Alexis Ohanian
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292 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 Jun
Alexis Ohanian’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Maybe I missed out on some great relationships earlier because it wasn't there at that time. But At the end of the day, one of the best parts, you know, dating Serena while she was winning Grand Slam after Grand Slams, breaking every record, doing all this stuff with Olympia in her belly. I might add, you know, the pinnacle of sports excellence.
And then also seeing her now, like, making cinnamon rolls for the second grade class. Like, both of those things bring me so much joy. And frankly... I love seeing the latter more because it doesn't come with all the baggage of being the public persona. They just have to endure doing that job. And I know she doesn't miss it at all for those same reasons.
Uh, and I think that's, I don't know, that's been why it's just, I don't know, been a, been an easy transition for her. Uh, and, and frankly been a lot of fun to see this, this evolution for me. How did you meet? Six months into the Reddit turnaround, uh, I was burnt out, and my head of comms said I needed to go. She was like, go to Italy. And I was like, what?
And she was like, there was a speaking gig that wanted me there. And I was like, sure. I was like, wait, no, but this is a boondoggle. There's no point. We're not ready to win over marketers. She's like, just do it, please. You need a day or two. Just go. I was like, all right, fine. I go.
I flake out on the conference that first day, and I just find a cafe, and I started doodling, working on some sketches for product stuff.
i meet up with a friend of a friend very random they just walked in and they're like hey can we use the table i'm like sure we'll get some drinks we're out that night until like three in the morning and i get home hungover the next morning i need coffee addicted go downstairs they say sir breakfast is over but if you want coffee you can go sit by the pool i go sit by the pool i take out my laptop and there's a table next to me
There's an Australian guy at the table who tells me to move. He says, there's a rat at the table. I say, I'm not afraid of rats. I'm from Brooklyn. I see rats all the time. He's like, I might. There's a rat. You better leave. And I was like, no, thank you. I'm good. And I was just working. And then the lady next to him turns around. It's Serena. And she's like, oh, you're not afraid of rats.
I'm like, no, I'm not. If you don't bother them, they won't bother you. And she's like, oh, are you here for the tech conference? And I was like, I am. She's like, are you here to see someone speak in particular? I said, no, I'm speaking. She was like, oh. She's like, what's your company? I was like, Reddit. And she lied. She was like, oh yeah, Reddit. She'd never heard of it.
And we started talking and she said, listen, The rest of my team was going to use this table. So can you just move when they get here? And I said, no, but they can join me. And well, I'll just have breakfast. And so we exchanged numbers. And I saw her play later that night in Rome. And that was the start of it all. So it's breakfast at a hotel, the Cavalieri in Rome.
Great breakfast, wonderful truffle omelet. If you want to get the Alexis special, it's the truffle omelet. It's a great, great omelet.
With our kids, it's the cliche. You want them to be happy, productive members of society. I'd say the other wrinkle I'll put on there, and I tell Olympia this all the time, and I will tell Adira. Again, she's just one. She's doing her best.
She's an active kid. Yes, at six.
But whatever they want to do, I have zero tolerance. I should say we have zero tolerance for them not trying their absolute best. Again, I know that seems cliche. Like I don't even let Olympia say can't. We'll see how long that lasts. But I will not let her say can't. If she says can't, I'm like... What was that? We don't say that word.
Because I don't even want her uttering that she can't do a thing. Like, you can choose not to do it, but we don't say that word. And I try to reiterate to her, I want her to love the act of trying things. We used to do, there's a YouTube channel, there's a few actually, that'll do these drawing classes. And I'm pretty good drawing. I made the Reddit logo, Snoo. I draw pancakes.
And during COVID, I was like, hey, we're going to do drawing class. Pop can do art class. I can do math and English, but art's more fun. So we're going to do art classes together. And, you know, early on, she'd be like, wow, Papa, you're really good at drawing. And I'm like, do you think I was born this way? And she was like, maybe. And I was like, no, it's like Papa practiced. Papa drew a lot.
And I want even for mundane things like, hey, we're drawing Princess Peach. I desperately want her to take only one thing away, which is even the stuff you think your Papa is great at. He sucked at when he started. Even the things your mama is great at, maybe she didn't suck at when she started. But, like, she had to learn. She was bad. She had to get better.
You might have some natural inclinations here and there for different stuff. But I want to see her get comfortable with failing and struggling and then improving. Getting her into golf has been open. I had never played golf. But Uncle Tiger gave me some clubs for her. So I was like, Olympia, you got to play golf now. And we go to lessons every Sunday.
And that actually has been a great sport for humbling and for getting her comfortable with the process because it's such a brutally hard sport.
And you have to get comfortable with failure and messing up. And she'll still, it's funny, she'll whack it 100 yards. I'll be so proud of her. And then she'll totally whiff on a ball. And once she got so upset, she almost pulled the Serena. She pulled the club up and was about to smash it. I was like, Olympia. just casually put the thing down. I was like, Oh, you got that Serena in you.
But you see that and you see she's, she's got that tenacity and she is so hard on herself when she doesn't get it right. But I need her to sit in that and soak that up and get okay with it so that whatever she does, again, if she, it changes every week, veterinarian, fashion designer, right now she wants to be a singer. I'm like, I don't care what it is. You just need to know.
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