Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly series of intimate conversations with artists, authors, and politicians. Where people sound like people. Hosted by Sam Fragoso. New episodes every Sunday.
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Episodes (500)
It’s Time to Give Nick Offerman (‘Parks and Recreation’) His Flowers
Sep 6, 2026
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Play It Again: Gloria Steinem
Sep 4, 2026
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The Fall Movie Preview (with Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins of ‘The Big Picture’)
Aug 30, 2026
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In ‘The Good Place’ with D’Arcy Carden
Aug 23, 2026
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Novelist Colson Whitehead’s New York State of Mind
Aug 16, 2026
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The ‘Past Lives’ of Actor Greta Lee
Aug 9, 2026
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Samin Nosrat (‘Salt Fat Acid Heat’) Cooks These ‘Good Things’ at Home
Aug 2, 2026
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Comedian Mary Beth Barone’s Brilliant ‘Galaxy Brain’
Jul 26, 2026
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Actor Timothy Olyphant (‘Justified’) is Riding High
Jul 19, 2026
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The Gilded Presidency of Donald Trump with NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman (‘Regime Change’)
Jul 12, 2026
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Danny McBride’s Delusions of Grandeur
Jul 5, 2026
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A New Generation Has Arrived in LA Politics. Is Nithya Raman Ready to Lead It?
Jun 28, 2026
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Father’s Day with Tom Hanks
Jun 21, 2026
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The Jagged Little Pieces of Singer-Songwriter Alanis Morissette
Jun 14, 2026
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Sam Interviews Nathan Lane on ‘Fresh Air’
Jun 7, 2026
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Tony Nominee Christopher Abbott (‘Death of a Salesman’) Takes Center Stage
May 31, 2026
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Is Josh Johnson (‘The Daily Show’) the 21st Century Comedian?
May 24, 2026
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The Michelle Obama Interview
May 17, 2026
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Mother’s Day with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
May 10, 2026
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Actor Riz Ahmed Remakes the Leading Man
May 3, 2026
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Showrunner Lee Sung Jin is Back with More ‘Beef’
Apr 26, 2026
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Play It Again: Actor Oscar Isaac
Apr 19, 2026
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Are We Witnessing Podcaster Chris Ryan’s Apex Mountain?
Apr 12, 2026
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Talk Easy Turns 10 (with Terry Gross)
Apr 5, 2026
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The AI Conversation We Need to Have (with Tristan Harris)
Mar 29, 2026
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Is Governor Josh Shapiro the Future of America?
Mar 22, 2026
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Oscar Sunday with Filmmaker Joachim Trier (‘Sentimental Value’)
Mar 15, 2026
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Play It Again: Actor Rose Byrne is a Woman on the Verge
Mar 8, 2026
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Ryan Coogler Made the Movie of the Year. Now He’s Making Oscars History.
Mar 1, 2026
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State of the Union with Journalist Jacob Soboroff
Feb 22, 2026
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The Makings of Musician Anderson .Paak
Feb 15, 2026
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This Is America with George Saunders
Feb 8, 2026
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Play It Again: Ramy Youssef Tells a Muslim American Story
Feb 1, 2026
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Is Will Arnett Nailing This Interview?
Jan 25, 2026
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This is Patti Smith
Jan 18, 2026
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The Return of Gwyneth Paltrow (‘Marty Supreme’)
Jan 11, 2026
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Viola Davis: What If We’re Enough?
Jan 4, 2026
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Is Comedian Robby Hoffman the Last American Dream?
Dec 28, 2025
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Kate Winslet Is Home for the Holidays
Dec 21, 2025
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The New Yorker at 100 (with David Remnick)
Dec 14, 2025
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Renate Reinsve Delivers the Performance of the Year in ‘Sentimental Value’
Dec 7, 2025
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Filmmaker Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental’ Family Affair
Nov 30, 2025
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The Noah Baumbach Retrospective
Nov 23, 2025
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For the Holidays, Ina Garten (Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
Nov 19, 2025
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Cook Alison Roman Creates ‘Something from Nothing’
Nov 16, 2025
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Judd Apatow’s Guide to Failure and Success (Fail Better with David Duchovny)
Nov 12, 2025
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At the Movies with Director Edgar Wright (‘The Running Man’)
Nov 9, 2025
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Novelist Salman Rushdie at ‘The Eleventh Hour’
Nov 2, 2025
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‘Before’ Director Richard Linklater
Oct 29, 2025
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GQ’s Will Welch on the Future of Magazines (and Men)
Oct 26, 2025
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Does Fashion Have a Future? Designer Gabriela Hearst is Threading the Needle.
Oct 19, 2025
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Actor Rose Byrne: A Woman on the Verge
Oct 12, 2025
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A Cup of Coffee with Director Benny Safdie (‘The Smashing Machine’)
Oct 8, 2025
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Has a Message to Deliver. Can We Hear It?
