James Andrew Miller examines Hollywood's top agents in 'Powerhouse'

Channels with Peter Kafka

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🗓️ 11 August 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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James Andrew Miller, author of the new book "Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency," talks with Recode's Peter Kafka. Miller says the Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, transformed the entertainment business forever, led by the "yin and yang" personalities of Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer. He also talks about one of his previous books, an oral history of ESPN, and what really happened to ousted Grantland founder Bill Simmons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	Here with Jim Miller, who is the author of several books.
0:40.0	The one we're going to talk about today mostly is Powerhouse.
0:43.0	What's Powerhouse's full title, Jim?
0:45.1	The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artist Agency.
0:48.2	CAA, which is an acronym.
0:50.3	I bet a bunch of the folks listening to this podcast know, but it's not a household name.
0:55.2	The two previous books, you do these great oral histories, right?
0:58.5	Sort of signature style oral histories.
1:00.7	He did one on Saturday Night Live, then you did one on ESPN.
1:04.0	Those are big brand names that I think everyone in the U.S.
1:07.8	and probably most of the world has heard of.
1:09.5	CAA is really an industry term,
1:12.3	industry name. Why spend years of your life writing about CAA? No, that's a really good question.
1:19.1	No, I'm just kidding. I think it was for that very reason. You know, SNL is a show. ESPN's a network.
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