Joe Sabia

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Joe Sabia is a filmmaker, digital creator, and celebrity interviewer. He began his career in media working across various platforms including television, film, and music videos. In his six years as Senior Vice President of Creative Development at Condé Nast Entertainment, he became a renowned multimedia storyteller, best known for the creations of Vogue’s 73 Questions, Vanity Fair’s One Year Later series with Billie Eilish, and Wired’s Autocomplete Interviews. This past year, Sabia directed his debut feature film “Federer: Twelve Final Days” for Amazon Studios, which recounts Roger Federer’s journey to retirement from tennis. As the operator of Studio Sabia, a full-service production company, he continues to help media companies create memorable content across digital and cinematic landscapes. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Lucy https://lucy.co/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ House of Macadamias https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA'

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0:00.0	Tetrogrammaton
0:02.0	Tetrackameter
0:07.0	I met Roger for the first time ever in 2019, and it was right before Wimbledon.
0:31.5	And that was the match where he made it to the finals and lost to his rival Djokovic.
0:36.9	And at that point, I had really, I've really never seen
0:39.9	matches with Roger Federer. I didn't really watch tennis. I just knew he was an icon. So I show up
0:46.2	to interview him for 73 questions for Vogue. And he was the first person I've ever interviewed who
0:52.8	just showed up and just said my name and gave me a big bear hug.
0:57.8	And whenever you get into these types of things, you're always hoping for that moment you realize everything's going to be okay when you're trying to do a really hard video interview.
1:07.5	And that was the quickest point A to point B where I felt, okay, this whole complicated shoot's going to go okay.
1:15.6	What allowed that to happen?
1:19.7	Disarmament. It's a genuine desire to connect.
1:23.5	That's who that guy is.
1:24.5	Yeah. That's it. That's it.
1:28.0	It makes you think about all the other times.
1:30.6	It doesn't happen.
1:31.7	Yeah.
1:32.0	And I think it doesn't happen less because maybe the person's a mean person or maybe they're
1:37.0	disinterested.
1:37.5	It just shows you that there's other things on their mind which may get in the way of
1:44.0	simply connecting with someone within three seconds
1:47.0	and giving them a hug.
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