Introducing StartUp
A series about what it's really like to start a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Exit
As acquisition talks with Spotify continue, Alex and Matt face their hopes and fears about what might lie ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Thanksgiving in Stockholm
Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything. Learn more about your ad ch...
Our Company Has Problems
It's the spring of 2018, four years after Alex and Matt launched Gimlet, and things are not going well. Audiences are flat, ad sales are flagging, and...
Introducing StartUp: The Final Chapter
Five years ago, StartUp began chronicling the life of a fledgling Brooklyn-based podcasting company called Gimlet Media. This year, the streaming gian...
Gimlet 24: Ask Alex
You called with your questions. Alex Blumberg has your answers—about growth, diversity at Gimlet and, oh yeah, that ABC sitcom that’s currently being ...
Gimlet 23: Shadowed Qualities
This week, Alex receives feedback about his job performance from his co-workers, friends, and family. Some of it is good, some less so. But there is s...
Gimlet 22: You Can't Wear a Suit Here
Growth. It can be exciting, it can be motivating, and it can be really stressful. In this week’s episode, we take a look at the tensions that Gimlet’s...
Gimlet 21: Diversification of Worry
StartUp is back! And we’re kicking Season 4 off with an update on what’s happening here at Gimlet Media. Since the start of the year, Gimlet has more...
Gimlet 20: Disorg Chart
As we wrap up this mini-season, Lisa Chow comes back from maternity leave and notices some big changes at Gimlet. And these changes... they aren't all...