Episode Archive
643 episodes of Back to Work since the first episode, which aired on January 18th, 2011.
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Episode 596: Turkey Legs in the Renaissance
November 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 17 mins
Merlin is playing with his new dingus; Dan almost talks about wallets; try Tailscale to make your stuff work better together; why you (yes, you) need a VPN; Dan is getting enthused about Obsidian; Merlin is freshly re-enthused about Daytum; and finally Dan is very excited about a Dracula he saw.
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Episode 595: Blessèd Vessel
November 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 21 mins
Merlin makes his case for spreadsheets as your potential place where stuff goes.
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Episode 594: Honey Sun Bear
October 18th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
Fortunately, Merlin had thoroughly prepared for 62 minutes of lizards, Morgellons, animal powers, and Tom Cruise.
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Episode 593: One of the Eel Women
October 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 31 mins
Sleep, practice, infrastructure, power, and OCD are themes. As per usual.
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Episode 592: Dirt Cat
October 4th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
Dan has Covid, so Merlin agrees to carry him, and yet Dan improbably carries them both.
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Episode 591: A Closeted Magical Thinker
September 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
There are a few odds and sods, but, yeah, it's mostly about adjudicating "Peak Cruise."
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Episode 590: A Load-Bearing Feeling
September 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
Feeling bad about feeling bad is ultimately optional.
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Episode 589: The Outgassing of Ancient Woods
September 6th, 2022 | 1 hr 36 mins
From choosing a pencil to relocating your ladder, one big and complex part of Knowledge Work is deciding HOW to do what you do.
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Episode 588: Quid Pro Crow
August 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
Your hosts talk about some of their favorite Mac apps available via Setapp.
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Episode 586: We Have Met the Audience, and He Is Us
August 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
DISCUSSED: A very moist man's lawyer learns how Dropbox works; Merlin introduces "The Bump"; Dan has a cool new calendar technology; and Merlin speed-rounds some odds and sods.
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Episode 585: The Wahlberg Uncertainty Principle
August 2nd, 2022 | 1 hr 16 mins
Frankly, it was a bit of a fever dream.