Recode Decode: Jill Soloway, creator, 'Transparent' (Code Conference 2017)

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, Jill Soloway, the creator of the Amazon TV series "Transparent," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new show, "I Love Dick," which stars Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn. They say Amazon is more hands-off than traditional TV networks and has helped diversify the female characters we see on TV. Soloway's company, Topple Productions, is aimed at disrupting the "white male gaze" and giving power to creators who otherwise might not have it, and they recall how, after losing twice at the Golden Globes, Jeff Bezos encouraged them to keep effecting social change through storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Recode listeners. We've got a bonus episode for you today. It's an interview I did at the
0:05.1	2017 Code Conference. If you like this one, then good news. We have a lot more of them
0:09.8	over at Recode Replay. That's one of our other podcasts. And just like this show, it is all
0:14.8	free. This is an interview I did with Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent and I love Dick.
0:20.2	Let's take a listen.
0:21.2	All right. I'm going to bring out someone I recently met at the Makers Conference. And
0:26.9	I've been a huge fan forever. And this is a creator who's done an amazing show called Transparent
0:33.9	for Amazon. And now has a new show which I will talk about and talk about a lot of other
0:40.4	things. Jill Soloway.
0:42.7	Woo!
0:43.7	Thank you. You want me over here?
0:48.5	Yes, right there. Have a seat. So we're going to show a trailer or something that you
0:55.1	want to show us. You called it, my name is Dick. The show is actually called I Love Dick,
0:59.1	which is very hard for Karrist Wisher to say out loud.
1:02.1	Yeah. That's true. That's all I can figure out.
1:06.1	I just say I love Dick Costalo. All right, well done, right? All right. Show the video.
1:14.1	Dear Dick, how do we not know each other before now? My husband has a residency.
1:21.1	He's one of Dick's new fellows.
1:23.1	I don't find you interesting. Not now. Not it.
1:32.1	Silver says he is so turned on by you.
1:37.1	Well, you got my attention.
1:42.1	Looks fantastic. Thanks.
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