How Anna Chlumsky Got a Second Act
Anna Chlumsky became famous virtually overnight at the age of 10, when she starred in the 1991 hit My Girl opposite Macaulay Culkin. And then, a few years later, she disappeared. She left acting compl...
15 Apr 201939min
The Tragedy Expert
In the days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg took on an unenviable task. Congress had created the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, and it was his job to figure out who should receive...
8 Apr 201938min
Introducing The Cut on Tuesdays
Today, we bring you an episode of Gimlet's new show launched in collaboration with The Cut from New York Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 Apr 201931min
The Decades-Long Hunt for the Golden State Killer
Paul Holes was starting out in the field of criminology when, one day in 1994, he spotted a filing cabinet in the library of the crime lab where he was working. He opened a drawer, pulled out some fil...
25 Mars 201944min
How to Fire People
In 1998, Patty McCord joined a new company called Netflix. Her title was chief talent officer. And over the next ten years as Netflix grew (and grew), she and CEO Reed Hastings built a new kind of wor...
18 Mars 201937min
Black Sheep of Wall Street: Henry Blodget
During the dot-com bubble, Henry Blodget was making millions of dollars as a top analyst on Wall Street. But when that bubble burst, his fortunes changed. He became the public face of a Wall Street co...
11 Mars 201939min
Bringing Brands Back to Life
For many businesses, it’s all about looking forward. New trends, new brands, new verticals. But Sharon Price John sees a different path: one that involves looking to the past. She has made a career of...
25 Feb 201944min
How a Revolution Turned into America’s Number One Radio Station
Before 1970, the most popular radio stations in the U.S were run by white people. But that all changed when Percy Sutton helped to form Inner City Broadcasting with the mission of putting black progra...
18 Feb 201940min
