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Gummy Vitamins: Education Delivered with Levity or Brevity

These shows are published like periodicals. They contain valuable research and insight on a wide breadth of topics and most of them attempt to entertain as well.If you aren't intellectually stimulated, hopefully you will still get a laugh. If the host isn't funny, usually it's to save time. Brevity in podcasting is a show of respect for the audience and I find that quality just as admirable.

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Created December 28, 2022

Updated November 25, 2023

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