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How Do You Survive With Integrity? with Jesse Thorn

How Do You Survive With Integrity? with Jesse Thorn

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November 5, 20251h 14m

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Show Notes

Broadcaster and podcast pioneer Jesse Thorn joins us to talk about building something sustainable without selling out. From his early days of mailing CD-Rs to NPR stations to running Maximum Fun as a listener-supported network, Jesse shares the emotional and economic math behind 20 years of independent success. We get into what it means to build trust with an audience, how community gets harder in a platform-driven world, and why “working for the people” still feels like the best job he’s ever had.


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