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Voices of The Walrus
The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

Voices of The Walrus

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 8:49


Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster.Lori Wilson reads The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+Learn more at AMI.caConnect with Accessible Media Inc. online:X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca

Books with Betsy
Episode 39 - Soft Heart, Thick Skin with David Jay Collins

Books with Betsy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 61:25


On this episode, indie author David Jay Collins and I discuss his work writing books in and about Chicago, how he keeps going by honoring his characters, and the unique ways that he connects with his readers. We also discuss his reading life, including a current fast from horror content which blows my mind!   Follow David on Instagram  Order any of David's books from his website  Where you can see David in 2025!   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Lilith by Eric Rickstad  A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda Just Want You Here by Meredith Turtis    Books Highlighted by David: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster  Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and We Work by Reeves Wiedeman  Dry. A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs  The Death of the Artist: How Creators are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech by William Deresiewicz  The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: John Adams by David McCullough  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk
The spectacular fall of the Assad regime

Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 47:45


How did the rebels manage to topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime so quickly? How inclusive will any new government realistically be? Who in the region wins and who loses? Andrew Mueller speaks with Syrian-born writer Rime Allaf, counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen, Middle East security analyst Burcu Ozcelik and Russia expert Mark Galeotti. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Louisiana Great Outdoors with Don Dubuc
"I'm thinking we are gonna have a spectacular fall for fishing!"

Louisiana Great Outdoors with Don Dubuc

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 7:01


Don is joined by Robbie Campo from Campo's Marina to discuss if all this rainy weather has left our waters overflowing, fishing has slowed down as we move to fall hunting seasons with Dove and Teal hunting is almost here and we go over the best tips for anybody looking to go out and grab some birds while making the most of your time.

Navigating the Customer Experience
234: Transforming Customer Experience: Joel Passen on AI, Innovation, and Leadership with Joel Passen

Navigating the Customer Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 20:58


