Julie Snyder, one of the first producers at This American Life, is the co-creator of Serial and S-Town. Serial Season 3 is out now.

“I am constantly second-guessing myself. I am full of regret and recrimination all the time. I don’t pride myself on it cause it probably goes too far, but in other ways I do feel like I am a person who is very flawed and I make mistakes and I try and learn from them. And I try to be very open to other people’s thoughts and input and everything like that. So to be that open to criticism after season one [of Serial] was rough for being that open because we just got so much attention. I could feel people being like, ‘Oh, go cry on your bags of money.’ It was huge. I got that, but at the same time, it was hard to ignore.”

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The Longform Podcast Live: The Mastermind book release party with special guests

Serial

S-Town

Longform Podcast #159: Ira Glass

Longform Podcast #239: Brian Reed

Longform Podcast #273: Zoe Chace

[7:20] Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse (Steve Bogira • Vintage • 2006)

[58:50] Snyder on This American Life

[59:05] "Throwing the First Punch" (This American Life • Mar 1998)

[1:11:45] "Ira Glass's Commencement Speech at the Columbia Journalism School Graduation" (Ira Glass • This American Life • May 2018)

[1:18:10] "Harper High School—Part One" (This American Life • Feb 2013)

[1:18:15] "Harper High School—Part Two" (This American Life • Feb 2013)

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