If the first 50 years were an experiment, to prove that a business could be

responsible and successful, turns out it's not just possible, it's profitable.

So what's next? What's next is simple, it's human power and it's finding the joy

in doing difficult things. What's next is turning capitalism on its head and

putting all our money where our mouth is. What's next is unstoppable.

For nearly 50 years, Patagonia has given a damn about people and the environment.

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You're listening to The Dirt Pack Darius, a production of Duck Tape Than Beer,

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and gear for everywhere, and athletic greens, the daily drink for a healthier

you. Hey Fitz. Hey, Quadit, how's it going? Good question. Do you remember your

first summer job out of high school? Oh yeah, totally. I had a job working as a

runner at a legal office, so it was like, imagine a world without the internet

and papers needed to go places and basically you would run papers to, you

wouldn't actually run it. Like I think maybe the old days you would, but you would

walk papers down to the courthouse or to other branches of the legal things or

drop papers off to be signed. And yeah, I remember, I guess that was like the

first job I had where I could drive because they had this car and it was like

just old, had no air conditioning. This was in Florida, so it would be like if I

had to drive somewhere, it was just like stepping into the most hot, humid

thing you could ever imagine. And like the seatbelt would burn you. It was,

yeah, those are my memories of it. That was my first job. But it's good. Yeah,

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