Oct 5, 2025
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And In Our Hour of Darkness, Writer Arundhati Roy
Sep 28, 2025
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Director Francis Ford Coppola Keeps His Dream Alive
Sep 21, 2025
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Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Takes the Emmys
Sep 15, 2025
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The Terry Gross Interview
Sep 14, 2025
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Cook Samin Nosrat (‘Salt Fat Acid Heat’) Returns with ‘Good Things’
Sep 7, 2025
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The Homecoming of Dev Hynes (Blood Orange)
Aug 31, 2025
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Laura Dern on Living Well (The Dan Buettner Podcast)
Aug 28, 2025
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A Candid Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Aug 24, 2025
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The Stories of Actor Josh Brolin (‘Weapons’)
Aug 17, 2025
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Actor Julia Garner is Hollywood’s Secret ‘Weapon’
Aug 10, 2025
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David Mamet Exits Stage Left
Aug 3, 2025
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Director Celine Song on ‘Materialists’ (Death, Sex & Money)
Jul 30, 2025
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Actor Patricia Clarkson (‘Sharp Objects’) Goes Her Own Way
Jul 27, 2025
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Play It Again: Joaquin Phoenix
Jul 23, 2025
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Director Ari Aster (‘Eddington’) Has Made an American Western for 2025
Jul 20, 2025
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Lena Dunham is Never ‘Too Much’
Jul 16, 2025
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How ‘Big and Beautiful’ is Trump’s Bill? (with Jamelle Bouie of NYT)
Jul 13, 2025
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Actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach Returns to ‘The Bear’
Jul 6, 2025
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael is Creating His Own Truman Show
Jun 29, 2025
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Live From New York with Sam Rockwell (‘The White Lotus’)
Jun 22, 2025
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Father’s Day with Seth Meyers
Jun 15, 2025
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Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) is Creating a Language of Her Own
Jun 8, 2025
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Writer Ocean Vuong’s Vision of the Future
Jun 1, 2025
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Graduation Week with Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb
May 25, 2025
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Play It Again: Sarah Silverman (‘PostMortem’)
May 21, 2025
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Percival Everett (‘James’)
May 18, 2025
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Ira Glass on Three Decades of ‘This American Life’ Magic
May 11, 2025
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Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’
May 4, 2025
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The Many Lives of Viola Davis
Apr 27, 2025
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Elizabeth Warren Holds Onto Hope
Apr 20, 2025
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Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (‘Dream Count’) Has Some Notes
Apr 13, 2025
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Jenny Slate in 2025
Apr 6, 2025
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Hollywood Plays Itself in Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’
Mar 30, 2025
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Ezra Klein’s Call for ‘Abundance’ in America
Mar 23, 2025
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Play It Again: Actor Amanda Seyfried
Mar 16, 2025
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A Portrait of the Artist Tyler Mitchell
Mar 9, 2025
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Actor Monica Barbaro (‘A Complete Unknown’) Takes the Stage as Joan Baez
Mar 2, 2025
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Oscars Week with Jesse Eisenberg (‘A Real Pain’)
Feb 26, 2025
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Director RaMell Ross (‘Nickel Boys’) is Redefining Cinema
Feb 23, 2025
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Live From New York: 50 Years of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Feb 20, 2025
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Are You Not Entertained? Host Chris Hayes (The Sirens’ Call) on the Attention Age
Feb 16, 2025
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Mikey Madison (‘Anora’) Enters Her Golden Age
Feb 9, 2025
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The Humanity of Actor Steven Yeun (‘Love Me’)
Feb 2, 2025
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Director David Lynch Transcends
Jan 26, 2025
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The Week That Changed Los Angeles
Jan 19, 2025
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A Hopeful Climate Conversation with Richard Powers
Jan 12, 2025
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A New Year with Writer Jia Tolentino (‘Trick Mirror’)
Jan 5, 2025
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A ‘Babygirl’ Holiday with Harris Dickinson
Dec 29, 2024
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Writer Hilton Als on Prince and ‘What Joan Didion Means’
Dec 22, 2024
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The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)
Dec 15, 2024
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Remembering Poet Nikki Giovanni
Dec 11, 2024
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Talk Easy in 2024: A Mixtape
Dec 8, 2024
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Host Padma Lakshmi (‘Taste the Nation’) is Just Getting Started
Dec 1, 2024
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Play It Again: Jeff Daniels
Nov 27, 2024
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Jesse Eisenberg Steps Into His Past
Nov 24, 2024
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Actor Josh Brolin: A Life in Vivid Color
