A Conversation with the CEO of Sesame Workshop w/ Steve Youngwood
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience is conversation I had with the CEO of Sesame Workshop, Steve Youngwood! We discuss what Sesame Workshop is all about, Steve's upbringing and the beginning of his career, what's going on with Sesame Street right now, the most surprising thing that Covid brought from a brand standpoint, who my favorite muppet is (hint: he's green) and much more!
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| 0:30.3 | you enjoyed this episode. |
| 0:31.8 | This is the GaryVee audio experience. |
| 0:37.8 | Hey everybody, welcome to the GaryVee audio experience. |
| 0:40.9 | In my continuation of finding interesting people to talk to and do original content, I'm |
| 0:45.2 | excited about this one. |
| 0:46.2 | I'm extremely excited about it because this was probably the most conversation pre-filming |
| 0:53.0 | because I like to keep it very improv, but Steve hit me hard with his jets fandom. |
| 0:58.8 | That excites me. |
| 1:00.8 | And then obviously for everybody listening at home, you know the journey I'm on with the |
| 1:04.5 | V friends intellectual property. |
| 1:06.2 | And early on I thought I was going more Pokemon and Disney when I would talk to it about |
| 1:11.2 | my friends, but with the ambition I have of putting positivity into the world with the |
| 1:15.7 | traits and just by meeting people along the way that worked with Jim Henson and things |
| 1:20.6 | that nature, I didn't realize how much Sesame Street DNA is in V friends. |
| 1:26.1 | And so it is a stunningly big honor of mine, Ted Steve on the show. |
| 1:29.8 | Steve, why don't you tell everybody who you are and what you do and then we'll rock and |
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