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Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number five between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode... more

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Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number four between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode... more

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Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number three between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode... more

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Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number two between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode... more

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Hello Rebels,   And welcome to a special episode. Going forward, Rachael Herron and I will be doing a bonus episode each... more

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