Nov 17, 2024
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What Can Be, Burdened By What Has Been (with Astead Herndon of NYT)
Nov 10, 2024
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Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) is Live in Los Angeles
Nov 3, 2024
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Actor and Director Anna Kendrick: Life Imitates Art
Oct 27, 2024
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This Conversation with Author Jason Reynolds is a Gift
Oct 20, 2024
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Wesley Morris Returns with ‘The Wonder of Stevie’
Oct 16, 2024
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Director Jason Reitman’s Love Letter to ‘Saturday Night’
Oct 13, 2024
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Francis Ford Coppola Stays in the Picture
Oct 6, 2024
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The Joaquin Phoenix Interview
Sep 29, 2024
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Why Myha’la (‘Industry’) is Playing the Long Game
Sep 25, 2024
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Actor Ken Leung (‘Industry’) Enters a New Season
Sep 22, 2024
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Abbi Jacobson Interviews Sam
Sep 15, 2024
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The First Gen Z Congressman’s Fight for Gun Reform
Sep 8, 2024
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Filmmaker Lee Daniels (‘The Deliverance’) Finds His Light
Sep 1, 2024
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Director Steven Soderbergh: Scene by Scene
Aug 29, 2024
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We Are So Back (at the Movies) with Sean Fennessey (‘The Big Picture’)
Aug 25, 2024
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A Tea with Amelia Dimoldenberg of Chicken Shop Date
Aug 18, 2024
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Author Vinson Cunningham on our ‘Great Expectations’ for 2024
Aug 11, 2024
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The Vision of Novelist Zadie Smith (‘The Fraud’)
Aug 4, 2024
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Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Her ‘Long Island Compromise’
Jul 28, 2024
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Tom Hanks: A Retrospective
Jul 24, 2024
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Talk Easy Presents Author Isabel Allende on ‘Wiser Than Me’
Jul 21, 2024
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Live from Aspen with Performer Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Jul 14, 2024
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Actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (‘The Bear’) Returns to the Kitchen
Jul 7, 2024
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A Post-Debate Talk with Democratic Strategist James Carville
Jun 30, 2024
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How Playwright Annie Baker Made the Movie of the Summer
Jun 23, 2024
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A Father’s Day Special (with Ethan Hawke)
Jun 16, 2024
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Director Richard Linklater’s Moments in Time
Jun 9, 2024
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Maya Hawke (‘Stranger Things’) Writes through Chaos
Jun 2, 2024
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Comedian Ilana Glazer (‘Broad City’) is Mothering
May 26, 2024
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A Love Letter to Comedy with Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello (‘Hacks’)
May 19, 2024
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A Mother’s Day Special with Pamela Adlon (‘Better Things’)
May 12, 2024
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s Self-Portrait
May 5, 2024
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Nick Offerman (‘Civil War’) Brings a Message of Hope
Apr 28, 2024
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Poet Rupi Kaur: 10 Years of 'Milk and Honey'
Apr 21, 2024
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The Stories of Actor Jeff Daniels
Apr 14, 2024
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Actor and Director Dev Patel is a Leading Man
Apr 7, 2024
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Director M. Night Shyamalan: A Talk from 'Development Hell'
Mar 31, 2024
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Comedian Ramy Youssef Returns with ‘More Feelings’
Mar 24, 2024
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Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day
Mar 20, 2024
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How Do We Think About the 2024 Election?
Mar 17, 2024
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Oscar Sunday with Composer Ludwig Göransson (‘Oppenheimer’)
Mar 10, 2024
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From the Oscar Archives: Cate Blanchett
Mar 6, 2024
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Dispatches from a Gaza Hospital (with Dr. Seema Jilani)
Mar 3, 2024
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A Cup of Coffee with Actor Kyle MacLachlan (‘Twin Peaks’)
Feb 25, 2024
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Lily Gladstone (‘Killers of the Flower Moon’) is Making History
Feb 18, 2024
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Quinta Brunson: ‘Abbott Elementary’ is Back in Session
Feb 11, 2024
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Filmmaker Lulu Wang Creates In Between Two Worlds
Feb 4, 2024
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Oscar Nominations with Wesley Morris (The New York Times)
Jan 28, 2024
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Dan Levy (‘Schitt’s Creek’) Goes His Own Way
Jan 21, 2024
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s New Hollywood Framework
Jan 14, 2024
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Actor Michelle Williams Works from a ‘Place of Peace’
Jan 7, 2024
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Talk Easy’s 2023 Mixtape
Dec 31, 2023
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Bradley Cooper as ‘Maestro’ from The New Yorker Radio Hour
Dec 24, 2023
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The New Yorker Editor David Remnick: 'There's No Time to Despair'
Dec 17, 2023
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The Transformations of Actor Willem Dafoe
Dec 10, 2023
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Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Fights for the Protection of Journalists
Dec 3, 2023
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Actor and Director Benny Safdie Does It All
Nov 26, 2023
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The Futurist Vision of Actor and Filmmaker Brit Marling
Nov 19, 2023
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The Ziwe Interview
Nov 12, 2023
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Marina Abramović Creates Art from Pain
Nov 5, 2023
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The Rise and Fall of Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (with Writer Michael Lewis)
Oct 29, 2023
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Singer-Songwriter Weyes Blood Gives Us ‘Something to Believe’
Oct 22, 2023
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A Human Conversation with Writer George Saunders
Oct 15, 2023
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Author and Critic Hua Hsu (The New Yorker) ‘Stays True’
Oct 8, 2023
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The Transformations of Novelist Zadie Smith
Oct 1, 2023
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Writer Sandra Cisneros Finds the Poetry of the World
Sep 27, 2023
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Legend David Byrne (‘Stop Making Sense’) is Still Burning Down the House
Sep 24, 2023
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The State of Hollywood with Matt Belloni (‘The Town’)
Sep 17, 2023
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Jazz Singer Laufey is Bringing the Past to the Present
Sep 10, 2023
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The Summer in Review (with Culture Critic Sam Sanders)
Sep 3, 2023
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Tracing 'The Steps' of Musician Alana Haim
Aug 30, 2023
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The Era(s) of Musician Este Haim
Aug 27, 2023
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Abbi Jacobson is in a League of Her Own
Aug 23, 2023
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Composer Ludwig Göransson (‘Oppenheimer’) Can Hear the Music
Aug 20, 2023
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Beto O'Rourke and the Border
Aug 13, 2023
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Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Threads History and the Afrofuture
Aug 6, 2023
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The Revolution Will Be Televised (with 'The Bear' Writer Alex O'Keefe)
Jul 30, 2023
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Photographer Joel Meyerowitz: The Pleasure of Seeing
Jul 23, 2023
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At Home with Writer Joyce Carol Oates
Jul 19, 2023
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The Summer of Our Discontent with Reporter Astead Herndon (The New York Times)
Jul 16, 2023
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The Making of Tom Hanks
Jul 9, 2023
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Every Second Counts with Actor Jon Bernthal (‘The Bear’)
Jul 2, 2023
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The Era of Actor Michael Shannon
Jun 25, 2023
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Model and Activist Geena Rocero Lives Her Story
Jun 21, 2023
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A Father’s Day Special with Sarah Silverman
Jun 18, 2023
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A Sunday Matinee with Actor Oscar Isaac
Jun 11, 2023
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Comedian and Actor Ramy Youssef Tells a Muslim American Story
Jun 4, 2023
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The Elements of Singer-Songwriter Arlo Parks
May 31, 2023
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Director Nicole Holofcener’s Art Imitates Life
May 28, 2023
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Bill Hader Says Goodbye to ‘Barry’
May 24, 2023
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Actor Alan Ruck’s Road to ‘Succession’
May 21, 2023
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Mother’s Day with ‘Top Chef’ Padma Lakshmi
May 14, 2023
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Introducing So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
May 10, 2023
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Jay Jordan Was Incarcerated At 18. Now, He’s Transforming the Criminal Justice System.
May 7, 2023
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All the Women in Actor Betty Gilpin’s Brain
Apr 30, 2023
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Carol Burnett Turns 90
Apr 26, 2023
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Alison Roman’s Imperfect Approach to Cooking
Apr 23, 2023
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A Portrait of Actor Michelle Williams
Apr 16, 2023
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Actor Steven Yeun Tells a New Story
Apr 9, 2023
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How Author Jenny Odell Discovered a Life Beyond the Clock
Apr 2, 2023
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Actor Bob Odenkirk: The King of (Dark) Comedy
Mar 26, 2023
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The Stories of Writer Margaret Atwood
Mar 22, 2023
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Live from New York with Author Min Jin Lee
Mar 19, 2023
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Oscar Sunday with Actor Ke Huy Quan
Mar 12, 2023
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Actor Ram Charan and the RRRevolution
Mar 8, 2023
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Actor and Director Natasha Lyonne Plays Her Hand
Mar 5, 2023
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Mr. Frost Goes to Washington
Feb 26, 2023
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The Year of Actor Pedro Pascal
Feb 19, 2023
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The Makings of Writer Hilton Als
Feb 12, 2023
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Actor and Activist Nazanin Nour Wants to Tell a New Story of Iran
Feb 5, 2023
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Opening Night with Artist Kehinde Wiley
Jan 29, 2023
