Acquired - Podapalooza Announcement: Intel

Episode Date: April 15, 2020

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Hey, Acquired listeners, it is Ben and David here with a special announcement for you. David, are you pumped? I am super pumped. Well, listeners, our next episode is going to be a crossover Acquired adapting episode. It's Acquired in that it is a big tech company that we've wanted to cover for a long time. And it's adapting in that it's telling their story of change in the face of dire crisis and coming out stronger on the other side, which of course, David, do you want to give away what the episode's going to be?

The reason we chose this one, by the way, this also makes me think it's the best of both worlds. For some reason, I'm thinking of, you know, that Van Halen song from, I don't know, it was the 80s and 90s, Best of Both Worlds. I don't. David, you and I have very 90s, Best of Both Worlds? I don't. David, you and I have very different tastes in music. Yeah. I love this.

Okay, so we have the original OG adaptation. We couldn't think of anything better, especially for the reason we are doing this episode, which we will tell you in one second. We're doing Intel, the original adaptation pivot you might call, although, you know, we like the word adapting and I think Andy Grove would agree with that from the memory business in which they were founded and operated for the first 10, 15 years or so of their life

to what we all know them as the microprocessor company. Yeah, well, don't give too much more away because That's like the whole crux of the episode, man. It's got to get people excited. Yeah. Well, the reason we are announcing this is because this episode is going to be released as part of the lineup for something called Podapalooza, which we're really, really excited to tell you about. The awesome team at Glow came up with this, and as folks know, we work very closely with them.

It is a virtual podcast festival to raise money for COVID-19 relief. It's effectively like the Live Aid of our time, but at home in sweatpants instead of Van Halen. I don't know if Van Halen was there, but you get us and many instead of Van Halen.

I don't know if Van Halen was there, but you get us and many other great podcasters. Instead you have podcasters and we're gonna be in sweatpants. Yeah, we're sure that you all are too. The charity that we're working with or that Potapalooza is working with is called GiveDirectly and you'll hear a little bit from them after this.

I think it's a really cool organization and I'm excited for you to hear from Katie from Give Directly about their organization. The festival is happening on April 25th and 26th, but you can get your tickets now. Podcasters far cooler than us are participating, including LeVar Burton, for all you TNG fans out there. I was going to argue, but he's cooler than us. For sure. For sure. Dan Primack, who you know, has been on the show. Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like the Best. The good people at Wondery. If anybody listens to 20,000 Hertz, that's been, I think, my carve out at least once. Dallas Taylor, the host of that, is going to be participating. So all really cool podcasters

coming together for a great cause. A few people have asked, we announced this on Twitter already, this Intel episode may eventually be in the main feed, but we'll certainly start as a Potapalooza exclusive. So you should definitely check it out, see if it's for you. You can donate whatever you feel is right for a ticket. I think the suggested donation is $25, but whatever you want to do at potapalooza.org or plza.org, you can see the full lineup there. You can also click the link in the show notes and decide if you want to tune in. I think I'm obviously excited to do it, but I'm even more excited to hear from all the other podcasts. I think it's going to be a cool opportunity to discover new great other shows.

Totally. And excited for you guys to hear about GiveDirectly too. This is, it's super cool what they're doing. They're getting cash to people who need it right now. And I was really glad the Glow folks came up with this idea and all the proceeds are going directly to give directly and getting passed on directly to people who need it so great to be part of it well david great segue uh listeners we are going to uh to leave you here

with katie from give directly to tell you what it is all about and uh we uh we hope you'll you'll join and tune in. So far, we've delivered funds to over 1,500 people. They spent it on rent, food, diapers, and even cable bills so their kids can learn remotely. That's the great thing about giving cash. It allows families to prioritize and spend on what they need most. And that's where the money we raise from Patapalooza is going. So thank you to this podcast for supporting the effort. To everyone listening, check out this festival. Head to patapalooza.org or plza.org for short. That's plza.org. Thanks, everyone.