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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks with P.J. Vogt and Alex Goldman, the hosts of the podcast Reply All. They discuss their creative partnership and how they make storytelling decisions. Alex talks about making his jump into public radio at the age of 29, and P.J. talks about why he loves the editing process at Gimlet Media, the company that produces Reply All. They both also talk about their meteoric rise from the bottom of the ladder at WNYC to the frontlines of narrative audio storytelling at Gimlet.

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Topics this week:

• Reply All
• Gimlet
• “Lord I’m Discouraged,” the Hold Steady
• Siskel and Ebert uncensored
• Life Itself, a film based on Roger Ebert’s memoir
• “Favor Atender” Reply All episode
• This American Life
• TLDR
• “This Proves Everything” Reply All episode
• “Ask Leah” TLDR episode
• On the Media
• The Moment’s interview with Jessi Klein
• 99% Invisible
• Late Show With David Letterman
• The Moment’s interview with Alex Blumberg
• Death, Sex & Money
• Radiotopia
• Maximum Fun
• “Exit & Return, Part I” Reply All episode
• “Exit & Return, Part II” Reply All episode
• “Of Birds and Boundaries” Love and Radio episode

People this week:

• P.J. Vogt
• Alex Goldman
• Craig Finn
• Tad Kubler
• Mayor Bill de Blasio, the 109^th mayor of New York City
• Alex Blumberg
• Adam Carolla
• Anna Sale

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