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Zazie Beetz

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...

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W. Kamau Bell Returns!

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...

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Margaret Brown

Margaret Brown is the talented documentarian behind “Never Trump,” a short doc from the New York Times, about hardcore conservatives who...

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Kelly Reichardt

This week on the show, Certain Women director Kelly Reichardt joins Sam for a conversation about her unique and beautiful filmmaking, the loneliness...

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Mndsgn

This week on Talk Easy, Sam talks with hip hop artist/musician/producer extraordinaire, Ringgo Ancheta, aka Mndsgn. In their conversation, Mndsgn...

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Esperanza Spalding

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...

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Steve James

Legendary documentary filmmaker Steve James joins the show to talk with Sam about his extraordinary career, his masterpiece “Hoop...

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Michael Phillips

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...

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Lauren Lapkus

This week’s guest, comedian Lauren Lapkus is known to most people from her roles in Orange is the New Black and Jurassic World, but she made...

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Ben Schwartz

Think of any great comedy project in the last decade and Ben Schwartz probably had something to do with it. Jean-Ralphio on Parks and Recreation...

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Melanie Lynskey

On this week’s show, Sam is joined by the great and talented actress Melanie Lynskey. Hailing from New Zealand, Lynskey got her start at 15 in...

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Charlene deGuzman

Charlene deGuzman made waves on the internet three years ago when her short film, “I Forgot My Phone,” which she wrote and starred in...

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Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs is the acclaimed director of films like Love is Strange and Keep the Lights On. Now he’s back with the beautiful film, Little Men...

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Kate Micucci

You probably know Kate Micucci from somewhere, whether it was her role in Scrubs, or How I Met Your Mother, or The Big Bang Theory, or When in Rome...

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Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin has been acting in movies since the 1960s, delivering decades worth of great and memorable performances, including indelible turns in The...

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Donnie Trumpet

Nico Segal, aka Donnie Trumpet, is a musician out of Chicago whose work with Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa has gained him notoriety in the worlds...

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Eric André

Eric André is the host of the bizarre, surreal, insane The Eric André Show on Adult Swim. His style of comedy can be described as erratic, insane...

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Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney is one of the most successful and prolific documentary filmmakers in the business. His films have covered controversial figures like...

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