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Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen

Productive Talk Comp.: Episodes 01-08 on Odeo

As promised, here’s the single-file compilation of the Productive Talk podcast interviews I did with David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done. The final version’s eight episodes clock in at a considerable one hour and twenty-six minutes, so this should give you plenty to listen to while you’re in line at the DMV.

Some editing misadventures stole the time I’d set aside to write up my final comments on the series, but those will be coming along soon, I promise. In the mean time, as I said in the podcast ep., I want to sincerely thank David, Rick Kantor, Robert Peake, and Zircon Skye Studios for their participation and help with the Productive Talk series. David in particular was unbelievably generous with his time, and I’m very grateful to have had this opportunity to interview him.

Hope you all enjoy hearing the whole series, in order, all in one place. There’s some nuggets of GTD gold in there, if I do say so myself.

Please note: the version included in the podcast feed is a lowly but compatible MP3 file; Apple-y folks with iPods and sexy AAC support can grab this tastier m4a version, which includes chapter markers that make it easy to flip through the individual episodes quickly.

You can learn more at Odeo.com, download the MP3 version, or just listen from here by using the Flash player below:


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Phil B's picture

Great to have the whole...

Great to have the whole thing available, but is it really necessary to put it in the podcast feed when we’ve already got the individual parts? Better surely to just make it available to people who want it, like you’ve done with the AAC version (which I’d rather have if I was going to download anything)

Phil

Anthony's picture

Merlin, this has been an...

Merlin, this has been an excellent series, so the end is bittersweet. I feel like it was an awesome teaser/preview of something bigger.

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Thanks for the AAC version....

Thanks for the AAC version. The iTunes subscription service download was suggesting it was going to be a seven hour download when I tried again. The AAC was going to download in about 4 minutes.

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Excellent Podcast. You two work...

Excellent Podcast. You two work well together without making it feel scripted or one sided. This is a keeper.

Off topic: any pointers on how folks can make their own audio file with chapters? (Preferably free)

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This is awesome! I’ll have to finish reading GTD tonight because tomorrow morning… I have to stand in line at the DMV! How did you know??

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Well, you really schookered me…it was listening to this in pieces that finally kicked me in tha ass enough to actually get GTDed, after having the book for months (and the audio version for almost a year) and drooling over your site and other orgpr0n.

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