Joel Passen is a proven technology entrepreneur and leader with 20+ years of success creating value and driving measurable results at the intersections of sales, business development, product strategy, operations and customer experience.   Before co-founding Sturdy, a next-gen customer experience solution that helps companies improve customer satisfaction. Joel co-founded Newton Software, a B2B SaaS company headquartered in San Francisco that was acquired by Paycor (2016). Prior to that, Joel co-founded Gravity Technologies, Inc., a company that owned and operated businesses in the talent acquisition industry, including the first recruitment processing outsourcing company focused on technical talent.    Questions · So, could you share with our listeners, how it is that you got from where you were to where you are today? · Could you share maybe 1 to 3 top I would say areas that you believe as an organization, especially in your industry that you believe it's important for you to focus on or it drives your success in the space of ensuring that you're delivering a great or a fantastic customer experience. · If you want to maybe debunk maybe one of the biggest customer service myths that you see organizations still using as a driver in their business, when really and truly that shouldn't be anything that they should be guided by, what would you say that is based on your observation and experience? · Now, Joel, can you also share with us what's the one online tool, resource, website or application that you absolutely cannot live without in your business? · Can you also share with our listeners, maybe one or two books that you have read, it could be a book that you read recently, or even one that you've read a very long time ago, but it still has had a great and profound impact on you. And that can be either professional or even a personal impact. · Now, Joel, can you also share with our listeners, what's the one thing that's going on in your life right now that you are really excited about? Either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people. · Could you tell us a little bit about your organization Sturdy, exactly what it does. And if they wanted to connect with you, or Sturdy, how they could find you online? · Now, Joel, before we wrap our episodes up, we always like to give our guests a chance to share with our listeners, do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you'll tend to revert to this quote if for any reason you get derail or you get off track or you get knock down and the quote kind of helps to just motivate you to get back up and to push forward and to complete whatever would have knocked you down. Do you have one those?   Highlights Joel's Journey Me: So, we like to give our guests an opportunity to share in their own words, a little bit about your journey. So, could you share with our listeners, how it is that you got from where you were to where you are today?   Joel shared that he appreciates this question. So, he's always a commercial leader, meaning he's always had responsibility not only for net new growth, but also for responsibility for customers. And where he is today, in terms of having started a company that focuses on using AI to ultimately improve the customer experience by deeper listening to customers, he thinks for him, the journey was more of like, and this may sound a little off putting to some, but he was kind of like a frustrated engineer to a certain extent. He was a frustrated commercial person in many ways. So, he thinks the desire to sort of solve a problem that he had as an operator, a commercial operator for two decades, has led him to where he is today, which is trying to solve that problem at scale.   Areas Organizations Needs to Focus On to Ensure the Delivery of a Fantastic Customer Experience Me: So, could you share maybe 1 to 3 top I would say areas that you believe as an organization, especially in your industry that you believe it's important for you to focus on or it drives your success in the space of ensuring that you're delivering a great or a fantastic customer experience.    Joel shared that he likes everything in 3, so absolutely. But the first thing is, in many ways he thinks that removing the abstraction layers between our customers, and the level of leadership within organizations that can actually do something about the issues that we're hearing is really important. And what he means by that is, he thinks for the last 10 or 15 years, we've created not only technology driven abstraction layers like chatbots, and automated knowledge base stuff and it's all sort of addressing what he would think of as a symptom, but not necessarily is the root cause of perhaps customer frustrations in terms of customer experience.  So, an example would be like if we have to continue to build these really acute knowledge bases and what we're addressing is constant customer confusion, for example, wouldn't it make more sense to take the data that we're deriving about what's confusing the customer, take it back to our product teams or services organizations, and address the root cause. So, number one is, he thinks we've got too many abstraction layers between us and our customers.  Like number two is, the people that are responsible for customer experience, and ultimately, you're holding the bag and oftentimes, perhaps even the number for the board can only solve about 30% of the problems that we face around customer experience or challenges we face about customer experience within the organization. So, for example, going back to like a product or service, which ultimately, we deliver to an end user. If he's the customer experience person, and he's holding the bag for that number, whether it's some sort of arbitrary number like not arbitrary, but he guesses arbitrary, like NPS or CSAT, like something that we're being measured on, but even more importantly, a revenue number. He has to rely on his other teammates to ultimately contribute to the success of that experience. And that's a big challenge.  And he thinks the third one is kind of an expansion on that topic, which is, he thinks that we've lost sight as organizations at large that everybody's job is customer experience, providing the best customer experiences we can, whether it's the billing team that designs processes around auto renewing, and billing customers, to the product teams that are delivering product to the services teams that are delivering services, to the sales teams that are an account management teams that are being truthful and ethical and honest about what we actually can provide in terms of value.   Debunking Customer Service Myths Me: Now, in listening to you, I also wanted to know if you could share with us, you've been in the whole customer experience space, and you're noted as a top customer experience voice on LinkedIn. If you want to maybe debunk maybe one of the biggest customer service myths that you see organizations still using as a driver in their business, when really and truly that shouldn't be anything that they should be guided by, what would you say that is based on your observation and experience?    Joel stated that it's going make me unpopular. He's going to lose the popularity contest on this answer, and he's going to treat this less like a cable news show, so, he's not going to swear. But if you do follow him on LinkedIn, it's not just to be incendiary. But he really thinks health scores of customers are one of the most overused, underpowered abstraction layers that people use, he thinks they're garbage. And he's speaking from experience, not because he has something against them, or the companies that help us build them or anything like that. It's because too many times, he's been in executive leadership team meetings, and he takes the board slides in, and he's got all these green lights on maybe with their top revenue accounts, for example. And he goes back to team meetings two weeks later to go back through the account reviews, and so many times he's gone from green to gone with no leading indicators along the way that has ever given him any kind of indication that they were in trouble. So, that's his answer. And some people are in love with health scores, and they spent a lot of time building them, and quite frankly, he thinks they're full of telemetry data and opinions that just don't yield anything that he can use as an executive leader.   App, Website or Tool that Joel Absolutely Can't Live Without in His Business When asked about online resource that he cannot live without in his business, Joel shared GPT 4. As an early-stage entrepreneur, he feels like he spends a lot of time sifting through data, and crafting messaging. But to make a finer point, like, for example, he has a client, they're called Hawke Media, they're one of the largest independent ad agencies in the United States. And his outbound sales team, let's say, wants to find more companies that are similar to these folks. And there are hundreds of these types of agencies in the United States, not of the same magnitude of Hawke Media, but similar. And when you go into LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and all these other Apollo or ZoomInfo. With all the metadata tags that are in the systems, it's really hard to get a filtered list, for example.  So, last night, he was watching a hockey game, and he typed a simple query into GPT 4 and said, “Give me 300 companies that look and feel like this particular company that are based in the United States and then put their name in column A of a CSV and send it to me,” and it did it and it's super accurate. And it's that kind of stuff that it's just mind blowing. Some of the things you can do with it. So, GPT 4, probably for him, can't live without it.    Me: Amazing. It's fascinating when I heard the prompt that you just gave it now. It's very important that what you put in is what you get out almost like the quality of the question you asked determines the quality of the response that you get back. So, the fact that you are so specific in terms of what you were looking for, the teams, the column that you wanted it in, the fact that you wanted it to be for a specific geographic location, and not just to the world, and the fact that it gave you back that information, so specifically, the prompt that you put into it is so critical to the output that it gives you.   Joel stated that that's a good point, not to scratch his back at all. But he would tell people start with being ultra specific, if you haven't leaned into GPT.  First of all, it's worth the 20 bucks a month for GPT 4. It's really powerful and it can produce graphs and charts and statistical things you can enter, for example, he was working on some like a VC deck the other day for a friend of his, not for his company. But he was having a trouble with like, processing the information from his total addressable market into like a graphical form. Like he's not a designer, he's a spreadsheet person.  And so, he took his spreadsheet, uploaded it to his version of GPT 4 in Azure, so it's privatized without any kind of PII in it, he paid 20 bucks a month for it. And it spit out a graphical representation that with a little bit of tweaking and the coloring could be used in a deck, it's really great. So, there's just some really crazy things you can do with it. But start with being more specific and dial it back, rather than starting with broad requests and commands, because then you're going to get frustrated.   Books that Have Had the Biggest Impact on Joel When asked about books that have had a great impact, Joel stated that he's going to reveal that his dad is an Industrial Psychologist, PhD in Industrial Psychology. And he's written a bunch of papers on emotional intelligence, EQ and EI. And so, he's kind of a big fan of Dan Pink, or Daniel Pink. They are business books, so they might be a little cliche for some people. But in 2005, he wrote a book called A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Right Brain. It's kind of like the why right brain thinkers are the future. And he thinks there's a lot of interesting things in there that are pretty applicable today. Despite his little claim of using GPT, which might be more of a left brained example, he's probably a stronger right brained person with communication skills, specifically, rather than somebody that's going to put their head in a spreadsheet all day. And he thinks there's some really telling things and some really interesting things that people could use, both earlier in their career and even later in their career with the Daniel Pink book.  And then he thought one of the other books that he read recently, when he thought about this was “The Billion Dollar Loser : The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork”, written by Reeves Wiedeman, it's the Adam Neumann story about work, he doesn't know, if Yanique have read that. It's actually kind of a fiery read, like, it's a cool book. But he thinks for him, the story was really interesting, if you're interested in business, but it also is a really stark reminder that humility is really important in business, being honest, and being humble is a marathon play, but it's also the right play, it'll get you to the finish line. So, he thought that was a good reminder for him and anyone else that is in business and thinking about their own sort of virtue.   What Joel is Really Excited About Now! When asked about something that he's really excited about, Joel shared that he's really excited about for me, he works at a company that builds applied AI products and essentially helping businesses listen to their customers more carefully, and actively for that matter.  And he thinks what he's most excited about is sort of the evolution of AI in an ethical way. So, one of the things if you read any of the business reports from the industry analysts and in the industry consulting firms, the Beans, you read any of the stuff from the Harvard Business Review, fairly objective sources, people are really scared about using AI in their businesses specifically, let alone personally, but he's thinking about it in a business light.  And he thinks what's starting to happen is that the hype is dying down a little bit and we're starting to see a more practical light in the application of AI where it's not so risky, and that it is truly not going to replace everybody's jobs, it's going to help us sift through larger and larger datasets together, so we can get to the root of very specific problems and solve for the root, going back to him at the top of the show when he talked about abstraction layer. So, for him, he's really excited about that, more and more companies are adopting AI and doing so in an ethical, responsible, privacy conscious way. And the wild, wild west is starting to fade into the background as quickly as it grew, and he thinks that's exciting to him, and he knows that sounds kind of nerdy, but that for him is progress.    About Joel's Organization Sturdy and How Can Listeners Find Joel Online Joel shared that Sturdy is very easy to find, he'll start there, but it's sturdy.ai. And he thinks for the relevancy of your listeners and our listeners today is, their our thesis was that ultimately, the customer experiences is really the responsibility of every team. Again, he mentioned operations services, product sales, marketing, leadership, everybody's responsible for customer satisfaction and customer experience. And ultimately, that leads to everybody being in charge of revenue and retention. And what they've realized over the years as being operators of businesses is that 75% of customers expect businesses to use some sort of technology to better their experiences, like the time is now yet we have all these silos in our business.  So, what their business does, what Sturdy does is plugs into all of your data hubs where you're collecting communications from your customers, those day-to-day interactions, those really rich meaningful, those emails, the tickets, the calls transcripts, even unstructured tests like text like surveys, they take all of that information in, privatize it. And they run language models on it to help find topics and trends to help improve the customer experience. And then make agents to deliver this data to the teams and the people and the systems that need it the most. So, that's basically what they do. And they find that the outcomes are their customers are improving their NPS and CSAT scores almost immediately, because they're more actively listening to their customers. But they're also seeing pretty strong lifts in customer retention and revenue as well. So, both expansion and retention revenue.  And he's easy to find, personally, Joel Passen as mentioned, he talks a lot about customer experience and satisfaction on LinkedIn. And you can find him on LinkedIn, he's pretty active there. And otherwise, he just joel@sturdy.ai.   Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Joel Uses When asked about a quote that he tends to revert to, Joel shared that he's going to disappoint people, because this isn't like super profound. But he tells his kids this too and his dad used to tell him this like, “Every day is like the first day of school, you can reinvent yourself.” The ability for humans to reinvent themselves is surreal, it's crazy. And if he's having a bad day, or he's down or he's stuck, he literally thinks about the next day and say, tomorrow's my day, I can be whoever I want, I can solve whatever I want. He shared that he sounds like that guy on Saturday Night Live, Stuart Smalley. But reinventing, every day is an opportunity to reinvent yourself. And he thinks that's what keeps him going and he truly believes that even if you had a bad day or a bad interaction with your family or your team or what have you, tomorrow's a new day.    Me: Great. Thank you so much for sharing, Joel.   Thank you so much for hopping on our podcast and sharing all of these great insights as it relates to customer experience and debunking the myths in customer experience that a lot of organizations are still driven by. Also talking about your organization Sturdy and just where you see artificial intelligence going and how the adaptation is being taken more in a practical role now as all the fanfare and excitement is dying down and people are really seeing how they can integrate it in a very practical and useful way not just to eliminate human interaction but to add to the value that they are using the technology to enhance the quality of the experience that the customer is having. So, thank you so much.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Links •     A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners  Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience.” The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

Stories of our times
The rise and spectacular fall of the SNP

Stories of our times

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 32:04


After 13 months in power, First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned - and for the second time in as many years the SNP is looking for a new leader. So, how did it come to this for the once-dominant party? And what could it mean for the general election and the campaign for Scottish independence?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-storyGuests: Kieran Andrews, Scottish Political Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.Host: Luke Jones.Clips: STV News, The Guardian, Sky News, ITV News, SNP, Financial Times, The Sun.Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.ukFind out more about our bonus series for Times subscribers: 'Inside the newsroom' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ol' Dirty Basement
Sam Bankman-Fried: The Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Crypto Tycoon

Ol' Dirty Basement

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 75:00 Transcription Available


