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Podcast Episode 73

Product Safety Quickcheck: A 30‑Minute Routine to Avoid Listing Takedowns

February 20, 202613 min

Many small sellers learn about product-safety failures the hard way: a reactive recall, a platform takedown, or an angry inbox. This episode builds a pragmatic “Product Safety Quickcheck” listeners can run in hours. Lyric hosts and opens with a 30-second micro-case audio clip of a founder’s takedown notice and the exact customer message that preserved trust. Nova lays out minimal, conservative signals to capture (materials/allergens, battery/hazard flags, shipping classes, allowed claim templates) and the legal-advisory script that calls out categories requiring specialist review. Stryker shares scrappy technical recipes—checklist automations, ephemeral evidence bundles, and safe lookup patterns. Pulse walks a 14-day pilot with roles and KPIs. Mid-episode we run a 90-second red-team rapid challenge where a guest attempts to find a flaw in a claim live. Producers will hear clear bridging lines and a tight host script to keep flow. Assets referenced on-air: Quickcheck.xlsx, ClaimTemplates.pdf, Pilot-Roles.docx, Legal-Advisory.txt.

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