Hank Green

But I would call it at this point a pretty different business.

And thus, I consider you the founder of Dropout.

But you don't have to consider yourself that.

You certainly are the CEO, though, and you're super in charge.

And a strange a strange way for this all to happen.

When you proposed this, did you feel like it was likely that they would say yes?

No.

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We'll be right back.

Welcome back.

I'm Hank Green, talking with Dropout CEO Sam Reich.

We were just talking about his origin story, how he became, in my opinion anyway, though not his, the founder of Dropout.

And I think that's made him something very unusual, someone who actually cares about media.

There was a time when media companies were more likely to be led by people who enjoyed making media.

And a time when now, maybe now, media companies are mostly led by people who are kind of on the numbery side, the businessy side.

And you are a current example of a person who is a media executive, if you'll excuse me.

I'm saying that.

But who is extraordinarily and deeply and constantly involved as a creative force, as a host, on-screen talent, but also constantly ideating and even writing.

Like, you're not just sort of showing up and reading the teleprompter.

You are also coming up with ideas for shows, and you are the creative vision behind, I think, probably what is your most successful show, question mark?