Embark on an audacious exploration into the highs and lows of Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency empire, as we reveal the brainy MIT grad's journey from billionaire to criminal defendant. From the ingenious arbitrage strategies of Alameda Research to the controversial collapse of FTX, we peel back the layers of a financial saga that's stranger than fiction. Brace yourself for a whirlwind ride through the entangled web of digital currencies, where overnight millions morph into courtroom battles and the line between genius and folly becomes alarmingly thin.We're setting the stage for a deep dive into the volatile world of high-stakes crypto trading, uncovering the shadowy corners of market manipulation and the startling crash of an industry giant. You'll be riveted by tales of how a cryptocurrency exchange and its sister trading firm intertwined to disrupt the market, and the ensuing chaos when their strategies unraveled. From the psychological allure of non-fungible tokens to the public's embrace of Bitcoin, we're laying bare the human stories behind the digital revolution.In our finale, we stand at the precipice of understanding as we witness the legal entanglement of Sam Bankman-Fried – from his arrest and hefty bail, to the political donations that paint a portrait of a controversial figure navigating the complex world of finance and influence. We then grapple with the concept of wealth, juxtaposing the staggering dimensions of billions against the more familiar scale of millions. So, strap in and tune in to "Ol Dirty Basement" for a tour-de-force episode that melds vintage cinema nostalgia with the gripping reality of a true crime thriller.Support the showSounds:https://freesound.org/people/frodeims/sounds/666222/ Door openinghttps://freesound.org/people/Sami_Hiltunen/sounds/527187/ Eerie intro music https://freesound.org/people/jack126guy/sounds/361346/ Slot machinehttps://freesound.org/people/Zott820/sounds/209578/ Cash registerhttps://freesound.org/people/Exchanger/sounds/415504/ Fun Facts Jingle Thanks to The Tsunami Experiment for the theme music!!Check them out hereSUPPORT US AT https://www.buzzsprout.com/1984311/supporters/newMERCH STORE https://ol-dirty-basement.creator-spring.comFind us at the following https://oldirtybasement.buzzsprout.com WEBSITE ...

Lit Society
Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry

Lit Society

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 70:19


When should you give your kids cell phones, and what's the best way to teach a child about technology? We discover the answer in this episode's theme of the week, but first — It is a riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley.  The book: Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry  The authors: Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff  LET'S GET LIT!   - View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod Find Alexis and Kari online:  Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.    Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr   

The Journal.
The Spectacular Fall of 23andMe

The Journal.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 17:01


Five years ago, 23andMe was one of the buzziest startups in the world. Now, 23andMe's stock is worth less than $1. WSJ's Rolfe Winkler unpacks the startup's meteoric rise and fall. Further Reading and Watching: - 23andMe's Fall From $6 Billion to Nearly $0  - How 23AndMe Went From a $6 Billion Valuation to a Penny Stock  - 23andMe Mulls Possible Split, Shares Fall After Disappointing Results  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast
Write On: 'Blackberry' Writers Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller

Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 27:09


Final Draft's Write On Podcast sits down with Blackberry writers Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller to talk about how they wrote this epic story of the rise and fall of the world's first portable email machine.  Johnson and Miller loosely adapted the script from Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff's book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. The film Blackberry is a bio-pic dramedy that follows the fictional story of the Blackberry creator Mike Lazaridis, played by Jay Baruchel and his main investor played by Glenn Howerton. “Because we had the book, it was the blueprint for the movie. It has so many of the facts and details that we extrapolated and then sort of placed in the script," says Miller. The production of the movie was a bit like the push to get Blackberry into the marketplace - there was a lot of hustle.  “The structure of the movie as it stands came from needing to reuse the same locations over, and over again,” says Johnson.  We sat down to hear about this wild ride from true story to script to budgetary concerns and on-screen production. Click to hear more and listen to the podcast. 

Cat with Beard from JAPAN
#84 - Autumn in Japan: Must-Visit Spots for Spectacular Fall Foliage

Cat with Beard from JAPAN

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 29:31


Join us as we explore the must-visit spots that showcase Japan's extraordinary fall beauty. We unveil the most breathtaking locations throughout Japan, from the famous maple-filled gardens to serene temples and picturesque mountains, we will guide you through the hidden gems that come to life during this wondrous season. YouTube, Twitter OPEN!! Check the link below

Creative Conversation
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the end of an empire

Creative Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 61:37


WeWork's tumultuous ride has come to an end. We chatted with journalist Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork, about one of the wildest and most dramatic startup stories in corporate America's history. “The brand is bruised.” What's going on at Marvel Studios? ‘Fast Company' senior staff editor Jeff Beer breaks down the Marvel Cinematic Universe with culture writers Joanna Robinson and David Gonzales. They chat about MCU's strengths and weakness, and how the company once excelled at storytelling and teaching its audience how to be loyal to the brand. But now, Marvel is watching its goodwill chip away, Robinson said. So what happens when a brand's logo doesn't carry the same strength? “They have these pieces—it would be foolish to count them out—but they know they don't have any free passes left,” she said. For more behind-the-scenes look at the MCU, check out: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios And you can find Yaz at @yazzyg on Instagram and Josh @joshuagchris on TikTok!

Most Innovative Companies
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the end of an empire

Most Innovative Companies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 61:37


WeWork's tumultuous ride has come to an end. We chatted with journalist Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork, about one of the wildest and most dramatic startup stories in corporate America's history. “The brand is bruised.” What's going on at Marvel Studios? ‘Fast Company' senior staff editor Jeff Beer breaks down the Marvel Cinematic Universe with culture writers Joanna Robinson and David Gonzales. They chat about MCU's strengths and weakness, and how the company once excelled at storytelling and teaching its audience how to be loyal to the brand. But now, Marvel is watching its goodwill chip away, Robinson said. So what happens when a brand's logo doesn't carry the same strength? “They have these pieces—it would be foolish to count them out—but they know they don't have any free passes left,” she said. For more behind-the-scenes look at the MCU, check out: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios And you can find Yaz at @yazzyg on Instagram and Josh @joshuagchris on TikTok!

Rebel News +
DAILY Roundup | Alberta's fight with Ottawa, Trudeau's spectacular fall, Israel-Hamas update

Rebel News +

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 82:00


Today, we're looking at Alberta's ongoing fight with Ottawa as the province debates exiting the Canada Pension Plan and continues to push back against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's electricity regulations through a nationwide advertising campaign. Plus, Trudeau's poll numbers have been in a spectacular decline, as polling firm Angus Reid reports some 40% of the PM's backers in the last election don't want to see him lead the Liberals into the next election. And finally, we'll have an update on the Israel-Hamas conflict, as some politicians were quick to take the terror organization at its word, quickly rushing to condemn Israel after a hospital in Gaza was hit with a bomb that appears to have been a failed rocket launch from within Gaza.

Great Outdoors from WGN Radio 720
Alberta and its spectacular fall scenery except windmills plus invasive mussels cause alarm across the Pacific Northwest

Great Outdoors from WGN Radio 720

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023


On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter shares his beautiful experience of fall in Alberta despite a few unpleasantries, along with the concerns coming from invasive mussels in the Pacific Northwest.

Do By Friday
Diagnosing from a Difference

Do By Friday

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 95:01


This week's challenge: watch Blackberry.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!——Produced and Edited by Alex Cox——Show LinksAri Aster's Closet Picks - YouTubeNetflix Presents: The Characters - WikipediaBeau Is Afraid - WikipediaThe Wicker Man - Wikipediawww.creedthoughts.gov - The Office US #shorts - YouTubeIt Ain't Over (film) - WikipediaGal Gadot admits celebrity sing-along of 'Imagine' amid COVID outbreak was 'in poor taste' | EW.comAnxiety and What I Would Tell  #MyYoungerSelf | Bill Hader - YouTube2/26: How Two Llamas And A Dress Gave Us The Internet's Greatest DayWatch 30 Rock Web Exclusive: Tracy Jordan vs. the Blue Man - 30 Rock - NBC.comGreasemonkey – Get this Extension for

Cinemaholics
BlackBerry – Directed by Matt Johnson

Cinemaholics

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 56:42


Time to talk about a movie that really clicks. BlackBerry is a Canadian biographical dramedy that covers the history of the titular phone developed by Research in Motion (RIM) from its meteoric rise starting in the late 90s to its inevitable downfall in the late 2000s. The movie stars Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton as the polar opposite co-CEOs, with Matt Johnson as one of the co-founders and true heart of the film. Plus, Johnson also directed BlackBerry and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Miller. BlackBerry was adapted from Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff's book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. And the rest of the cast includes Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Michelle Giroux, SungWon Cho, Saul Rubinek, and Cary Elwes. Our intro music this week is “Wind Flower” by Toti Cisneros. Links: Email your feedback for the show to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com Join our Discord! We have a Cinemaholics channel here. Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholicsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tank Talks
Globe & Mail's Sean Silcoff On The Evolution Of Canadian Business and Tech Media

