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  1. “If you want to learn more about constructed adventures or hear previous episodes, head to our podcast page how IbuelS.npr.org and of course, if you want to tell us your story, go to build.npr.org. As always, we love to hear what you're up to. And thanks so much for listening to the show this week. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and while you're there, please do give us a review. You can also write us directly at hibt at npr.org. And if you want to send a tweet, it's at how Ibuel This. Our show is produced this week by Ramtin Arablui, who also composed the music. Thanks also to JC Howard, Nor Kudsy, Neva Grand, Sanaz Meshkanpur, and Jeff Rogers. Our intern is Mia Venkat. I'm Guy Raz, and you've been listening to How I Built This from NPR.”

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  2. “Since we last spoke to Chris, he's planned 24 more adventures and he's made around $100,000 in revenue. And he's also been approached by a production company that wants to do a TV show about him and his business.”

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  3. “Anyway, just days before we ran Chris's story last year, he had actually submitted his letter of resignation at that boring office job, and he started to do constructed adventures full time.”

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  4. “And that is how Chris started his business, constructed adventures. He puts together these personalized scavenger hunts and daylong excursions for people's birthdays and marriage proposals and stuff like that. And it's pretty good money.”

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  5. “Explains Post about his secret Santa experience went to number one on Reddit's front page, and so Chris started to get inundated with messages.”

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  6. “Anyway, Chris wound up spending something like $600 of his poker money on tickets and Tchotchys and clues, meals, all for this total stranger. And at the end of this incredible day, Chris actually met up with the guy at a local bar. His name is Blaine. And as you might guess, Blaine was pretty blown away.”

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  7. “Okay, so it's important to mention here that Chris is really into scavenger hunts and buried treasure and planting clues, you know, stuff like that. So for his secret Santa Guy, Chris wound up planning this incredible day-long adventure”

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  8. “Like almost two thousand dollars in extra money. And Chris thought, why not just pay it forward and put together this really elaborate and expensive secret Santa gift?”

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  9. “And Chris was thinking way beyond the scope of this whole secret Santa thing. You know, he didn't want to just send a boring gift card or a snack box. And fortunately,”

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  10. “Now, as you can imagine, Chris prefers to talk to relatively happy people, which explains how he started his side business a few years back. He was on the website Reddit, and Reddit has this thing around Christmas time where they'll connect you with a total stranger, and then you can send them a gift.”

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  11. “And please do stick around because in just a moment we're going to hear from you about the things you're building. Hey, thanks for sticking around because it's time now for how you built that. And today we're gonna update a story we ran about a year ago. And back then Chris Waters would wake up every morning and head to his job as an account manager at a software company.”

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  12. “That's Hayim Saban. Today, he runs an investment firm called the Saban Capital Group, and last year, just weeks after this episode first ran, Heim sold the rights to the Power Rangers franchise to Hasbro, the toy company. The deal was reportedly worth $522 million. I'm glad that you remember the theme song to Inspector Gadget. Right? What a song”

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  13. “When you look in the mirror in the morning, do you see Heimsabon, the billionaire mogul, or do you see that kid who was doing his homework in the stairwell of a modest apartment building in Tel Aviv with nothing”

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  14. “I mean, we could continue this conversation and talk about you bought Univision in 2006, and then you created an investment fund. Is it work? Is it getting to a higher number? Is it recognition? What is it that motivates you? Is it just the joy of working? What is it that keeps you going every day?”

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  15. “So you become a billionaire overnight. Why was it so important for you to get a billion and a half dollars rather than half a billion, right? I mean, was it the money that was important or was it the principal or was it something else?”

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  16. “So, wait, this is about like years in. And so you have this channel Fox Family, and then you decide you want to sell it. But I mean, you owned half of it, but then Fox owned half of it. So how were you able to sell?”

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  17. “Okay, so you have the deal and you bought this, what was a Christian cable channel, and then you transition it into a kid's channel? Was it hard to do that”

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  18. “Wait, wait, stop. You said that you should have a dinner with Tim. And you said, let me have a shot at this. Let me see if I can convince him.”

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  19. “So he basically agreed to give you half of Fox Kids Network in exchange for your distribution network and the cartoons that you had. But then at that point you owned half of the kids network.”

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  20. “Alright, so let me get this clear. Fox Newts is coming to you and saying, We want to buy your production company and all your cartoons, and you're saying, I'm only going to let you have that if you give me half of Fox Kids, is that right? Okay, so I'm just trying to figure out why Rupert Murdoch would take that deal. I mean, couldn't he just do all of this without you?”

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  21. “You were basically saying, yes, I'm not looking to sell my company to you, I'm looking to create a joint venture with you.”

