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Episode 29: I Download FLAC

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2011

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by TV’s Rob Corddry (Children’s Hospital, The Daily Show, Hot Tub Time Machine) to talk about Getting Things Done, writing, fear, and finding success as a blood-soaked clown.

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0:00.0

Dance about a cold, wonderfully sponsored by MailChimp!

0:09.6

Hey, um, so it's, uh, so let's, let's do this, let's, we'll cut all of this out, don't worry.

0:17.0

Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim can't, Jim, I love you so much.

0:21.1

Jim, can you cut all of this out of the faith, faith, faith, faith, can you make sure that Jim cuts out of it?

0:25.8

Damn, gotta just came twice.

0:27.4

Dan, can you make sure the faith, Jim cuts out of this out?

0:30.2

Actually, I, I came once and peed once, so...

0:32.0

If Farbs, can you write a blog at me about this?

0:33.9

Ha-ha-ha!

0:34.7

Josh?

0:35.5

Sir Kuseh, do you have any, ah, God.

0:38.5

Do you have any, uh, critical, uh...

0:40.3

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

0:41.9

People gonna know, they're gonna know this isn't important.

0:45.4

Is it porkins or wedge?

0:46.8

Nurens, what is it?

0:47.6

Oh my God, they're gonna know this isn't, there's no way you know this.

0:50.4

Ha-ha!

0:53.2

You know what's weird is you sound super clearer.

0:55.1

Uh, we're weird with digital.

0:56.5

You know, those HDMI cords, they're just, they're screwing us with those, because digital is digital.

0:59.5

You know that, right? Robcord, do you know that?

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