Tank Talks

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 81:36


Elements that make up a strong startup ecosystem are founders and talent to execute the vision, investors with capital, and finally journalists that are documenting what the founders and investors are doing. Without that coverage, it's difficult to attract more founders and more investors which are needed to create a vibrant ecosystem that will hopefully have a larger impact on society.Our guest today is Sean Silcoff a business reporter at the Globe and Mail covering the Canadian startup scene. Sean's book, Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, which he wrote with his co-author Jackie McNish in 2013 was turned into a feature film starring Glenn Howerton and Jay Baruchel. I've seen it, and it's such a great take on the rise and fall of RIM.We also have a news breakdown with John Ruffolo.About Sean Silcoff:Sean Silcoff writes about technology and innovation for the Globe and Mail. He is the winner of three National Newspaper Awards and is the co-author of Losing the Signal: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, which was released in May 2015. Losing the Signal won Canada's National Business Book Award and was shortlisted for the International Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year. Sean joined the Globe and Mail in January 2012; he previously worked as a columnist and Montreal correspondent for the National Post and as a staff writer at Canadian Business Magazine.In this episode we discuss:(00:01:11) News recap with John Ruffolo(00:19:25) Sean's journey to becoming a tech journalist(00:28:02) How Sean ended up conecting and covering with CEOs(00:33:57) Dealing with high-profile people off the record(00:35:45) How Sean's audience has evolved over the years(00:37:12) The changes Sean has seen in the Canadian ecosystem in the last 20 years(00:39:52) Sean's duty to his readers to report news when it comes to him(00:40:36) Striving for timelyness and accuracy in a challenging environment(00:44:08) Why the media missed stories like RenoRun and ClearCo(00:47:47) Fighting the urge to put opinions in his writing(00:50:45) Thoughts on the wave of IPOs in 2020 and 2021(00:54:07) Benefits of being a public small cap Canadian tech company vs. the benefits of staying private for longer(00:57:58) Will ChatGPT replace journalists(01:02:55) Writing the story of John Ruffolo's cycling accident(01:06:30) Watching his book Losing the Signal become a film(01:12:09) When Sean gets jaded by the industryFast Favorites:*

COVID Era - THE NEXT NORMAL with Dave Trafford
Monday May 15 Hour 2 – Five Eyes | Casino Laundering | Blackberry

COVID Era - THE NEXT NORMAL with Dave Trafford

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 49:01


Richard Shimooka is a Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and he discusses Trudeau's message to potential leadership candidates at Grit policy convention. Former RCMP officers call on Ontario to get to the bottom of $372M in suspicious casino transactions. Retired RCMP Money Laundering specialist joins the show to talk about this. Sean Silcoff -  Co-wrote Losing the Signal, The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. We discuss the book, the movie and the company.

CANADALAND
Blackberry The Phone The Podcast

CANADALAND

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 47:01


For nearly a decade, Research in Motion was the global leader in smartphones with its iconic QWERTY-keyboard-having Blackberry. Through a mix of guerilla marketing and an unexpected boost in sales after 9/11, the rather simplistic email device was transferring some of the world's most closely guarded secrets, from government officials, business leaders, and celebrities through some servers in Waterloo, Ontario. What was the cause of its demise? The iPhone? Google? Hubris? Jesse chats with Cherise and Jonathan about his interview with Sean Silcoff, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, also written by Jacquie McNish. The book is also the source material for the new film by Matt Johnson, Blackberry, starring Glenn Howerton and Jay Baruchel, which releases on May 12, 2023.Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)Further information:Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerryBlackberry Film TrailerAdditional music by Audio NetworkGet your tickets for Détours first live event and podcast recording in Montreal! Become a Canadaland Supporter to get your free tickets.Sponsors: Canva, Rotman, Squarespace, PelotonIf you value this podcast, support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CanCon Podcast
Revisiting BlackBerry's extraordinary rise and spectacular fall

CanCon Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 78:58


"Once Apple showed up, BlackBerry had to do everything right and get on it on the double. And they did everything wrong." "And for whatever reason we thought, oh, there's something to this story that feels funny to us." Losing the Signal co-author Sean Silcoff and BlackBerry producer and co-writer Matthew Miller join to discuss Canada's former tech darling ahead of the forthcoming major motion picture release. Sponsored by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Read the Deal Points Report: Venture Capital Financings.

Zeitsprung
GAG377: Aufstieg und Fall des Templerordens

Zeitsprung

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 58:18


Wir springen in dieser Folge ins Jerusalem des 12. Jahrhunderts. Nicht lang nach dem 1. Kreuzzug wird dort ein Ritterorden gegründet, den es so bis dahin noch nicht gab. In den folgenden 200 Jahren wird dieser Orden zu einer der reichsten und mächtigsten Organisationen des Mittelalters heranwachsen - nur um im Jahr 1307 ein jähes Ende zu finden. Wir sprechen in dieser Folge über den Templerorden: Seinen Einfluss, seinen überraschend schnellen Untergang und sein Vermächtnis. Das Episodenbild zeigt das Siegel des Templerordens. LITERATUR Dan Jones. "The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors". 2017. Alain Demurger. "Die Verfolgung der Templer". 2017. Helen Nicholson. "The Knights Templar". 2001. Malcolm Barber. "The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple". 2012. Malcolm Barber. "The Trial of the Templars". 2012. //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte NEU: Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts rezensiert oder bewertet. Für alle jene, die kein iTunes verwenden, gibt's die Podcastplattform Panoptikum, auch dort könnt ihr uns empfehlen, bewerten aber auch euer ganz eigenes Podcasthörer:innenprofil erstellen. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt!

The Gist
BEST OF THE GIST: The Fall And Rise Of Adam Neumann

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 32:43


Adam Neumann, the once founder of WeWork, who was famously dismissed from the helm of his own company (many books and TV shows ensued), is back on the business scene. He recently received a $350-million check from venture capital firm a16z to help him launch his new project, Flow, which will focus on a sort of rent-to-own business model. But the check he received touched off a firestorm in the world of start-ups, where, many say, most of the investment capital goes to white men. In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike's November 26, 2020 interview with Reeves Weideman, contributing editor at New York magazine and author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork. Weideman explains the internal drama inside Neumann's fast-scaling, overly hyped WeWork, an office space leasing company billed as an in-person social network, as well as the lessons entrepreneurs can learn from disruptors attempting to grow quickly and remain profitable. Then we listen to Mike's Spiel from this past Tuesday about how Neumann's new funding has induced rage for some. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Les Immatures De Paris And The Policeman
The bizarre rise and spectacular fall of 22-year-old rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine would be cinematic if it were not so dire. The Brooklyn native

Les Immatures De Paris And The Policeman

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 0:30


Les Immatures De Paris And The Policeman
The bizarre rise and spectacular fall of 22-year-old rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine would be cinematic if it were not so dire. The Brooklyn native

Les Immatures De Paris And The Policeman

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 0:30


Rocketship.fm
The Spectacular Fall of CNN+

Rocketship.fm

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 27:46


CNN+ was live for less than a month before it's parent company Waner Brothers Discovery decided to shut it down. Low subscriber numbers is part of the equation, but the real story behind the $100 million dollar failure is much more complicated. *** This episode is brought to you by: AMS: Visit ams-insights.com/rocketshipfm to start accelerating innovation in your business. Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Magic Mind: Go to MagicMind.co/ROCKETSHIP and use code ROCKET for 20% off your first order Compiler: Listen to Compiler in your favorite podcast player. Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squirrel Chatter
Squirrel Chatter Live! Friday, May 13, 2022

Squirrel Chatter

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 46:13


On Today's Show: Prayers from the Book of Common Prayer Scripture Reading from the Legacy Standard Bible 2 Samuel 3-5 1 Chronicles 12 Psalm 122 Acts 22 In honor of Friday the 13th, an exceedingly brief history of the Knight's Templar For more a detailed history, your Squirrel recommends Dan Jones' book The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors - https://www.amazon.com/Templars-Rise-Spectacular-Fall-Warriors-ebook/dp/B06WV9JLYX/  The Christian Podcast Community website - https://podcasts.strivingforeternity.org/  Five Day Bible Reading Plan - https://fivedaybiblereading.com/  The full LSB Bible, Old and New Testaments, are now available on the LSB app and on Accordance! http://accordancebible.com/LSB/  Theme music: Enfield's recording of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” © 2010 by Resolved Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com

Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig
Santiago Suárez, Addi: Helping Latin Americans make and accept payments Ep 169

Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 29:28


Santiago Suarez is the CEO and co-founder of Addi, a Latin American fintech company. Addi promotes and enables digital commerce in Latam. As Santiago puts it, Addi's mission is to enable every Latin American to buy and shop digitally. Addi offers “buy now pay later”, and is currently active in Colombia and Brazil.Originally from Colombia, Santiago moved to the US on a full scholarship. After university and working in the finance industry, he decided to move back to LatAm. In this episode, Santiago talks about his background in financial services, and how it helped him become an entrepreneur.Latin America's payments problem Latin America has over 90% smartphone penetration. However, most Latin Americans are not full participants in the digital economy. Santiago realized this was a big problem, but also a great opportunity to create a startup by solving it.Listen to this episode to learn how Addi allows customers to buy online using installments. We also discuss why Santaigo views “buy now pay later” as a payment option, not a credit business.The organic approach to idea buildingSantiago's background in finance, passions and interests drove him to start a fintech. We discuss metrics and the importance of timely launching and iterating a MVP. Also, Santiago discusses how to solve the payment problem they first had to focus on trust.In this episode, find out Santiago's advice to entrepreneurs. Some of his advice is on empowering teams and in which level to operate as a CEO.Fundraising adviceSantiago knows that when you raise venture capital, you're paying for forward growth. We also discussed expanding, and how you package your business is critically important.Listen to this episode to learn why the biggest problem in fundraising is to think that investing is a rational decision. We also discuss the power of engaging investors with your story and the asymmetry in the investor-founder dynamic. Outline of this episode:[01:57] - Overview of ecommerce and payments in Latam[03:31] - On becoming an entrepreneur[04:52] - Coming back to Latam to start a company[06:04] - Things learned in the financial industry[07:50] - Differences between launching a startup in the US vs launching one in Latam[10:11] - The process of picking an idea[12:51] - Discussing product[14:50] - The real problem around payments in Latin America[16:20] - Starting operations[18:25] - Advice to other founders[20:07] - Talking about fundraising[22:22] - Founders' mistakes in fundraising[26:11] - The future for Addi[27:23] - Advice to Santiago (before launching a startup)Resources and people mentioned:Rob Frey PodcastBillion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves WiedemanThe Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business. Written by Patrick LencioniThe 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim DethmerConscious LeadershipThe Alpinist documentary of Marc-André Leclerc

Oui Are New York
Ilan Abehassera: La tech comme terrain de jeu créatif (par Elsa de Saignes

Oui Are New York

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 94:36


Et pourquoi pas? Quand Elsa m'a proposé de m'interviewer pour mon propre podcast, j'ai bien réfléchi et… j'ai accepté. J'espère que ce format exceptionnel vous plaira! Le blurb d'Elsa, ci-dessous

Group Chat
DTC Dee's Nuts | Group Chat News Ep. 562

Group Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 75:16


Today we've got Victor Langois, a.k.a. FEWOCiOUS, on the podcast to talk about his success selling NFT art for over $20 million total by the age of 18. Then we're discussing Amazon Go meeting Starbucks in New York, Apple's fully autonomous cars, Macy's stock hitting a 3-year high, Sweetgreen's valuation doubling in their trading debut, Nike's jump into the metaverse, Winners, Losers, Content Recommendations, and more.  Liquid I.V. powers your mornings, fuels long days at work, and provides a boost for those tough workouts. Grab your Energy Liquid I.V. nationwide at Walmart or you can get 25% off when you go to https://liquidiv.com/ and use code GROUPCHAT at checkout.  DTC Dee's Nuts – Group Chat News 11.18.21 A Group Chat exclusive interview with Victor Langois, aka FEWOCiOUS. They discuss his early childhood, introduction to art, how quickly he elevated his skill level, and his success selling NFT art for over $20 million by the age of 18. [1:13] Amazon Go x Starbucks, will this partnership work? [27:10] Apple, let the secret out! [34:26] Ad Break. [40:33] Sweetgreen, what are you selling?! [42:03] Nike has entered the Metaverse. [45:43] Winners, Losers, and Content Recommendations. [57:25] Related Links/Products Mentioned Meet FEWOCiOUS, the Teenager Who Crashed Christie's Auction House Amazon Go meets Starbucks? Peek inside this new concept store in New York Apple Accelerates Work on Car Project, Aiming for Fully Autonomous Vehicle Macy's Stock Surges To 3-Year High After Q3 Earnings Beat, Outlook Boost Salad Chain Sweetgreen Doubles Valuation in Trading Debut Salad Chain Sweetgreen Raises $364 Million in Above-Range IPO Nike Jumps Into Metaverse With Virtual World on Roblox Platform Alzheimer's disease preventative nasal vaccine to be tested at Boston hospital Kanye West Hangs Out with Drake After Saying He Wants to Put Rappers' Feud 'to Rest' NFL reviewing allegation that Bucs' Antonio Brown acquired fake COVID-19 vaccine card Man shot near Young Dolph memorial as mourners gather to pay tribute to slain artist ConstitutionDAO's bold crypto bid for US Constitution falls short Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork Connect with FEWOCiOUS! Twitter: @Fewocious Website Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content

Crime World
Episode 54: The rise and spectacular fall of the Sean Quinn empire

Crime World

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 44:15


He was the one-time billionaire and the pride of his native Cavan, where a generation of workers shared the spoils of his success. Businessman Sean Quinn was said to have built an empire on a mountain but always remembered his humble beginnings and was at his happiest sharing lunch with factory workers and playing cards with old pals. So, what has it been like to watch the fall of the Mighty Quinn amid the horror of the kidnap and torture of his former executive Kevin Lunney? Who is the man with two faces and what do his one time supporters think of him now? Nicola Tallant talks to Sunday Independent reporter Rodney Edwards, who has covered the Quinn story for over a decade as a local who grew up under the legend of the business giant. He tells me how a generation of workers who once backed Quinn have now moved on from the businessman's dreams of a return to power.

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum
EP16 Powers Thrones and Dan Jones

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 92:38


Historian Dan Jones' specialty is the Middle Ages. Dan Carlin adores the Middle Ages. Normans anyone? 1. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 2. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors by Dan Jones 3. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones 4. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones 5. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands by Dan Jones

Playing With The Past
Templars: Holy Warriors and Dragon Age

Playing With The Past

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 13:49


"If the Catholic Church had full control of their templars, say with an addiction, that eradicating the templars would have been much harder."   In this episode, I will be discussing one of my favorite games, Dragon Age Origins and the Medieval Templars.   Sources Mentioned in the Episode   "Dragon Age: Origins.". Dragon Age Wiki. Accessed August 31, 2021. https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Origins.   Dan Jones The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors.Kline, Daniel T., ed. 2018.   Digital Gaming Re-imagines the Middle Ages, specifically Chapter 17 - The Consolation of Paranoia: Conspiracy, Epistemology, and the Templars in Assassin's Creed, Deus Ex, and Dragon Age by Harry J Brown.     For the full list of sources used in researching the podcast go to www.playingwtpast.com   Please rate, review and subscribe if you liked the podcast. For more information about this episode and all other episodes, visit www.playingwtpast.com    

Lit Up
Reeves Wiedeman on his obsessive viral article ‘The Spine Collector.'

Lit Up

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 36:00


For the past 5 years, a mysterious figure has been tricking agents, famous authors, book scouts, and other unwitting participants into sending them their precious manuscripts. New York Magazine writer Reeves Wiedeman began an obsessive, exhaustive to figure out who this person is. Angie and Reeves talk about the exhaustive work (and danger) that went into finding the spine collector, as well as his book Billion Dollar Loser, The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neuman and Wework.

Lit Up
Reeves Wiedeman on his obsessive viral article ‘The Spine Collector.'

Lit Up

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 36:00


For the past 5 years, a mysterious figure has been tricking agents, famous authors, book scouts, and other unwitting participants into sending them their precious manuscripts. New York Magazine writer Reeves Wiedeman began an obsessive, exhaustive to figure out who this person is. Angie and Reeves talk about the exhaustive work (and danger) that went into finding the spine collector, as well as his book Billion Dollar Loser, The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neuman and Wework.

