Episode 14 - Alex Gibney
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Alex Gibney is one of the most successful and prolific documentary filmmakers in the business. His films have covered controversial figures like Elliott Spitzer and Lance Armstrong, and topics as intense as corporate malfeasance, the Church of Scientology, and the world of hacking in his latest doc, Zero Day. Gibney sat down with Sam to talk about the common themes in his work, as well as addressing the criticisms he's received for both his possibly manipulative filmmaking techniques, as well as his incredibly prolific output. Music by Vanilla @vanilla. Original illustration by Krishna Shenoi http://krishnabalashenoi.com/.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, this is Sam. |
| 0:10.0 | If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy, then I'd recommend checking |
| 0:14.8 | out the podcast Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann Patrick, |
| 0:21.5 | Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book world today |
| 0:26.4 | with the help of special guests like New York Times Best-Selling author Jody Pekle |
| 0:31.3 | and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet. |
| 0:33.8 | Produced by the people at the Podglamaret, |
| 0:36.1 | Missing Pages explores everything from the insta frame of Colleen Hoover |
| 0:40.3 | to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction ghost writing. |
| 0:46.0 | As both the Washington Post and the Guardian praise, |
| 0:49.0 | missing pages is a must listen. |
| 0:52.0 | So if you'd like to check it out, you can follow missing pages on |
| 0:55.0 | Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Hey everyone. Welcome to episode 14, a weekly broadcast of intimate interviews with the people shaping our culture today. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm Sam Fregoso, thank you for tuning in. |
| 1:30.0 | Before we get into it, I want to talk about iTunes reviews, everyone's favorite subject, I'm sure. |
| 1:36.0 | And I know every podcast you listen to repeatedly asks its listeners to leave them a review. |
| 1:42.0 | It helps us reach new people they'll tell you. Hell, I've told you that. And it's true. But more importantly, in our case, Talk Easy is an independently produced and distributed show, at least for now that is. |
| 1:56.3 | In clear language, that means we don't have a larger apparatus to promote and create what |
| 2:01.0 | we're doing here. |
| 2:02.4 | I suspect, quite honestly honestly that this won't |
| 2:04.7 | always be the case or that I hope it's not, but in the meantime this is a program |
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