Podcast Episodes

A Mother's Day Special

Back in 2017 I invited my mother on the podcast. She (reluctantly) accepted the invitation. What follows is that conversation, in full.

A very special thanks goes out to Theresa Meyers this week. She …

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Episode 170 - Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay may be a self-described introvert, but she's not one to shy away from a public fight. As a contributing writer for The New York Times, Gay has taken aim at President Trump, modern misogyny…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Introducing: “The Last Dance Aftershow”

For the next month I'm co-hosting a new podcast! It's called “The Last Dance Aftershow”, a weekly program on the 10-part documentary of Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls.

Upcoming guests …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Episode 169 - Elizabeth Gilbert

Four years ago Sam stumbled upon a book called “Big Magic”. From it, Talk Easy was born. Today we come full circle in sitting with beloved writer Elizabeth Gilbert. Both in her fiction and non-fictio…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Episode 168 - W. Kamau Bell, Four Years Later

Four years ago W. Kamau Bell joined us on Talk Easy. It was a different time, before Donald Trump was President Trump. This week the sociopolitical comedian returns to provide some light and laughter…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Episode 167 - Noam Chomsky (plus Dr. Ashish Jha of the Harvard Global Health Institute)

Who better to guide us through this darkness than Noam Chomsky? The esteemed linguist, author, and political activist joins us this week to provide a historical perspective to the pandemic (44:02). H…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Episode 166 - Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke entered politics because of people. He believes in their capacity for goodness and decency. He believes in their potential. And yet– what if his political brand is not exactly what the …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Episode 165 - Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is an author, filmmaker and climate activist. But above all– she is a journalist. She joins us to reflect on her natural instinct to run toward crisis; her decades long research of disast…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Episode 164 - Juliette Lewis

Actress Juliette Lewis “lost her anonymity” with the movies. Movies you've probably seen. Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, From Dusk Till Dawn. She's a visceral, singular…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Episode 163 - Dr. Ashish Jha (Director of Harvard Global Health Institute)

Dr. Ashish Jha is the Director of Harvard Global Health Institute and a Professor at Harvard T. H. Chan school of public health. If you've turned on your TV over the past few days, you've likely seen…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago