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Jake and Jonathan
by Jake Knapp & Jonathan Courtney
Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.
Episodes
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200: This is the Final Episode (really)
Jonathan is back for a final episode. 💦 Season 1 comes to a close. ⛵️ Hot new consoles. 🎮Secret new course..?! 👀 Microsoft acquires Bethesda Softworks in $7.5B deal PlayStation®5 | Play Has No Limits | PlayStation The all-new Xbox Series X | Xbox The new Xbox Series X and Series S controller:...
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Inside LEGO with design leader Tara Wike - Episode Rewind!
Links Microsoft Encarta (Wikipedia) LEGO LEGO Ideas LEGO Idea (formerly Cuusoo) (Wikipedia) LEGO minifigure (Wikipedia) Rhino LEGO Voltron LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V DK LEGO Books LEGO Women of NASA AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:ajsmart.com/masterclass 👀 Buy Sprint! 📘...
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147: Dangling String VERSUS Ditch Witch
Jake’s moving to an Island. 🏝 Digging ditch witches. 🧙♀️ Why don’t schools teach you how to cook? 👨🍳1000 reviews of Sprint! 🔥A $100,000 logo..?! 🤑 The Cube at 10: Why Apple's eye-catching desktop flopped Apple’s latest event Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp…
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146: Boy Meets Frog
Language pet peeves. 🇺🇸 Why Jake is not a great business partner for John. 📈 How Jake REALLY feels about the Design Sprint Masterclass. 😱 Miro vs Mural vs Google Slides. 🥊 Jake take about a new business idea 💡 thesprintbook.com/bootcamp Prezi Mural Miro Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨…
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145: Designing a Brand New Business Model: CashDrop CEO Ruben Flores-Martinez
John interviews Ruben Flores-Martinez, CEO of CashDrop. 💸 They talk about innovating on business models. 💡 Creating a mission-driven startup. 🧐 Enabling the next wave of eCommerce. 🛍 And the hidden power of LinkedIn. 🧳 thesprintbook.com/bootcamp Simon Sinek: Start with Why CashDrop CashDrop…
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144: Boatloads of Trucks Full of Money
Are books really effective in changing behavior and habits? 🐒 What would Jake change about Make Time? 🤔 Should books be evergreen? ☘️What if books weren’t written to be page-turners? 😴 Podcasts are boring. 😩The cash trucks of Malcolm Gladwell. 💰 Podcast ads. 🎙 Book: This Is Marketing Book:...
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143: Fortnite vs Apple vs JOHN ZERATSKY
The App Store woes hit John. 🎭 Epic Fortnite drama. 🕺 Make Time app coming…?! ⏰ Can Sprint be too SLOW at times..?! 😱 Apple's 1984 ad Fortnite's 1984 spoof ad TheSprintBook.com Send in thoughts to [email protected] Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by...
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142: Jonathan’s FINALLY Going On Vacation!
Jake & Jonathan discuss charming men. 👱♂Jonathan will (get in) touch with himself on vacation. 🤏 Jake chases a mystery smell. 💨 Books. 📚 Frodo Saggins. 🧙♂️ Why alcohol is bad for you. 🍷 How to name products. 🤔Brand Sprint. 🏃♂️ Book: The Magicians: A Novel Book: Hyperion Book 2 The...
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141: Building Your Bigness
Hand condoms. 🧤 Torso condoms. 👕 Jake’s dancing bootcamp. 🕺 Jonathan spends 30k on a secret weapon to build his bigness. 🧠 Toto Japanese Toilets Book: Hyperion Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp Course: AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official…
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140: American toilets are STILL a problem
(Recast) Jake and Jonathan finally get the recognition they deserve by the people at InVision! 😎 A designer-y discuss of toilets. 🚽 How hospitality skills and working in a restaurant make you a better designer. 🤵 Farts. 💨 And some boooooooks! 📚 Book: Design Is How It Works: How the Smartest...
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139: Welcome to the Weather Show!
Rats. 🐀 You’ll get eaten by rats if you don’t register for Jake’s upcoming July 29th bootcamp! 🧀 Hobey Blobbins is killing it. 🕺🏻 German TV is dark but also white. 📺 An AI can write better than Jake..?!? 🤖 LEGO & Nintendo CUTENESS!! 🧸 Register for Jake’s new 4-hour July 29th bootcamp:...
