Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Decoder. I'm Neil Patel, editor in chief of the Verge, and Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems. We've got something special for you today. It's my friend Hank Green, longtime YouTuber, science educator, and viral TikTok star, interviewing dropout CEO Sam Reich.

Hank did this episode as a guest host over the summer while I was out with our new baby, and it's been a fan favorite, bringing together two internet personalities that have known each other for a very long time and who have a lot of inside knowledge about how the internet Hollywood and entertainment all intertwine. We think it's one of the best episodes of Decoder we put out last year, and it's honestly just a really fun conversation. Okay, here's Hank Green interviewing dropout CEO Sam Reich. Sam Reich, you are the founder.

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