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Jun 15, 2018

S2E05 – School’s Out for Summer

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Pencils down! School's out! With a brief interruption to Brian's vacation schedule, the Backers carve out time for a quick episode to share their recently backed picks now that the dog days of summer are creeping up on us. Hear about PicoBrew postponing plans for the Pico U and the latest with the Coolest Cooler fiasco. Chris joins a new subscription box economy to facilitate family experiences in the kitchen, and Brian plans to gather his family around the table for a new traveling gaming experience. Next time on Backers: The great outdoors. For episode links, visit the episode post on our website at https://backerspodcast.com/s2e05-schools-out-for-summer Backers is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://backerspodcast.wordpress.com/

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