Why every company wants a podcast now

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You'll have Nei back on Friday and for next week, I promise, as we run towards the end of the year. Lots of good stuff still coming. But I'm really excited to be here with all of you today because I get to talk about one of my very favorite things, podcasts. There's something strange happening these days in the podcasting world. Actually, there are kind of a lot of strange things happening in the podcast world.

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