This week Sam sits down with cult-critic Andy Greenwald. Andy is best known for his writing at Grantland–however he has done a plethora of work...
This week Sam sits down with actress, director, and writer Noël Wells—who is best known for her character Rachel on the hit Netflix show, Master of...
We’re back! This week on the podcast Sam sits down with comedic force Brett Gelman. You probably recognize him for his work in films like The...
Merry Christmas, everybody! We’re closing out 2016 with a very special bonus episode of Talk Easy looking back on the year that was in...
On this week’s show, comedian Reggie Watts joins Sam to talk about finding comedy and music in improvisation, keeping those creative juices...
This week on Talk Easy, journalist Jay Caspian King joins the show to talk about his career writing and editing at noteworthy publications like...
This week on Talk Easy, NY Magazine TV critic and RogerEbert.com EIC Matt Zoller Seitz joins Sam to talk about the state of film criticism. They also...
This week on Talk Easy, emerging actress Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire) joins Sam to talk about…well, yeah, the election. At least for a...
On this week’s show, our guest is one of the inspirations for this very podcast. Max Linsky, co-host of the ‘Longform’ podcast...
Zazie Beetz is a great rising young actress, who has recently gained rightful attention for her fantastic work in the FX series Atlanta and her role...
He’s back! W. Kamau Bell, the second ever guest on Talk Easy, makes his triumphant return to talk about this crazy election, the madness of...
Margaret Brown is the talented documentarian behind “Never Trump,” a short doc from the New York Times, about hardcore conservatives who...
This week on the show, Certain Women director Kelly Reichardt joins Sam for a conversation about her unique and beautiful filmmaking, the loneliness...
The awesomely talent jazz star Esperanza Spalding stops by Talk Easy to talk openly about her career, navigating the boys club in jazz, being an...
Legendary documentary filmmaker Steve James joins the show to talk with Sam about his extraordinary career, his masterpiece “Hoop...
This week on a special TIFF 2016 edition of Talk Easy, Sam sits down with Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips at the Toronto International...