Alex Blumberg Quotes

Alex Blumberg is an American entrepreneur, radio journalist, former producer for public radio and television, best known for his work with This American Life and Planet Money. He is the co-founder and CEO of the podcast network Gimlet Media.

Also known as Producer

A lot of people listen to podcasts because they want to learn something and be entertained along the way.

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- Learn
- Listen
- Podcasts
Radio was supposed to die in 1945, when TV came along. It turns out that radio grew and grew, and it's a bigger business today than it has ever been.

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- Business
- Radio
- Grew

When you're launching a business, you just really want to know somebody deeply to help in how you do it.

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- Business
- Help
- Launching
A free throw seems boring but then when you sort of dig into what's going on and the history and psychology and the social anthropology around the free throw - it's interesting.

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- Interesting
- Throw
- Dig
Audio is the only medium you can consume while you're multitasking.

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What makes 'good tape'? That is the question that has consumed my life for the past 20 years, and I have an answer for you.

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- Question
- Makes
- Good Tape
One of the things that I think audio is best at is creating empathy.

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- Empathy
- Creating
- Audio
People really like to listen to other people talk; sometimes listening is the only thing you can do.

Alex Blumberg
- Like
- Listening
- Talk

There are tons of businesses that exist in the United States. An insane number of people who are in business for themselves. And then there are people on board feeling they're at key early stages of companies.

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With me being in my 40s, I knew who I was.

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- Being
- Knew