to Monday Meditations, and this quick audio essay is based on the quote by the Roman Poet: Horace "That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided."
On today’s episode, we have an English Teacher of thirty-six years - Glenda Funk is an evolving teacher going into her thirty-seventh year as a teacher. She is nationally board certified, has a blog called Evolving English teacher, and created 113 lesson plans and 14 units on the Better Lesson Series website which gets 500 downloads a week. She graduated from SW Baptist University with a degree in Speech Education and a Masters in English from Idaho State University. In this episode we learn about the balance she’s adopted in her work and life, her blog, and the declining retention rate of teachers staying in the profession as well as entering it.
Show Notes
- This or That
- Moment Glenda decided to be a teacher
- Failures in life and the classroom
- A classroom overwhelming moment
- Learning from divorce
- Evolving English Teacher
- Seth Godin
- Why start a blog
- Glenda's writing process
- "How important it is to be consistent"
- Keeping notes in phone with blog ideas
- Writing about what she reads
- Teacher retention
- Scariest thing at the Ozarks
- Expert in the classroom
- How to organize thoughts with mentor texts
- Better Lesson series
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- 113 Lesson Plans & 14 Units (Common Core Aligned)
- What do you wish you were better at?
- Voice commenting with Google Classroom
- Poll Everywhere
- Who comes to mind when you think of the word successful?
- Creating balance in teaching
- Meditation apps
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- Insight Timer
- Theme Music
- If she could spend time with any author
Books mentioned on the show
"Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert Better Lesson series
"Spark" by John Ratey
"Readicide" by Kelly Gallagher
"The Art of Slow Reading" by Thomas Newkirk
"Minds Made for Stories" by Thomas Newkirk
"Make it Stick" by Peter Brown
"Deep Work" by Cal Newport
"Debunk it" by John Grant
"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead
Links mentioned in the show
Better Living Through Beowulf Blog
Better Lesson series
https://www.polleverywhere.com/
Talks with Teachers with Brian Sztabnik
You Are Not So Smart Podcast
Places to find Glenda
Her Blog
Her Twitter
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Music
Song: I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque)
Artist: Grapes
Album: ccMixter
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Weekly Challenge: I challenge you listening to reach out to a friend you haven’t seen in a while and ask them to join you in an activity. See if they want to go to a movie, bowling, out for drinks, a walk, hike, or maybe even a yoga class. Sometimes, our comfort zones keep us from reaching out and showing we care. This is a simple challenge that we can all accomplish. Who is your reach going to?
Educator and Historian George Burton Adams is known for saying:
"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
Happy Monday!
On today’s episode we have author, teacher, podcaster, and triathlete - and did I mention she has Cerebral Palsy-CP for short. She just turned thirty and the sky is the limit for this expert on everything CP. In this episode, we discuss self-publishing a book, the triathlon in Hawaii she attempted, and her podcast "Butterflies of Wisdom" which I was a guest on her show. We learn a lot about how a disability can't stop you from accomplishing your dreams.
Show Notes
- What is cerebral palsy?
- How cerebral palsy limits daily tasks in her life.
- Profpofol limited her ability to walk and is the drug that killed Michael Jackson
- Music Teacher and Transitions
- Butterflies of Wisdom Podcast
- Author of "I, Win: Hope and Life - My Journal of a Disables Woman Living in a Non-Disabled World"
- 'Win's Women of Wisdom' Podcast
- Habit that Win wishes she could bring down
- Two reasons Win wrote a book
- Win has written not one but eight books
- How to self-publish a book with createspace
- Kona Iron Man
- Team Hoyt
- http://www.teamhoyt.com/
- bridgingbionics.org
- What Win wishes she was better at
- Favorite purchase under $100
- Book/Books to gift to someone
- Favorite quote
- Theme Music
Links mentioned on the show
Libsyn
Google Docs
"Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Always a Lesson Podcast
Dreams and Drive Podcast
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Places to find Win
Butterflies of Wisdom Website
Sponsor
April Mass Photography ⇐ Get candid & fun photography at 10% off if you mention this podcast
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Music
Song: I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque)
Artist: Grapes
Album: ccMixter
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