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138: How To Keep Your Energy Levels High ALL DAY AND NIGHT UNTIL YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE DIES
How to manage your energy & time like a BOSS. 🕺 Experimenting with Jake-ier online trainings. 👀 Kettlebells. 🎱 Coffee. ☕️ Alcohol. 🍷 People fun. 🌈 Remote Brand Sprint Template thesprintbook.com/bootcamp The 4-Hour Workweek Book: The Road Book: The Wall Book: So You Want to Talk About Race...
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137: Apple Design Awards TRIGGER Spiritual Awakening
Is Apple DOOMED..?! ☠️ Quarantine month #4. ☢️ A design review of the new macOS icons. 🎨 Something broke in Jonathan’s brain. 🧠 The curse of the entrepreneur. 🧖 The Last of Us II Apple Design Awards 2020 The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design Book: The Surrender Experiment Book: Letting Go Book:...
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136: Facebook Boycott, Hey.com and Mental Health
Tech politics & big tech. 👻 How AJ&Smart is dealing with the Facebook situation. 🤔Hey vs Superhuman. 🦸♂️ What you should do early in your career vs later. 👨💻Book binging & recommendations. 📚Therapy for dudes. 🛋 Hey.com Superhuman Book: The Surrender Experiment Book: Letting Go Book:...
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135: The Apple Event, Playstation 5, The River Man…
Crotchless shorts. 🩳 Jonathan (re)reads Make Time 📖 and buys a new SECRET domain name. 👀 A recommendation for the best books EVER written for making money online. 🔥 A discussion of the news. 🗞 Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp Hyperion Cantos Book Series Book: Traffic Secrets PS5 Book: Flow: The...
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134: Sarah Cooper has OVER 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS (NOT CLICKBAIT)
This episode is a replay of an interview from many moons ago, but chances are you haven’t listened to it. Sarah Cooper is an ex-Google Docs design lead and super talented comedian! You should totally Check out Sarah on Twitter — she’s been doing some VERY interesting stuff. 😂 Links Book: 100...
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133: So, is Coronavirus done now?
Keyboards. F*#$ racism. Taking time to understand instead of following the crowd. Messages from the future. A special teaser for those who stick to the end. 👽 Links Reflections on the Color of My Skin | Neil Degrasse Tyson (YouTube) Samuel Sinyangwe’s tweet thread Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on…
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132: We Discuss the Current Situation in the U.S.
Jake & Jonathan discuss the current situation in the U.S.
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131: Apple Glass Leak REACTION
Trump. Gender politics. Super serious. Secret Apple product LEAK. You are Batman. 🦇 Links Kevin Rose Jason Fried Sarah Cooper Facebook Says It Will Permanently Shift Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs To Remote Work | The Verge Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s...
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130: We react to Twitter going Fully Remote Forever!
There’s an ACTUAL topic this week! 💦 Work from home, the good and the bad. 🏡 Benefits of office work. 🏢 Farts. 💨 Links Twitter, Square Announce Work From Home Forever Option: What Are The Risks? Mark Zuckerberg on taking his massive workforce remote Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Make Time...
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129: Sorry, Designers Will Hate This Episode!
Star Wars. 💫 Connection issues. Famous Irish people. ☘️ Life after Corona. 🦠 Gandalf update. 🧙♂️ Advice to junior designers. 👶 Links What life after lockdown might look like | CNBC Reports (YouTube) Book: The Lean Startup Design Life podcast Chris Do Redesigns Our Logo! (For FREE) (YouTube)...
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128: We Hit 1,000,000 Downloads!
German lockdown is over. 💃 Authenticity over caution. 😌 Why most designers are angry. 😤 Big Gandalf update. 🧙♂️ Soaking in the pandemic. 🦠 Fetish dinner. 🍽 Handling layoffs. 😕 And a little bonus at the end. 🎶 Links @gildy on Instagram Pool Party by Rudy Willingham User Research is...
