meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The James Altucher Show

Ep. 98 - Brian Koppelman: The Art of Super-Creativity

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Brian Koppelman joins James again today to answer all those questions that James was kicking himself for not asking during their first interview back in November. Writing the super hit, Solitary Man, was a challenge different than any other Brian had...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Alteter Show on the Stansbury Radio Network.

0:11.2

This is James Alteter and I am once again happy to have Brian Coppola in on the show.

0:25.0

Brian was on the show a few months ago but Brian you only give me 40 minutes of your time

0:29.2

and then afterwards and we discuss this the other day but afterwards I kept thinking to myself

0:34.4

oh my gosh I'm such an idiot there are so many other questions I wanted to ask Brian and

0:39.1

he you you gave me you you you you you kind of suggested that I should be asking these questions

0:45.5

almost and I didn't ask ask them but now I'm going to ask them.

0:48.7

I had a great time doing your podcast and then yeah when you did mine Tuesday or the other

0:55.0

day it's mine my podcast the moment was up two days ago with you on it I tried within

1:00.7

our hour to get everything in it's you know it's just hard to get everything done in the

1:05.6

limited amount of time isn't it?

1:07.4

It is and you know the other thing is I mean what do you okay forget all my questions

1:11.5

for a second what do you think about the format of podcasting because if I were to watch

1:16.0

two guys two talking heads on TV interviewing each other I'd get bored probably listening

1:22.1

for an hour.

1:23.1

You would get bored if they were able to forget the cameras and just be themselves I think

1:28.0

that the cameras have a disruptive influence on the conversation in a way that the microphones

1:32.2

don't that interesting because it's almost like the brain's multitasking there.

1:36.4

Somehow you're aware you know whereas here there's an intimacy to podcasting I love podcasts

1:43.0

I wrote about WTF a couple of years ago and as I was writing about it it was part of

1:48.6

what made me know I wanted to do one.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James Altucher, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of James Altucher and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.