Podcast Episodes

Questlove: A Celebration of Soul

This week we sit with legendary bandleader of The Roots, Questlove! On the heels of his directorial debut, Summer of Soul, we discuss his winding road to making the documentary: from a trip to Japan …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Actor Tessa Thompson is Boundless

This week we’re joined by actor and producer Tessa Thompson! To begin, we talk about Thompson’s entry point into her new film Passing (7:56), a pivotal scene starring Bill Camp (11:08), the groundbre…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Ezra Klein (The New York Times) On The Year Ahead

Ezra Klein is a columnist for The New York Times, the host of The Ezra Klein Show, and the author of Why We’re Polarized. He joins us this week to unpack the debate around school closures in the wake…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Alana Haim: 13 Going on 30

We’re back! This week we sit with musician Alana Haim, star of the film from director Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza. Making her acting debut, Alana shares the serendipitous backstory that led …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham: How Did We Get Here?

This week one year ago, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election. For some perspective on the other side of this moment, we return to our episo…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Sunday on the Podcast with George Saunders

As we begin the new year, we turn to writer George Saunders. He first joined us upon the release of his latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. He’s recently launched a new newsletter called "Stor…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

A Talk Easy Holiday Special

On our annual holiday special, we hear from the people that came on Talk Easy in 2021. To start: performer Ts Madison (4:20), CNN anchor Jake Tapper (7:25), actor Vicky Krieps (8:25), and a phone cal…

Published on 4 years ago

How We Continue (with Noam Chomsky)

As we near the end of 2021, we turn to Noam Chomsky. The renowned linguist, historian, and social critic helps us unpack President Biden’s response to the Omicron variant (2:17), our distorted view o…

Published on 4 years ago

Michael Tubbs: The Deeper the Roots

At age 26, Michael Tubbs became the youngest mayor of a major city in American history. He joins us this week around the release of his breathtaking new memoir, The Deeper the Roots. 

Born and raised …

Published on 4 years ago

Play It Again: Author Jhumpa Lahiri

On this holiday weekend we're revisiting a special episode with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri (“Interpreter of Maladies”, “The Namesake”). In vivid, writerly detail Lahiri describes b…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago