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Read the newsletter, skip the recommendations (I need to read and click on those) and then do a podcast only meta session on writing the newsletter for that week and maybe even insights you gained, thoughts provoked, whatever from the comments you reviewed after posting.

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Haley! Your newsletter (and now podcast!) is a weekly delight. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Regarding your recs, I love your thoughtful selections, but they fall flat in the audio format. I find myself referring back to the newsletter (which I do anyway), but I wonder if that time could be used to offer something unique!

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As I mentioned before I like hearing the actual newsletter in audio form, because I pick up on stuff that I might have missed reading it. But I especially like the added value of the podcast, which is the explanations, including for the recommendations.

Oh and by the way, a confession, I hated the music and skipped/avoided it like I would a radioactive rabies-infested flock of bats, even though that's more effort than just, like, enduring it for a couple seconds. Until you mentioned you were looking for the most twee shit ever, and now I think it kind of adds a little to the concept of the podcast.

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LOL oh no: music!!!! It's really starting to haunt me to I might change it....

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PLEASE INTERVIEW CRYTAL

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I like hearing your explanations! I like the back stories and somehow it makes them more personal. Maybe it’s because I’m quarantining alone, so I crave any voice connection I can get right now lol. I mainly listen to the podcast and go back and look at things afterward. I really look forward to this newsletter every week btw! Much appreciation for all that you share.

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I like the recs! Maybe just cover a few out of the list rather than all? (Ramen doesn't need much justification!)

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I love the recs! And your context around the recs. I vote keep the recs!

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I think spending more time with a the recs that lend themselves to audio makes sense. I'd be interested in an interview with Molly Young.

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ugh. with *the recs

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I def prefer reading the recommendations because there are more links and visuals involved than in the first bit, but expanded explanations would be very cool!

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I really like the recommendations and extended explanations! Sometimes, though, I leap to read the newsletter on Sundays so I don't feel that I need to listen to the newsletter when it comes out on Tuesdays. Will leave another comment when I have a more productive idea on that front

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I like the extended explanations for recs!

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