At the Movies with Director Edgar Wright (‘The Running Man’)
Director Edgar Wright hit the ground running. For most filmmakers it takes many years (and many films) to find their voice, but Wright’s seemed to be fully formed upon arrival, with 2004’s Shaun of th...
9 Nov 20251h 15min
Novelist Salman Rushdie at ‘The Eleventh Hour’
For more than three decades, author Salman Rushdie has lived under threat. In 1989, a fatwa forced him into hiding. In 2022, he was stabbed more than a dozen times while speaking on stage—and nearly k...
2 Nov 20251h 26min
‘Before’ Director Richard Linklater
Director Richard Linklater has made a career out of telling personal stories with universal appeal. Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, the Before trilogy, Boyhood. No matter the genre or form, Linklater...
29 Okt 20251h 18min
GQ’s Will Welch on the Future of Magazines (and Men)
Is it possible the rumors of the death of print magazines (and masculinity) have been greatly exaggerated? We sit this week with GQ's Global Editorial Director Will Welch to discuss the magazine’s 202...
26 Okt 20251h 13min
Does Fashion Have a Future? Designer Gabriela Hearst is Threading the Needle.
Gabriela Hearst is one of the rare figures in fashion with an unwavering commitment to sustainability. At the top, we discuss her luminous Spring Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week (4:08), h...
19 Okt 202559min
Actor Rose Byrne: A Woman on the Verge
Rose Byrne has taken many forms on-screen. In Mary Bronstein’s new film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, she delivers a career-defining performance as a Long Island therapist and mother slowly unraveling u...
12 Okt 202551min
A Cup of Coffee with Director Benny Safdie (‘The Smashing Machine’)
Director, writer, and actor Benny Safdie stops by Sam’s home this week to discuss his new film, The Smashing Machine (1:30)—an unflinching portrait of mixed martial arts icon Mark Kerr (7:00), played ...
8 Okt 20251h 41min
Ta-Nehisi Coates Has a Message to Deliver. Can We Hear It?
Few writers have examined the tension between history and morality more urgently than Ta-Nehisi Coates. Last fall, on the heels of his new book The Message, Coates joined Sam for a conversation live i...
5 Okt 20251h 1min
