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  • The Catholic Morning Show – 06/30/2026

    The Catholic Morning Show – 06/30/2026
    Jun 30 2026
    On today's show, Bo Bonner leads two conversations at the heart of the Catholic intellectual and spiritual life — the renewal of authentic Catholic education and the witness of a future saint. Catholic Liberal Education Reborn — Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut, president of Wyoming Catholic College, discusses his new introduction to the reprint of Truth on Trial: The Rise and Fall of the Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas by Dr. Robert K. Carlson. He traces how the 1970s "Great Books" program led by professors John Senior, Dennis Quinn, and Franklyn Nelick instilled wonder through poetry, song, Latin, friendship, and the outdoors — fueling more than 300 conversions (including Bishop James Conley), inspiring religious vocations, and helping seed Clear Creek Abbey, Wyoming Catholic College, and today's Catholic classical education movement. Get the book from CUA Press / The Adeodatus Series. The Fulton Sheen Pilgrimage — Dan Russo Dan Russo, editor of The Catholic Messenger, previews the newspaper's Archbishop Fulton Sheen pilgrimage from Davenport to Peoria, Illinois. Date: Thursday, July 24, 2026 (registration deadline July 15, 2026). Itinerary: bus departs St. Vincent Center, Davenport at 8 a.m.; tour of the Fulton Sheen Museum; lunch and a film on Sheen's life; tour of St. Mary's Cathedral; Mass with Bishop Dennis Walsh of the Diocese of Davenport at Sheen's tomb; a 2.5-mile scenic drive on Grand View Drive in Peoria. Cost: $100, including transportation, lunch, and museum and cathedral admission. To register: visit catholicmessenger.net and click the pilgrimage link, email messenger@davenportdiocese.org, or call 563-323-9959. Venerable Fulton Sheen is scheduled to be beatified September 24, 2026 in St. Louis. Coming Up on Iowa Catholic Radio First Friday Mass — see the events calendar for time and locationBlessman International Golf Tournament — coming soonDr. Karlo Broussard "Growing the Faith of Iowa" Tour — July 21 in Spencer, July 22 in Creston, and July 23 in Pella Find event details at IowaCatholicRadio.com/events. Listen to The Catholic Morning Show weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on the Iowa Catholic Radio Network, at IowaCatholicRadio.com, or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app. #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #CatholicPodcast #CatholicEducation #GreatBooks #WyomingCatholicCollege #FultonSheen #CatholicPilgrimage #Catholic #CatholicRadio Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Walking Where the Saints Walked: The Fulton Sheen Pilgrimage to Peoria – Dan Russo – 06/30/2026

    Walking Where the Saints Walked: The Fulton Sheen Pilgrimage to Peoria – Dan Russo – 06/30/2026
    Jun 30 2026
    The Pilgrimage Dan Russo, editor of The Catholic Messenger (the newspaper of the Diocese of Davenport), invites listeners on the Catholic Messenger's Archbishop Fulton Sheen pilgrimage from Davenport to Peoria, Illinois. The Details Date: Thursday, July 24, 2026 (registration deadline July 15, 2026)Departure: Bus leaves St. Vincent Center in Davenport at 8 a.m.; you may also drive and meet the group in PeoriaThe day: Tour of the Fulton Sheen Museum, lunch and a film on Sheen's life, a tour of St. Mary's Cathedral, Mass with Bishop Dennis Walsh of the Diocese of Davenport at Sheen's tomb, and a 2.5-mile scenic drive on Grand View Drive in PeoriaCost: $100, including transportation, lunch, and museum and cathedral admission (financial assistance available — just ask)Register: Visit catholicmessenger.net and click the pilgrimage link, email messenger@davenportdiocese.org, or call 563-323-9959 Why a Pilgrimage Russo reflects on the humility of Venerable Fulton Sheen — a Midwesterner who grew up on a farm outside Peoria and rose to the heights of Catholic media while never forgetting his roots — and on why Catholics make pilgrimages: not as a celebrity tour, but to step where the saints stepped in the hope of becoming like them. He also discusses the mission of a diocesan newspaper to unite the faithful in the real world, in person, in a digital age. Venerable Fulton Sheen is scheduled to be beatified September 24, 2026 in St. Louis. Listen & Learn More Find full pilgrimage details at The Catholic Messenger. Listen to The Catholic Morning Show weekdays at 7 a.m. Central at IowaCatholicRadio.com or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app. #FultonSheen #CatholicPilgrimage #SheenBeatification #CatholicMessenger #DioceseOfDavenport #Peoria #VenerableFultonSheen #Catholic #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Born in Wonder: How a Kansas Great Books Program Sparked a Catholic Education Revival – Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut – 06/30/2026

    Born in Wonder: How a Kansas Great Books Program Sparked a Catholic Education Revival – Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut – 06/30/2026
    Jun 30 2026
    The Book Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut, president of Wyoming Catholic College, wrote the new introduction to the reprint of Truth on Trial: The Rise and Fall of the Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas, authored by Dr. Robert K. Carlson — founding dean of Wyoming Catholic College and a student and friend of John Senior. The reprint appears in The Adeodatus Series on Catholic Education and Culture and is available from CUA Press. What Made the IHP Different The Integrated Humanities Program (IHP) ran at the secular University of Kansas in the 1970s, led by three professors — John Senior, Dennis Quinn, and Franklyn Nelick. Rather than deconstructing the classics, students read Homer and Virgil to be moved by them, memorized poetry, sang songs, learned Latin, waltzed, told stories, and stargazed under the night sky. Washut explains how this immersion in authentic human culture — what John Senior called the recovery of a "hearth culture" — produced more than 300 conversions to the Catholic faith. The Fruits Among those formed by the program: Bishop James Conley (who writes a foreword to the reprint) and Archbishop Paul Coakley. The IHP's influence rippled outward to Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma, St. Gregory's Academy, St. Martin's Academy, and the founding of Wyoming Catholic College itself — a vision Washut says is carried forward today through John Henry Newman's principle of "personal influence" and the friendship between professors and students rooted in the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. Learn More Read the story of Wyoming Catholic College's founding and vision statement in the book's appendix, and explore the college at WyomingCatholic.edu. Listen to The Catholic Morning Show weekdays at 7 a.m. Central at IowaCatholicRadio.com or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app. #CatholicEducation #GreatBooks #WyomingCatholicCollege #JohnSenior #TruthOnTrial #ClassicalEducation #LiberalArts #CatholicConversion #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The Catholic Morning Show – 06/29/2026

    The Catholic Morning Show – 06/29/2026
    Jun 29 2026
    Bo Bonner is back. After roughly six weeks away — including travel in the UK during the World Cup — Bo Bonner returns to the host chair alongside Alexia Baker, Brady Grimm, and Ayden Pugh on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. Segment 1 – The Value of Sports with Fr. Reed Flood. Dowling Catholic High School chaplain and Diocese of Des Moines assistant vocations director Fr. Reed Flood joins the show to unpack Pope Leo XIV's June prayer intention "for the values of sports," timed to the FIFA World Cup. Fr. Flood reflects on sport as a school of virtue, the Greek idea of eutrapelia (good play), the link between play and the liturgy (drawing on Josef Pieper and Romano Guardini), and practical ways families can pray through their fandom — including praying for athletes to become saints. He also points listeners to the upcoming Ad Astra high school youth conference hosted by Serva Fidem: servafidem.org. Learn more about the Holy Father's monthly intentions through the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. Segment 2 – Catholic Saints of America with John Paul Brissette. John Paul Brissette, director of communications for the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin — the first and only approved Marian apparition site in the United States — previews the Catholic Saints of America exhibit, July 1–9, honoring 76 saints, blesseds, venerables, and servants of God for the nation's 250th anniversary. Highlights include 14 relics available for public veneration, daily speakers, a children's scavenger hunt, an All-American picnic hosted by the Knights of Columbus (July 5), and a Novena for Our Nation beginning July 1. The shrine is about four to six hours from most of Iowa, roughly 20 minutes outside Green Bay. Full details and novena sign-up: championshrine.org/AmericanSaints. Also on the show: daily headlines and diocesan news, a Monday sports update, an extreme-heat-warning weather forecast, the Saint of the Day for Saints Peter and Paul, and a gospel reflection from Fr. Nick Smith, pastor of St. Patrick's in Perry. Miss a segment? Catch the full show and every interview on the Catholic Morning Show podcast page at IowaCatholicRadio.com. #CatholicPodcast #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #PopeLeoXIV #CatholicSaints #Catholic #Catholicism #SaintsPeterAndPaul Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    58 mins
  • Catholic Saints of America Exhibit at Our Lady of Champion – John Paul Brissette – 06/29/2026

