StartUp Podcast
Gimlet
Friday 14 February 2020 : We’re sharing the first episode of Motherhacker. It’s a fiction podcast about a mother who gets involved in an identity theft ring in...
Friday 03 January 2020 : Normally, being the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, means paying attention to everyday issues, from garbage pickups to municipal budgets. But in the...
Friday 27 December 2019 : When Desmond Meade got out of prison after serving time for a nonviolent felony, he was homeless and wrestling with addiction. A decade...
Friday 20 December 2019 : Jonathan Vaughters was a member of the famed USPS pro cycling team when his teammate Lance Armstrong won the first of a record-breaking...
Friday 13 December 2019 : Ever since he was young, Shane McAnally knew he wanted to be a country music star. But as a gay man, he didn’t fit the Nashville mold, and...
Friday 06 December 2019 : Aline Brosh McKenna got her big break as the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada. But even after successful box office hits and many years...
Friday 29 November 2019 : Janice Bryant Howroyd’s company started in the front of a rug shop with just a phone, a fax machine, and a lot of hustle. 40 years later,...
Friday 22 November 2019 : Comedian Nick Kroll became a star by playing a cast of over-the-top characters like Bobby Bottleservice and Gil Faizon. But for years he was...
Friday 15 November 2019 : This week, we’re sharing the first episode of Esther Perel’s new show How’s Work? In it, the couples therapist behind the beloved...
Friday 08 November 2019 : In November 1995, Ira Glass quietly launched the first episode of This American Life. The rest, as they say, is history. Today his show is a...
Friday 01 November 2019 : Nina Jacobson is a force in Hollywood. She’s behind some of the biggest movies of the last 20 years: The Sixth Sense, Pirates of the...
Friday 25 October 2019 : Dapper Dan made a name for himself as one of Harlem’s premier fashion designers in the 1980s, creating unique leather designs covered in...
Friday 18 October 2019 : As acquisition talks with Spotify continue, Alex and Matt face their hopes and fears about what might lie ahead.
Friday 11 October 2019 : Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything.
Friday 04 October 2019 : It's the spring of 2018, four years after Alex and Matt launched Gimlet, and things are not going well. Audiences are flat, ad sales are...
Friday 27 September 2019 : Five years ago, StartUp began chronicling the life of a fledgling Brooklyn-based podcasting company called Gimlet Media. This year, the...
Friday 13 September 2019 : Alex introduces an episode of The Journal. about companies monitoring their workers. It's common, it's legal. And it can lead to employers...
Friday 23 August 2019 : Jenny Doan and her husband, Ron, lost most of their savings in the 2008 financial crisis. Retirement was just around the corner, and they...
Friday 26 July 2019 : As a Democrat from a red state, Senator Heidi Heitkamp built a reputation for her willingness to buck party pressure and reach across the...
Friday 19 July 2019 : When Elaine Welteroth was appointed editor in chief of Teen Vogue in 2015, she was the youngest and first black editor in the...
Friday 12 July 2019 : Jerry Colonna was a high-flying venture capitalist in New York City at the height of the dot-com boom. He looked like the picture of...
Friday 21 June 2019 : Actor Erika Alexander came of age at a moment when there were lots of Black TV shows airing in primetime. She got her break in the early...
Friday 14 June 2019 : Gretchen Carlson, the long-time co-host of Fox & Friends, set off shockwaves in 2016 when she filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment...
Friday 07 June 2019 : Steven Canals was a virtual unknown when he co-created the award-winning TV series Pose. Set in the 1980s ballroom scene of New York, the...
Friday 17 May 2019 : Jeff Ullrich was a struggling business manager with a drinking problem and a waning sense of professional direction when, in 2010, he saw an...
StartUp Podcast
Gimlet
Introducing Motherhacker
We’re sharing the first episode of Motherhacker. It’s a fiction podcast about a mother who gets involved in an identity theft ring in...
Alex Talks to Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
Normally, being the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, means paying attention to everyday issues, from garbage pickups to municipal budgets. But in the...
Alex Talks to Voting Rights Activist Desmond Meade
When Desmond Meade got out of prison after serving time for a nonviolent felony, he was homeless and wrestling with addiction. A decade...
Alex Talks to Cycling Whistleblower Jonathan Vaughters
Jonathan Vaughters was a member of the famed USPS pro cycling team when his teammate Lance Armstrong won the first of a record-breaking...
Alex Talks to Country Songwriter Shane McAnally
Ever since he was young, Shane McAnally knew he wanted to be a country music star. But as a gay man, he didn’t fit the Nashville mold, and...
Alex Talks to Rom-Com Revolutionary Aline Brosh McKenna
Aline Brosh McKenna got her big break as the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada. But even after successful box office hits and many years...
Alex Talks to Billion-Dollar Business CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd
Janice Bryant Howroyd’s company started in the front of a rug shop with just a phone, a fax machine, and a lot of hustle. 40 years later,...
Alex Talks to Nick Kroll
Comedian Nick Kroll became a star by playing a cast of over-the-top characters like Bobby Bottleservice and Gil Faizon. But for years he was...
Introducing How’s Work? with Esther Perel
This week, we’re sharing the first episode of Esther Perel’s new show How’s Work? In it, the couples therapist behind the beloved...
Alex Talks to Ira Glass
In November 1995, Ira Glass quietly launched the first episode of This American Life. The rest, as they say, is history. Today his show is a...
Alex Talks to Hollywood Hitmaker Nina Jacobson
Nina Jacobson is a force in Hollywood. She’s behind some of the biggest movies of the last 20 years: The Sixth Sense, Pirates of the...
Alex Talks to Fashion Icon Dapper Dan
Dapper Dan made a name for himself as one of Harlem’s premier fashion designers in the 1980s, creating unique leather designs covered in...
Exit
As acquisition talks with Spotify continue, Alex and Matt face their hopes and fears about what might lie ahead.
Thanksgiving in Stockholm
Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything.
Our Company Has Problems
It's the spring of 2018, four years after Alex and Matt launched Gimlet, and things are not going well. Audiences are flat, ad sales are...
Introducing StartUp: The Final Chapter
Five years ago, StartUp began chronicling the life of a fledgling Brooklyn-based podcasting company called Gimlet Media. This year, the...
Introducing The Journal.
Alex introduces an episode of The Journal. about companies monitoring their workers. It's common, it's legal. And it can lead to employers...
Alex Talks to Missouri Star Quilt Company Co-Founder Jenny Doan
Jenny Doan and her husband, Ron, lost most of their savings in the 2008 financial crisis. Retirement was just around the corner, and they...
Alex Talks to Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp
As a Democrat from a red state, Senator Heidi Heitkamp built a reputation for her willingness to buck party pressure and reach across the...
Alex Talks to Elaine Welteroth
When Elaine Welteroth was appointed editor in chief of Teen Vogue in 2015, she was the youngest and first black editor in the...
Alex Talks to CEO Whisperer Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna was a high-flying venture capitalist in New York City at the height of the dot-com boom. He looked like the picture of...
The Nod's Eric Eddings Talks to Erika Alexander
Actor Erika Alexander came of age at a moment when there were lots of Black TV shows airing in primetime. She got her break in the early...
Alex Talks to Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson, the long-time co-host of Fox & Friends, set off shockwaves in 2016 when she filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment...
Alex Talks to Pose Co-Creator Steven Canals
Steven Canals was a virtual unknown when he co-created the award-winning TV series Pose. Set in the 1980s ballroom scene of New York, the...
Alex Talks to a Podcasting Pioneer
Jeff Ullrich was a struggling business manager with a drinking problem and a waning sense of professional direction when, in 2010, he saw an...
