Alex Blumberg is the CEO of Gimlet Media. Before Gimlet, he was a radio journalist at \u201cThis American Life,\u201d and the co-producer, along with Adam Davidson, of the \u201cThis American Life\u201d\/NPR co-production \u201cPlanet Money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blumberg left a long career in public radio to launch Gimlet, a for-profit podcast network focusing on narrative journalism and story-telling, which has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Verge. Gimlet currently produces three podcasts: \u201cStartUp,\u201d the real story of what it\u2019s like to launch a business; \u201cReply All,\u201d a show about the internet; and \u201cMystery Show,\u201d a podcast where host Starlee Kine solves everyday mysteries. Many more shows are in development.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Blumberg\u2019s work has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including the Polk, the duPont-Columbia, and the Peabody. Blumberg\u2019s award-winning audio documentary on the housing crisis, The Giant Pool of Money, which he co-reported and produced with Adam Davidson, was named one of the last decade\u2019s top ten works of journalism by the Arthur L. Carter of Journalism and New York University.<\/p>\n

Please join Distinguished Lecture Series for an evening with Alex Blumberg. The doors to Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall will open at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n

Lecture is open and FREE to both students and the public, and will end with a 30 minute Q&A.<\/p>","excerpt":"

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