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Since May 2020
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e243 was the last episode of season 6. I’m now on a break from hosting and producing conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes until further notice, except for narration of ‘a calm presence’ Substack posting and occasional ENCORE episodes. Comments and questions are always welcome: claude [at] conscient [dot] ca

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