This week’s guest is Allison Sheridan, a technology geek podcaster with an "ever so slight" Apple bias. We talk about her plethora of podcasts, musical anhedonia, and mastering new skills.

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Kristofer Schofield is a letter carrier with Canada Post. He takes a break from his 22,000 step day to join Brett for a conversation about ADHD, photography, passionate music, and rally cars.

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Shawn Blanc, writer, blogger, podcaster, and Tae Kwon Do black belt, joins Brett to talk about his new video series, Learn Ulysses, subscription software models, and indie publishing.

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Sal Soghoian was known as the "AppleScript and Automator guy" at Apple for 20 years, and is now heading up the upcoming CMD-D conference. He joins Brett to talk about his history, his future, and throw in a couple of amazing Steve Jobs stories.

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Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the husband-and-wife team behind the Lifehack Bootcamp, an intensive online course in not only learning new productivity skills but changing the habits that stop you from implementing them.

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Dean Pribetic is a facilitator out of Melbourne, Australia. He joins Brett to talk about helping employees of companies and other groups open conversations and solve issues. Visualization, mindfulness, and top picks from a wide gamut of interests.

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Merlin Mann, podcaster, man about the internet, and devastatingly handsome provocateur, joins Brett to talk about the state of writing on the web, Merlin’s podcasts, and maybe even some politics.

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La Crosse, Wisconsin is the home of The Warehouse, an institution that has grown over 26 years to be a phenomenal hub of youth expression and musical exposure, as well as a safe place for high school kids and beyond. Sometimes a music venue is a music venue, and sometimes it’s a home — and a second family. Warehouse founder Steve Harm joins Brett to talk about the long life of one such venue.

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Chuck Joiner, host of the MacVoices podcast, joins Brett ostensibly to discuss podcasting and technology. But after a recent after-show revelation, Brett just can’t help digging into a fascinating music discussion.

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Stuart Turner is a consultant, public speaker, technologist, and roboticist. He’s also quadriplegic and pioneering the use of robotics and drone technology for the disabled. He joins Brett to talk about his work, life without the use of his limbs, and the fun of home automation.

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