Rapaport’s Sonia Esther Soltani, Leah Meirovich and Joshua Freedman host this show with deep analysis and hard-hitting interviews. The Rapaport Diamond Podcast is your gateway to the diamond industry.
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The ultimate archive for the classic 1990s animated series, X-Men and Spider-Man! Join us, your jolly hosts Willie Simpson and Sonia Rapaport as we break down every episode of both animated shows along with all the X-Men and Spider-Man movies! The fun doesn't stop there so make sure to continue following along as we trek deeper into the history of Marvel animation with X-Men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, Batman TAS and the long awaited X-Men 97! Along they way, we also have hearty disc ...
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - Feeding Time
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The Man of Steel touches all the glowing purple goo he can find on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Diving deeper into the world of anime and ranting about a lack of Penguin in Batman! The rent control on Clark Kent's apartment is more impressive than any power he has! The origin of Superman's space suit, which looks bad…
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Episode 122: The Diamond Buyer’s View
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Scott Berg, president of US retailer Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, explains how the industry downturn has affected his company’s diamond-sourcing strategy. Plus: Changes in the Indian market and his visit to a mine in South Africa.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Video-Man
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The Spider-Friends are saved by Flash Thompson's pong-paddle in video game hell on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... X-Men 97 coming back in 2026, Agatha All Along being pointless and wondering where Batman is on the new Penguin show! Remembering how sad it was as a kid when you had no quarters at th…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-Men Anime - Power
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On this episode of X-Men Anime we learn that the X-Men have to vote in new members in a secret council but Beast is excluded for reasons unexplained! Join us as we discuss... Greek Gods on Netflix and the passing of legendary X-Men artist John Cassidy... Realizing how hard it would be to make a good X-Mansion High TV Show! Trying, and failing, to u…
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Podcast title: A Natural Future Blurb: Josh Arazi, vice president and creative director at Arazi Diamonds, discusses the New York-based wholesaler’s decision to restrict the services it offers customers that promote synthetics.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - A Little Piece of Home
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Lex Luthor discovers that the Man of Steel can be bested by a glowing green rock on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Greek Gods on Netflix! The history of politics in world of Superman! Wondering if we would be safer in DC's Metropolis or Marvel's NYC! Trying to make sense of the science of Superman! The X-Men TAS Podcas…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Seven Little Superheroes
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Spider-Man and his pals meet Captain America, Shana, Dr. Strange and the Submariner for a mysterious weekend vacation on Wolf Island and all die one by one on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... Is Onlyfans the best forum to clear your professional reputation? (Also, some random thoughts on the Wizard …
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William Lamb, CEO of Lucara Diamond Corp., relates how the company discovered a 2,492-carat rough at its mine in Botswana.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-Men Anime - Transformation
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The X-Men play pool and drink hot chocolate while waiting for Emma Frost's MRI on a very moody episode of X-Men: Anime! Join us as we discuss... Succumbing to the wonders of the world of anime! The Xavier Institute is NOT the world's safest place for mutants! Neither is the Blackbird! Being confused by the English subtitles for the Japanese Script …
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Episode 119: The Need for Diamond Marketing
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Antwerp trader Shashin Choksi explains why he believes the diamond industry must put more effort into promoting the product. Plus: How India’s recent celebrity wedding boosted the sector.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - Fun and Games
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Superman gets smacked around by a tennis ball that does not obey the laws of thermo-dynamics and Lois Lane tries to figure out how to write a story with mittens for hands on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... The latest X-Men 97 controversy, our growing love of anime and Sonia's hot takes on Superman III! Wait, this isn't …
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: BONUS - Superman III (1983)
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The great George Gross returns to help figure out if Richard Pryor is actually funny in Richard Lester's Superman III! Join us as we discuss... Would you blame this movie more on cocaine or alcohol? Superman being forced to ride a in a hot bus for hours with Jimmy Olsen! Is Superman Clark Kent or is Clark Kent Superman? Superman gets laid! The X-Me…
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Aryeh Rephun, founder of New York-based Aryeh & Co., explains developments in the bespoke-jewelry market and assesses consumer demand ahead of the holiday season.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Swarm
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Firestar and Iceman use kid gloves to take on a creature made of bees (instead of melting or freezing him an instant) on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, so join us as we discuss... All our thoughts on the new Bruce Timm Batman Show, Batman: The Caped Crusader! All the horrifying moments our heroes face staring down this hi…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: BONUS - Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)
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The latest and greatest X-Men (adjacent) movie smashes the box office and forces us to pick up the pieces as we crawl through nearly every bloody scene! Join us as we discuss... Some quick thoughts on the new Dr. Doom! Why this movie is as much as sequel to Logan as it is to Deadpool 2! Just loving all surprise cameos, one in particular (close to o…
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Episode 117: Making Peace in Antwerp
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Isidore (Isi) Mörsel, director of Dali Diamond and president of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) board, gives the inside story on G7 sanctions and other issues affecting Belgium’s diamond trade.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-Men Anime - Armor
