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The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)
Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting.
This week, he joins us to discuss the process of transforming into Donald J. Trump in T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Remembering Poet Nikki Giovanni
For the past 50 years, Nikki Giovanni has been one of our preeminent poets. Rest in Power to the legendary writer and activist, who passed this week …
1 year, 3 months ago
Talk Easy in 2024: A Mixtape
It’s been a year. And while we’re not quite done with it (3:15), we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of our favorite episodes and guests fro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Host Padma Lakshmi (‘Taste the Nation’) is Just Getting Started
To close out the holiday weekend, we're revisiting our conversation with writer, food expert, and television host Padma Lakshmi.
At the top, we discu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Play It Again: Jeff Daniels
Today, for your holiday week, we’re returning to one of our favorite 2024 conversations with actor Jeff Daniels.
Daniels is always writing. Plays, so…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jesse Eisenberg Steps Into His Past
Actor, writer, and director Jesse Eisenberg’s latest project, A Real Pain, is perhaps his most personal to date.
He joins us today to unpack the jour…
1 year, 4 months ago
Actor Josh Brolin: A Life in Vivid Color
Since the turn of the century, actor Josh Brolin has had quite a run. From No Country for Old Men and Hail, Caesar! from the Coen Brothers, to Inhere…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Can Be, Burdened By What Has Been (with Astead Herndon of NYT)
It’s been a week. To help us through it, we’ve enlisted The New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon.
We start with election night 2024 versu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) is Live in Los Angeles
On the heels of his latest book The Message, author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Sam for a conversation in Los Angeles.
At the top, we discuss how his Atla…
1 year, 5 months ago
Actor and Director Anna Kendrick: Life Imitates Art
Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air) has been a fixture in Hollywood for the past fifteen years. She joins us this week to discuss Woman of t…
1 year, 5 months ago