Selected - The Sesamers Podcast
Selected 016 - Harper Reed
Episode Summary
In this edition of the Selected Podcast, former Obama for America CTO Harper Reed defines "Rewarding" work, we talk about Sex, Politics, Religion, and Money, and I need a hat. All this and more on Episode 16!
Episode Notes
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Topics Discussed:
- The world's most impressive bio
- The smell of Las Vegas
- Dan and seeing Queen with Freddie Mercury at age 5. Thanks Mom!
- Dan's girlfriend is in love with Harper
- "What's your pandemic plan?"
- Discipline? Punishment? Cause and Effect
- Zebra striping the car and the parents reaction
- Laying the groundwork to sell to PayPal
- Just for the Hack of It
- Cooking with Harper
- "How MUCH IS A LITTLE BIT?"
- "I'm sorry, what were we talking about?"
- Harper and the House of Cards story
- The Obama Work
- "Rewarding" work
- Tools used against us
- Would you do anything differently?
- Ad Agencies, "Oh no, we never actually did any of that stuff. You guys actually did it."
- "Pandora's box was cracked open, we just happened to be the ones that opened it all the way."
- "We put too much weight on founders to have a strong perspective on the ethical stance of their thing."
- But ... VC's want to hear conviction(?)
- Jim, McCoy, Spock and the crew of the NCC-1701
- Responsible for Brexit?
- Red voters
- Talking shit about the EU, this is not a surprise result
- A whole boatload of racism
- "I'm not sure my absentee ballot arrived in time."
- "My shit was in the post MONTHS ahead of time."
- "Sex, Politics, Religion and Money."
- Listening to the other side
- Veiled racism? I don't have time for it.
- Identity politics
- "When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
- "When I looked at my historic returns, the women I invested in had much greater returns than then men."
- The LIGHTNING ROUND
- BREAK
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- Aaaaaaand we're back!
- Zooooom.us
- Galactic.io. Go get in on this shit NOW!
- Hopin. "They're not screwing around"
- The return of Anna. Again.
- My castle
- Dan's recorded an audio book. NDA's damn. Coming soon ...
- Dressing in black
- "I don't miss airport security"
- Harper and Community
- Gen X. Me and Al Gore
- What is a community?
- You want to be a good actor in
- You can trust me
- Establishing trust
- Authenticity
- The accidental dissolution of trust
- Harper's adult body
- The antithese answers the question
- I didn't split the episode. If Joe Rogan can go 3.5 hours a day, let's see if YOU stick around for an hour and a half
- Harper's COVID work
- "I was bored. I needed something to do."
- People peopled
- I have to start wearing a hat
- Dress like Harper Reed Glasses day
- The photo didn't do it justice
- Read bitches!
- Harper's in the basement
- "All of my friends getting the COVID vaccine. It creates hope."
- I'm priority "The End"
- You bes' check yoself befo' you wreck yo'self
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