Acquired: Episode Summaries and Guides
Every Acquired resource in our library: 9 episode summaries with takeaways and quotes, plus 1 in-depth guide built from them. Free to read in full.
Acquired, hosted by Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal, is one of the shows we summarize episode by episode. This hub collects everything we have on it in one place: 9 full episode summaries, each with key takeaways and verbatim quotes, plus 1 in-depth guide built from those episodes.
Start with the guide below for the ranked, synthesized view, then dip into individual episode summaries for the details. Every summary is free to read in full.
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