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Speaker 1: Never told you protection of ihear radio and today for

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Speaker 1: And we have a couple from Anne of Green Gables. Samantha,

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Speaker 1: So let's get started with Dominique. Dominique wrote, my name

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Speaker 1: is doman Nique and I'm a longtime listener. I'm also

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Speaker 1: from New Brunswick, Canada, which is attached to p e

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Speaker 1: I by Bridge. I grew up with all sorts of

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Speaker 1: a media, the books, the TV series, the anime series,

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Speaker 1: the play on stage in Charlottetown and more. Ellen Montgomery

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Speaker 1: an English and set for some reason, though, I've read

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Speaker 1: Though there were some notable differences between the books and

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Speaker 1: books five onwards. It seems the producer mashed together and

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Speaker 1: of the Island and and of Windy Poplars for the

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Speaker 1: not New Brunswick. She goes there along with Gilbert, Prissy

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