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My podcast listening ebbs and flows.

I am currently in the flow state.1

Anyway, I like these three podcasts that are all web development related.2

1 That sounds weird but ebb wouldn’t make any sense.

2 I’m also listening to some strange fitness/weight lifting podcasts which make these seem mainstream.

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