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50 Years After Roe v. Wade: A Conversation With a Texas Abortion Provider
Jan 22, 2023
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The Road to Actor Ke Huy Quan’s Second Act
Jan 15, 2023
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Actor Claire Foy Observes the Unobserved
Jan 8, 2023
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The 2022 Talk Easy Holiday Special
Dec 25, 2022
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Nobel Peace Prize Journalist Maria Ressa Holds the Line
Dec 18, 2022
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Actor Lake Bell: 'The Voice is a Roadmap of Your History'
Dec 14, 2022
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An Interlude with Musician Dev Hynes
Dec 11, 2022
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Performer Kumail Nanjiani: A New Act
Dec 4, 2022
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Actor Jonathan Majors: ‘Everything Happens To Me’
Nov 27, 2022
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An Afternoon at Judd Apatow’s Office
Nov 20, 2022
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Journalist Kara Swisher Believes in the Future
Nov 13, 2022
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Writer George Saunders, Moment by Moment
Nov 6, 2022
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The Homecoming of Director James Gray
Oct 30, 2022
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Comedian Nick Kroll is Going Through Changes
Oct 26, 2022
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The Transformation of Actor Eddie Redmayne
Oct 23, 2022
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How Congresswoman Cori Bush Reimagines Politics
Oct 16, 2022
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Back to School with Quinta Brunson (‘Abbott Elementary’)
Oct 9, 2022
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Writer Sandra Cisneros is a ‘Woman Without Shame’
Oct 2, 2022
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Understanding the Midterms with Reporter Astead Herndon (The New York Times)
Sep 28, 2022
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Comedian Billy Eichner, Street to Screen
Sep 25, 2022
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Storytelling with ‘Atlanta’ Director Hiro Murai
Sep 18, 2022
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The Aftermath of 9/11
Sep 11, 2022
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The Airline Workers' Movement is Taking Off
Sep 4, 2022
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‘Dreaming Back’ with Novelist Joyce Carol Oates
Aug 28, 2022
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Abbi Jacobson: A League of Her Own
Aug 21, 2022
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A New Era of Musician Joey Bada$$
Aug 14, 2022
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Coming of Age with Lena Dunham
Aug 7, 2022
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Ethan Hawke, Here and Then
Jul 31, 2022
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At Home with Comedian John Early
Jul 24, 2022
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Disaster is Not Our Destiny. Neither is Democracy.
Jul 17, 2022
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Jenny Slate in 2022
Jul 10, 2022
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Through the Woods with Nick Offerman
Jul 3, 2022
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Margo Jefferson: We Must ‘Go On’
Jun 26, 2022
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The Supreme Court Conversation We’re Not Having
Jun 19, 2022
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David Sedaris: A Life On and Off the Page
Jun 12, 2022
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Actor Jon Bernthal: Leading Man
Jun 5, 2022
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Performer Meg Stalter Heals Through Comedy
Jun 1, 2022
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What Will It Take To Change? (with Stacey Abrams)
May 29, 2022
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Author Jennifer Egan: Writing Through Time
May 22, 2022
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Pedro Pascal: A Life of Dreaming
May 15, 2022
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Mother’s Day with Minnie Driver
May 8, 2022
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Bill Hader Finds His Story
May 1, 2022
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Poet Rupi Kaur is Here to Stay
Apr 24, 2022
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Play It Again: Ocean Vuong
Apr 20, 2022
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Love Songs with Syd (The Internet, Odd Future)
Apr 17, 2022
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Let’s Talk About Sex (At the Movies)
Apr 10, 2022
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Anita Hill is Getting Even. We Believe Her.
Apr 3, 2022
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Oscar Sunday with Questlove
Mar 27, 2022
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Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Mar 20, 2022
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The Pieces of David Byrne
Mar 13, 2022
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Author Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
Mar 6, 2022
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Stacey Abrams’ Guide to Preserving Democracy
Feb 27, 2022
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W. Kamau Bell: How Do We Talk About Cosby?
Feb 23, 2022
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A Texas Principal Said Black Lives Matter. His Community Didn’t Agree.
Feb 20, 2022
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How Glory Edim (Well-Read Black Girl) Gives Space
Feb 16, 2022
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A Tea with Cate Blanchett
Feb 13, 2022
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Questlove: A Celebration of Soul
Feb 6, 2022
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Actor Tessa Thompson is Boundless
Jan 30, 2022
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Ezra Klein (The New York Times) On The Year Ahead
Jan 23, 2022
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Alana Haim: 13 Going on 30
Jan 16, 2022
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Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham: How Did We Get Here?
