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David Gellis

Jul 10, 2026

0:33
We hear from those trying to change that, more about parenting in the age of AI, and a deep dive on why part-time Jackson Hole resident Yvonne Chouinard has turned heads with his decision to give away profits from his company, Patagonia.
0:49
Much as the giving, it was the not taking that made it such a remarkable story.

7 MINS LATER

8:01
We pick up part of their conversation where Gellis is getting clues that Patagonia plans to give away its fortune.
8:07
My friends at Patagonia reach out to me and they say, hey, we've got a story that I think we want you to tell.
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And I was like, well, what is it? And they said, we can't tell you yet.
8:17
So I would check in every month and I would call and I was like, hey, you mentioned this tantalizing story.
8:21
What is it? They're like, we still can't tell you.
8:24
And we played this game for about six months over the summer of 2022.

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