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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters from the Archive: Brian Koppelman

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Design, Arts

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Debbie talks to Billions show runner Brian Koppelman about why he became a writer after years as a record promoter and producer.



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Ted Audio Collective.

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Audio Collective.

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Hey listener, a quick favor.

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We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes to respond.

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Please visit survey.

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PRX.org slash design matters to take the survey today.

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That's survey.

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PRX.org.

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slash design matters. Thanks.

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This archival episode of Design Matters was recorded in January of 2017.

0:30.4

This is Design. team. For 12 years now, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other

0:44.5

creative types about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're

0:48.3

thinking about. On this podcast, Debbie Millman talks with Brian Kopplement about why he became a writer after years as a record promoter and producer.

0:57.0

I realized I would become toxic, that something would die in me, and that if I allowed that to happen, that toxicity would spread to those that I love.

1:05.0

Here's Debbie Milman.

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Brian Coppelman makes media a lot of media.

1:12.0

Films, TV shows, podcasts, records. As for movies, he co-wrote Oceans 13 and

1:19.5

Rounders. He produced The Illusionist and the lucky ones and he's directed many others his

1:26.6

podcast on slate which covers pop culture and politics is called the moment.

1:33.0

He's the co-creator and showrunner for the TV show Billions,

1:37.0

which is about to start its second season on Showtime.

1:41.0

If that's not enough Brian Cobbleman for you, he's also a prolific and ferocious

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