We sit down with two of the most talented and respected people in Hollywood — Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt — to talk about the process of adapting Mike Issac’s story of Uber, “Super Pumped”, into their new Showtime series. To say this was a thrill for us is a MASSIVE understatement. Huge thank yous to Brian, Joe and Showtime for making it happen!

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Links:

Super Pumped (the series): https://www.sho.com/super-pumped
Super Pumped (the book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PZ2B85Y/

Carve Outs:

Joe performing Katy Perry in the style of The Cure on Jimmy Fallon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lGEZOOHwI
Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker companion podcast: https://www.pushkin.fm/show/against-the-rules-with-michael-lewis/
Stevie Van Zandt’s Unrequited Infatuations: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R56XNMQ/
Your Undivided Attention: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/a-problem-well-stated-is-half-solved
Jakob Dylan on The Moment: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xNbG6XBjoVLDvpOUbZSIr?si=engSyJ9IQlePpqDOw7rSjw
Joe’s Don Jon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229499/
HitRecord: https://hitrecord.org

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