Acquired Rough Cuts

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed. There's a lot of polish and fixes that will be applied between now and release to eliminate crosstalk, remove crinkling and throat-clearing, smooth the audio to sound more natural, do EQ, remove likes/ums, background noise, etc.  Note that there is silence...

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT.  Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. There are also two cold opens. We will pick only one.  All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (...

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may...

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this coming Sunday. That there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing. Please note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed before releasing.  All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with audio quality defects that will be fixed before releasing.  All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public. Note that it is expected that the theme song is missing :)

This is a pre-release version that may change before the final. Some rough cuts are expected and will be smoothed in the edit process. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening. If you have any feedback, it is absolutely welcome ahead of release!

This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of October 27th. Please note that this is a pre-release draft and may be revised before the final. Thank you for listening! Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of July 21st. If you listen between now and then, all feedback welcome!  Please note that this is a draft and will be revised before the final.

This is a pre-release draft. Contains sections that may be removed before final copy. If you find anything in accurate, confusing, or boring, please tell Ben or David! This episode covers the first 20 years of Microsoft from founding through the launch of Windows 95. Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

This is a pre-release version that will change dramatically before the final. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

This is a rough cut and is not final. Contains no intro music, multiple takes of certain sections, and needs to be tightened up!

This is a pre-release version of the episode that may still be revised. There is some silence at the beginning where the music will go.

This is a rough draft of the episode and contains some segments that will be cut. It may also have a few duplicative areas where we pick which version we like better.

Just cut out the big chunks and breaks from raw recording. Still needs editing!

Audio is very rough and will sound better in the final version!

Idea to send to David about how it could sound if we edit this way.

Pre-release version of the interview with Jensen before it is finalized for public consumption! 

Rough cut of the episode. Still needs Ben and David to remove boring, inaccurate, or repetitive bits. Thank you for helping by listening early! Note that there is no intro music yet.

Draft version of Costco episode that will go live on Aug 20th!

Rough cut -- thanks for giving feedback!