I Have a Hunch! A True Crime Podcast

On a July morning in 2008, Clark Rockefeller kidnapped his own daughter during a scheduled visit. Investigators discover that there is more to Mr. Rockefeller than meets the eye. If you have any questions, comments, or requests for future episodes, feel free to send us an email at ihaveahunchpod@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!Follow us!Instagram: @ihaveahunchpodTwitter: @ihaveahunchpodSources:https://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137624164/30-year-con-from-german-kid-to-rockefeller-scionhttps://www.vanityfair.com/style/2009/01/fake_rockefeller200901https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gerhartsreiterhttps://charleyproject.org/case/linda-sohus The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal

The Charles Mizrahi Show
The Inevitable Collapse of 1 Company and Its Co-Founder - Reeves Wiedeman

The Charles Mizrahi Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 65:28


It was a spectacular train wreck … and one journalist revealed all. In his bestselling book, author Reeves Wiedeman documents the epic rise and fall of Adam Neumann and his company, WeWork. Wiedeman discusses his bestselling book, WeWork and its billion-dollar enablers with host Charles Mizrahi. Topics Discussed: • An Introduction to Reeves Wiedeman (00:00:00) • The Rise of Adam Neumann (00:03:07) • Getting the Ball Rolling (00:12:34) • A Community of “We” (00:19:03) • Disrupting Real Estate (00:27:35) • Adam 2.A. (00:30:36) • Adam and Masayoshi Son (00:35:20) • Project Fortitude (00:44:14) • Compounding Failure (00:51:16) • The Fall of Adam Neumann (00:54:57) Guest Bio: Reeves Wiedeman is an author, journalist and contributing editor at New York Magazine. In addition to feature-writing for New York Magazine, Wiedeman has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and numerous other publications. Wiedeman's book (below) is a Wall Street Journal bestseller. It provides a gripping account of WeWork's successes and failures during the tenure of founder and former CEO Adam Neumann. Resources Mentioned: • https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Dollar-Loser-Spectacular-Neumann/dp/0316461369 (Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork) Transcript: https://charlesmizrahi.com/podcast/2021/07/27/the-inevitable-collapse-of-1-company-and-its-co-founder/ (https://charlesmizrahi.com/podcast/) Don't Forget To... • Subscribe to my podcast! • Download this episode to save for later • Liked this episode? Leave a kind review! Subscribe to Charles' Alpha Investor newsletter today: https://pro.banyanhill.com/m/1729783

Into The Wild
73. The 6 Social Media Superhero Superpowers with Joy Foster

Into The Wild

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 41:48


Hey you wild women! My next guest is the founder of TechPixies and is on a mission to help thousands of women upskill with social media in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Joy Foster has won several awards and was profiled in Forbes for raising  £150,000 and Stella Magazine for breaking down barriers for women wanting to re-ignite their careers and in April 2019, TechNation named TechPixies ‘one to watch' in the EdTech space.  In this episode you will learn about: Joy's mission in life Why she started TechPixies Her journey from the USA to the UK The framework and the neuro psychology she incorporates into her programs and why The six social media superpowers and the psychology behind the platforms Choosing the right social platforms Knowing where your customers are in social channels The most rewarding parts of her programs Discovering your confidence and taking off the ‘invisibility cloak' How to create engaging content that your audience actually wants What happens when women are brave and have the confidence to show up and ask for what they want and need HIGHLIGHTS (09:38) What inspired you to start Tech Pixies? (14:20) What is the core offering in Tech Pixies? (18:39) Why is it important for women to take off this invisibility cloak? (19:40) What are the 6 social media superpowers? (26:40) What is possible for women that are brave?  (29:49) What other super brave moves have you made? (34:00) How do you balance running your business and your personal life? Public Shoutouts: Book: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles Book: Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman Book: The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence by Mel Robbins Resources: Website: TechPixies Instagram: @TechPixies Book: http://techpixies.com/book Course: Social Media Superhero Bootcamp  What it means to be a wild woman: I'm the opposite of a wild woman. I think a wild woman is the one who will go cold water swimming. She is strong, fit, healthy, and can jump off a cliff into the water. She is more adventurous. She's Reese Witherspoon in the movie Wild.  ----------------------- Renée Warren is an award-winning entrepreneur, a 7-figure business starter, and the founder of We Wild Women, a business dedicated to helping women launch their dream business. She previously founded an industry-recognized PR agency that worked with funded technology startups from South Africa to San Diego. She's a mom to Irish Twins (not planned), a published author, and a drummer. Rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcast "I love Into The Wild, and think it's the best thing since sliced bread."

Nights with Steve Price: Highlights
Crime File: The rise and spectacular fall of Alan Bond

Nights with Steve Price: Highlights

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 12:38


The story goes that on the eve of Alan Bond’s crack at the final race in the 1983 America’s Cup challenge which would decide the event, one Australian newspaper had two headlines ready. One said ‘Alan Bond wins America’s Cup’. The other was alleged to have said ‘Pommy sign-writer loses America’s Cup.’  Truth or urbane myth, hero or villain, it could be said that it was a fair indication of the regard in which a suspicious Australia held the man who rose from rags to spectacular riches. But somehow, we couldn’t help but think that somewhere along the line something was seriously rotten. And it was. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zurück zur Zukunft
#115 | Die Creator Economy, SPAC-Hype Ende, ein Epic Games Metaverse, Coinbase-IPO und Pinkygate

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 58:03


In dieser Folge sprechen Agnieszka und Alexander über den spektakulären (und nun tatsächlich erfolgten) Börsengang von Coinbase, warum man Dapper Labs kennen sollte, wie sich die Creator Economy mittlerweile entwickelt hat und weshalb die Medienbranche einmal mehr wohl entscheidende Umbrüche erwarten könnte. Zudem geht es um den bemerkbaren Abschwung beim Spac-Hype, das geplante Metaverse von Epic Games, was die Übernahme von Nuance Communications seitens Microsoft bedeutet und welche Nuancen man aus Jeff Bezos‘ Abschiedsbrief rauslesen kann sowie die geographische Fake News-Priorisierung bei Facebook. Und natürlich: #Pinkygate. --- » Die Themen der Folge 115: --- • (03:18) Fulminanter Coinbase-Börsengang https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2021/04/14/initialized-investor-garry-tan-turned-300k-bet-on-coinbase-into-680-million/?sh=601b04c56182 https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/google-executive-s-2020-move-to-coinbase-worth-us646-million-20210415-p57jd7.html https://twitter.com/almarrone/status/1382587094439170051 https://twitter.com/tanayj/status/1382350060185346050 • (10:42) Dapper Labs, die Firma hinter NBA Top Shots https://pulse2.com/dapper-labs-305-million-funding/ • (15:55) Binance und Aktienhandel https://www.coindesk.com/binance-allows-users-to-trade-tokenized-stock-tokens-starting-with-tesla https://www.trendingtopics.at/binance-coinbase-stock-token/ • (17:19) Die Creator Economy und Substack https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/16/how-substack-revealed-the-real-value-of-writers-unfiltered-thoughts-482552 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/business/reuters-website-paywall.html • (26:43) Das unsanfte Erwachen aus der SPAC-Bubble? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-17/spac-wipeout-is-punishing-followers-of-chamath-palihapitiya https://financefwd.com/de/solarisbank-spac/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-15/richard-branson-sells-150-million-in-virgin-galactic-shares • (29:41) Das Metaverse von Epic Games https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/13/epic-games-raises-1-billlion-to-fund-long-term-metaverse-plans/ • (32:15) Microsoft kauft Nuance https://www.forbes.com/sites/angelauyeung/2021/04/13/microsofts-warpath-the-197-billion-buyout-of-nuance-communications-could-be-the-start-of-an-acquisition-spree/?sh=67ecba26487d • (38:54) Fake News Loophole bei Facebook https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-loophole-state-backed-manipulation https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/15/facebook-india-bjp-fake-accounts • (42:50) Der Abschiedsbrief von Jeff Bezos https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2020-letter-to-shareholders • (44:42) Autonome Pizzalieferung bei Dominos https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/12/tech/dominos-pizza-delivery-robot/index.html • (47:13) EU Vs KI https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-strict-rules-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383301/eu-ai-regulation-draft-leak-surveillance-social-credit • (49:32) Pinkygate in der Höhle der Löwen https://t3n.de/news/pinkygate-pinkygloves-investoren-1373052/ --- » (54:36) Die Buchempfehlung der Woche: Reeves Wiedeman: „Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork” https://www.amazon.de/Billion-Dollar-Loser-Spectacular-Neumann/dp/0316461369 --- » Infos, Kontakt und alle Podcasts: https://zurueckzurzukunft.creativeconstruction.de/ --- » Feedback, Anregungen und Wünsche an: podcast@zurueckzurzukunft.de

