Words Matter Library: WeCrashed Preview

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The Rise and Fall of WeWork is a stunning story of hope and hubris. WeWork was the poster child for a new economy. Its founders wanted to revolutionize everything about the way people lived their lives. Its charismatic founder Adam Neumann had an intoxicating vision for the company — but did it ever match the reality? Hosted by David Brown of Wondery’s hit podcast Business Wars, WeCrashed is a six-part series about the rise and fall of WeWork. It’s a story of hope and hubris, and pulls back the curtain on the lengths certain people will go to chase “unicorns.” Listen now at www.wondery.fm/wecrashedWM Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	There have been few bigger success stories of the gig economy and we work with it.
0:38.1	We work wanted to revolutionize the way people work, how they live, sleep, and even how
0:42.4	they raise their kids.
0:44.2	It's charismatic founder Adam Newman had an intoxicating vision for the company, but it
0:49.2	never quite matched up with reality.
0:52.5	From Wondery, the makers of business wars and dirty John, comes We Crashed, a six-part
0:59.3	series about the rise and fall of We Work.
1:03.6	It's a story of hope and hubris.
1:05.7	We crashed, peels back, the layers on how Newman's personality shaped every square foot of
1:11.9	We Work and how that same powerful personality shaped its fall.
1:16.5	You're about to hear a preview of the first episode of We Crashed and as you're listening,
1:21.8	be sure to subscribe to We Crashed and other great Wondery shows on Apple Podcasts or wherever
1:27.4	you're listening right now.
1:37.2	It was June 2017 and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was packed.
1:41.3	Nearly every seat of the arena was filled with thousands of group college graduates and
1:45.6	their families.
1:46.6	I'm looking at all the parents, I'm looking at balloons, I'm seeing horns, just people smiling.
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