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Apr 2023
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The Verge
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Today on the flagship podcast of overthinking thermometers:  The Verge's David Pierce and Dan Seifert discuss what’s happening in the weather app world, and hear from the developers of Carrot Weather and Hello Weather.  Apple’s Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece  forecastadvisor.com ... Show More
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