Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) is Live in Los Angeles
On the heels of his latest book The Message, author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Sam for a conversation in Los Angeles. At the top, we discuss how his Atlantic piece The Case for Reparations guided these th...
3 Nov 20241h
Actor and Director Anna Kendrick: Life Imitates Art
Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air) has been a fixture in Hollywood for the past fifteen years. She joins us this week to discuss Woman of the Hour, her directorial debut and most revealing p...
27 Okt 20241h 2min
This Conversation with Author Jason Reynolds is a Gift
For the past decade, Jason Reynolds has become an inspiring voice in the literary world. He’s a New York Times bestselling author and as of this month, a 2024 MacArthur fellow. Reynolds sits with us t...
20 Okt 20241h 23min
Wesley Morris Returns with ‘The Wonder of Stevie’
Today, culture critic Wesley Morris (The New York Times) returns to Talk Easy for a conversation about The Wonder of Stevie, his new podcast with the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions. At the top, Wes...
16 Okt 20241h 25min
Director Jason Reitman’s Love Letter to ‘Saturday Night’
Since his directorial debut in 2006, Jason Reitman has made the kind of films they say Hollywood doesn’t make anymore. Today, we sit to discuss his latest project Saturday Night (9:09), the influence ...
13 Okt 20241h 2min
Francis Ford Coppola Stays in the Picture
Director Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just want to make movies. He wants to change them. This was true in 1969 when he co-founded Zoetrope Studios with George Lucas, and it remains true today at age 8...
6 Okt 20241h 4min
The Joaquin Phoenix Interview
Joaquin Phoenix is one of the greatest actors of his generation. For three decades, he’s moved seamlessly between auteur-driven films (Her, The Master) and box-office sensations (Gladiator, Joker). W...
29 Sep 20241h 5min
Why Myha’la (‘Industry’) is Playing the Long Game
For actor Myha’la, the role of a lifetime arrived less than a year out of college. “Lightning struck,” she says, “and in so many ways I have been preparing my entire life to be here.” In this case ‘he...
25 Sep 202457min
