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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

The Fear-Based Economy

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

News, News Commentary, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, History, Personal Journals

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Gaby left BuzzFeed, a lot of people were confused. Why would anyone leave a job that seemed like a dream-come-true for creatives? The reality, of course, was much more complicated. First, Gaby is joined by Bloomberg's Rebecca Greenfield, who explains that companies like BuzzFeed are often using perks to mask troubling employment practices. Then, Brittany Ashley, who was fired by BuzzFeed under controversial circumstances last summer, sits down with Gaby to try to make sense of how it all went so wrong.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You got problems that you oughta be concerned with, blah, you don't know how you're supposed to earn it or what to do with it or have a keep it.

0:08.0

You're a freak with a dark shameful secret, but you're not the only one who can teach your hidden financial fears to the blessed son.

0:16.0

Now your healing has begun, it's back with money with Gabby.

0:22.0

Done.

0:23.0

Hello there, listener. Gabby done here. Are you feeling cold? Come warm yourself by the dumpster fire that is my financial knowledge.

0:29.0

Look, I'm perfectly aware of the fact that some of you know who I am because of BuzzFeed.

0:35.0

I guess I welcome it. BuzzFeed has a huge audience, some 11.3 million subscribers to their main YouTube channel at last count.

0:42.0

And I did a lot of great work for them, which they shared with that audience, including some of you, who having discovered how awesome I am are now going to listen to me sit in front of this microphone until you have sinister and nefarious BuzzFeed can actually beat.

0:55.0

In the words of Allison Raskin, life is a beautiful journey. BuzzFeed was great for my career, but it doesn't define my career.

1:03.0

And that's what I'd like to talk about today because they really, really wish that they did define my career.

1:09.0

I'll bet some of you suspect that Allison and I left BuzzFeed because we were ungrateful. And that's fine. That's fine for you to think.

1:17.0

Because what I'm about to tell you is why you're wrong. Allison and I started working at BuzzFeed because like a lot of people, we thought it was cool.

1:25.0

Our Facebook walls filled up with the exact same witty, woked videos you see on yours, clever observations about LGBTQ culture.

1:32.0

Vicky Diving, she's hot. What about her? Do you think she's hot? Vicky Diving, she's hot.

1:37.0

What about the dark hair girl right there? She hot? Well, just because I'm gay doesn't mean I think every girl is hot.

1:44.0

Insightful commentary about millennial life as a person of color. Why do you think watching Korean dramas in K-pop makes you an expert in Korean culture?

1:51.0

Like does me watching girls make me an expert in white culture? Just like you, we watch those videos and others like them and thought, damn, BuzzFeed gets it. BuzzFeed gets us.

2:00.0

But here's the problem. BuzzFeed isn't a person. It's a company. And companies don't understand you. They just want you to think that they do.

2:08.0

I'm like, oh, I want to work out that place that seems fun. Everybody seems like they're having a good time. Like my friends could be there. I could see myself there.

2:16.0

That's a great way to get people to apply for jobs, even if they don't know anything else about the company.

2:22.0

That's Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Greenfield. And she says companies will try all kinds of things to make you feel like they understand who you are.

2:29.0

In the case of BuzzFeed, people see the videos we just played you clips from on their Facebook wall and they think, wow, I should really check out more of the stuff at BuzzFeed. They are. Speak in my language.

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