Flat Rate Tech Podcast
By Tech, Flat Rate Life Media™
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If you are an Automotive Mechanic or in the industry this is the show for you! The #1 automotive mechanic podcast! We talk about the good and the bad.
Flat rate is broken. We’re done staying quiet.
The Flat Rate Tech Podcast is the raw, unfiltered voice of real dealership and independent shop technicians. Hosted by a working flat rate tech and the author of Flat Rate Life—the book that exposes what it’s really like to survive in this trade—this podcast pulls back the curtain on the automotive industry.
Every week, we call out the truth behind flat rate pay, toxic shop politics, unpaid diagnostic time, tool debt, burnout, and the constant pressure to “just hit your hours.”
If you're a tech, mechanic, or service advisor who's tired of the lies, this one's for you.
No sponsors. No filters. No corporate polish. Just the truth.
Disclaimer:
This podcast reflects personal opinions based on real-life experience in the automotive repair industry. All names, locations, and identifying details have been changed or omitted to protect privacy. The views expressed do not reflect those of any current or former employer, coworker, dealership, or manufacturer. This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice.
If you recognize yourself in this podcast… ask yourself why.
Produced By Flat Rate Life Media™
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Super Tech Scammers and the Managers That Protect Them
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Dealer Techs Are Just Parts Changers?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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The Real Reason New Techs Don't Last
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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They Don't Own You, They Just Think They Do
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Shop Foreman Position Is it WORTH IT?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Last Real Techs
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The Flat Rate Trap: How AI Will Help The Industry Win
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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When the Techs Stick together, THEY PANIC!
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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The REAL Reason There is a Tech Shortage
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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RENTED PEACE
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Weapon Words
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Why New Techs Don’t Last
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Another Wave Of Techs Leaving
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Career Growth: The Shop Will Pick Your Path if You Don’t
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ford Tech
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Loyalty Isn’t Free — They’ll Still Lie to Get You Here
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Death of Mentorship and the Short Life of Good Shops
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Flat Rate Life Is OUT NOW! Link Below
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Grey Mechanic
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Book Release
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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They Could've Fixed the System. They Branded it Instead.
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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This Job Used to Mean Something
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Professionalism in a Broken System
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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The Industry Influencer Circus
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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They Train You to Stay Broke
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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15 Techs Quit During This Episode
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Another Reason Flat Rate is A Scam
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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This Industry Is Killing itself
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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No Hours, No Deal: What Every Mechanic Should Ask During A Job Interview
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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"This Job's Killing Us - And No One Gives a Fuck"
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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It’s Business 2/12/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Training SUCKS. 2/25/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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My Hero, What is success, email questions 3/16/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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The System 3/24/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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All data is ripping you off!! 4/7/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Job Ads #2 4/29/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Another boring episode 5/7/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Sad Industry 5/19/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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What To Expect 6/2/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Just another one 6/26/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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It's A Cult! 6/17/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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How To Play The GAME 6/24/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Traveling Hacks, Top 5%, Electric Bikes 7/1/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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I MADE IT! 7/8/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Why You SUCK! 7/15/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Hire Them Back, License To Work, 120hrs A Week 7/22/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Think Positive 7/29/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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You Can Fix Anything 8/12/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Shop Around Again 8/19/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Email question, Tool prices 8/26/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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RED FLAGS 9/2/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Ethiopian Salesman 9/9/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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More Red Flags 9/23/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Going Downhill 9/30/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Hurricane 10/8/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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60 year old mechanic? 10/28/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Pros and Cons Being a Mechanic 11/4/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Lube Techs Listen Up! 11/11/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Why The New Tech Makes Hours 12/2/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Loyalty 12/16/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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MERRY Christmas 12/30/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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2025 Season 1/6/25
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May 31, 2025 |
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Crooks 1/27/25
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May 31, 2025 |
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I’m a Shop Owner now 3/27/25
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May 31, 2025 |
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Palm trees and lawn mowers? 7/1/21
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May 31, 2025 |
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Thinking about starting your own shop? Listen to this episode first 9/25/21
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May 31, 2025 |
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It's a Dirty Game 3/6/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Advisors, F1, Ribs, Melting Pot 3/20/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Super Tech, F1 3/28/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Different Techs in every shop 5/1/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Techs Talk, FIX your shop FIRST before trying to hire more 5/7/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Top 5 Reasons Why I'm Still A Mechanic. 5/15/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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So You Want To Be A Shop Foreman? 5/21/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Here Is Your Chance, Motivation. 6/4/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Warranty times, Tool Trucks,Tech Shortage, Trade Schools. 6/20/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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ClickBait, You are the problem, FIX IT 7/8/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Rebuild Your Shop Series #1. 7/16/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Buddy system, Lost Another Tech. 7/21/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Rebuild Your Shop Series 2 STANDARDS. 7/30/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Mobil Hacks, Body Shop Techs, Rambling 8/7/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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SHEEP 8/18/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Top 5 Reasons I Want To QUIT!!!! 9/2/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Rebuild Your Shop #3 Team Leaders. 9/11/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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6 Day Work Weeks!?! Bikes, And Beer. 9/25/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Audi dealer to Independent shop 9/29/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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The Reality Of Being A Technician. 10/9/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Lizard People, And Emails 10/16/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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That Shop Closed Down! 10/17/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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This is for the new techs. 11/6/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Rebuild Your Shop #4 "Traveling Hack" 11/13/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Time To QUIT! 11/15/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Nissan Tech. 11/20/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Are Tech School Teachers REALLY Telling Students This!?! 11/27/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Porsche Tech! 12/4/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Talk To Your Techs 12/17/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Give it Away. 12/24/22
