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What Really Happened?

Interview Series: WORLD OF PODCASTING with JAMES ANDREW MILLER

What Really Happened?

Andrew Jenks

Society & Culture

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and author Jim Miller recently took his talents to podcasting, with his critically acclaimed series Origins. After Jim and Jenks met at the podcast studio two years ago, they quickly became friends, with Jenks seeing Jim as a mentor. In this episode, the pair talk about Jim’s extraordinary career and his books on CAA, ESPN, and SNL. The guys bond over how they have adjusted their respective careers to the world of podcasting. And, make sure to wait fro Jim's classic Bill Murray and Larry David stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

James Andrew Miller, aka Jim, isn't just an award-winning journalist, New York Times

0:08.7

Best Seller, podcast extraordinaire of the in-depth and entertaining show Origins.

0:14.1

He's also just a good person.

0:16.2

Jim is the co-author of the New York Times Best Selling Book Powerhouse, the untold story

0:21.5

of Hollywood's creative artist agency.

0:25.0

For the book, he interviewed more than 500 people.

0:28.8

Jim isn't messing around.

0:30.6

The New York Times said, even more impressive is Miller's ability to get nearly everyone

0:35.1

involved not only to talk, but also to go on the record, which is remarkable, given the

0:41.1

notorious culture of secrecy in Hollywood.

0:44.3

He also co-wrote those guys have all the fun inside the world of ESPN, a 770 page oral

0:50.8

history of the cable network, and once again, New York Times Best Seller.

0:55.4

Jim also co-wrote Live from New York, an uncensored history of Saturday Night Live.

1:01.2

The New York Times said it was a whopping comprehensive oral history of Saturday Night Live, another

1:06.2

book of Jim's, this time for five months, on the New York Times Best Seller's list.

1:11.3

I've had my own book, and I can say that actually mine was not on the New York Times Best Seller's

1:16.6

list.

1:17.6

Okay, Jim goes all in, I really think that, and then some, and then some more.

1:22.5

Honestly, if I were to go through his bio, it would be the entire podcast.

1:26.6

During the interview, I learned what he thinks of going off the record, which is really interesting,

1:31.1

the similarities between his books.

1:33.4

He's definitely a fan of The Underdog, and we talk about podcasting and how it's different

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