I meant today. They have them on tap in Building 39 It's marked drinking fountain. So I like a gimlet too, and gimlets are a-- well, where should I start? So there's a Lemony Snicket series that is out now, as opposed to the one that was out when you were in grade school.
And we're going to start with the gimlet . You say you serve gimlets to everybody. This is a good first drink to you?
Never. But we're making gimlets as the first round, which I hope you're all drinking. I'm going to be very upset if I see people taking a little token sip, because my ultimate fantasy is that we all
So "Reply All" launched a little more than two years ago, in the fall of 2014. You were the second podcast at Gimlet after "Startup," which was the podcast about the creation of Gimlet , the podcast that sort of eats its own tail. You've covered topics like medical mysteries, true crime, LSD, military impostures, a doctor
To make a sort of awkward segue about audience and people watching you do what you do, one of the interesting things about being really early employees at Gimlet was that-- so you were the second podcast, and the first podcast was the one that was about the creation of your employer, which meant that the first-- you know, now "StartUp" is about other start-ups,
was the one that was about the creation of your employer, which meant that the first-- you know, now "StartUp" is about other start-ups, but the first couple seasons were about Gimlet . And so meetings were recorded, conversations were recorded.
And we're going to drink gimlets and talk about crime fiction. Do you say your recipe for the gimlet first? Oh, yeah. I guess it's right up there.
Half ounce of simple syrup, and then a couple dashes of orange bitters. I just always put sugar in my gimlet , because I find simple syrup too much of a pain to make. I can see that.
Pass them down the aisle. Those are some pre-batch gimlets we did for you. And we're going to drink gimlets and talk about crime fiction.
Those are some pre-batch gimlets we did for you. And we're going to drink gimlets and talk about crime fiction. Do you say your recipe for the gimlet first?
We thought we would talk about things that we like and drinks that go with it, which is basically how I talk to just about anyone I know. And we're going to start with the gimlet . You say you serve gimlets to everybody.
But a lot of things were public, and had an audience, including some difficult things. So first, when you joined Gimlet , did you know that would be the case? Yeah, because literally, I think the first time, even before we joined Gimlet , we would have meetings with Alex about-- you know, like the kinds of negotiations you have before
Cheers. Cheers. Cheers, everybody. Yeah. Is this the first gimlet for anyone? A couple. All right.
Like they were both about the internet. But so was it just that in like 2014, Gimlet called you guys up and was like, want to come make a podcast with us? More or less, yeah.
mean to join a company in a warehouse that has no money and is crazy, he'd be like, wait, say that-- hold on. Like, he really-- any time something bad happened at Gimlet for the first year, you knew something bad was happening if Alex had a microphone, which is interesting. What was that like?
- Yeah, I mean maybe we should introduce the term. I mean if you wanna say, if you want to, look, gimlet it, eye it out across the world, you're a realist. I think the steel man of their argument would be Russia has or believes it has a sphere of influence and it is regrettable,
So first, when you joined Gimlet , did you know that would be the case? Yeah, because literally, I think the first time, even before we joined Gimlet , we would have meetings with Alex about-- you know, like the kinds of negotiations you have before deciding to accept a job.
I will also say that I think that by the time we started, the first couple episodes of "StartUp" were out, and it was very clear to me that he was building a relationship, like a trust relationship, with the audience that definitely could not be replicated at Gimlet now, definitely helped us a lot, because people heard us screw up in big ways.
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