Podcast Episodes

Director Steven Soderbergh: Scene by Scene

Since 1989 (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has been a pioneering voice in American cinema. Part free-wheeling iconoclast, par…

1 year, 7 months ago

We Are So Back (at the Movies) with Sean Fennessey (‘The Big Picture’)

We’re so back at the movies… with head of content at The Ringer and co-host of The Big Picture, Sean Fennessey!

At the top, Sam and Sean discuss Sean…

1 year, 7 months ago

A Tea with Amelia Dimoldenberg of Chicken Shop Date

What’s the difference between an interview and a first date? For the past decade, Amelia Dimoldenberg has been walking that fine line on her hit YouT…

1 year, 7 months ago

Author Vinson Cunningham on our ‘Great Expectations’ for 2024

Vinson Cunningham has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for the past eight years, covering theater, television, and politics. He joins us this we…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Vision of Novelist Zadie Smith (‘The Fraud’)

Last fall, Zadie Smith published her prescient historical novel The Fraud. We return to our conversation with the beloved author this week, on the he…

1 year, 8 months ago

Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Her ‘Long Island Compromise’

Taffy Brodesser-Akner (“Fleishman Is in Trouble”) is a staff writer at The New York Times, where she covers everything from The Eras Tour to Tom Hank…

1 year, 8 months ago

Tom Hanks: A Retrospective

Today, we're revisiting our special conversation with actor Tom Hanks.

We begin by discussing his debut novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Pic…

1 year, 8 months ago

Talk Easy Presents Author Isabel Allende on ‘Wiser Than Me’

This week, on the heels of our live show with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, we’re presenting a special conversation from her podcast Wiser Than Me.

The episod…

1 year, 8 months ago

Live from Aspen with Performer Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Veep) is a national treasure with more primetime Emmys than any performer in the history of television. Then there’s h…

1 year, 8 months ago

Actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (‘The Bear’) Returns to the Kitchen

On the heels of his first Emmy win, actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach joins us on the show to unpack the return of The Bear.

At the top, we dive into the maki…

1 year, 8 months ago