Actually Useful
Actually Useful
Ariel Butters and Josh Stretten-Carlson
How Groover Resists Pay-to-Play and Democratizes Music Discovery
59 minutes Posted Jul 31, 2025 at 9:25 am.
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We chat with Dorian Perron, co-founder of Groover, about democratizing the discovery of new musical artists, measuring “sadness rate,” and the ethical lines he’d never cross for growth. In Falcon Mode, we help a listener find alternatives to shopping on Amazon.


Groover

Dorian’s Instagram

Our outro music this episode is Dorian’s song “Metropolitan” 💖


Additional Resources:

Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin

Bookshop.org, Boycat, Beni, Goodbuy, DoneGood


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