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May 2022

1h 6m

71: Clicking the Box Offends Me

About this episode

Whether we're motivated by a creative passion, the need for extra income or something else, taking on work outside the 9-to-5 comes naturally to a lot of people I know. So we're talking about what it means to juggle several "jobs."

This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:

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Guest Starring:

Kelly Guimont, Sarah Hockett, and Alison Tedford

Links and Show Notes:

Kelly Guimont
I Want My MCU TV
the Slice

Sarah Hockett
Exploratstory Studios
Sorry for Your Boss
Resinating Designs

Allison Tedford
"Stay Woke, Not Broke"

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