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It's Been a Minute

Zach Braff and Alex Blumberg on 'Alex, Inc.'

It's Been a Minute

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News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Zach Braff's character in the new ABC sitcom 'Alex, Inc.' is based on Alex Blumberg, who founded the podcast company Gimlet Media, and chronicled it in the podcast 'Start Up'. They talk to Sam about how the new TV show came to be. Follow @zachbraff, @abexlumberg, and @Gimletmedia. Email the show at [email protected] and tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.

0:07.8

It's been a minute.

0:08.8

Today on the show, Alex Bloomberg and Zach Braff.

0:12.3

You know Zach, he is an actor, a writer, a director.

0:15.5

You've seen him in scrubs, a really great sitcom, and in Garden State, a cult classic of

0:20.7

a movie.

0:21.7

Now Zach Braff is starring in a family comedy on ABC.

0:24.9

My premieres tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 28th, at 8.30pm, the show is called Alex Inc.

0:31.7

One month ago, I decided a 37 with a wife and two kids now would be a good time to quit my

0:36.5

job and start my own business.

0:38.5

Who am I and what am I doing?

0:40.3

My name is Alex Schumann, and I'm ruining my life.

0:44.1

That is Zach in the pilot of Alex Inc.

0:46.8

And the business that is character starting in the show, it is a podcast company.

0:51.5

And the podcast company is based on a real live podcast company that is called Gimlet

0:56.7

Media.

0:57.7

You may have heard of it.

0:58.7

Alex Bloomberg found this company, and in real life, he really did quit his job and freak

1:04.7

out his wife and two kids and chronicle the start of this company, Gimlet Media, with

1:09.3

his own podcast.

1:10.3

I've been recording pitches to investors, difficult negotiations with my co-founder,

1:14.9

tense conversations with my wife.

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