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Sep 2020
1h 33m

294: ‘DOS Rot’, With John Moltz

Daring Fireball / John Gruber
About this episode

John Moltz returns to the show. Poodles are great dogs. Windows stinks worse than ever. Everyone should watch Ted Lasso.

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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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