Story + Rain Talks
Ep 71. Michael Bruno: Internet + Real Estate Entrepreneur + Founder Of 1stDibs

Story + Rain Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 60:46


Michael Bruno is an internet and real estate entrepreneur. The time he spent swimming in his youth became the breeding ground for his big ideas. He is the founder of 1stDibs, the world’s premier online marketplace for extraordinary furniture, lighting décor, art, and more. Simply put, Michael is a thought leader who helped to shape the online retail experience as we know it. After arriving in Paris, guided by his favorite business tome and with a mission to switch things up in his career, in 2001 1stDibs was launched. Bruno was able to capture the magic of the Paris flea markets… online, and then he continued to set the standard for those seeking the most beautiful things in twenty-two countries around the world. In the summer of 2019, he opened the stunningly curated Valley Rock Inn in upstate New York. Michael’s a passionate collector of historic homes and a he’s a steward of land preservation. TastemakersGuide, Bruno’s latest website venture, features a selection of over 300 small businesses in the design, art, hospitality, and natural worlds within various travel destinations. And what’s more? It prioritizes supporting small businesses. On this podcast, listen in for so many words of wisdom and entrepreneurial advice from Michael Bruno. We discuss his time in Paris, the first days of 1St Dibs---and what he’s most proud of. We talk about when to stick with a project and when to move on, and the traits that have contributed to his eye, instincts, and professional success. Michael muses about being true to his core interests over the years, and what inspires him. We talk preservation, his love of “stuff”, and having the big ideas. We finished with his favorite reads and favorite things---some of which you can discover and shop here: 1. Valley Rock Inn https://valleyrockinn.com/ 2. Tastemakers Guide https://tastemakersguide.com/ 3. Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill https://rstyle.me/+_Sd19hzeLWTZeloB9N9HCQ 4. The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg https://rstyle.me/+JMpRQv5n9ghyKGv1fozksw 5. Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman https://rstyle.me/+bOgXg54zgs70qvG2WcZI7w 6. Aviator Carry-On Plus by Paravel https://rstyle.me/+CD2AvxIwEB_9SA-qqJTn-w 7. The Dylan Hotel in Amsterdam https://www.dylanamsterdam.com/ 8. Watching The Windsors https://www.netflix.com/title/80216651

World Reimagined
High-Performance Leadership: Excelling On and Off the Field with Jerod Mayo

World Reimagined

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 46:09


What drives a Super Bowl champion, a top-notch angel investor, a healthcare executive, and a coach for the ultimate NFL dynasty? Today’s guest, Jerod Mayo knows that growth and opportunity begin with getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. As leaders, how can we get to the point where discomfort is something that we lean into, not away from? We all start as rookies but not all of us become champions, and what differentiates the two? It may be the desire to never stop learning, and never stop leveling up. In this episode, Host Gautam Mukunda speaks with mentor, leader, investor, former linebacker, and current inside linebacker coach for the New England Patriots, Jerod Mayo, about the difference between motivation and discipline, how he uses Impostor Syndrome to his benefit, the importance of asking for help, and what makes Coach Bill Belichick such a powerful leader. “The guys understood I have no pride here. I have nothing to lose. I’m going to go in there and fight for you guys. That’s how it started. The guys knew I cared about them. I think that is first and foremost what a leader has to be able to do.” - Jerod Mayo Follow @GMukunda on Twitter or email us at WorldReimagined@nasdaq.com   Books Referenced: The Bible Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua Foer Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of Blackberry, by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff   Guest Info: Jerod Mayo is the linebacker coach for the New England Patriots and an Angel investor. He has had an impressive career achieving success across the diverse sectors of professional sports, finance, and healthcare. Beginning by playing college football for the University of Tennessee and earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management, he joined the New England Patriots as a first-round draft pick in 2008, going on to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Mr. Mayo remained with the Patriots for the entirety of his professional football career, and in 2015 won a Superbowl XLIX with the team against the Seattle Seahawks. After retiring as a player from the NFL, Mayo went on to a successful business career in technology and healthcare. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Vice President of Business Development for UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, the consumer-technology initiative of the health insurance company. In his capacity there, he leveraged his extensive expertise leading successful teams strategically through challenges. Additionally, he has been an active early investor in several successful tech ventures. In 2019, the Patriots tapped Mr. Mayo to return to the organization as a coach. He is based in Massachusetts with his wife, son, and three daughters.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
43: Small Gods Pt. 1 (Extra Melons)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 92:23


The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Small Gods”. Tortoise! Porpoise! Gods! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Small Gods - Colin Smythe (Find reviews here)Words from the Master - L-SpaceList of Common Misconceptions - WikiStuds Terkel discusses "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" with Oliver W. SacksNo One Expects the Spanish Inquisition! - YoutubeThe Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors - GoodreadsGnosticism - Wiki The Upside Down Tortoise Enigma - BBCMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Life Style Business
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Life Style Business

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 39:48


We're excited to bring to Life Style Business veteran journalist and author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork, Reeves Wiedeman. Billed as the best business book of 2020 on countless lists, Billion Dollar Loser spills the tea on WeWork's infamous founder and CEO Adam Neumann and tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable rises and falls in American business. Whether you are an aspiring journalist, future founder, Patagonia vest-wearing VC or a megalomaniac in the making you won't want to miss the retelling of this vivid drama that cuts across all facets of the startup world.

Background Briefing with Ian Masters
January 13, 2021 - Michael Gerhardt | Jeremi Suri | Tim Naftali

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 56:41


10 Republicans Joined Democrats in a 232 to 197 House Vote to Impeach Trump | The Sudden and Spectacular Fall of Donald Trump | De-radicalizing the Republican Party backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Six Pixels of Separation Podcast - By Mitch Joel
SPOS #756 - Reeves Wiedeman on The Rise (And Fall) of WeWork

Six Pixels of Separation Podcast - By Mitch Joel

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 54:00


Welcome to episode #756 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #756 - Host: Mitch Joel. The past is something that we easily forget. Before the pandemic, many looked at the disastrous rise and fall of WeWork. So much so, that journalist, Reeves Wiedeman, decided to use the WeWork story as the topic for his debut book, Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and We Work. It’s a pulsating and page-turning book (much like the incredible book written about Theranos - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou). Now, many are left wondering if WeWork will have a very unique (and critical) roll in what the future of work might look like? Can WeWork erase its past? Will it always be remembered as a disaster? Or, has the pandemic given them a runway that could turn this story around? Either way, the story of WeWork is simply jaw-dropping. The amount of money invested in the business, the players behind the scenes, the desire for power, and so much more. Reeves is a Contributing Editor at New York magazine. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's, and other publications. Billion Dollar Loser is his first book. Enjoy the conversation... Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 53:59. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Reeves Wiedeman. Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and We Work. Follow Reeves on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Chris Voss Podcast
Chris Voss Podcast – Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman

Chris Voss Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 37:03


Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman ReevesWiedeman.net “Vivid, carefully reported drama that readers will gulp down as if it were a fast-paced novel” (Ken Auletta) ꟷ The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable, […] The post Chris Voss Podcast – Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman appeared first on Chris Voss Official Website.

Book Author Podcast
Book Author Podcast – Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman

Book Author Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 37:03


Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman ReevesWiedeman.net “Vivid, carefully reported drama that readers will gulp down as if it were a fast-paced novel” (Ken Auletta) ꟷ The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable, […] The post Book Author Podcast – Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman appeared first on Book Author Podcast.