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127: Why FORTNITE is the Future of Entertainment
Remote school life. 🏫 The glory of being home alone. 🛀 Fortnite. 🔫 Jonathan is (not) sexist. 💁♂️ Links Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Travis Scott’s first Fortnite concert was surreal and spectacular Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint…
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126: This is a Serious Design Podcast
Jonathan is zen. 😌 Jake published a Remote Sprint Guide. ✍️ The economy in times of Corona. 🦠 Links: Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨ Book: Good Strategy Bad Strategy Volkswagen California Beach Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake...
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125: Spotify UX/UI Critique (SHOCKING)
Links Get on the waiting list for Jonathan’s book: The Workshopper Playbook Book: How to Double Your Profits in Six Months or Less Poolside.fm reMarkable 2 Book: Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, Book 3) Book: Annihilation: A Novel Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s...
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124: Who’s The Most Influential Designer?
Links: Book: The Power of Moments Dalgona coffee AJ&Smart’s Remote Design Sprint Guide ✨ Animal Crossing Book: Hyperion Collection Book: The Body Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake...
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123: Jonathan Wrote a Book and it's FREE
Links: ajsmart.com/newsletter workshopper.com Edge LEGO Pirates of Barracuda Bay QWSTION Bags Animal Crossing Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint...
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122: New iPad Pro FULL Review
Links: Apple’s New iPad Pro & Magic Keyboard Animal Crossing Half-Life Alyx Doom Eternal Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance AJ&Smart Interviews Jason Fried about Remote Work Secrets (YouTube) Better Help Book: Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Make Time Course Make Time...
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121: How To Deal With Corona Anxiety
Links: Animal Crossing Better Help Book: Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:...
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120: This Episode Radiates Extreme Chaotic Energy
Links: Book: Obstacle is the Way Waking Ned Devine Jumanji: Welcome to Jungle Thor: Ragnarok The IT Crowd Black Books The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Spirited Away My Neighbor Totoro Studio Ghibli Museum Book: Fahrenheit 451 Youtube: Monstro Freedom: Block Websites, Apps, and the Internet...
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119: Is Strategy Actually Important?
Links: Gary Vee Join the conversation in Jonathan’s LinkedIn post Book: Obstacle is the Way Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:...
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118: Humans Were Not Made For This
Links: Jake’s upcoming workshops Business to Buttons iToday.ch Design Better Book: Annihilation Book: 1984 Book: The Road Book: Song of Ice Fire 1–3 Book: Earthsea Series Book: Hyperion 1 & 2 Book: Permafrost Book: I am Legend Book: Cabin at the End of the World Make Time Course Make Time...
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117: John Zeratsky is in this episode!
Links: Make Time Course Make Time Newsletter Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass 🥇😯 Jake & Jonathan: Rate the show on Apple Podcasts Jake on Twitter...
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116: Is This The Next Big Email App?
Links: ajsmart.com/masterclass From Business to Buttons iToday.ch Funnel Hacking Live ajsmart.com/live-training hey.com Super Human Flipchart.it Book: Awareness Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design...
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115: Tony Robbins Changed My Life (clap clap clap clap!)
Links: ajsmart.com/masterclass From Business to Buttons iToday.ch Funnel Hacking Live Jake’s newsletter Jonathan’s Instagram Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass 🥇😯 Jake & Jonathan: Rate the…
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114: Kevin Rose gives us EPIC Product Advice!
(Recast of ep.64) This is a big one! This might just be the BEST EPISODE YET!! Why, you ask..? Because Jake & Jonathan are joined by none other than the legendary Kevin Rose. Jonathan doesn’t even bother talking for most of the episode because he just wants Kevin and Jake to keep talking! Here’s...
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113: Design Sprint IS LIFE
Jake’s back! Cat tongues are disgusting. Please listen to this podcast naked. Gandalf update. 🧙♂️ Links: Check out Jake’s upcoming workshops 🔥 Make Time Course Book: Superintelligence Book: Life 3.0 Funnel Hacking Live 2020 Book: House of Suns Book: There There Book: Exhalation The Lifecycle…
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112: Facebook’s SHOCKING Tech Prediction For 2030
Jonathan takes you on another LonelyCast today. Yoga class update. 🧘♂️ How the Strategy Sprint works. 🔥 Zuck is a genius. And how people you hate can boost your career. 🤬 Links Athletic Greens MT masking tape Aeropress Zuck’s 2020 plans GaryVee #CES2020: Primordial Soup of Innovation | Steven...
