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Honored that PACK ONE BAG was just awarded FIVE Signal Awards ?? from the Academy. Never made a podcast. Didn't know there was one! ?? Best Limited Series - History ??Best Editing ??Best Trailer ??Best Trailer (Listener's Choice) ??Best Sound Design (Silver) Huge congrats to our team Gilded Audio, Lemonada Media , Dan Rosato, Sam Dingman and the many many Producers, EPs and collaborators who made this special show possible. If you have listened yet, it's the perfect time to dive in!

SNFAU Season Two: MEDBURG has picked up two Signal Award nominations! Albert, Sara and I are up for Best Writing and, to no one's surprise, Ed is up for Best Host. You can VOTE FOR SNAFU here — it takes, like, two minutes! https://lnkd.in/eeQfEK_F

I've been stunned by the global coverage of our narrative podcast series, PACK ONE BAG, from the Sunday Times in the UK to El Pais in Spain. It must be part of why we have listeners in 165 countries. But, this beautiful piece in the Martha's Vineyard Gazette brings the story ALL the way home. Episode 7 is now streaming -- a great time to catch up and binge the show. https://lnkd.in/ghy3Nset

SNAFU Season 2 goes LIVE today! On the new season, Ed Helms looks back to the 1970s to explore an incredible tale from American history: the daring burglary of FBI offices that exposed a colossal SNAFU. The story takes place near Philadelphia, where an unlikely group of anti-war activists took unprecedented action to investigate an unchecked FBI. The consequences of their risky heist reached farther than any of them could have imagined… changing their lives, and the course of American history, forever. Recently, the Washington Post called the story, “the scoop that rocked America.” https://lnkd.in/gK7epkMQ? It was a pleasure to work together with Alyssa Martino, Tory Smith, Milan P. and the amazing team at FilmNation Entertainment to produce SNAFU Season 2: MEDBURG along with Betty Medsger, the reporter who first broke the story in 1971. We were able to include the voices of many of the burglars themselves, bring the story up to the present, and reveal new details for the first time in 50 years. Listen to the first episode now! https://lnkd.in/gk-r7FEd Sara Joyner Stephen Wood Benjamin Chugg Whitney Donaldson

The Financial Times calls our podcast, Pack One Bag, "A REMARKABLE TALE OF TRAGEDY AND SURVIVAL, TOLD WITH ELOQUENCE AND STYLE." (Funny to see my grandfather sharing a page with Taylor Swift in the print version.) Episode 3 drops tomorrow, June 12th. https://lnkd.in/gq3V7YDM

It’s been so exciting to see?Pack One Bag launch—and reach listeners. Already, it has cracked the Top 50 on Apple Podcasts and reached #3 on the History charts. When we joined David Modigliani to produce the show, it was clear we were getting our hands into something special. David’s deep connection to the story, its intimate beating heart, and the massive historical scope all demanded careful attention and creative thinking. The work was a pleasure, from research and story editing to casting, recording, sound design, and so much more—including a partnership with the good folks at Lemonada Media who bring a thoughtful expertise to the launch plan. It all came together into something we’re deeply proud of. Listen to?Pack One Bag and you’ll hear it for yourself. ?? https://lnkd.in/gzeYH-iu The first two episodes are available now. Subscribe today and you’ll be in line when episode 3 launches tomorrow! Finally, CHEERS to the production team behind this extraordinary show.?????? Almost everyone on the Gilded team (+ more!) had some part in creating this one – congrats, all! Nicki Stein Nick Dooley Dan Rosato Sam Dingman Whitney Donaldson Dustin Brown Sofie Isenberg Olivia Canny Carl Nellis Benjamin Chugg Gemma Castelli-Foley Andrew Chugg Sara Joyner Kelsey Albright

