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Episode 472: Sunday Afternoon Feeling

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

TW: very brief mention of suicide around minute 24.

DISCUSSED: a classic three-act episode! Expertise is difficult to explain—let alone to teach; the Sunday Scaries are real; it's an interesting (and surprising) time for people with anxiety and depression; let's keep trying to give each other a break; some follow-up on Descript and the One-Drawer Project; You Look Nice Today is back; finally, Dan has some tips on surviving working from home.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Why do I have to sing this song?

0:01.4

That's so weird.

0:02.4

BAM!

0:03.7

Hello.

0:04.3

Hey, Merlin, how are you?

0:05.8

Good morning, Dad.

0:07.3

I'm very well, how are you?

0:08.4

Oh, good.

0:09.2

That's the voices back.

0:10.3

Your voice, the old voice, the old timing.

0:12.9

Hello!

0:13.9

It's good to welcome back to the show, friend.

0:15.9

Hi, Jerry.

0:16.9

Hello.

0:18.1

Hello.

0:19.1

Oh, oh, oh.

0:20.5

Hmm.

0:21.3

Yeah.

0:21.8

Good morning.

0:23.2

It's a beautiful morning in San Francisco.

0:24.8

Yeah, what's going on up way up there?

0:26.4

Oh, you know, the sun finally came out a little bit.

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