{"id":268,"date":"2021-06-28T19:37:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misteroswald.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2021-06-28T19:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:37:25","slug":"taking-care-of-business-with-dan-tratensek-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/misteroswald.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Taking Care of Business with Dan Tratensek Podcast!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/misteroswald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Taking-Care-of-Business-Podcast-2.jpg?resize=739%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/misteroswald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Taking-Care-of-Business-Podcast-2.jpg?w=739&amp;ssl=1 739w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/misteroswald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Taking-Care-of-Business-Podcast-2.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you all know, <strong><em>Mister Oswald<\/em><\/strong> spent his career in the pages of <em>Hardware Retailing<\/em> magazine, though it was titled <em>Hardware Retailer<\/em> in the early days of the strip.  Dan Tratensek is the publisher of <em>Hardware Retailing<\/em>, and it was a great honor and pleasure to sit down with Dan for his podcast, <strong>Taking Care of Business with Dan Tratensek<\/strong>.  The podcast focuses on the hardware industry, but Dan wanted to give his listeners a peek into the lighter side of things, with a wonderful 30 minute discussion about our favorite comic strip hardware retailer.  I hope you enjoy the podcast as much as I did being a part of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To give a listen to the podcast, please click on the link below.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/share\/pb-h7b7j-106d479\">https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/share\/pb-h7b7j-106d479<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you all know, Mister Oswald spent his career in the pages of Hardware Retailing magazine, though it was titled Hardware Retailer in the early days of the strip. 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