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Emma Frost tries to convince the X-Men that she is now in fact "cool" while the X-Men continue to slaughter pre-deceased cyborgs on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... Why we want all Star Wars and Marvel TV shows to be episodic, not cinematic! Coming up with a good reason as to why the X-Men wear tight-fitting spandex! Cyclops…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - The Last Son of Krypton Part Three
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The Man of Steel is not as strong as he is supposed to be but the people of Metropolis love him anyway as we dive into another episode of the 90s classic, Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Watching so much Superman media to the point of confusion! Clark Kent, smooth and suave! Why Superman needs to pick more villains up by the pants! Fixating …
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Episode 116: The Diamond-Pricing Prodigy
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Ari Jain, chief financial officer of New York-based manufacturer and dealer House of Diamonds, tells how he created an algorithm for pricing polished diamonds while at university. He also discusses the latest trends in the US and Indian markets.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Sunfire
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Sunfire falls in love Firestar after he sees her doing something extremely obscene with a meteor that is about to crash into NYC on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... Being utterly confused as to where the Spider-Friends base is located! Sunfire falling love with both Angelica and Firestar, and then i…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-Men Anime - U-Men
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The X-Men battle the U-Man in some sort of war of the extended "man-verse" on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... Star Wars TV and other anime about...golf(?)! Wondering if we'd be suckered into buying a Limited Edition "Cerebro" Phone brought to you by Samsung in the late 2020s! Why Wolverine punching Cyclops worked in X-Men T…
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Episode 115: Changes in America’s Diamond Industry
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Jeff Loots of New York-based diamond-jewelry brand Henri Daussi gives his assessment of the US wholesale market following the Las Vegas shows.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - The Last Son of Krypton Part Two
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Superman is everywhere this week from new movies to new cartoons and we talk about it all so join as we discuss... James Gunn Superman photo leaks, My Adventures With Superman being fantastic and the new Caped Crusader cartoon trailer! Pondering what we would do if we found an alien baby on the side of the road somewhere! Trying and failing to unde…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - The Fantastic Mr. Frump
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Spider-Man and the gang tangle with their most fearsome foe yet, an old unemployed man who wants to paint NYC with rainbow polka-dots...also Dr. Doom...so join us as we discuss! Marvel's long history of being the cheapest company in the world! Some potentially scary body-horror moments for the kids watching at home! More casual racism, this time in…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-Men Anime - The Return
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The X-Men travel to Japan in 2011 to rescue a mutant while their lavish hair blows dramatically through the wind in the world of X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... If X-Men 97 keeps bumping along throughout the 2000s, will it one day sort of merge with what see going on in this Warren Ellis version of X-Men Anime? Would Storm really take a cruis…
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Episode 114: India's Large-Diamond Story
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Venus Jewel partner Devansh Shah reflects on developments in India’s diamond-manufacturing sector and how his company shifted toward large stones.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Superman - The Last Son of Krypton Part One
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This week, the Man of Steel blasts off from his home planet of Krypton and into our animation rotation with Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Superman, underrated? We think so! Lara, Lois, Lana...what's going on here? Trying to figure out in real time if the periodic table of elements has Krypton or Kryptonite on it! Next week is X-Men: Anime.…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Triumph of the Green Goblin
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X-Men 97: Season 2 isn't coming for a million years so we decided to kill the time waiting by watching three different animated classics and we start with the hilarious Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... More Marvel cameos than you can fill a multiverse with! How this episode basically has the same plot of both Batman Begi…
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Episode 113: Diamonds over the Decades
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Hertz Hasenfeld of US-based diamond manufacturer Hasenfeld-Stein shares his experience handling market crashes.Av Rapaport
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X-Men TAS Podcast: CONFIDENTIAL Fan Q&A Session #2
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X-Men 97 is over and we're all left to ponder the great mysteries of the universe such as the deepest, darkest secrets of how we fell in love and what are guiltiest pleasures are! Also, lots of future X-Men movie speculation, our ideal favorite X-Men video games, X-Men 97 season 2 speculation and just exactly what we are gonna do with this podcast …
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Tolerance is Extinction Part Three
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The X-Men TAS Podcast reaches another milestone as we complete another season of animated excellence...this time, we close a book on season one of X-Men 97, the most glorious cartoon experience of our lives, probably! The great Ben Martin joins us to discuss... Professor X, bad therapist extraordinaire, just barely gets the job done! Why we are pro…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Tolerance is Extinction - Part Two
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To quote the dearly departed Gambit, "it don't get much better than this," does it? The great Adam Khan joins us to break down the penultimate Season One X-Men 97 episode, so join us as we discuss... Storm, just slaying the world every time she appears on screen! Just why did Cyclops put Wolverine on the Blue Team to face Magneto? Why you do not wa…
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Episode 112: Is the Kimberley Process Broken?
