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, and it’s a fan favorite, bringing together two internet personalities that’ve 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.

Links: 


Dropout’s Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping the internet weird | Decoder


How Dropout broke through in 2025 | AV Club


 Dropout CEO on launching ‘Superfan’ tier, crossing 1M subscribers | Variety


How CollegeHumor reinvented itself for the new internet age | People


CollegeHumor shaped online comedy. What went wrong? [2020] | Wired


‘I believe in this enough to try to do it myself’ [2020] | Digiday


Jacob Wysocki needed a minute to process that Game Changer | Vulture



Game Changer smartly weaponizes its online following | Mashable


Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch | Decoder


Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.38B | The Verge



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Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt and edited by Ursa Wright. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane. 

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