Jan 9, 2022
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Sunday on the Podcast with George Saunders
Jan 2, 2022
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A Talk Easy Holiday Special
Dec 19, 2021
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How We Continue (with Noam Chomsky)
Dec 12, 2021
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Michael Tubbs: The Deeper the Roots
Dec 5, 2021
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Play It Again: Author Jhumpa Lahiri
Nov 28, 2021
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Musician Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Path to Home
Nov 21, 2021
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A Double Feature: Vicky Krieps and Melanie Lynskey
Nov 14, 2021
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A Sunday Sermon with Janaya Future Khan
Nov 7, 2021
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Comedian Jeff Garlin is Young at Heart
Oct 31, 2021
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Nick Offerman: Out of the Woods
Oct 24, 2021
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How to Reconnect to Earth (with Author Richard Powers)
Oct 17, 2021
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Actor Noomi Rapace’s Homecoming
Oct 10, 2021
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Poet Nikki Giovanni: Life is a Good Idea
Oct 3, 2021
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Julie Delpy: Just Passing Through
Sep 26, 2021
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A Portrait of Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola
Sep 19, 2021
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The Aftermath of 9/11
Sep 11, 2021
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Play It Again: Holland Taylor
Sep 5, 2021
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Lorde: Through the Years
Aug 29, 2021
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The Makings of Actor Poorna Jagannathan
Aug 22, 2021
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Off the Court with Candace Parker
Aug 15, 2021
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Dr. Jha on the State of the Pandemic
Aug 8, 2021
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Director Brian De Palma: A Retrospective
Aug 1, 2021
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A Zola Roundtable with Janicza Bravo and Joi McMillon
Jul 25, 2021
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On Air with Larry Wilmore
Jul 18, 2021
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Vince Staples by Vince Staples
Jul 11, 2021
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Play It Again: Ts Madison
Jul 4, 2021
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Steven Soderbergh: Making Movies
Jun 27, 2021
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Uzo Aduba: The Road is Good
Jun 20, 2021
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A Phone Call with Author Dave Eggers
Jun 16, 2021
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Sleater-Kinney's Path of Wellness
Jun 13, 2021
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On Earth with Ocean Vuong
Jun 6, 2021
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One on One with CNN's Jake Tapper
May 30, 2021
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Anna Sale: Death, Sex & Money
May 23, 2021
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The Michael Lewis Story
May 16, 2021
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Mother’s Day with Writer Jhumpa Lahiri
May 9, 2021
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The Freedom Riders Turn 60 (with Dr. Bernard Lafayette)
May 2, 2021
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Joel Meyerowitz: A Life in Photos
Apr 25, 2021
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Kevin Abstract: New Light, New Machine
Apr 21, 2021
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Songs For You
Apr 18, 2021
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Kathrine Switzer: Marathon Woman
Apr 15, 2021
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The Ts Madison Experience
Apr 11, 2021
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We Turn Five
Apr 4, 2021
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Nathaniel Rich: Stories from a World Remade
Mar 31, 2021
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Sunday School with Author Anne Lamott
Mar 28, 2021
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Black Futures with Kimberly Drew and J Wortham
Mar 21, 2021
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The Golden Age of Amanda Seyfried
Mar 14, 2021
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Winnie Byanyima's Lifelong Fight for Equality
Mar 7, 2021
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At 74, Actor Glynn Turman Keeps On
Feb 28, 2021
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Rest and Rebuild with Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Feb 21, 2021
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Alone but Never Lonely: Johnny Mathis at 85
Feb 14, 2021
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Short Stories with George Saunders
Feb 7, 2021
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Dr. Ashish Jha Sees the COVID Finish Line
Feb 3, 2021
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Julián Castro: In 2021, How Do We Prosper?
Jan 31, 2021
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A Talk Easy Holiday Special: Goodbye 2020
Dec 27, 2020
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A Talk Easy Holiday Special (pt. 1)
Dec 20, 2020
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Janaya Future Khan: The Work of Being Alive
Dec 13, 2020
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The AIDS Memorial: Stories of Love, Loss, and Remembrance
Dec 6, 2020
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Fran Lebowitz on Vinyl
Nov 29, 2020
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Matthew McConaughey: Just Keep Livin
Nov 22, 2020
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How Do We Heal? (with Resmaa Menakem)
Nov 15, 2020
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Election Week with Noam Chomsky
Nov 8, 2020
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Health & Science with Dr. Jha and Justin Rosenstein
Oct 29, 2020
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A Case for Human Decency (by Rutger Bregman)
Oct 25, 2020
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Antwaun Sargent: Young, Gifted and Black
Oct 22, 2020
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State of the Union with Cornel West
Oct 18, 2020
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Radha Blank: The Forty-Year-Old Version
Oct 15, 2020
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: What Can America Look Like?
Oct 11, 2020
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Claudia Rankine: Just Us
Oct 4, 2020
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Me and You and Miranda July
Sep 27, 2020
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Mythmaking with Jena Malone
Sep 23, 2020
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Play It Again: Gloria Steinem
Sep 20, 2020
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Carrie Coon / Cat Solen
Sep 16, 2020
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Janelle Monáe, Past and Present
Sep 13, 2020
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Brittany Howard is a “Living Miracle”
Sep 6, 2020
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The Carol Burnett Show
Aug 30, 2020
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Tyler Mitchell's “Black Utopia”
Aug 26, 2020
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Unbreakable Tituss Burgess
Aug 23, 2020
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Leah Remini vs. The Church of Scientology
Aug 19, 2020
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Norman Lear Turns 98
Aug 16, 2020
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Jenny Slate in 2020
Aug 9, 2020
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Malcolm Gladwell Returns
Aug 2, 2020
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Hannah Gadsby
Jul 26, 2020
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Fran Lebowitz
Jul 19, 2020
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Run the Jewels
Jul 12, 2020
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Bonus Episode: Documentarians Bill and Turner Ross!
