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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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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Episode 62 - Jenny Slate

Episode 62 - Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate exudes honesty and feeling, her deep self knowledge is captivating. And this honesty comes through in the wo... Read more

11 Jul 2017

1hr 6mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 28 - Kelly Reichardt

Episode 28 - Kelly Reichardt

This week on the show, "Certain Women" director Kelly Reichardt joins Sam for a conversation about her unique and beauti... Read more

11 Oct 2016

1hr 1min

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Ranked #3

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Episode 15 - Eric André

Episode 15 - 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 d... Read more

13 Jul 2016

38mins

Ranked #4

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Live From SXSW: Janicza Bravo

Live From SXSW: Janicza Bravo

This week's episode was recorded live at South by Southwest with emerging filmmaker, Janicza Bravo. Janicza's work has b... Read more

14 Mar 2017

1hr 2mins

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Episode 169 - Elizabeth Gilbert

Episode 169 - Elizabeth Gilbert

Four years ago Sam stumbled upon a book called “Big Magic”. From it, Talk Easy was born. Today we come full circle in si... Read more

26 Apr 2020

1hr 26mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 41 - Andy Greenwald

Episode 41 - Andy Greenwald

This week Sam sits down with cult-critic Andy Greenwald. Andy is best known for his writing at Grantland--however he has... Read more

8 Feb 2017

1hr 23mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 85 - Alia Shawkat

Episode 85 - Alia Shawkat

Talk Easy returns! Actress Alia Shawkat is on the show this week. We talk growing up on the television, the success of S... Read more

12 Mar 2018

1hr 32mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 148 - Karley Sciortino

Episode 148 - Karley Sciortino

Karley Sciortino is on this week! She reflects on her childhood, growing up Catholic in the age of Britney Spears, and s... Read more

15 Sep 2019

1hr 12mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 94 - Gillian Jacobs

Episode 94 - Gillian Jacobs

Episode 94 - Gillian Jacobs by Sam Fragoso  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee... Read more

14 May 2018

50mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 110 - Judy Greer

Episode 110 - Judy Greer

Judy Greer! You’ve seen her in...everything? Her directorial debut, “A happening of monumental proportions”, is out in t... Read more

24 Sep 2018

1hr 18mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 33 - Zoe Kazan

Episode 33 - Zoe Kazan

On this week's show, actress Zoe Kazan joins Sam for a conversation about growing up with screenwriter parents, going of... Read more

16 Nov 2016

1hr 13mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 106 - Ione Skye

Episode 106 - Ione Skye

Ione Skye needs no introduction. She's Ione Skye. You've seen her in plenty of film and television. Like many, I first s... Read more

27 Aug 2018

1hr 12mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 52 - Martin Starr

Episode 52 - Martin Starr

This week Sam sits down with actor Martin Starr. Starr got an early start to acting with his role as Bill Haverchuck on ... Read more

26 Apr 2017

1hr 9mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 101 - Rob Reiner

Episode 101 - Rob Reiner

Legendary writer/director/actor Rob Reiner joins us on the show this week. You remember his American staples: This is Sp... Read more

15 Jul 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #15

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Talk Easy Throwback: Malcolm Gladwell

Talk Easy Throwback: Malcolm Gladwell

A throwback to one of my favourite episodes, with Malcom Gladwell... Malcolm Gladwell is a writer best known for his boo... Read more

22 Jul 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 22 - Ben Schwartz

Episode 22 - Ben Schwartz

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

30 Aug 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #17

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Episode 137 - Werner Herzog

Episode 137 - Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is 76 years old with three films coming out in 2019. I don't know how he does it, but I try to find out in... Read more

12 May 2019

59mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 70 - Heather Havrilesky

Episode 70 - Heather Havrilesky

Heather Havrilesky is the author of “How to Be a Person in the World”, a collection of essays from her hit Ask Polly col... Read more

12 Sep 2017

1hr 21mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 99 - John Cho

Episode 99 - John Cho

John Cho's career has undergone several transformations in the past two decades, each of them more interesting and impre... Read more

24 Jun 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 83 - Sean Baker

Episode 83 - Sean Baker

Sean Baker is a writer/director known primarily for the Prince of Broadway, Tangerine, and, most recently, The Florida P... Read more

18 Dec 2017

1hr 14mins

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