# While I’m Gone

URL: /show/the-launch/87/
> Chris tells an IT war story about the time one vacation email revealed an entire company held together by flaky drives, secret download links, and one guy’s brain.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 87
- Date: 2026-10-07
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:42:38
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/639269155305195818343bdc98-5e0d-4783-bf50-36bf2691cffa.mp3


Transcripts: [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_343bdc98-5e0d-4783-bf50-36bf2691cffa639269155601056565.html) [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/343bdc98-5e0d-4783-bf50-36bf2691cffa639269155598301712.srt) [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/343bdc98-5e0d-4783-bf50-36bf2691cffa639269155595370577.vtt)




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