Jul 9, 2020
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Hasan Minhaj
Jul 5, 2020
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A COVID-19 Checkup with Dr. Ashish Jha
Jun 28, 2020
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Bonus Episode: Radnor & Lee
Jun 24, 2020
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Episode 176 - Dolores Huerta
Jun 21, 2020
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Episode 175 - Holland Taylor
Jun 14, 2020
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Episode 174 - Hank Willis Thomas
Jun 7, 2020
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Episode 173 - Jelani Cobb (The New Yorker) On the Death of George Floyd
May 31, 2020
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Bonus Episode: Directors Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) & Malik Vitthal (Body Cam)
May 27, 2020
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Episode 172 - Brooke Gladstone (On the Media, NPR)
May 24, 2020
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Episode 171 - Ted Danson
May 17, 2020
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A Mother's Day Special
May 10, 2020
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Episode 170 - Roxane Gay
May 3, 2020
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Introducing: “The Last Dance Aftershow”
Apr 30, 2020
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Episode 169 - Elizabeth Gilbert
Apr 26, 2020
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Episode 168 - W. Kamau Bell, Four Years Later
Apr 19, 2020
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Episode 167 - Noam Chomsky (plus Dr. Ashish Jha of the Harvard Global Health Institute)
Apr 12, 2020
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Episode 166 - Beto O'Rourke
Apr 5, 2020
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Episode 165 - Naomi Klein
Mar 29, 2020
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Episode 164 - Juliette Lewis
Mar 22, 2020
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Episode 163 - Dr. Ashish Jha (Director of Harvard Global Health Institute)
Mar 15, 2020
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Episode 162 - Sam Waterston
Mar 8, 2020
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Episode 161 - Alison Pill
Mar 1, 2020
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Episode 160 - Haley Bennett
Feb 23, 2020
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Episode 159 - Morgan Parker
Feb 16, 2020
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A Talk Easy Holiday Special!
Dec 23, 2019
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Episode 158 - Gloria Steinem
Dec 16, 2019
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Episode 157 - Laura Dern
Dec 9, 2019
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Episode 156 - Tracy Letts
Nov 25, 2019
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Episode 155 - Errol Morris
Nov 17, 2019
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Episode 154 - Alma Har'el
Nov 10, 2019
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Episode 153 - Randall Park
Nov 3, 2019
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Episode 152 - Edward Norton
Oct 28, 2019
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Play It Again: Robert Forster (1941-2019)
Oct 20, 2019
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Episode 151 - Gary Gulman
Oct 13, 2019
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Episode 150 - Sam
Oct 7, 2019
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Bonus Episode: Trace Lysette
Sep 30, 2019
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Episode 149 - Scott Aukerman
Sep 22, 2019
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Episode 148 - Karley Sciortino
Sep 15, 2019
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Episode 147 - Peter Bogdanovich
Sep 8, 2019
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Episode 146 - Justin Simien
Sep 1, 2019
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Episode 145 - Whitney Cummings
Aug 25, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: Mom
Aug 18, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: Alan Alda
Aug 11, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: John Cho
Aug 4, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: Lena Waithe
Jul 28, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: Malcolm Gladwell
Jul 22, 2019
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Talk Easy Throwback: Norman Lear
Jul 14, 2019
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Episode 144 - Ron Perlman
Jun 30, 2019
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Episode 143 - Jeff Garlin
Jun 23, 2019
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Episode 142 - Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Jun 16, 2019
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Episode 141 - Michael Kelly
Jun 9, 2019
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Episode 140 - Jacki Weaver
Jun 2, 2019
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Episode 139 - Kenneth Branagh
May 26, 2019
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Episode 138 - Pam Grier
May 19, 2019
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Episode 137 - Werner Herzog
May 12, 2019
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Episode 136 - Wyatt Cenac
May 5, 2019
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Episode 135 - Chaz Ebert
Apr 29, 2019
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Episode 134 - Live From Ebertfest! (With Richard Roeper, Rita Coburn Whack, And More)
Apr 21, 2019
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Episode 133 - Tayarisha Poe
Apr 15, 2019
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Episode 132 - Sean Kingston
Apr 8, 2019
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Episode 131 - Alex Ross Perry
Apr 1, 2019
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Episode 130 - Bill Pullman
Mar 25, 2019
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Episode 129 - Brit Marling
Mar 18, 2019
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Episode 128 - Vincent D'Onofrio
Mar 14, 2019
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Episode 127 - Mary Holland
Mar 3, 2019
