Podcast Episodes

Novelist Salman Rushdie at ‘The Eleventh Hour’

For more than three decades, author Salman Rushdie has lived under threat. In 1989, a fatwa forced him into hiding. In 2022, he was stabbed more than a dozen times while speaking on stage—and nearly …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Before’ Director Richard Linklater

Director Richard Linklater has made a career out of telling personal stories with universal appeal. Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, the Before trilogy, Boyhood. No matter the genre or form, Linklate…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

GQ’s Will Welch on the Future of Magazines (and Men)

Is it possible the rumors of the death of print magazines (and masculinity) have been greatly exaggerated?

 We sit this week with GQ's Global Editorial Director Will Welch to discuss the magazine’s 20…

Published on 2 months ago

Does Fashion Have a Future? Designer Gabriela Hearst is Threading the Needle.

Gabriela Hearst is one of the rare figures in fashion with an unwavering commitment to sustainability.

 At the top, we discuss her luminous Spring Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week (4:08), …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Actor Rose Byrne: A Woman on the Verge

Rose Byrne has taken many forms on-screen. In Mary Bronstein’s new film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, she delivers a career-defining performance as a Long Island therapist and mother slowly unraveling …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Cup of Coffee with Director Benny Safdie (‘The Smashing Machine’)

Director, writer, and actor Benny Safdie stops by Sam’s home this week to discuss his new film, The Smashing Machine (1:30)—an unflinching portrait of mixed martial arts icon Mark Kerr (7:00), played…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ta-Nehisi Coates Has a Message to Deliver. Can We Hear It?

Few writers have examined the tension between history and morality more urgently than Ta-Nehisi Coates.

 Last fall, on the heels of his new book The Message, Coates joined Sam for a conversation live …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

And In Our Hour of Darkness, Writer Arundhati Roy

“Sometimes I feel that I’m not going to write again,” says Arundhati Roy, “but then it becomes harder to keep quiet than to write it.”

 Few writers have bridged the personal and political as powerfull…

Published on 3 months ago

Director Francis Ford Coppola Keeps His Dream Alive

Director Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just want to make movies. He wants to change them. This was true in 1969 when he co-founded Zoetrope Studios with George Lucas, and it remains true today.

Watc…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Takes the Emmys

At this year’s Primetime Emmys, Seth Rogen took home four major awards for The Studio, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

We sat with Rogen around t…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago