About this episode

The episode discusses Netflix's business decision behind airing Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Taipei 101.

There has been a lot of talk about how Netflix only paid Alex Honnold ~$500,000 for his free solo of Taipei 101. But the real story is why Netflix even felt comfortable enough to air it in the first place. Todays podcast breaks down the details.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Pompliano

Topics covered

• Netflix
• Alex Honnold
• business strategy
• free solo climbing
• media production

Keywords

• Netflix
• Alex Honnold
• Taipei 101
• free solo
• business bet
• climbing
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Places: Taipei 101

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