Podcast Episodes featuring Alex Blumberg

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Podcast Pioneer Alex Blumberg - The Strength of Vulnerability

Million Dollar Mind - December 18, 2019 13:27 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
Alex Blumberg is one of the most celebrated entrepreneurs in podcasting. He worked for 20 years with one of the biggest names in public radio, Ira Glass, helping him to produce NPR’s beloved This American Life. Later, Alex launched Planet Money, the crème de la crème of financial podcasts. His jo...

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Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber

How I Built This with Guy Raz - October 21, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.2K ratings
Alex Blumberg made his early career by helping build two of the most successful shows in radio and podcasting: Planet Money and This American Life. In 2014, convinced that podcasts could make money, he walked away from the safe umbrella of public media to start a new media company with c...

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CAARE Rescue Founder Alex Blumberg - Adopting vs. Shopping, Fostering Animals And How You Can Help

What Day Is It? - September 11, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 165 ratings
Calling all animal lovers! We've got Alex Blumberg, the founder of CAARE Rescue which is a non-profit organization which rescues dogs. So basically she is an angel. Alex is joining Bailey and Jacci this week on WDII to share how she became so passionate about rescuing dogs, why adoption is so imp...

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EP36: CAARE Rescue Founder Alex Blumberg - Adopting vs. Shopping, Fostering Animals And How You Can Help

What Day Is It? - September 11, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 165 ratings
Calling all animal lovers! We've got Alex Blumberg, the founder of CAARE Rescue which is a non-profit organization which rescues dogs. So basically she is an angel. Alex is joining Bailey and Jacci this week on WDII to share how she became so passionate about rescuing dogs, why adoption is so im...

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Gimlet co-founders Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber, plus Fortune CEO Alan Murray

Recode Media with Peter Kafka - February 07, 2019 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
Gimlet co-founders Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about selling their company to Spotify. Then later in the show, Fortune Media Group CEO Alan Murray sits down with Peter to talk about selling Fortune to a Thai billionaire and navigating its transition into new digit...

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Gimlet founders Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber

Recode Media with Peter Kafka - June 14, 2018 04:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber, the founders of podcasting network Gimlet, talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about trying to create the "HBO of audio." Gimlet's first show was StartUp, a podcast about the creation of Gimlet itself that exposed the "myth of being an entrepreneur" — although entreprene...

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Zach Braff and Alex Blumberg on 'Alex, Inc.'

It's Been a Minute - March 27, 2018 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratings
Zach Braff's character in the new ABC sitcom 'Alex, Inc.' is based on Alex Blumberg, who founded the podcast company Gimlet Media, and chronicled it in the podcast 'Start Up'. They talk to Sam about how the new TV show came to be. Follow @zachbraff, @abexlumberg, and @Gimletmedia. Email the show ...

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#57 - Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media

Y Combinator - January 17, 2018 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
Alex Blumberg is the cofounder of Gimlet Media. Gimlet makes several podcasts you’ve probably heard of–StartUp, The Pitch, and Reply All are a few. Before Gimlet Alex worked on This American Life and Planet Money. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

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The Business of Podcasting: An Interview with Alex Blumberg

Media Business Matters Podcast - Amanda D. Lotz - January 12, 2018 20:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Amanda and Alex were delighted to host Alex Blumberg, CEO and co-founder of Gimlet Media, to talk about the business of podcasting. Alex explains how and why Gimlet came to be and offers his assessment of the current and future market for podcasts. Our thanks to Lynette Clemetson and the Knight-...

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Episode 341: TMBA341: Alex Blumberg on the Power of Podcasting

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle - June 16, 2016 11:23 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 435 ratings
http://www.tropicalmba.com/gimlet2/ Last week we teased a very special guest for this week's episode. Today, Dan and Ian are very pleased to reveal that guest to be Alex Blumberg, the CEO of Gimlet Media and the host of one of our very favorite podcasts, Startup. As entrepreneurs, many of us have...

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King of Podcasts Tells Us How He Launched 5, Made Millions, with Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders - February 01, 2016 16:50 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 608 ratings
Ep 164 Alex Blumberg, the host of StartUp and CEO and co-founder of Gimlet Media. Listen as Nathan and Alex talk about the Freedom Journal, a notebook designed for users to set and accomplish their goals effectively. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nat...

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ALEX BLUMBERG talks about why he is excited to work with Adam McKay and his bro Adam Davidson

Employee of the Month - September 12, 2015 00:44 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 129 ratings
When NPR launched it became a vital American resource offering reliable news coverage and nuanced analysis. Its first generation groomed and passed the baton to a remarkable crew, including Blumberg, who worked his way up the ladder at the public radio darling This American Life. There his covera...

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The Art of Podcasting with Alex Blumberg, Gimlet Media

Dorm Room Tycoon (DRT) - August 13, 2015 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
In this interview, Alex Blumberg reveals what goes into creating a popular podcast. He shares details on storytelling and how to reach a large audience. He also talks about raising money from investors and the pressures to build a business.

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Episode 286: TMBA286: An Audio Response to Alex Blumberg and Gimlet Media’s “Startup” Podcast

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle - March 19, 2015 12:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 435 ratings
http://www.tropicalmba.com/gimlet/ Ian, Taylor Pearson and myself can't stop listening to Alex Blumberg's new podcast called Startup. If you haven't heard it yet, stop reading this and go listen to it. If you listen to a lot of podcasts or radio at all, you've probably heard Alex's work on shows ...

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Maker Stories: Episode 1 w/ Alex Blumberg, Matt Lieber, Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt

Product Hunt Radio - March 17, 2015 23:32 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
We're thrilled to announce the launch of Maker Stories -- one-on-one conversations with makers about their products and the stories behind them We’re going to discover what inspires these makers, how they perceive the world, what they grapple with - I want to get deep with this: What Ma...

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Alex Blumberg shares the gory details and growing pains of Start Up

Entrepreneurs on Fire - February 03, 2015 08:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Alex is a radio journalist and CEO of the podcast network Gimlet Media. For years, he was a Producer for This American Life, where his work won numerous awards. Blumberg also co-founded the This American Life/NPR co-production Planet Money. Recently, the interactive web documentary Planet Money ...

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Episode 124: Alex Blumberg

Longform - January 14, 2015 17:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Alex Blumberg is a former producer for This American Life and Planet Money. Last year he founded Gimlet Media, a podcast network, and hosts its first show, StartUp. “When someone starts talking about something difficult, when they get unexpectedly emotional, your normal human reaction is to sort...

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Episode 18: Podcast Startup with Alex Blumberg

Ice T: Final Level - September 16, 2014 10:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
In this episode Ice T and Mick Benzo are joined by Alex Blumberg (Planet Money and This American Life). They discuss the Mayweather fight, Isis, Alex's new podcast project called Startup, Alex pitches Ice to invest in his podcast company, the shadows of social media, an update on the Art of Rap ...