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Half of NPR is just slush for millionaire donor advised funds
‘This is brought to you by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’
NPR is a fucking jewel.
This guy really has it out for this podcast. This reads to me like Guy Raz personally pissed him off. It's been a few years since I listened to How I Built This but most of the ones I listened to were about the early days of the company when it really is kind of the leader doing long hours and chasing a dream. I think we can recognize that and also recognize what the companies became later.
Many of the ones I listened to would mention that it was a lot of luck - though there were exceptions and those CEOs didn't come across well. It also talked pretty openly about companies that got stolen - Dippin' Dots and Burt's Bees come to mind.
Maybe the vibe has shifted since I stopped listening but this feels unnecessarily harsh. Personally, I don't think this would be the right venue for pressing them on hard issues like unions and regulations - maybe as a retrospective at the end of the interview at most. I think we can recognize the hard work and long hours that go into starting these companies without also accepting their suspect business practices as they get larger (which can have a lot of complicated drivers). Attack the companies and CEOs, not a podcast host who is just trying to make an easy and interesting podcast.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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