In the Details: Find Nourishment in the Darkness with Teddy Zee

“I grew up on television, I watched TV 80 hours a week” says Teddy Zee. “I grew up watching what the perfect family meant, with the white picket fence, dog, two kids, vacations, love and family meals. I was living in two worlds.” Teddy was raised to survive and take care of himself. His parents had immigrated from China without money or education and while they never knew where the next dollar was coming from, they always had the TV or record player on. After starting in HR at NBC in 1979, he worked the ranks of Hollywood, going on to produce and supervise classic films like My Girl, Charlie's Angels, and The Pursuit of Happiness. Teddy discusses how trauma and tragedy happen to everyone and connect us all, as well as taking responsibility for causing pain, living in survival mode, finding joy in developing stories, and his new ventures in NFTs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.