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When Mero was a teenager in the Bronx, he landed a job in the mail room at one of NYC’s biggest investment banks. When he decided he was ready for a promotion, he talked his way into a new job in the IT department. The only problem? He knew nothing about computers.

Host: Brian Phillips 

Producers: Mike Wargon, Conor Nevins, and Vikram Patel 

Sound Design: Kaya McMullen 

Mixing and Mastering: Scott Somerville 

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Brian Phillips is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘Impossible Owls’ and the host of the podcasts ‘Truthless’ and ‘22 Goals.’ A former staff writer for Grantland and senior writer for MTV News, he has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, among others.

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