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Apr 2024
19m 39s

Making Things

Tsh Oxenreider
About this episode

Why do we need to make things? Because we need to be people who make things (more than we need things that are made by us). Why? The reason is simple: because making things makes us more into who we’re meant to be. We’re made to make.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Create Your Rule of Life

* Buy a round of drinks

* Recommended reads

* Ira Glass’ The Gap



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