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Episode 126 - Keith David
Feb 24, 2019
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Episode 125 - Matt Walsh
Feb 19, 2019
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Episode 124 - Dulé Hill
Feb 11, 2019
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Episode 123 - Minhal Baig
Feb 4, 2019
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Episode 122 - Jeremy O. Harris
Dec 24, 2018
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Episode 121 - Jacqueline Bisset
Dec 17, 2018
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Episode 120 - Chris Elliott
Dec 10, 2018
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Episode 119 - Patrick Wang
Dec 3, 2018
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Episode 118 - Zoë Ligon
Nov 19, 2018
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Episode 117 - Viggo Mortensen
Nov 12, 2018
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Episode 116 - Jonny Sun
Nov 5, 2018
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Episode 115 - Adam Bhala Lough
Oct 29, 2018
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Episode 114 - DeRay Mckesson
Oct 22, 2018
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Episode 113 - Paul Dano
Oct 14, 2018
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Episode 112 - Nathaniel Rich
Oct 8, 2018
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Episode 111 - Kamasi Washington
Oct 1, 2018
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Episode 110 - Judy Greer
Sep 24, 2018
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Episode 109 - Amma Asante
Sep 17, 2018
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Lessons Learned (or how I turned 24 today)
Sep 9, 2018
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Episode 107 - Colman Domingo
Sep 3, 2018
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Episode 106 - Ione Skye
Aug 27, 2018
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Episode 105 - Jerrika Hinton
Aug 20, 2018
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Episode 104 - Sheila Vand
Aug 6, 2018
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Episode 103 - Lauren Miller Rogen
Jul 30, 2018
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Episode 102 - Alan Alda
Jul 22, 2018
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Episode 101 - Rob Reiner
Jul 15, 2018
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Episode 100 - Dad
Jul 2, 2018
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Episode 99 - John Cho
Jun 24, 2018
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Episode 98 - Chas Allen (Real-life subject of "American Animals")
Jun 17, 2018
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Episode 97 - Dawn Porter
Jun 11, 2018
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Episode 96 - Touré
Jun 4, 2018
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Episode 95 - Nina Collins
May 23, 2018
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Episode 94 - Gillian Jacobs
May 14, 2018
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Episode 93 - Laia Costa
May 7, 2018
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Episode 92 - Julie Dash
Apr 30, 2018
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Episode 91 - Kogonada
Apr 22, 2018
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Episode 90 - Chloé Zhao
Apr 16, 2018
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Episode 89 - The Lost Episode
Apr 9, 2018
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Episode 88 - Michael Imperioli
Apr 3, 2018
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Episode 87 - Jay Duplass
Mar 26, 2018
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Episode 86 - Josh Radnor
Mar 19, 2018
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Episode 85 - Alia Shawkat
Mar 12, 2018
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A Talk Easy Holiday Special
Dec 24, 2017
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Episode 83 - Sean Baker
Dec 18, 2017
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Episode 82 - Lois Smith
Dec 11, 2017
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Episode 81 - Paul F. Tompkins
Dec 5, 2017
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Episode 80 - Rory Scovel
Nov 20, 2017
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Episode 79 - Joachim Trier
Nov 13, 2017
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Episode 78 - Noël Wells
Nov 6, 2017
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Episode 77 - Miguel Arteta
Oct 31, 2017
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Episode 76 - Shea Serrano
Oct 25, 2017
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Episode 75 - Jen Yamato
Oct 16, 2017
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Episode 74 - Jon Daly
Oct 9, 2017
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Episode 73 - Willem Dafoe
Oct 2, 2017
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Episode 72 - Erica Chidi Cohen
Sep 25, 2017
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Episode 71 - Giancarlo Esposito
Sep 19, 2017
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Episode 70 - Heather Havrilesky
Sep 12, 2017
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Episode 69 - Norman Lear
Aug 28, 2017
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Episode 68 - Fred Melamed
Aug 21, 2017
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Episode 67 - Amber Navran
Aug 14, 2017
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Episode 66 - Rostam Batmanglij
Aug 6, 2017
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Episode 65 - Doreen St. Félix
Jul 30, 2017
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Episode 64 - Robert Downey Sr.
Jul 23, 2017
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Episode 63 - Jelani Cobb
Jul 17, 2017
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Episode 62 - Jenny Slate
Jul 11, 2017
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Episode 61 - A.O. Scott
Jul 3, 2017
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Episode 60 - Malcolm Gladwell
Jun 25, 2017
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Episode 59 - Patricia Lockwood
Jun 18, 2017
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