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Adam Bhala Lough

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...

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DeRay Mckesson

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...

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Paul Dano

For 20 years Paul Dano has been a revelation in front of the camera. He began in L.I.E., evolved in Little Miss Sunshine, emerged in There Will be...

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Nathaniel Rich

Nathaniel Rich is a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine whose latest piece, “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate...

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Kamasi Washington

Multi-talented jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington stopped by this week to discuss growing up as a “closeted nerd” in South Central Los...

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Judy Greer

Judy Greer! You’ve seen her in…everything? From Adaptation to Arrested Development to Ant-Man. Now she’s made her directorial debut, “A...

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Amma Asante

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...

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Colman Domingo

This week Sam talks to multi-hyphenate talent Colman Domingo (actor/playwright/director) about growing up in West Philadelphia, the experience of...

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Ione Skye

Ione Skye needs no introduction. She’s Ione Skye. You’ve seen her in plenty of film and television. Like many, I first saw her as...

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Jerrika Hinton

This week, Jerrika Hinton stopped by to talk about growing up in Texas, actors supporting themselves through “parallel careers”, when she...

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Sheila Vand

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...

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Lauren Miller Rogen

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...

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Alan Alda

Alan Alda ladies and gentleman. We talk M*A*S*H, joke thievery, his childhood in Burlesque, his ongoing battle with face blindness (that’s not...

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Rob Reiner

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...

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Dad

For our special 100th episode, my Dad reluctantly comes on the show. Also, sidebar, we made it to 100 episodes! Thank you for listening and being...

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John Cho

John Cho’s career has undergone several transformations in the past two decades, each of them more interesting and impressive than the last...

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Chas Allen

Six years out of prison, Chas Allen joins the show to talk about the time him and his three college friends attempted to steal 12 million dollars...

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Dawn Porter

Lawyer-turned-documentarian Dawn Porter has a lot on her mind. From the cultural and professional impact of the #MeToo movement, to her late...

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