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

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 3 February 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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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 Makes a T-shirt, which he executive produced, won an Emmy. Blumberg has also worked as a social worker, a caterer, and an 8th-grade science teacher.

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1:02.3	I am. Yes. Alex is a radio journalist and CEO of the podcast network,
1:07.8	a Gimlett media. For years, he was a producer for this American life
1:11.9	where his work won numerous awards. Alex also co-founded Planet Money.
1:16.5	Recently, the interactive web documentary Planet Money makes a t-shirt, one in
1:21.2	Emmy. Alex has worked as a social worker, a caterer, and an eighth grade science teacher.
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