Ep. 76 - Graham Moore

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Academy Award-winning screenwriter of 'The Imitation Game' Graham Moore sits down with David to discuss what motivated him to speak publicly about his struggles with mental illness, why he likes writing historical fiction, his love of science, his new novel, and more. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:14.3	Many of you remember back to the 2015 Academy Awards.
0:23.6	You might remember a young man named Grand Moore, who wrote the screenplay for the movie
0:29.7	The Immutation Game and won the Academy Award and used the platform to speak to his own
0:37.1	struggles in life and encourage others who are going through some of the same.
0:44.6	It was a powerful, courageous speech coming from a young prodigy who has written not just
0:51.8	an Academy Award-winning movie, but best-selling books, the latest of which, the last days of
0:58.5	night, appear this week.
1:01.8	He's a really interesting and inspiring guy, and I sat down with him recently to talk about
1:08.4	his book and his life.
1:12.8	Grand Moore, welcome.
1:14.9	Thank you for having me back to the South Side of Chicago.
1:17.1	Happy to have you back to the South Side of Chicago.
1:21.3	You actually attended school down here when you were a kid.
1:24.2	I did.
1:25.2	I went to lower school, middle school, and high school at the lab school.
1:28.1	Just a couple of blocks away from where we're sitting right now.
1:30.3	What was that like?
1:32.3	It was a great place.
1:33.7	You probably know the University of Chicago a lot more intimately than I do.
1:37.9	I was just here as a kid.
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