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111: Introverts VS Extroverts
Is being an introvert better for designers..?! And, what’s a Strategy Sprint..? Also, some crazy tech from CES. An embarrassing yoga experience. One of the co-hosts is going vegan—sort of. New year’s resolutions. Links Funnel Hacking Live neon.life Less—Alcohol Tracker Mike Maser Zero Fasting...
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110: The FINAL Gandalf Update of 2019
Very holidays! Jonathan reads listener emails to Jake—or tries too. He’s drunk. Some good o’l career advice. A special call-in from a special someone! Biggest learnings in 2019. Being candid is hard. And—of course—a Gandalf update. Happy Holidays everyone! 🎊 Links: Blade Runner 2049 Figma Book:...
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109: The BEST of EVERYTHING 2019
You have a problem in your mouth. Jonathan’s wife hurt her tail in a fight. Jake’s cat is high on drugs and walking backwards. Links Best Fiction Books The Hobbit Ancillary Justice 11/22/63 The Fifth Season The Fifth Science Recursion The Body The Cabin at the End of the World I Am Legend Best...
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108: Product Awards 2019
Saggy Balls Awards. Gandalf Award. Deep Impact Award. Aaaaaand Product of the Yearrrrr!! Links: The Legend of Zelda™: Link’s Awakening Nintendo Switch Zoom Recorder AirPods Figma Cybertruck Scratch — Imagine, Program, Share Book: Scratch Programming Playground: Learn to Program by Making Cool…
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107: CYBERTRUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!!!
Nintendo’s Ring. Tesla’s Cybertruck. Cute baby vomit. Ganalf awards. People fun. Links Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure Half-life 3 Trailer Cybertruck Death Stranding Google Stadia Book: I Am Legend Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint...
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106: Apple’s Secret New 2023 Product LEAKS!
BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Go to ajsmart.com/ww to get a 53% discount on the official Design Sprint course made by Jake & Jonathan themselves! 🤑 Jake and Jonathan talk about how they’ve been moaning for months. Jonathan has even started to track his mood with an app! Jake gives a juicy Gandalf updates.…
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105: Airpods Pro VS Mother’s Milk
Jake and Jonathan talk talk about coughing while flying business class and getting results from your coughs. Jake is in Barcelona and doesn’t want to eat alone. Next, they talk about Big Boy AirPods™. A video game featuring a fetus. Lastly, some book & tv show recommendations. Links: Restaurante...
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104: Jake & Jonathan LIVE from New York City
MERCH! Get your t-shirt here: teespring.com/stores/jakejonathan. Jake and Jonathan talk talk about…nothing in specific really.😅 But that’s what the podcast is about anyway, right..?! Enjoy! 😘 P.S. If you really want to know, they talk about the idea of going back to a normal job and having a…
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103: You need to have this Mindset to Succeed
MERCH! Get your t-shirt here: teespring.com/stores/jakejonathan. Jake and Jonathan talk about the abundance mindset_and why it makes business sense in the longterm. Also, designers with a scarcity mindset won’t get very far. There’s a ton of money in workshopping. How much should you charge for a...
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102: Jonathan is NOT happy today!
Jake and Jonathan talk about how babies suck but they’re a good investment. Jonathan talks astrophysics. Jake tells Jonathan how to get out of funk. Aaaand music recommendations. Because. Links: MERCH DROP! Buy the limited-time Jake & Jonathan t-shirt here: teespring.com/stores/jakejonathan .…
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101: Amazon’s Vibrating Ring
New MERCH is here! Get your limited-time time tee now. 1000 sticks. Jake and Jonathan talk about cooking robots, funny videos, and how designers can work on things that matter. Links: MERCH DROP! Buy the limited-time Jake & Jonathan t-shirt here: teespring.com/stores/jakejonathan Workshopper.com...
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100: How To Be Less Stressed
WE MADE IT! Episode 100! First, a celebration is in order! 🎊 Then we find out Jake is a control freak. Then Jonathan teaches Jake about the power of delegation and life changing magic of getting a personal assistant. Then cities are rated with sticks. Links: Buy a ticket to one of Jake’s…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.
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