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Season 7 launches April 27.
August 10, 2018
A trip to the woods to explore the fate of Restoration Church
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August 3, 2018
Hell, homosexuality and the role of women in church
July 20, 2018
Hustle Vs. Faith
July 13, 2018
What makes a good church planter?
July 6, 2018
How to start a church
June 28, 2018
StartUp is born-again on July 6th
June 22, 2018
Getting real at GimletFest
June 7, 2018
"We're building Wakanda"
June 1, 2018
"It Kinda Sucks Here"
May 25, 2018
How to hack venture capital
May 11, 2018
Searching for unicorns in rural Mississippi
May 4, 2018
"Wait till they get a load of me"
April 27, 2018
The $84 billion opportunity
April 13, 2018
Alex Blumberg in conversation with his TV doppelgänger, Zach Braff, at NYC Podfest
April 11, 2018
StartUp returns with a brand new season on April 27th.
April 6, 2018
How well do Alex and Matt actually know each other?
March 23, 2018
The five best StartUp episodes about Gimlet, as voted by our listeners. With brand-new after shows. This is Part 5 of 5.
The five best StartUp episodes about Gimlet, as voted by our listeners. With brand-new after shows. This is Part 4 of 5.
The five best StartUp episodes about Gimlet, as voted by our listeners. With brand-new after shows. This is Part 3 of 5.
The five best StartUp episodes about Gimlet, as voted by our listeners. With brand-new after shows. This is Part 2 of 5.
The five best StartUp episodes about Gimlet, as voted by our listeners. With brand-new after shows. This is Part 1 of 5.
January 12, 2018
Ahead of the release of Alex, Inc. on March 28, we're putting out a curated binge listen of the best StartUp episodes about our company, Gimlet Media
December 15, 2017
The StoryAll this week we’ve been following StartupBus, a hackathon on wheels, where a bunch of strangers come together to launch companies in one week, a
December 14, 2017
The Story Every day this week we’re following StartupBus, a hackathon on wheels, where a bunch of strangers come together to launch companies in one
December 13, 2017
The Story Every day this week we’re following StartupBus, a hackathon on wheels, where a bunch of strangers come together to launch companies in one week, all while
December 12, 2017
December 11, 2017
The Story This summer, 20 strangers got on a bus headed from New York to New Orleans. For five days, they had one goal: to build and launch companies while on the b
December 7, 2017
This past summer, 20 strangers got on a charter bus headed from New York to New Orleans. For three days they had one goal: Build and launch companies from inside t
December 5, 2017
The Story Alex is back in the host’s chair today to introduce Gimlet’s first kid’s show—S
November 10, 2017
The Story When a group of college kids in Florida set out to change the music industry, they did not anticipate how disruptive they would be. Their mission was a no
November 3, 2017
The Story On the last episode of StartUp, we followed the
October 27, 2017
The Story In 2004, the U.S. government held a race unlike anything that had come before it. It was called the DARPA Grand Challenge, and it followe
October 13, 2017
The Story Kik, a chat app popular with teenagers, launched in 2010. Users flocked to it, and within a few years it was valued at a billion dollars.