Our Tribeca-winning podcast ?? series with Stanley Tucci about my Italian family fighting to survive fascism, love and war, is now available, everywhere you listen. Episodes 1 and 2 of PACK ONE BAG ?? dropped this morning . (Link in comment below.) So grateful to Vulture for its summer preview, The Guardian for selecting the show as "Best Podcast of The Week," and to Newsweek for its insightful convo with Signore Tucci. This is my first audio project - and the first personal story I've ever told. When I was a kid, my grandfather, Franco, won the The Nobel Prize. But, I've always been more fascinated by the love story that made it possible - my grandparents' romance on the run from Fascist Italy. When I dig into their story, I uncover a darker side to their fairytale: a brother left behind to face the Nazi occupation - and startling personal connections between my family and Benito Mussolini ?? . In?Pack One Bag,?I return to Italy to investigate my family's past, carrying a pressing question: if Fascism takes over your country, do you stay or do you try to flee? And what happens if you can’t? On the ground, I discover my family’s war experience through the voices of cousins who survived the Nazi occupation of Rome as young children, and reconcile surprising truths about my grandparents’ story through conversations with those who knew them best, including former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Along the way, I discover troves of secret Fascist spy documents, personal diaries, blocked bank accounts — and a love story of my own ??. My deepest thanks to producers Willa K., Sam Dingman, Whitney Donaldson, Nicki Stein, Eric Spiegelman, Andrew Chugg, Dan Rosato, Dustin Brown and the entire team at Gilded Audio. To David Garza for music, Philip Hodges for art and video, Nate Jaffee and Marisa Tom for digital strategy, and to Jessica Cordova Kramer (she/her) and Stephanie Wittels Wachs and their whole TEAM of brilliant folks at Lemonada Media (and Richard Wolffe for the intro!) To LIAS J. "JEFF" STEEN, Andrew Viterbi, David Montague, LeAnn Behrens, Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, Lindsay and Andrew Gill, Alex Halbert, Heather Halbert, Dominic Leon, Linda and Jon Halbert, Diana Barrett, Ashley Pettus, Justin S., Guy Lancaster, Leah Modigliani, Nicky McGrane and Arthur Ullian and too many others to list here for making this show possible. Happy listening!

Almost exactly one year since our podcast pilot won an audio storytelling award at Tribeca, Pack One Bag is LIVE! For over two years, the team at Gilded Audio has been working alongside the singularly talented documentarian David Modigliani, helping shape his epic family saga into a glowing, stirring, one-of-a-kind podcast. It's a sweeping romance, a nightmarish WWII escape, and an investigation of one family's splintered past. Plus, Stanley Tucci. I mean! It's always a shot of adrenaline and pride to see a project 'out there' in the world for the first time, and this is a particularly special one. At its core, it's an interrogation of political tipping points and the delicate circumstances that grant some refuge and others tragedy when fascism ascends. How do you know when to flee, and what happens if you can’t? I'm biased, but I think Pack One Bag is spectacular and meaningful, and I hope you check it out soon. https://lnkd.in/gwJBQ3BJ

Calling all audio makers! Pod Pod is back for 2024 and applications are now open: https://lnkd.in/guWvHAvA Join our partners at UnionDocs and a group of your fellow producers for 15 weeks of motivation, peer support, collective production, and a dose of inspiration for your personal project. May 12 is your early deadline to apply. As an artist in the Pod-Pod, you’ll enter a space that offers supportive scaffolding, lots of feedback, and an engaged community to help you develop your work, as well as an opportunity to participate in an expansive collaborative project with your peers. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/guWvHAvA If you’d like to hear directly from the Union Docs team, join us for an info session on May 2!

We’re excited to share that another Gilded Audio production is a nominee for a Webby Award! “The Reason We’re All Still Here,” our podcast created with the?James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (https://lnkd.in/gbxiZbfV), is nominated for?Best Podcast: Public Service & Activism. https://lnkd.in/eV7YnxYP We’re so proud of this show. Thanks to the Webby Awards and thanks to our partners at the James Martin Center, including our host, Jeffrey Lewis. Vote for “The Reason We’re All Still Here”?by April 18! https://lnkd.in/eV7YnxYP