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Sep 20, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    The Shop Never Closes. So You Have To. (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Why you can't switch off after work (opens the original)

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    You shut the laptop. The screen goes black. But the meeting is still running in the back of your head, talking to nobody. If you’ve ever sat down to dinner still inside the workday, answered your kids in the polite, distracted voice you’ve been using on adults since 8 a.m., or snapped at someone over a dish in the sink and wondered where that came from, this episode is for you. In this short episode of The Mitten Dad Show, I walk through why the day follows you home, what the commute used to qui

  3. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    The Commute Was Never About Traffic (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    Why a Smell Can Take You Back 30 Years in Half a Second (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 8, 2026

    Open the Fridge Three Times and You'll Know (opens the original)

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