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Politicon: How The Heck Are We Gonna Get Along with Clay Aiken
Clay sits down with Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, the mastermind behind HBO’s upcoming Crime of the Century, a two part special taking on the opioid epidemic and the forces behind it, along with many other movies. Does the profit motive drive people and corporations to slowly deceive themselves about what they are truly doing? Is Congress on our side, or on that of those who would profit off our human needs? And is the race to the top what’s pushing aside our humanity and ability to get along?Guest:Alex GibneyDirector Alex Gibney has been called “the most important documentarian of our time” by Esquire Magazine (Esquire) and “one of America’s most successful and prolific documentary filmmakers” by The New York Times (The NY Times T Magazine).Known for his cinematic, gripping, and deeply insightful documentaries, the filmmaker has won the Academy Award®, multiple Emmy Awards, the Grammy Award, several Peabody Awards, the DuPont-Columbia, The Independent Spirit, The Writers Guild of America Awards, and more. Gibney was honored with the International Documentary Association’s Career Achievement Award in 2013 and the first ever Christopher Hitchens Prize in 2015.Gibney’s upcoming project The Crime of the Century debuts on HBO in May 2021, and his other films include: Taxi to the Dark Side (2008 Oscar); Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Oscar nominated 2006); Triple Emmy Award winning and Peabody Award Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (HBO); Emmy winning The History of the Eagles (Showtime); 2015 Peabody Award and Grammy nominated Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown; The Armstrong Lie (2013), which was short-listed for the 2014 Academy Award and nominated for the 2014 BAFTA Award, along with his film We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (2013); and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010), which was nominated for three Emmys.Get more from Alex: Twitter |Jig Saw Films |HBO’S Crime of The Century | And Many Other Films… Host: Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014 almost unseating a popular Republican incumbent.Follow Clay Aiken further on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Email your questions to podcasts@politicon.com FOLLOW @POLITICON AND GO TO POLITICON.COM
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has made lots of money peddling slanted news as “fair and balanced” on his Fox News Channel. The man who built it, Roger Ailes, retired in disgrace in 2016 and died a year later. He changed American media in many ways, and used fear as a driving force at Fox — and earlier in campaigns for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes is a new documentary that debuts on December 7 in theaters and online. We talk with producer/director Alexis Bloom about Ailes’s early work as producer of The Mike Douglas Show, where he met Richard Nixon. When he worked for George H.W. Bush’s campaign in 1988, Ailes deployed the infamous Willie Horton ad in one of his early assaults on the liberals he saw as the enemies of his cause. Bloom shares several interesting anecdotes, including how Ailes started Fox News to spite his former employers at NBC, how he gave fishing lessons to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for a TV ad, and his exploitation of women on screen and off. Alexis Bloom is producer and director of Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes. Bloom also produced Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.
Love is best known for his work on Let the Right One In, Skyfall, and the Oscar nominated The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, and the more recent Oscar nominated A Man Called Ove, nominated along with partner, Eva von Bahr. Love’s other projects over the years include Mammoth, Leo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, Monica Z, Ode to My Father, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, and The Shamer's Daughter. Love’s more recent and upcoming projects include: The Giant, The 101-Year Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, the Midnight Sun television series, Euphoria, and The Snowman for Tomas Alfredson.
For more, read “How Alex Gibney is Reinventing Documentary Filmmaking” by Boris Kachka in New York magazineOn Twitter: @AlexGibneyFilm @thompowers @purenonfiction This interview was recorded at the School of Visual Arts MFA Social Documentary program. Pure Nonfiction is sponsored by Sundance Now Doc Club.Documentaries directed by Alex Gibney mentioned in this interview:Zero Days (2016)Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) - A critical look at the Apple CEO.Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) - An expose of the Church of Scientology, based on the book by Lawrence Wright.Finding Fela! (2014) - A complicated portrait on the life and music of Nigeria's Fela Kuti.The Armstrong Lie (2013) - Cyclist Lance Armstrong talks about the doping program that led to his downfall.We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (2013) - Documenting the leak of government documents by Bradley Manning, their public release by Wikileaks, and the group's controversial leader Julian Assange.Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) - Examining pedophilia in the Catholic Church, from the first known protest against clerical abuse in the US all the way to the Vatican.Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) - The former New York State governor speaks on camera about the prostitution scandal that led to his resignation.Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - Oscar winner for Best Documentary, investigating the US government's use of torture during the war in Afghanistan.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Chronicling the corruption that caused the company Enron to file for the largest corporate bankruptcy of its time.Documentaries produced by Gibney, mentioned in the interview:The Blues (2003) - Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, this multi-part series featured films directed by Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, and others.The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) - directed by Eugene Jarecki, the film takes its inspiration from Christopher Hitchens' book making a case for bringing war crime charges against the former Secretary of State.The Pacific Century (1992) - a 10-part PBS series about the rise of the Pacific Rim economies. Alex's father Frank Gibney wrote the accompanying book.