October 6, 2017
The Story Earlier this year we asked listeners to call us with questions for Gimlet Founder Alex Blumberg. Alex answered a bunch of them in an&nbsp
September 29, 2017
The Story China is on a mission to upgrade its international reputation. The government doesn’t want people to see the country as ju
September 22, 2017
The Story Lisa Chow and Alex Blumberg sit down together to talk about the future of StartUp. And, we introduce you to Gimlet Media's
September 15, 2017
The Story Jasen Yang gave up the security of a high-paying Wall Street job to launch his company, Polly Portfolio. It’s been three y
September 8, 2017
The Story Gary Kremen owned one of the most valuable domain names in the history of the internet. And then one day, he lost it in th
September 1, 2017
The Story StartUp is back for a brand new season, and we're kicking things off with a story about the competitive worl
August 28, 2017
StartUp returns September 1st with a brand new season. Here's a preview of what's coming up in Season 6. And are you looking for more Gimlet in your
July 25, 2017
On this episode of StartUp, we're introducing you to a new show from Gimlet Media. It's called Mogul: The Life and Death of Chris Lighty. The show charts the caree
July 20, 2017
Concussions have cast a major shadow over contact sports, from youth leagues to the pros. But entrepreneur Anthony Gonzales thinks he can fix it by putting a gadge
July 7, 2017
The Story Mokhtar Alkhanshali is trying to produce the perfect cup of coffee. And he’s trying to do it with beans grown in the midst of an act
June 30, 2017
The Story You called with your questions. Alex Blumberg has your answers—about growth, diversity at Gimlet and, oh yeah, that ABC sitcom t
June 23, 2017
The Story Mason Gordon’s dream is to create a new global team sport, something that hasn’t happened since basketball came on the scene in
June 16, 2017
The Story Jason from Bento started a business that prepared and delivered pan-Asian meals on-demand. Lauren and Emma from Dating Ring want
June 14, 2017
Alex and Matt talk to Josh Muccio, the host of Gimlet's newest show The Pitch, about his path to podcasting. Then we sample the first half of the new episode of Th
June 9, 2017
The StoryThis week we’re rebroadcasting an episode from way back in Season 2 when we were following Dating Ring, a company that was
May 26, 2017
The Story Researchers who think about the thorny problem of feeding our growing global population have started to point at one possible so
May 19, 2017
The Story Jake Glanville and his small biotech startup are trying to beat big pharmaceutical companies and major research institutions to
May 12, 2017
The Story This week on StartUp we’re listening in as executive coach Jerry Colonna sits down with Diana Lovett, the founder of a socially responsible c
May 5, 2017
The Story Gimlet launched a new podcast this month. It's called "Every Little Thing" and it searches for the extraordinary lurking in the ordinary.
April 28, 2017
The Story After a turbulent start and the firing of its founder, Friendster looked like it was back on track. It was still the biggest social network a
April 21, 2017
The Story In 2003, Jonathan Abrams was sitting atop one of the hottest new companies in Silicon Valley. He and his website were at the forefront of an
April 14, 2017
The StoryIn 1983 a guy named Stuart Anders invented a toy that would become a huge hit -- one of the biggest fad toys o
January 13, 2017
The Story In episode 2 of this season of
December 22, 2016
The StoryFollowing his ousting from American Apparel, Dov Charney has been eager to restart and launch his new venture—Los
December 16, 2016
The Story In the spring of 2014, the American Apparel board offered Dov Charney two options: forfeit your position
December 8, 2016
The Story In 2007, Dov Charney took American Apparel public, placing the company under heightened scrutiny. This meant
December 2, 2016
The Story While Dov Charney was running American Apparel, he didn’t shy away from unconventionality. And for many entrepreneurs, breaking convention is
November 23, 2016
The Story Alex Blumberg interviews Pat Walters, Eli Horowitz, Marc Smerling, and Zac Stuart-Pontier — the creators of Gimlet’s three newest shows. Hear
November 18, 2016
The Story In this episode, we trace American Apparel’s rise from the early wholesale days in South Carolina to the booming retail behemoth it eventuall
November 11, 2016
The Story Dov Charney is trying to rebuild a multi-million dollar apparel company from the ground up. But he can’t do
November 4, 2016
The Story Season 4 of StartUp continues with the story of an entrepreneur who built a widely recognized business, lost it all, and i
October 20, 2016
The Story 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 t
October 13, 2016
The Story 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
October 6, 2016
The Story 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
October 4, 2016
Season 4 of StartUp is almost here. Here's a sneak peek of the fourth season, which kicks off with some episodes about the company that makes this podcast: Gimlet Media
September 26, 2016
Alex Blumberg sits down with Jonathan Goldstein, host of Gimlet Media's newest show, He
August 1, 2016
Alex Blumberg interviews Wendy Zukerman, host of Gimlet Media's newest show,
July 1, 2016
The StorySomething is amiss at 2680 Madison Road. In the thriving Cincinnati neighborhood of Hyde Park, the property is san
June 24, 2016
The Story Edgar Diaz has dedicated his life to dairy. He sees an incredible beauty in milk and the things that can come from it: soft cheese, rich dulc
June 17, 2016
The Story Coss Marte went from running a multi-million dollar drug operation to sitting in solitary confinement. And it’s here, alone in his cell, wher
June 9, 2016
The StoryCoss Marte is getting ready to pitch his company to a panel of prominent entrepreneurs and an audience of hundreds
May 27, 2016
The StoryTwo men decide to start a company. Everything is going well... until it’s not. That’s the moment they decide to st
May 20, 2016
The StoryIt’s not uncommon for shoppers to walk out of Mary Going’s store feeling on top of the world. Mary runs Saint Harr
May 12, 2016
The Story When a group of college kids in Florida set out to change the music industry, they did not anticipate quite how disruptive they would be. The
April 28, 2016
The StoryMike is on a mission to bring his customers something they desperately want. Every week, he embarks on a long and
April 22, 2016
The StoryAt the end of the last episode, co-founders Justin, Emmett, Michael, and Kyle had a big problem on their hands. St
April 15, 2016
The Season Welcome to the first episode of Season 3! This season, we’re doing something new. Instead of following one company over many episodes, we’ll
April 8, 2016
A sneak peek of the third season of StartUp—where we talk about endings and almost endings. Season three premieres on Thursday, April 14.
