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dark:selection:bg-blurple md:text-30 [&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white">Video</h3></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><ul class="duet--article--unordered-list my-20 list-disc pl-18 marker:text-blurple/100 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-underline-white"><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Supervising Producer: <a href="/authors/vjeran-pavic">Vjeran Pavic</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Senior Producers: <a href="/authors/victoria-barrios">Victoria Barrios</a>, <a href="/authors/andrew-marino">Andrew Marino</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Art Director, Video: <a href="/authors/alex-parkin">Alexander Parkin</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Director: <a href="/authors/owen-grove">Owen Grove</a></li></ul></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><h3 class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-heading mb-20 mt-40 font-polysans text-26 font-medium leading-110 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple md:text-30 [&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white">Podcasts</h3></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><ul class="duet--article--unordered-list my-20 list-disc pl-18 marker:text-blurple/100 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-underline-white"><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Supervising Producer: <a href="/authors/liam-james">Liam James</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Lead Producer: <a href="/authors/william-poor">Will Poor</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Senior Producers, Decoder: <a href="/authors/kate-cox">Kate Cox</a>, <a href="/authors/nick-statt">Nick Statt</a> </li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Audio Engineer: <a href="/authors/erick-gomez">Erick Gomez</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Editor, Decoder: <a href="/authors/callie-wright">Callie Wright</a></li><li class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup mb-16 pl-12 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1">Audio Editor: <a href="/authors/brandon-kieffer">Brandon Kieffer</a> </li></ul></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><h3 class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-heading mb-20 mt-40 font-polysans text-26 font-medium leading-110 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple md:text-30 [&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white">Photography and Art </h3></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><ul class="duet--article--unordered-list my-20 list-disc pl-18 marker:text-blurple/100 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple 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