A lot has changed since 2003, when former CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity was leaked by members of the Bush administration. Now we're living in the age of WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden and the Sony hacking scandal, where digital information is more accessible than ever. Case in point: Ralph Echemendia, who goes by "The Ethical Hacker," showed just how easy it is to hack into someone's computer by pulling up a Tribeca Film Festival intern's desktop on a big screen during this panel. Hear Plame and Echimendia, along with Alex Gibney, director of We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bart Gellman, discussing the intersection of "Secrecy and Power."
This week we spoke with Composer and multi instrumentalist Will Bates, who also runs Fall On Your Sword (FOYS) Will's commercial music production company based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Alongside the success of Will’s commercial work he has also collaborated with numerous film directors including Alex Gibney on such films as We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and Mike Cahill's Another Earth and I-orgins. We had a fantastic talk about his creative and collaborative process and dive into the technical aspects of running a music production, scoring, and audio post company.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - (2013) A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - (2013) A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
The fabled 10th episode, as handsome as the 10th doctor. And this is the 2nd Episode of March Montreal Madness! Is this Paul’s dream mixer? Squarespace is not a sponsor. Looking for a podcast to rival our own? Check out Huffduffer. Subscribe to Paul’s Huffduffer stream. SNL’s clownpenis.fart sketch Chris found on a questionable site. Redshirts is going to be a TV series on FX. The trailer for We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. Much coin! Such wow! More adventures in Linux with Chris, so you don’t have to! Or if you’re feeling plucky, have a go with Arch Linux or CrunchBang. Most Linux install discs are LiveCDs, meaning you can run the OS from the disc and try it out before installing. arkOS is awesome, just like it’s lead developer. Smart credit cards are finally coming to the US. Finally. Chris’ post that touches on smart credit cards. Paul has contributed to Coin, one card to rule them all. As in all your credit cards. Online banking in other countries is quite secure thanks to two-factor authentication. Here’s an example from HSBC and one from not a bank, but World of Warcraft. All Canadian radio hosts must go to the Stuart McLean school of broadcasting. Chris lasted a whole 1:28 before he closed this clip. Good luck. Listening to Fresh Air, Chris learned that the US is a third world country compared to other developed nations when it comes to high-speed internet. The trailer for Her. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret with Spike Jonze playing the character in the glasses. Dallas Buyers Club trailer. American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson. Did you know Craig Ferguson was in a punk band with the next Doctor, Peter Capaldi? Peep the photo. The new Doctor in his new duds. Doctor Who: Legacy game for Android and iPhone. Brian Williams from Doctor Who or from Tekken? Nope, Chris is mistaken. The character’s name is Bryan Fury and the move is the fisherman’s slam. The Grand Rapids Fish Ladder, an amusement park for vacationing salmon and steelhead. Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi. Bill & Ted vs. Death from Bogus Journey. Chris’ T-shirt this episode was Flux Capacitor from 6dollarshirts.com Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon
While on a short break from our clandestine preparations for liberating Santa’s reindeer from chattel slavery, we recount some of the feedback we received on last month’s Chris Hedges interview. Then we review Alex Gibney’s documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks; do what may be our first ever science segment, about the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the coming post-antibiotic age; and have our plans for an Escape Velocity Radio intern dashed by Charles Davis’ article about poorly-paid (and unpaid) interns, “The Exploited Labourers of the Liberal Media”.Episode LinksLosing Moses on the FreewayWe Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksWe Steal Secrets: Alex Gibney, WikiLeaks, & Julian AssangeWe Steal Secrets: A response from Alex GibneyAntibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013How Industrial Agriculture Has Thwarted Factory Farm ReformsImagining the Post-Antibiotics FutureThe Exploited Labourers of the Liberal MediaEpisode MusicSlapshot – Punk’s Dead, You’re NextLiving Colour – Cult of PersonalityChristmas in the Stars – What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)
Filmmaker Alex Gibney made "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" about founder Julian Assange and State Department document leaker Bradley Manning, who was found guilty on most charges, but not aiding the enemy.
Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Simon and Mark about his new film Pacific Rim. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Monsters University (3D), The Deep, Play and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks is the new documentary from director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Darkside, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God) and explores the organization started in 2006 by Julian Assange. Charting the various people involved in the leaking of secret information, including hackers, journalists and activists who during 2009-2010 leaked information about the the Icelandic financial collapse, Swiss banks evading tax and toxic-waste dumping. It then focuses on the case of Bradley Manning, the army private who leaked an enormous amount of classified information about the Afghan and Iraq wars, as well as over 250,000 diplomatic cables. Since the film premiered at Sundance in January, Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty, some Wikileaks supporters have taken issue with the film and Assange remains holed up in diplomatic limbo at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Added to this, another leak of seismic proportions rocked the US government in early June when a new whistle-blower named Edward Snowden released details of PRISM, a top secret spying program of unprecedented scope and size. As I write this both Snowden is in diplomatic limbo at Moscow airport, but although some of the events and issues raised in the film are ongoing, there was much to chew on when I spoke with Gibney at the end of June.File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)
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