The Companion Podcast | Episode 2 with “Billion Dollar Loser” author Reeves Wiedeman | 2

WeCrashed

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Stock Market, Startup, Real Estate, Adam Neumann, We Crashed, New York, Theranos, Business, Society & Culture, News, Wework, Wecrashed, Ipo, Tech, We Work, Silicon Valley

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Scott Galloway unpacks episode two, “Masha, Masha, Masha,” with Reeves Wiedeman, the author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork. They discuss the co-working company’s early rise, Adam’s boundless powers of persuasion, and what it was like for them to sit down with Adam in real life. Plus, Scott shares his “Yoga babble moment of the week.” WeCrashed: The Companion Podcast is produced by Wondery, with support from Pineapple Street Studios.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to We Crash, add free on Amazon Music.
0:04.9	Download the app today.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone.
0:17.5	I'm Scott Galaway, and let's be clear, Adam Newman had great hair, which is very important
0:22.0	in the world of fundraising.
0:24.0	So this week on the show, Adam and Rebecca get married.
0:28.8	Two cosmic voyagers bound together by a transcendent love all my life.
0:34.7	We see Adam convince Miguel to put all their money into fixing up the shithole that
0:38.7	is 154 Grand Street.
0:40.9	I mean, that's everything I have.
0:43.9	That's my kids' education.
0:45.7	That's my first house.
0:47.7	That's my retirement.
0:49.4	We also see Adam and Miguel interview their first We Were employees.
0:52.9	Do you match 401k contributions?
0:55.3	No.
0:56.3	You have a dental plan?
0:57.3	No.
0:58.3	Well, Rebecca gives acting another go, but she's not the best Masha.
1:04.1	Round that oak is a golden chain, a golden chain.
1:08.3	And Adam manipulates his way into securing a second location for We Were in Midtown.
1:13.8	People like you and me, immigrants, sons of immigrants.
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