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Hans Merket, a researcher at the Antwerp-based International Peace Information Service (IPIS), critiques the Kimberley Process and provides an update on the state of conflict diamonds.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Tolerance is Extinction - Part One
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A star studded episode of X-Men 97 streaks into our hearts as an all-time classic! The great Jeff Tepper joins us this to discuss... The pure Marvel goodness of the world the X-Men live in! Add Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to the required research for fully appreciating this episode! Wolverine stabs people...well, androids...or, android people, eithe…
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Episode 111: Luxury’s Transparency Challenges
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Margot Stuart and Prof. Felicitas Morhart talk about OriginalLuxury, a hub that provides events and information to help luxury companies improve their traceability and transparency.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Bright Eyes
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Rogue sends Captain America on a fetch quest while the X-Men start losing their patience with the world on the latest episode of X-Men TAS! Join us as we discuss... Wondering when Wolverine is gonna get his insane, animated show-piece! Beast might have also had enough as well... Cyclops gearing up for another psychic affair! Bastian, the creepy 90s…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Lifedeath Part Two
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X-Men TAS Podcast super fan (and friend) Brian Fusco fills in for Sonia this week as we dive into all things Shi'ar, Lilandra and Storm on the latest and greatest episode of X-Men 97! Join us as discuss... The Milky Way Ghetto! The greatest scene ever in the history of the character known as Storm! Professor X has no problem getting his mind wiped …
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Remember It
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Everything imaginable happens on the latest episode of X-Men 97 and we are left relatively speechless...but not too speechless so join us to discuss... Nightcrawler, just a perfect cartoon character! Why it's cool that the world knows who the X-Men are! Scott, Jean (and Madelyn) need a lot of therapy! Why we don't think anyone is really gone foreve…
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Craig Miller, CEO of Australian diamond wholesaler and distributor JC Jewels, gives the inside scoop on the country’s jewelry market.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Motendo/Lifedeath Part One
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Jubilee and Sunspot travel to the Mojoverse through a video game console and Storm slaps Forge in the face on the latest episode of X-Men 97 TAS! Join us as we discuss... A few brief, and broken words on the passing of comics legend Ed Piskor... Why the format of this episode reminds us of classic Marvel comics from the silver age! Feeling very ple…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Fire Made Flesh
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So it turns out X-Men 97 is a smash hit and we can barely believe that this is all happening so join us and discuss... Trying to square how some critics insist this show is great for being faithful to the original but also saying how the original is not that good?! Zeroing in on exactly what X-Men TAS always did great, taking complex and ridiculous…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: To Me, My X-Men + Mutant Liberation Begins
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Well, well, well...IT'S THE RETURN OF X-MEN TAS OMG JOIN US AS WE DISCUSS... Nearly every detail from both episodes! The show being incredible, glorious even...! Episode Two raising the stakes in every way imaginable! Storm is not f-ing around! Magneto is not f-ing around! Horribly recapping the convoluted Madelyn Pryor backstory from memory! We ar…
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Episode 109: Can celebrities sell diamond jewelry?
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Journalist and author Rachael Taylor discusses how red-carpet events and well-chosen brand ambassadors can impact revenues.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Batman - Beware the Creeper + Mad Love
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We reach another milestone as we cross the the finish line on Batman TAS! What a ride it is has been! Join us as we discuss... Our weird and conflicting thoughts on Dune: Part 2! The Creeper, a fitting name for a serial sexual harasser! Wait, does Batman just flat out kill the Joker at the end of the series? Looking back on all the Batman greatness…
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Episode 108: A Report from the Hong Kong Show
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Roi Sheinfeld, managing partner of diamond manufacturer M&B Group, came on the Rapaport Diamond Podcast to review the recent Hong Kong fair, which occurred amid sluggish Chinese consumer demand.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Batman - Chemistry + Judgement Day
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It's plot-twist week as the Dark Knight almost marries a monster and a mysterious new vigilante almost kills three super-villains on the latest two episodes of Batman TAS! Join us as we discuss... The potential return of Spider-Man TAS and getting on the hype train for Shogun! Pretty wild of Bruce to think he wouldn't have to reveal that he was Bat…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Batman - Legends of the Dark Knight + Girl's Night Out
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Madame Web, 1950s Batman, 1980s Batman, Batgirl, Supergirl and a whole lot more on the latest two episodes of Batman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Returning to the warm, terrible glow of Sony's in-house movie making style! Bruce Timm being another believer that every version of Batman is canon! Shouldn't Bruce Wayne be paying Barbara Gordon's rent?…
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Episode 107: The visionary and timeless Harry Winston style
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Sharon Novak, curatorial advisor to high-jewelry houses and private collectors, talks about the King of Diamonds’ groundbreaking techniques and bold approach to stone-cutting, as well as some of the legendary figures who have bought his pieces.Av Rapaport
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: X-MEN 97 + DP3 TRAILERS + Batman: Animal Act + Old Wounds
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Finally, we get our first proper glimpse of X-Men 97 as well as Deadpool and Wolverine! We also race to the end of Batman TAS with a double episode dip featuring Nightwing so join us as we discuss... The highs, lows and sweet creamy middles of our thoughts on the X-Men 97 trailer and the worldwide reaction! Grabbing our popcorn as we witness new X-…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast: Batman - Critters
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The Dark Knight fights a farmer who unleashes genetically modified animals on Gotham and also injects his daughter with beef steroids on the latest episode of Batman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Loving Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Marvel's quiet 2024 and how their plans are changing in light of their recent failures... How this episode was hated by fans an…
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