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  22. “Okay, so Power Rangers is doing great. And I guess at this point you've got the production company is called Saban Entertainment. And then about a year later, I think it was that Fox approaches you to buy your production company.”

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  23. “And you, I mean, when that happened, when that show was a hit, did you go to other people and say, I told you this was going to work? Were you just sort of...”

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  24. “And did you, by the way, you owned the rights to the show? 100%. So you take this deal because you had no other choice. You had to take it again.”

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  25. “I'm Saban, creator of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In a moment, we're gonna find out how he not only found a home for his show, but figured out how to buy his very own kids' TV channel on someone else's dime. I'm Guy Ross, and you're listening to how I built this from NPR. Hey, welcome back to How I Built This from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So it's 1992 and Heim Saban has been trying to sell his idea for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to anyone who would listen, and pretty much no one is interested. That is, until he gets a meeting with an executive at Fox named Margaret Lesh. And unlike everyone before her, Margaret actually likes it.”

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  26. “What do you mean, you tried to went around trying to pitch people on the show for eight years? And why did you think it would work?”

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  27. “It's funny, I remember because when I was a child, we lived in Japan from 1979 to 1982. And I remember when I saw Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on television in America, I recognized it immediately as a show that I watched as a kid in Japan. But what was the show called in Japanese, by the way?”

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  28. “Money Alright, so a huge, of course, turning point in your life, I guess, happens when you discover this Japanese live-action show, which of course became the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. But tell me, how did you come across this whole concept? What happened?”

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  29. “How did you even know how to cut deals in Paris? Like, I mean, you get there as an Israeli. Obviously, you spoke some French from your childhood or you spoke pretty good French. But how did you even know how to wheel and deal and get a studio together and find distributors?”

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  30. “So you basically strike gold with this, or platinum, I guess, with this record, and you've got a career, I guess, in France, like at this point do you, what did you do? Did you start a production company in France in Paris?”

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  31. “Wait, but how are you doing this as a 20 something year old kid? You were just hustling, you were just convincing people that you were the guy to make this happen”

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  32. “I mean, obviously, that foretold what you would do with your life. You would become a person in the entertainment industry. But was that your first exposure to being in an entertainment environment to actually organizing those things”

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  33. “And did you finish with high grad Did you feel in any way being a Jew from an Arab country in Israel at the time that, I don't know, you were sort of seen as sort of a lower or like a second class citizen by Jews from European countries?”

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  34. “But in 1956, shortly after the Suez War, many Egyptian Jews were accused of being traitors, so Heim's family had to flee to Israel. Heim was 12 at the time, and no one in his family spoke any Hebrew. In fact, they didn't know anyone in Israel. And when they got there, they were housed in a tiny apartment in a rough part of Tel Aviv.”

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  35. “But we're getting ahead of ourselves here because long before the Power Rangers, long before Haim Saban was flying around the world on his private jet or hanging at his Beverly Hills mansion with Bill Clinton, he was just a poor Jewish kid living on a dusty street in Alexandria, Egypt.”

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  36. “And he schlept some of the biggest cartoons of the eighties and nineties, Inspector Gadget, X-Men, and of course his biggest hit, the mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which has just been revived as a blockbuster Hollywood feature.”

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  37. “It's how I built this show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Guy Ross, and on today's show, how a group of spandex wearing teenage superheroes called the Power Rangers helped turn Heim Saban into one of the richest men on If you asked Heim Saban what he does?”

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  38. “And when you're ready to launch, you offer code built to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Loans issued by Celtic Bank and serviced by Stripe. All loans subject to credit approval. Hey, it's Guy here. So you know how I usually get to ask our guests the question, how'd you get to where you got? Was it luck or skill or hard work or what? Well, with Chaim Saban, I actually never got around to asking that. But in this episode, you will still hear a lot about luck, a lot about hard work, and a ton about Hyam's special skill, which is knowing a really good idea when he sees one. This episode first ran in March of last year, and I hope you enjoy it.”

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  40. “You know, one of my favorite parts of traveling is getting a feel for a neighborhood, the way locals do. A few summers ago, I was in Rome and stayed in an apartment I booked on Airbnb. It was tucked in a quiet neighborhood just outside the Roman forum. Every morning I'd walk to the corner cafe, grab an espresso, and just watch the world go by outside. I even managed to chat with the owner about the neighborhood he lived in for nearly forty years. And he got me thinking about my own neighborhood. There are incredible hiking trails and great restaurants and, of course, the beach. And when I'm traveling this summer, listing my own place on Airbnb could be a really smart way to let someone else experience the area the way I do, like a local. Listing your home on Airbnb while you're traveling is a great way to make some extra money. You could put the money toward your next trip. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much”

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