    Catholic Saints of America Exhibit at Our Lady of Champion – John Paul Brissette – 06/29/2026
    Jun 29 2026
    Meet the guest. John Paul Brissette is director of communications for the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion near Green Bay, Wisconsin — the first and only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the United States, where Our Lady appeared to Servant of God Adele Brice in 1859. The event: Catholic Saints of America, July 1–9. A "hall of fame of holiness" honoring 76 saints, blesseds, venerables, and servants of God who helped shape America, timed to the country's 250th anniversary. More than 35 of the 76 causes and shrines will be represented in person. What you'll find: 14 relics for public veneration, including St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Damien of Molokai, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Marianne Cope, St. Théodore Guérin, St. Teresa of Calcutta (an honorary U.S. citizen), and blesseds Stanley Rother, Solanus Casey, Michael McGivney, and Francis Xavier Seelos.Daily speakers representing sainthood causes, including miracle researcher Michael O'Neill of EWTN (July 5).All-American picnic hosted by the Knights of Columbus on July 5.Family-friendly scavenger hunt and activities for children of all ages. Novena for Our Nation — begins July 1. Written by the shrine's rector, Fr. Anthony Stephens, the nine-day novena invokes Mary under the titles of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of Champion. Anyone can sign up to pray along and receive daily notifications. Plan your visit. The shrine is about 20 minutes outside Green Bay and roughly four to six hours from most Iowa listeners — no plane required. Full details, exhibit schedule, and novena sign-up: championshrine.org/AmericanSaints. More from the show at IowaCatholicRadio.com. #CatholicSaints #OurLadyOfChampion #America250 #CatholicPodcast #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #Catholic #MarianApparition #NovenaForOurNation #AmericanSaints Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The Value of Sports: Pope Leo's June Intention – Fr. Reed Flood – 06/29/2026

    The Value of Sports: Pope Leo's June Intention – Fr. Reed Flood – 06/29/2026
    Jun 29 2026
    Fr. Reed Flood is chaplain at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines and assistant vocations director for the Diocese of Des Moines. What the Pope is asking. Pope Leo XIV's June prayer intention is "for the values of sports" — that sport may be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, promoting respect, solidarity, and personal growth. Fr. Flood frames sport as a genuine good meant to point us toward the worship of God, and as a training ground for virtue, echoing St. Paul's athletic imagery. Key takeaways: Sanctify your fandom – Rather than praying for a team to win, pray that the athletes you admire become saints.Eutrapelia / "good play" – Take sport seriously without being severe; aim for the virtue in the middle, marked by delight, camaraderie, and growth.Play and the liturgy – Drawing on Josef Pieper (Leisure: The Basis of Culture) and Romano Guardini, Fr. Flood describes how both sport and the liturgy lift us beyond mere necessity into something greater.Keep Sunday for the Lord – His simplest practical advice: don't schedule sports over Sunday Mass. For high school students: Fr. Flood invites teens to Ad Astra, the summer youth conference hosted by Serva Fidem ("Keep the Faith") in partnership with the Diocese of Des Moines, alongside Fr. Max Carson and others. Details and registration: servafidem.org. Explore the Holy Father's monthly intentions through the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. Catch more at IowaCatholicRadio.com. #PopeLeoXIV #ValueOfSports #CatholicPodcast #FrReedFlood #DowlingCatholic #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #Catholic #WorldCup #ServaFidem Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The Catholic Morning Show – 06/26/2026

