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Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 500 third episode of the Hollywood Reporter's

Awards Chatter Podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is at just 41,

one of the top TV producers in show business. He first made his name in America at CBS' The Late

Late Show with James Corden, where at just 33, he became the youngest VP of an American late

night show ever. Through full well 73, the company that he founded and runs with Leo Pearlman,

Benjamin Turner and Gabe Turner as well as Corden, which variety has described as the go-to production

house for a list talent in unscripted event programming. He has since gone on to produce the

Grammys and the Tonys, concert special starring the likes of Adele, Harry Styles and Bruno Mars,

Max's friends reunion, and even Hulu's The Kardashians. He has to his name 33 Emmy nominations,

including eight in 2019 alone, a record for most nominations for an individual in a single year.

12 of those 33 Emmy nominations have resulted in statuettes, and he heads into this year's Emmys

with an opportunity to pick up two more. Best variety special live for Disney Plus's Elton John

Live, Farewell from Dodger Stadium, and Best Short Form comedy drama or variety series for Apple

TV Plus's Carpool karaoke, The Series. A man described by Forbes as one of the most successful producers

in TV by The Times of London as one of the most powerful people in television, and by business

insider as one of the most influential TV producers on the planet, Ben Winston. Over the course of

our conversation, Winston reflected on how he first crossed paths with Corden, and what his life

and work in the UK was like prior to Corden asking him to join him in moving to America to launch

the Late Late Show, how Carpool karaoke came together, and why it took off to the extent that it

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