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How Has Transcribing Kapil Gupta’s Podcasts Influenced Matt

Matt says that the theme of Gupta's podcasts are to look for the truth of whatever situation you're in. Everything that Kapil says makes you want to second guess and rethink things in the world.

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What would you learn if you took notes on the best podcasts? ·

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