The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh

By: Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci
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  • Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running “the world’s happiest company” for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedicated to pursuing happiness. But what do Tony's life and death reveal about Silicon Valley’s obsession with re-imagining how society functions? "A gripping tale" - The Guardian The Cost Of Happiness is reported and hosted by Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. It is produced by Charlie Towler. Cover art and design by Jeana Sullivan. The story editor is Meara Sharma, and Thomas Curry is the managing producer. Scoring and sound-design by Charlie Brandon-King. For Imperative Entertainment, the executive producer is Jason Hoch, and for Vespucci, the executive producers are Daniel Turcan, Johnny Galvin, and Matt Willis.
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  • Teaser: The Cost of Happiness - Series Premieres December 5

    Teaser: The Cost of Happiness - Series Premieres December 5
    Nov 8 2022
    Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running “the world’s happiest company” for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedicated to pursuing happiness. But what do Tony's life and death reveal about Silicon Valley’s obsession with re-imagining how society functions? Series premieres December 5. Subscribe and follow now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • What Happens In Vegas | Chapter 1

    What Happens In Vegas | Chapter 1
    Dec 5 2022
    Josh thought he’d found a tech utopia — but then reality hit. This is a story about one man’s quest to transform a city, and the world, through his particular vision of happiness. It’s about the people who were seduced by that vision. And the people who were left behind.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Early To The Party | Chapter 2

    Early To The Party | Chapter 2
    Dec 12 2022
    In July 2009, a man sells a company for $1.2 billion dollars — a company he’s spent the past decade building, and one that has revolutionized how we buy things on the internet. At just 35 years old, he’s instantly among the world’s richest people. But he sees himself as so much more than a business mogul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins

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Stunning story

I never followed the Zappos story, but this is a crazy, fascinating, tragic story of a modern delusion. I would give this 5 stars across the board, but — and I hate to say this — because it's such an....aMeRiCaN story, the British pronunciations (starting with Barack Obama) and the extremely cold, unempathetic interviewing of the homeless women convince me that there could have been a better narrator.

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