January 28, 2016
The Story: This week, we bring you a special bonus episode. In episode #20.5, Alex shares Gimlet’s latest podcast,
January 7, 2016
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 for the bett
December 17, 2015
If you were to walk into Gimlet HQ, there are a few things you’d probably notice right off the bat. First, it’s crowded - like a grungy dorm room. Second, the
December 3, 2015
Gimlet is growing fast. We have four shows on the air, and several others in pre-production. If we want to grow faster, though, we could use some more cash. Ma
November 19, 2015
Gimlet is starting a new line of business, and it’s a complicated one: Branded content. Branded content is a piece of media (a video, a story, a podcast, etc.)
November 5, 2015
Gimlet is making a big, expensive bet. The kind of bet that could make or break the company. And it’s a bet that comes down to one factor: What is Gimlet’s com
October 22, 2015
The Story We return to the offices of Gimlet for the start of a new mini-season. It's been a year since the company launched and things are changi
July 16, 2015
The Story In this special bonus episode of StartUp, we’re giving you an update on what’s going on at Gimlet. An advertisement on the Gimlet podcast&nbs
July 3, 2015
The Story This is the end of our 10-part series on Dating Ring. And in this episode, we find out what Dating Ring looks like today as a lifestyle compa
June 26, 2015
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February 16, 2015
The Story We have big news. After months of documenting the company, we're bringing this chapter in Gimlet Media's story to a close. Episode 14 begins
February 2, 2015
The StoryEpisode 13 addresses a question that has been dogging us since the company’s beginnings: Are we a technology c
January 20, 2015
The Story Over the last few months, we've been busy raising capital, hiring employees, launching shows, building a studio, and getting this business of
January 6, 2015
The Story In this episode, Alex gets some surprising news from dozens of StartUp listeners. Curious, he decides to call them up, and these conversation
December 23, 2014
The Story It's been three months since StartUp launched, and there have been a lot of changes. Gimlet Media has 8 employees, a growing audience, 3 show
December 9, 2014
The Story Hours after launching its new show Reply Al
November 24, 2014
The Story It's been an exciting last few weeks for Gimlet Media. After raising the rest of the round with help from listeners, Alex and Matt embark on
November 10, 2014
Update: Gimlet Media is Now Fully Funded This episode announces a crowd-funding opportunity with Gimlet Media. We were bowled over by listener interest
October 28, 2014
The Story Episode 6 centers on one key question: what is the value of the company? As Alex and Matt begin showing their terms sheet to potential invest
October 13, 2014
The Story Alex and Matt confront an issue that has been haunting the company up to this point. They need a company name. But finding one they both like
September 29, 2014
The Story Alex meets up with an investor he talked with early in the pitching process. This time he’s ready with an updated deck, financial model
September 17, 2014
The Story Alex decides that he can't build the company by himself. There's too much emotional turmoil, and too much work to get done. As one of t
September 5, 2014
The Story Alex prepares to go back out to California for a redo. He practices his pitch with his wife and his friend Josh. He adds impressive sounding
The Story Alex explains how he got the idea to document the starting of his own company. He talks with his wife about what shoes to wear to his first i
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