Othersode #56: Uber for Rooms / WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

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It’s time to work till you drop! Just kidding, we’re not about that life. But we are all about discussing the new documentary "WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn." We are joined by special guest “Nicole,” who has some real-life experience with WeWork, to talk about hustle culture, cult-like workplaces, toxic positivity, and the many things that went wrong with WeWork. Next we get into some listener feedback and catch up with what’s on the blog, including Bachelorette recaps, Gossip Girl recaps, and more. Read along with us for our next Bookpisode on "Malibu Rising" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Then watch Dev Patel in "The Green Knight" for our next Othersode, featuring special guests Mac and Zoe from The Maniculum podcast! Don’t forget to rate, review, subscribe, and send us your feedback on this or any other episode!
TOC
:30 – Welcome, Nicole!
2:58 – What would your WeWork venture be called?
6:50 – Documentary intro
7:41 – Hustle culture
27:00 – How and why does this work?/Cult stuff
48:07 – Toxic positivity and utopia
1:10:19 – Listener feedback!
1:12:13 – What’s on the blog? What’s up next?
Links: I Lived Adam Neumann’s Perfect Day. It Was Terrible. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/i-lived-adam-neumanns-perfect-life-for-a-dayit-was-dismal.html
Billion Dollar Loser–https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9780316461368
The Cult of We–https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9780593237113