Introducing StartUp: The Final Chapter

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. Learn more about your ad...

Thanksgiving in Stockholm

Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything. Learn more about...

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...

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...