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How I Built This with Guy Raz

NPR

Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.

Episodes

The Lip Bar: Melissa Butler

Nov 23 2020 • 0 MIN

While working long hours as a Wall Street analyst, Melissa Butler started making lipstick in her kitchen as a hobby. But it soon turned into an obsession, costing thousands of dollars. She was frus...

How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Nov 19 2020 • 0 MIN

Father Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry programs in the world. He speaks with Guy about how the Los Angeles base...

Kenneth Cole: Kenneth Cole

Nov 16 2020 • 0 MIN

Kenneth Cole launched his shoe business out of a forty-foot truck in midtown Manhattan and quickly became known as an up-and-coming designer with an eye for street fashion. In 1986, he made a bold ...

Dropbox: Drew Houston

Nov 9 2020 • 0 MIN

In 2006, Drew Houston got on a bus from Boston heading to New York. He planned to use the three-hour ride to get some work done, so he opened his laptop, and realized he had left his thumb drive wi...

How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement

Nov 5 2020 • 0 MIN

Guy talks with Varshini Prakash, co-founder of Sunrise Movement, a grassroots organization that's fighting to make climate change a top priority in the US. The group launched in 2017 and has since ...

Famous Dave's: Dave Anderson

Nov 2 2020 • 0 MIN

Growing up in 1960's Chicago, Dave Anderson didn't eat much deep dish. Instead, his dad took the family to the South Side for barbecue, and those memories—and aromas—stayed with him. For years, Dav...