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May 31, 2025 |
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Managers / Stress, It's Your Fault 1/1/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Email, Rambling 1/8/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Doctor. 1/15/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Field Service Tech 1/22/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Training 1/29/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Started As A Tech At 50? 2/5/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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How To Succeed In A Shop? 2/12/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Side Hustle 2/19/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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The Reality Of Being A Technician #2 2/25/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode! 2/27/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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How Your Lube Shop Should Be Ran? 3/12/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Listen To This 3/19/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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New Cars 3/26/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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New Manager Every Year 4/3/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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The Reality Of Being A Technician #3. 4/9/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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We Need This For The Industry. 4/23/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Changes in the shop 4/16/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Advisor At A Independent Shop! 4/28/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Tool Box Warranties, Tool Pimps, Hacks 5/7/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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The #1 Reason Your Shop Is Failing 5/14/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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YouTube, Videos, Hobbies 5/30/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Mechanic 6/4/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Pay Plan, Porters 6/12/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Should I Train A New Tech? 6/18/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Highlights! 6/21/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Share it 6/26/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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What do I do with my tools? 7/3/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Get Through The Day 7/3/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Starting Over 7/15/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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2 cents 7/22/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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No Respect 7/30/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Memes 8/20/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Butter It Up! 9/2/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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All About BAGS! 9/9/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Strike 9/16/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Harley Technician 9/24/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Training A New Tech 9/30/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Sign on bonus 10/15/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Send it 10/22/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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MMNN 10/29/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Tools 11/6/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Email 11/19/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Different 11/26/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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2024 12/31/23
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May 31, 2025 |
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Email questions and a special guest 1/7/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Should I Quit? 1/14/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Shop Forman Position 1/20/24
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May 31, 2025 |
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Crazy guy in the shop
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May 31, 2025 |
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Top 10 highest paying mechanic jobs, and a Bum
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May 31, 2025 |
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Boss Hack
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May 31, 2025 |
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Clunkers
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May 31, 2025 |
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Salesman
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May 31, 2025 |
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This is why the industry is where it is
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May 31, 2025 |
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The solution for the tech shortage?
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May 31, 2025 |
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Don't Be A Hack
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May 31, 2025 |
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Dispatching Work
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May 31, 2025 |
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Episode 8
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May 29, 2025 |
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Watch out for the new tech!
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May 29, 2025 |
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Dream crusher, what's wrong with this industry part 1
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May 29, 2025 |
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Your boy changed!
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May 29, 2025 |
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What do you really do for technicians?
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May 29, 2025 |
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Just let Them have a day off
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May 29, 2025 |
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Import vs Domestic shops, Contracts? 3/22/22
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May 29, 2025 |
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He Made The Move You Can Too 8/22
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May 29, 2025 |
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!!NEW EPISODE!! Whoops.
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May 27, 2025 |
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5 deadly sins at the service counter per auto news
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May 26, 2025 |
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Flat Rate VS Hourly
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May 26, 2025 |
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5 Things I wish I knew Before Becoming A Mechanic
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May 26, 2025 |
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Traveling Hack Of The Year Award Goes To
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May 26, 2025 |
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Shop Life
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May 26, 2025 |
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"Shop Life" Animation Series
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May 26, 2025 |
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Heavy Line Fleet Tech
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May 25, 2025 |
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Technicians crashing customer cars, Ranked Top 25 Auto Podcasts! Nismo GTR
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May 24, 2025 |
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Tool pimp coming! What’s in your cup?
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May 24, 2025 |
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Can't find or keep technicians?
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May 24, 2025 |
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Be a Hero
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May 24, 2025 |
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Aaron Automotive
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May 24, 2025 |
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Shop Around
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May 24, 2025 |
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Throw it all in a lake
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May 24, 2025 |
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Want Technicians? Fix this first
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May 24, 2025 |
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Dealership Tech to independent
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May 24, 2025 |
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Is it worth it?
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May 24, 2025 |
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Top 12 air tools?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Traveling Hacks
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May 23, 2025 |
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Honda Tech from Canada
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May 23, 2025 |
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Audi Tech
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May 23, 2025 |
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From A Honda dealership to Power Sports!
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May 23, 2025 |
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Can You Relate?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Flat Rate Has To DIE!
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May 22, 2025 |
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Why you should NOT work for FREE
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May 22, 2025 |
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Tour Bus Mechanic
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May 22, 2025 |
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Lamborghini Tech!
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May 21, 2025 |
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Freedom Hater
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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The Truth Behind Job Ads
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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The industry
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Feb 27, 2022 |