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Sep 2017
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Welcome to Made You Think!

Neil Soni, Nat Eliason, and Adil Majid
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Made you think is a podcast from Nat Eliason and Neil Soni dedicated to exploring big ideas from old books, new technologies, great speeches, and anything else that will stretch your brain muscles. Here's what the show is all about.

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