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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly series of intimate conversations with artists, activists, and politicians. Where people sound like people. Hosted by Sam Fragoso. New episodes every Sunday.

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Episodes (559)

From the Oscar Archives: Cate Blanchett

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Dispatches from a Gaza Hospital (with Dr. Seema Jilani)

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A Cup of Coffee with Actor Kyle MacLachlan (‘Twin Peaks’)

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Lily Gladstone (‘Killers of the Flower Moon’) is Making History

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Quinta Brunson: ‘Abbott Elementary’ is Back in Session

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Filmmaker Lulu Wang Creates In Between Two Worlds

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Oscar Nominations with Wesley Morris (The New York Times)

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Dan Levy (‘Schitt’s Creek’) Goes His Own Way

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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s New Hollywood Framework

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Actor Michelle Williams Works from a ‘Place of Peace’

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Talk Easy’s 2023 Mixtape

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Bradley Cooper as ‘Maestro’ from The New Yorker Radio Hour

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The New Yorker Editor David Remnick: 'There's No Time to Despair'

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The Transformations of Actor Willem Dafoe

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Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Fights for the Protection of Journalists

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Actor and Director Benny Safdie Does It All

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The Futurist Vision of Actor and Filmmaker Brit Marling

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Nov 19, 202358:58pending

The Ziwe Interview

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Nov 12, 202359:08pending

Marina Abramović Creates Art from Pain

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Nov 5, 202353:45pending

The Rise and Fall of Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (with Writer Michael L...

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Oct 29, 20231:08:17pending

Singer-Songwriter Weyes Blood Gives Us ‘Something to Believe’

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Oct 22, 20231:02:59pending

A Human Conversation with Writer George Saunders

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Oct 15, 202356:11pending

Author and Critic Hua Hsu (The New Yorker) ‘Stays True’

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The Transformations of Novelist Zadie Smith

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Writer Sandra Cisneros Finds the Poetry of the World

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Legend David Byrne (‘Stop Making Sense’) is Still Burning Down the House

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The State of Hollywood with Matt Belloni (‘The Town’)

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Sep 17, 20231:12:06pending

Jazz Singer Laufey is Bringing the Past to the Present

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Sep 10, 202356:50pending

The Summer in Review (with Culture Critic Sam Sanders)

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Sep 3, 20231:07:22pending

Tracing 'The Steps' of Musician Alana Haim

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The Era(s) of Musician Este Haim

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Aug 27, 20231:02:04pending

Abbi Jacobson is in a League of Her Own

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Aug 23, 20231:07:17pending

Composer Ludwig Göransson (‘Oppenheimer’) Can Hear the Music

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Aug 20, 202358:35pending

Beto O'Rourke and the Border

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Aug 13, 20231:24:52pending

Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Threads History and the Afrofuture

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Aug 6, 20231:10:35pending

The Revolution Will Be Televised (with 'The Bear' Writer Alex O'Keefe)

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Jul 30, 20231:07:25pending

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz: The Pleasure of Seeing

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Jul 23, 20231:35:25pending

At Home with Writer Joyce Carol Oates

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Jul 19, 202352:44pending

The Summer of Our Discontent with Reporter Astead Herndon (The New York Times)

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Jul 16, 20231:03:23pending

The Making of Tom Hanks

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Jul 9, 20231:00:59pending

Every Second Counts with Actor Jon Bernthal (‘The Bear’)

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Jul 2, 202358:46pending

The Era of Actor Michael Shannon

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Jun 25, 202356:18pending

Model and Activist Geena Rocero Lives Her Story

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Jun 21, 202352:42pending

A Father’s Day Special with Sarah Silverman

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Jun 18, 20231:01:09pending

A Sunday Matinee with Actor Oscar Isaac

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Jun 11, 202352:35pending

Comedian and Actor Ramy Youssef Tells a Muslim American Story

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Jun 4, 202359:36pending

The Elements of Singer-Songwriter Arlo Parks

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May 31, 202347:55pending

Director Nicole Holofcener’s Art Imitates Life

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Bill Hader Says Goodbye to ‘Barry’

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Actor Alan Ruck’s Road to ‘Succession’

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