30. Jonathan Unger - Producing Impact

Producing CEO Jonathan Unger and I bond over refusing to stay in one lane and the importance of choosing your collaborators purposefully.

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Bio & Intro
As CEO & Founder of UNGER MEDIA, Jonathan Unger focuses on content with a purpose, bridging imagination with impact in every story we tell. Believing in the power of storytelling and how it can not only connect us, but Jonathan believes it can change the way we view the world. What matters most is not only entertaining audiences and making them think, but ultimately making people feel seen. With deep relationships across scripted, non-scripted, documentary, music, publishing and audio visual/podcast genres, UNGER MEDIA continues to actively create stories that reflect groundbreaking voices that deserve to be heard.
Some of our collaborators include LeVar Burton Entertainment, Robin Roberts' Rock'n Robin, ATTN:, Peabody Winner Timothy Ware-Hill, Music Legends Yolanda Adams and Rickey Minor, amongst others. Current series include the new podcast series Shattering The System, in collaboration with MACRO and iHeartPodcasts, which is hosted by NPR acclaimed journalist Sonari Glinton, Tastemade series The Unruly Baker with World renowned Author and Cake Artist Bernadette Gee, and acclaimed NZ indie film Mysterious Ways, by Award-winning UK Director Paul Oremland. Recently, Unger Media announced adaptations of Never Forget Eleanor by New York Times Best-selling Author Jason June, along with a film adaptation of The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens, based on the iconic Grey Gardens documentary.

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