Filmmaker Patrick Wang joined Sam today to discuss how drawing on his experiences growing up in Houston, TX, being an exchange student in Argentina...
This week, Sam sits down with artist Viggo Mortensen ahead of the release of his new film, Green Book. They talk about his (very supportive)...
Adam Bhala Lough is a documentarian best known for his films “The Carter” and “The New Radical”. His most recent project, Alt-Right: Age of Rage, is...
The death of Michael Brown changed DeRay Mckesson’s life (5:10). It changed all of our lives. But it was the unjust murder of the 18-year-old...
Nathaniel Rich is a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine whose latest piece, “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate...
Multi-talented jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington stopped by this week to discuss growing up as a “closeted nerd” in South Central Los...
Judy Greer! You’ve seen her in…everything? From Adaptation to Arrested Development to Ant-Man. Now she’s made her directorial debut, “A...
Amma Asante stopped by this week to discuss her latest film Where Hands Touch, her immersive life as a young actress, writing and selling her first...
This week Sam talks to multi-hyphenate talent Colman Domingo (actor/playwright/director) about growing up in West Philadelphia, the experience of...
This week, Jerrika Hinton stopped by to talk about growing up in Texas, actors supporting themselves through “parallel careers”, when she...
Sheila Vand joined us this week to talk about her childhood in California (1:57), how she got her start as a performer (6:46), her continued growth...
For the past 15 years Lauren Miller Rogen has had one dream: to write and direct a movie. With Like Father out this Friday (August 5th) on Netflix...
Legendary writer/director/actor Rob Reiner joins us on the show this week. You remember his American staples: This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The...