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24 alternatives to Surprisingly Awesome - Mold

New Gimlet Podcast with Adam McKay and Adam Davidson

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Surprisingly Awesome - Mold launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Surprisingly Awesome - 1: Mold▲93

   Gimlet's new show about the awesomeness of everyday things

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Surprisingly Awesome - 01: Mold▲3

   A new geeky, cheeky podcast by Gimlet Media.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Surprisingly Awesome - Trailer▲68

   A new show from Gimlet

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Sampler - Teaser of Gimlet Media's New Podcast▲89

   Gimlet Media launches another podcast next week

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Gimlet's Fall Season▲16

   Gimlet's new season of podcasts

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Startup - 16: The Secret Formula▲76

   Gimlet Media breaks down how they produce podcasts

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC - Founder's Friday: Matt Lieber @ Gimlet Media▲74

   Matt describes the future of podcasting and life at Gimlet

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Mystery Show▲136

   Gimlet Media's new mystery show podcast

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   The Podglomerate▲70

   A hybrid podcast network and production house

   2017 · its alternatives →

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    Product People ▲239

    Podcast focused on great products and their makers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65

    Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Immutable Podcast▲150

    A short, weekly show about design and development

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Message - Episode 1▲64

    Cyphercast, the podcast within a podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Developer Tea▲100

    10 minute podcast for devs on a tea/coffee break

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Full Stack Radio▲128

    A podcast for devs interested in building great products.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hello Tech Pros: Announcing the IMDB of Podcasting▲54

    Matthew Rehm from PodXRef on Entrepreneurship

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Aurelius Podcast: Episode 2 with Jared Spool▲66

    Discussing product strategy and design.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Sampler - #1: Magic and Tonic▲75

    Gimlet's new show: bite sized tastes from a variety of shows

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    NTMY The Show - 1: Pieter Levels▲142

    The inaugural episode of Tobias van Schneider's new podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Founder Calls Podcast ▲118

    New podcast from Box CEO Aaron Levie

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    a16z - A podcast about podcasts▲140

    Discussing podcast discovery & community w/ PH & Roman Mars

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    TIL Reddit Recap - Thu. Jan 28▲80

    A podcast created entirely by a computer program

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    CreativeMornings - Casey Gerald▲59

    The inaugural episode of CreativeMornings' new podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    That's So Podcast: Ep. 1 "That's so Afrofuturistic!"▲52

    This ep features Mike Street and is about #Afrofuturism

    2016 · its alternatives →

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