Talk Cocktail
The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Talk Cocktail

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 31:11


Every company has its foundational myth. Usually carved out of air by its founder. It becomes the basis of its culture, its marketing and its fundraising. However, often, the reality of running a business is much more mundane. It’s often separated from the myth. Most people, even charismatic founders of companies can understand the difference. It's like what used to be said of political campaigns, that candidates campaigned in poetry and governed in prose. Sometimes though when the myth takes over the reality, trouble is not far behind. Rarely has the foundational myth and a company's operations become as interconnected as they were with Adam Neumann and WeWork. That’s the story that Reeves Wiedeman tackles in Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork   My conversation with Reeves Wiedeman:  

Slate Daily Feed
Gist: A Start-Up Letdown

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 36:37


On the Gist, today on Remembrances of Things Trump, we look back on Trump’s 2017 visit to the annual Boy Scout Jamboree.  In the interview, Mike talks with Reeves Weideman, contributing editor at New York magazine and author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork. Weideman explains the internal drama inside Neumann’s fast-scaling, overly hyped WeWork, an office space leasing company billed as an in-person social network, as well as the lessons entrepreneurs can learn from disruptors attempting to grow quickly and remain profitable.  In the spiel, the lobstar of the antentwig. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Margaret Kelley and Lori Galarreta. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gist
A Start-Up Letdown

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 36:37


On the Gist, today on Remembrances of Things Trump, we look back on Trump’s 2017 visit to the annual Boy Scout Jamboree.  In the interview, Mike talks with Reeves Weideman, contributing editor at New York magazine and author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork. Weideman explains the internal drama inside Neumann’s fast-scaling, overly hyped WeWork, an office space leasing company billed as an in-person social network, as well as the lessons entrepreneurs can learn from disruptors attempting to grow quickly and remain profitable.  In the spiel, the lobstar of the antentwig. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Margaret Kelley and Lori Galarreta. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BLISTER Podcast
Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Nov 2020)

BLISTER Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 88:45


Today we are launching a new segment on the Blister Podcast. Each month, Cody Townsend and Jonathan Ellsworth will discuss some of the biggest stories and most interesting news headlines from the world of outdoor sports, and on occasion, the broader world, too. Then we’ll conclude each episode by talking about some of the best things we’ve watched, read, or listened to. Check it out, and let us know your thoughts & recommendations in the Comments Section of the show notes on the blister website.TOPICS, TIMES, & RELATED ARTICLES: (1) Emily Harrington’s Epic Climb (2:58)Outside Magazine articleFox News articleNBC News article & video(2) The Race to Open Ski Areas (22:21)Local Freshies article(3) The Election & Outdoor Athletes (32:00)San Francisco Chronicles article(4) Cooking in Geysers (43:48)Travel and Leisure articleOutside Magazine article(5) Blevin’s Corner: Are Backcountry Lines Trade Secrets? (49:26)Jason Blevin’s Colorado Sun articleAndy Sovick’s Beacon Guide Books(6) The Rise & Spectacular Fall of Quibi (1:00:19)Wall Street Journal article(7) Best Things We’ve Watched, Read, or Listened To (1:08:22)Jojo RabbitThe Social DilemmaAbove The Clouds, by Kilian JornetThe Infinite Machine, by Camila RussoNo Filter, by Sarah FriedWin At All Costs, by Matt HartLast Chance U (seasons 1,2, & 5)Ted LassoThe Queen’s Gambit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Chris Voss Show
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman

The Chris Voss Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 37:03


Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman ReevesWiedeman.net "Vivid, carefully reported drama that readers will gulp down as if it were a fast-paced novel" (Ken Auletta) ꟷ The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable, rises and falls in American business history In its earliest days, WeWork promised the impossible: to make the American work place cool. Adam Neumann, an immigrant determined to make his fortune in the United States, landed on the idea of repurposing surplus New York office space for the burgeoning freelance class. Over the course of ten years, WeWork attracted billions of dollars from some of the most sought-after investors in the world, while spending it to build a global real estate empire that he insisted was much more than that: an organization that aspired to nothing less than "elevating the world's consciousness." Moving between New York real estate, Silicon Valley venture capital, and the very specific force field of spirituality and ambition erected by Adam Neumann himself, Billion Dollar Loser lays bare the internal drama inside WeWork. Based on more than two hundred interviews, this book chronicles the breakneck speed at which WeWork's CEO built and grew his company along with Neumann's relationship to a world of investors, including Masayoshi Son of Softbank, who fueled its chaotic expansion into everything from apartment buildings to elementary schools. Culminating in a day-by-day account of the five weeks leading up to WeWork's botched IPO and Neumann's dramatic ouster, Wiedeman exposes the story of the company's desperate attempt to secure the funding it needed in the final moments of a decade defined by excess. Billion Dollar Loser is the first book to indelibly capture the highly leveraged, all-blue-sky world of American business in President Trump's first term, and also offers a sober reckoning with its fallout as a new era begins. Reeves Wiedeman is a Contributing Editor at New York magazine. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's, Men's Journal, and other publications. Billion Dollar Loser, about the rise and fall of WeWork, is his first book.

All Of It
How WeWork Did NotWork

All Of It

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 22:28


New York Magazine contributing editor Reeves Wiedeman joins us to discuss his latest book, Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork, which tells the inside story of the once $47 billion start-up, its 2019 bankruptcy and its founder's subsequent fall from grace.

GCUC Radio
Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser - The Rise & Spectacular Fall of WeWork

GCUC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 36:09


In this episode, Liz Elam interviews Reeves Wiedeman, contributing editor at New York Magazine and author of Billion Dollar Loser. We got a first look at the inside story of the rise and fall of WeWork and CEO, Adam Neumann. Whether positive or negative, it is undeniable that WeWork changed the world and facilitated a massive shift in coworking culture. What do you think? Don’t forget to order Billion Dollar Loser – out on October 20! #gcucpodcast #ReevesWiedeman #entrepreneur #coworking #community #business

Skullduggery
The Rise and Spectacular Fall of Roger Ailes

Skullduggery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 54:11


In this episode, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman take a deep dive into the life and times of the most powerful man in media one could argue, Roger Ailes. They are joined by documentarian and film maker Alexis Bloom who's latest project is "Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes." He's the man most commonly known for creating Fox News, but that's just scratching the service. Michael and Dan also tease the upcoming Mueller Memos and a special weekend edition of the Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It Seemed Smart
The Shady Rise and Spectacular Fall of Daily Fantasy Sports

It Seemed Smart

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 34:20


The online fantasy boom made a lot of people rich: the fantasy sports companies that raked in millions on barely legal bets; and some of their employees who used insider info to cash in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I've Been Meaning To Read That
Episode 20 - The Templars

I've Been Meaning To Read That

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 36:41


Hosts Karla Jacobs and Ronna McNamara discuss 'The Templars:  The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors' by Dan Jones.  Jones separates history from myth of the Knights of the Temple and the Crusades of the 12th-14th centuries.   Music by bensound.com

Smart People Podcast
Jacquie McNish – Whatever Happened to BlackBerry?

Smart People Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 47:23


This week on the show we have Senior Wall Street Journal Correspondent, Jacquie McNish. Jacquie is the author of many best selling books and we will be discussing her most recent, Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry.  In 2009, BlackBerry controlled half of the smartphone market....

Post Script
Inside the Downfall of Blackberry

Post Script

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2015 29:20


How does a company with 50 percent of the cellular phone market drop down to 1 percent in five years? This week, we'll explore the implosion of Blackberry, the iconic phone maker that has quickly become irrelevant in the consumer smart phone market. We'll talk with Jacquie McNish, the co-author of a new book called, "Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry." We'll discuss how Blackberry executives misread the rise of smart phones, and how a rift between the company's two CEOs paralyzed innovation.

Talk Cocktail
The fall of CrackBerry

Talk Cocktail

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2015 23:12


Many years ago, Harvard Business School perfected something called the “case study method.”   A new educational innovation that presented the challenges confronting companies, nonprofits, and government organizations—complete with the constraints and incomplete information found in real business issues.Students learned that through the process of exchanging perspectives, countering and defending points, and building on each other's ideas, they became adept at analyzing issues, exercising judgment, and making difficult decisions.Business journalist Sean Silcoff,  in his new book,  Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, conducts his own case study.He reminds us that in real business situations, unlike business school, there are no simple solutions; personalities matter and, and he shows how easy it is to go from leader to irrelevance in an economy that values creative destruction far more than the status quo.My conversation with Sean Silcoff: