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 colossal success and Ira Glass is a household name. But …
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 colossal success and Ira Glass is a household name. But …
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 Caribbean, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hunger Games, and most …
Dapper Dan made a name for himself as one of Harlem’s premier fashion designers in the 1980s, creating unique leather designs covered in counterfeit logos from brands like Gucci and Louis Vuitton. …
As acquisition talks with Spotify continue, Alex and Matt face their hopes and fears about what might lie ahead.
Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything.
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 flagging, and the company is burning through cash at an …
Five years ago, StartUp began chronicling the life of a fledgling Brooklyn-based podcasting company called Gimlet Media. This year, the streaming giant Spotify bought that company. In the final …
Alex introduces an episode of The Journal. about companies monitoring their workers. It’s common, it’s legal. And it can lead to employers having surprisingly personal information about the people …
Jenny Doan and her husband, Ron, lost most of their savings in the 2008 financial crisis. Retirement was just around the corner, and they didn’t know how they would make it through. That’s when the …
With her re-election on the line, Senator Heidi Heitkamp faced a decision that put on her political in jeopardy.