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Jafi, you feel a bit cold, is what I was actually going to ask John.

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Hello and welcome to the latest of these pilots, beta episodes of cheerful book club.

Do share with us if you have any ideas about how we can develop this. We're hoping to

stand it up on its own feet in a little while and develop a separate podcast. And we'd

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