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Off Mic talks to people who quit steady jobs to build strange, small, profitable businesses. A sauna on a boat. Socks by post. A font foundry in a garden shed. One long conversation every Tuesday.

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Episode148

Out now / 58 min

The sauna that floats

Maja Lind left a job in tax law to weld a wood-fired sauna onto an old river barge. Two winters later it pays her rent and a salary.

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  1. 148 A sauna on a bargeMaja Lind, Löyly Barge / ex-tax lawyer 58 min09 Sep
  2. 147 Socks by postTomás Ferreira, Sunday Sock Club / ex-airline pilot 51 min02 Sep
  3. 146 A font foundry in a shedInes Kolar, Shed Type / ex-bank designer 64 min26 Aug
  4. 145 Typewriter repairDev Patel, Carriage Return / ex-software engineer 47 min19 Aug
  5. 144 Candles that smell like weatherAoife Byrne, Wick & Weather / ex-meteorologist 55 min12 Aug
  6. 143 Fresh pasta by bikeLuca Bianchi, Pasta Pedal / ex-management consultant 49 min05 Aug

Jess Reyes

Quit: product manager, 9 years

Asks about the money first and the feelings second. Runs a tiny hot-sauce label on the side, which is how the show started.

Nate Osei

Quit: bank analyst, 6 years

Edits every episode himself and keeps the awkward pauses in. Once bought a food truck by accident. Sold it on purpose.

Two hosts. One guest. No scripts.Recorded in a converted garage, Bristol

The numbers

Since episode 001, March 2023

148

Episodes, every one a full conversation. No clips, no shorts.

3.2M

Downloads across 94 countries.

71%

Of our guests are still running the thing they quit for.

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Guests with venture capital. That is the rule.

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