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Episode 373: Red Cheekums

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Discussed: Dan's gummi vitamins, vitamins in general, the childhood shame of those weird plaque pills, exotic sickness images, Fifth Disease comes to Austin, Dan's car troubles, Faraday Cages and how to build them, a potential t-shirt for you.

Dan was cleaning out his garage, and Merlin has a lot to say about the philosophy and practical components of getting rid of junk at scale. Also, Dan really kills it on eBay.

Merlin is very excited about Fantastic Four coming back and has some potential warnings about the new Wes Anderson film. Spoilers: there's nothing weak about knowing what freaks you out.

Also, the boys discuss why Merlin changed his mic setup. Which is fascinating.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Hello, Merlin. How are you?

0:03.6

I'm great to hear. How are you?

0:04.8

Pretty good.

0:06.0

Pretty good.

0:06.8

Pretty good.

0:08.8

I take these vitamins now that are in a gummy.

0:16.8

Oh.

0:17.8

You ever tried that?

0:18.8

You ever have one of these gummies?

0:19.8

Oh, my God.

0:20.8

It's basically...

0:21.8

Is it doing stuff for you?

0:21.8

I don't think so.

0:23.8

It's for an adult.

0:24.8

It's a dark vitamin.

0:25.8

It's a dark vitamin.

0:26.8

It's a dark vitamin.

0:27.8

It's a shape of a bear or anything like that.

0:28.8

It's like a fruit shape.

0:32.6

Like a...

0:35.2

It's shaped like a coliseum.

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