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If

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you've heard anything about the Rings of Power

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series on Prime Video or anything at all

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about Tolkien lore, you know how much

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detail there is. It's full of complex

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characters, subtle symbolism, and

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scroll after scroll of backstory. You'd

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need a whole podcast to cover all the

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ins and outs of the series, and thankfully, there

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is one. Host Felicia Day and several

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special guests provide an inside look at

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the groundbreaking series and one it took to

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bring Middle Earth to life. in the official,

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the Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power

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podcast. Each episode features

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exclusive interviews with the series showrunners

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JD Pain and Patrick McKay. including

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the very first full breakdown of the incredible

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season finale. Felicia also goes

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behind the scenes with the cast and crew bring

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you jaw dropping stories and Easter eggs

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you won't want to miss. You're about to hear

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a brief preview of the official Lord of

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the Rings, The Rings of Power podcast. But

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From Wondry and Prime Video, this

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is the official The Rings of Power podcast.

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I'm Felicia Day. I'm an actor, writer,

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author, but most of all, I am

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a fan of all things fantasy, especially

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of Tolkien. And

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now we have eight full episodes of the Rings

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of Power available to watch on prime

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video right now, creating a new

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generation of fans. Each episode

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of TV show will be paired with an episode of

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this podcast, and I'll be your faithful

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companion. I'll be joined by members of

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the cast and crew who will share all kinds

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of behind the scenes details that you cannot

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hear anywhere else. Today,

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we're talking all about episode one of the

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Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power, which is

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called shadow of the past. Joining

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me will be my new girl crush, Morfit

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Clark, the actress who plays Calabrio,

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and a little after that, we'll be hearing from

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the show's creators. Katie Payne, and

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Patrick McKay. You

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may know Tolkien's books to lure the rings or

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the hobbit, and we're still in that world.

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but that world was

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the third age. In the rings of

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power, we are thousands of years before

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Frodo and Sam tried to simply walk into

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Mordor. We are in the second

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age. We meet so many

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more characters besides Galadriel in

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this first episode. We get a brutal

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cliffnote summary of Morgoth's reign

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and his defeat. We meet the star

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crossed lovers of Rondir and Bronwyn

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in the southlands. We learn about Nora

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Brandy Foot and her secretive harfits.

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And finally, we see a comet

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sear across the sky with a

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naked guy inside. Evil

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does not sleep around.

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It waits. Galadriel

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is a character many of us are familiar

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with, but in episode one, we need a younger,

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bolder, and far more unpredictable elf

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than we've ever seen before. She

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is hungry for vengeance for her brother

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Finrod and is searching for the

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remaining forces of evil in the world.

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including Sauron. Gladiator

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is played by the actress, Morfit Clark,

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and we are so excited to have Morfit

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here with us today. Galadriel

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as a warrior is kind of

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something that people have this idea of her

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as very like goddess like, but In the

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in the history, she is a person who goes

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after what she wants in a really aggressive way.

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She really is in the thick of it. Can you talk a little

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bit about that? Yeah. The

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elves are arrogant and

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vain. And that's why the the

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rings corrupted them in a particular way

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where they took, like, should they take

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hold of the one ring. They're not beyond

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being corrupted. And yes,

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she has a very strong idea that

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she

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belongs

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in certain areas

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of power -- Mhmm. -- and that she's right,

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which also lots the ups around her too.

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I think Gladstone has a really strong idea

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of justice, what is right and

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wrong, and that she should

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be a sort of justice

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bring her in as yet. Yeah. But but now

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that you're saying this, you were really playing her as

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a

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flawed character.

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You know, there there is a sort of, like,

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ethereal version of of

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her that it's so I'm so perfect.

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But seeing her be a flawed person who

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is a little bit arrogant -- Mhmm. -- who is very driven,

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but and repentant. It's so refreshing

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in a way, especially as a female character to

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have those flaws. Yes. And

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I feel that Tolkien is

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hugely about community me. Mhmm.

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And she is rejected her

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ticket to Valinor. Mhmm. But also

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she's she's an elf alone even when

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she's with the elves. she's rejecting

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part of her essence. Yeah. And it's almost

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sad. You almost -- Yes. -- sorry for her. And I'm in

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a really impactful way. So

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I I wanna talk a little bit about

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your relationship with Elrond because

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it is I I think, you know, now that

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you're really highlighting this sort of aloneness

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and sort of isolation of your character. He's

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the only character you really do connect

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with. Yeah. And so can you talk a little bit what

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what he means to you? Yeah.

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I think that Elrond

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and Gladrular are going through a

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recalibration of their relationship

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because he is he's

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young. He actually is young for an elf

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and he's coming into his own and

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becoming kind

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of worthy

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not adversary because they

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get on. But but he was a half

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elf and he decided Yeah. I think he's a half elf and he

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decided to be an elf, which is kind of an unusual. So

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he might have, like, a little inferiority complaint

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or not inferiority, but just being a little

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bit more of an outsider. Right? Yes. Definitely.

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And I think that him

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being an outsider and having a different perspective

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is something that is

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part of why gradual is fascinated.

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by him. Mhmm. And I think Elrond's

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whole story is surprising, and then the way

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he views stuff is as well. Yeah. That is

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beautiful. Well, obviously, you guys have

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amazing chemistry, and that's seen in the cruise.

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It's just so touching. This

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is the gift of

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your

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king. The gift

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I have decided to refuse.

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the lottery

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My brother gave his life hunting

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Sauron.

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His task is now mine.

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Also, in a couple thousand years, he's gonna marry your

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daughters. In that sense, yeah. nicely get

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along. This show has a lot of

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choices between dark and light, and we wanted to

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ask all the actors about a big decision

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in the episode and whether they

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as the actor would do the same thing as your

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character. Okay? Mhmm. So we call

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this one the big choice. At

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the end of the episode, Galadriel denies

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a peace full eternity in her homeland of Valinor and

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instead decides to jump in the

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sea. This is a huge decision obviously.

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And the end of Gladrials journey

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as we see her decide to go to Valinor at

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the end of the Lord of the Rings. So now, this is a

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big moment. You're deciding not to. I'm

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glad you jumped off I was worried about you eating by getting

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eaten by sharks, but that's what I said too.

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If you were in Gladriel's position

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being set off to retirement, would you go or

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would you go back to fight? I

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think I would jump off because I don't like

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being told what to do and she doesn't

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need that. That's the best answer.

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That's the best answer. And I was oh, I was so

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rooting for you. I was like, get off.

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Get off. It was a great moment. And

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you Yeah. You just really dazzle

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and you inspire women

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around the world who feel like they have an inner elf.

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So thank you for that. That's lovely to hear.

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This was just a snippet of my interview

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with Morfit Clark. If you wanna hear the

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rest of this interview and other interviews

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