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December 17, 2020 • 55 mins

This week’s guest is Ashley Esqueda, senior producer at CNET and woman about the internet. She joins Brett to talk about producing video at home, gaming, and some media picks worth talking about.

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  2. Solutions and Other Problems
  3. The Mandalorian

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[00:00:00]Brett: [00:00:00] This week’s guest is Ashley Esqueda, senior producer at CNET and woman about the internet. Welcome back to the show, Ashley.

[00:00:08] Ashley: [00:00:08] You for having me back? I it’s been a few years, so I figured I was on a black list.

[00:00:12] Brett: [00:00:12] No, there was a year in there where systematic was just off the air.

[00:00:18] Ashley: [00:00:18] I got, Oh, okay. I see. I see.

[00:00:19] Brett: [00:00:19] I burnt out, I guess.

[00:00:22] Ashley: [00:00:22] My PR it was so bad. My last appearance was so bad that you had to take a year long break

[00:00:28] Brett: [00:00:28] was a slow burn because your last appearance was in 2015 and it just took until about 2019 for it really to sink in.

[00:00:36] Ashley: [00:00:36] I get it. I get it. Have that effect on people years later, they realize what have

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