    The Catholic Morning Show – 06/26/2026
    Jun 26 2026
    Sam Halligan hosts his final Friday show alongside Alexia Baker and Brady Grimm before Bo Bonner returns Monday, delivering Catholic news, sports, weather, and three standout conversations. Sunday Gospel Reflection — Fr. Nick Stark Fr. Nick Stark breaks open this Sunday's Gospel, warning against the cultural default of "moralistic therapeutic deism" — a term coined in 2005 by sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton — and calling listeners to anchor true goodness in a real relationship with Jesus Christ rather than vague niceness. Biking for Babies — Todd Clancy Todd Clancy, board member at Martha's House of Hope, previews the Biking for Babies Central Iowa Ride on Saturday, June 27 at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 1102 NW Weigel Dr., Ankeny. Choose a family-friendly 5-mile ride, a mid-distance ride, or the long route on the High Trestle Trail. Proceeds stay local, supporting Innervisions Healthcare, Agape Pregnancy Resource Center, Ruth Harbor, and Martha's House of Hope. Register or volunteer at bikingforbabies.com or IowaCatholicRadio.com/events. Everyday Mission — Dan DeMatte Dan DeMatte, founder and executive director of Damascus, shares how a small Catholic youth camp grew into a national missionary movement reaching roughly 50,000 people a year, and offers practical encouragement to love like Jesus right where you are. Learn more at damascus.net. Also This Weekend Jeanne Thill previews "Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen," airing 8 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. Sam also notes the Forge Hog Roast (couples event) on Thursday, July 31, 6–9 p.m. at the Wills Family Orchard — details at myforge.org/events. Listen live or stream past episodes at IowaCatholicRadio.com or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app. #CatholicPodcast #CatholicRadio #IowaCatholicRadio #CatholicMorningShow #Catholic #Catholicism #ProLife #Evangelization #Damascus #BikingForBabies Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • From Encounter to Mission: Becoming an Everyday Missionary – Dan DeMatte – 06/26/2026

    From Encounter to Mission: Becoming an Everyday Missionary – Dan DeMatte – 06/26/2026
    Jun 26 2026
    Dan DeMatte, founder and executive director of Damascus, joins guest host and former Damascus missionary Sam Halligan for a conversation on mission, discipleship, and revival in the Church. Key Highlights The origin of Damascus — from youth ministry done in community to a national movement built on encounter with JesusWhy Damascus says they're "not camp people who talk about Jesus, but Jesus people who run camp ministry," using camps to draw middle schoolers and high schoolers into life-changing encounterThe scope today: roughly 450 full-time summer missionaries serving campers across Ohio, Michigan, and Maryland, plus year-round retreats, a worship collective, and traveling speakers — reaching an estimated 50,000 people annuallyHow the Church after Vatican II emphasized the universal call to holiness, and why Damascus aims to add the equally essential call to missionA practical challenge for every listener: love like Jesus in your home, workplace, and community; ask questions, truly listen, and then share the name of Jesus Learn more, listen to the podcast, and connect with Damascus at damascus.net. #Damascus #CatholicMissionary #Evangelization #CatholicPodcast #IowaCatholicRadio #DanDeMatte #Discipleship #Catholic #NewEvangelization #Catholicism Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube! You can also find more information on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian MoncadaCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulosSunday Dive with Katie PatrizioThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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