“Everything’s changed,” says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “I’ve changed, and every book is a different person.” It’s true: in the... more

Jenny Slate returns today for her fourth appearance on the program. We discuss how this role in the new FX... more

Actor, writer, director, and producer Seth Rogen came up in an age of abundance—a Hollywood that made big-budget comedies with... more

In their new book, Abundance, journalists Ezra Klein (The New York Times) and Derek Thompson offer a hopeful vision for... more

From Mean Girls to Mamma Mia! to First Reformed, Amanda Seyfried has repeatedly displayed her versatility as a performer. Today, we... more

What does photography need to do now? Artist Tyler Mitchell has been asking (and attempting to answer) that question since... more

In celebration of Oscar Sunday, our conversation with actor Monica Barbaro. Her portrayal of Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic, A... more

In the lead-up to Oscar Sunday, our conversation with actor, writer, and director Jesse Eisenberg. At the top, we unpack... more

One week from Oscar Sunday, we’re joined by Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross. At the top, RaMell describes the formal... more

A celebration of 50 years of Saturday Night Live, featuring stories from Bill Hader, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jason Reitman. Find... more

For more than a decade, Chris Hayes has been one of our most incisive political thinkers. He joins us this... more

Actor Mikey Madison has delivered the performance of the season with her star-making turn in Anora. She joins us this... more

From The Walking Dead to Minari to Beef, Steven Yeun has become one of the most singular performers in Hollywood today. With his... more

David Lynch was an artist in every sense of the word. Rest in peace to the legendary filmmaker, who passed... more

Writer Emily Witt (“Health and Safety: A Breakdown”) has spent the past two weeks on the ground covering the Los... more

This week, we revisit a soulful conversation around climate change and the restorative power of nature with author Richard Powers.... more

Writer Jia Tolentino (The New Yorker) became a literary sensation in 2019 upon the release of her best-selling essay collection, Trick... more

To close out the holidays, our conversation with actor Harris Dickinson. We discuss his latest role in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl... more

For the holiday week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and critic Hilton Als. At... more

Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting. This week, he joins us to discuss the process of... more

For the past 50 years, Nikki Giovanni has been one of our preeminent poets. Rest in Power to the legendary... more

It’s been a year. And while we’re not quite done with it (3:15), we wanted to take a moment to... more

To close out the holiday weekend, we're revisiting our conversation with writer, food expert, and television host Padma Lakshmi. At... more

Today, for your holiday week, we’re returning to one of our favorite 2024 conversations with actor Jeff Daniels. Daniels is... more

Actor, writer, and director Jesse Eisenberg’s latest project, A Real Pain, is perhaps his most personal to date. He joins us... more

Since the turn of the century, actor Josh Brolin has had quite a run. From No Country for Old Men... more

It’s been a week. To help us through it, we’ve enlisted The New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon. We... more

On the heels of his latest book The Message, author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Sam for a conversation in Los Angeles.... more

Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air) has been a fixture in Hollywood for the past fifteen years. She... more

For the past decade, Jason Reynolds has become an inspiring voice in the literary world. He’s a New York Times... more

Today, culture critic Wesley Morris (The New York Times) returns to Talk Easy for a conversation about The Wonder of... more

Since his directorial debut in 2006, Jason Reitman has made the kind of films they say Hollywood doesn’t make anymore.... more

Director Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just want to make movies. He wants to change them. This was true in 1969... more

Joaquin Phoenix is one of the greatest actors of his generation. For three decades, he’s moved seamlessly between auteur-driven films... more

For actor Myha’la, the role of a lifetime arrived less than a year out of college. “Lightning struck,” she says,... more

For the past couple decades, actor Ken Leung has played scene-stealing characters in films like Rush Hour, Keeping the Faith,... more

To commemorate his 30th birthday, Abbi Jacobson interviews Sam! They talk about Sam's early days in journalism (8:00), his Almost... more

To start, Sam sits with another week in American life, before returning to our timely conversation with Congressman Maxwell Frost... more

This week, our guest is trailblazing filmmaker Lee Daniels. At the top, we discuss his fifteen-year journey to the new... more

Since 1989 (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has been a pioneering voice in American cinema. Part free-wheeling iconoclast,... more

We’re so back at the movies… with head of content at The Ringer and co-host of The Big Picture, Sean... more

What’s the difference between an interview and a first date? For the past decade, Amelia Dimoldenberg has been walking that... more

Vinson Cunningham has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for the past eight years, covering theater, television, and... more

Last fall, Zadie Smith published her prescient historical novel The Fraud. We return to our conversation with the beloved author... more

Taffy Brodesser-Akner (“Fleishman Is in Trouble”) is a staff writer at The New York Times, where she covers everything from... more

Today, we're revisiting our special conversation with actor Tom Hanks. We begin by discussing his debut novel, The Making of... more

This week, on the heels of our live show with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, we’re presenting a special conversation from her podcast... more

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Veep) is a national treasure with more primetime Emmys than any performer in the history of television.... more

On the heels of his first Emmy win, actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach joins us on the show to unpack the return... more

“You’re never gonna forget where you were last night at 7:30,” says James Carville. “It has the potential to be... more

Beloved playwright Annie Baker won the Pulitzer for Drama in 2014 for her play, The Flick. A decade later, she’s... more

This Father's Day, we're revisiting our special talk with actor Ethan Hawke. After a phone call with Dad Fragoso (2:00),... more

Director Richard Linklater has made a career out of telling personal stories with universal appeal. Dazed and Confused, Waking Life,... more

On the heels of her breakout role in Stranger Things, Maya Hawke has gone her own way as an artist—... more

This week we’re joined by comedian and actor Ilana Glazer.  At the top, Glazer reflects on her recent tour across... more

Hacks co-creators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello, who are also husband and wife, have been performing and writing together... more

This Mother’s Day, our very special episode with actor, writer, and director Pamela Adlon. We discuss her new movie Babes... more

In just under a decade, comedian, writer, and actor Jerrod Carmichael has had a remarkably varied career. On the heels... more

Today, actor and author Nick Offerman returns to the show! We call him up to unpack his latest role as... more

Today, in honor of National Poetry Month, we’re returning to our conversation with Rupi Kaur. Her debut collection, milk and... more

Actor Jeff Daniels is always writing. Plays, songs, a script or two. Even in interviews you get the sense the... more

Actor Dev Patel has pursued interesting, complex roles in Hollywood since his arrival in Slumdog Millionaire fifteen years ago. He... more

Today we're sharing two special conversations, featuring our friends at Revisionist History. First, Malcolm Gladwell joins Sam to discuss "Development... more

This weekend, comedian Ramy Youssef released a powerful and personal new HBO special, More Feelings. To commemorate the one-year anniversary... more

The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s... more

Writer Evan Osnos (The New Yorker, CNN) has been interviewing Joe Biden on and off for the past decade. He... more

To celebrate Oscar Sunday, we're returning to our talk with Oppenheimer composer Ludwig Göransson! To begin, Göransson describes the collaborative... more

For over twenty-five years, Cate Blanchett has been as vital as any performer we have. In the lead-up to this... more

As we enter month six of the Israel-Hamas war, a dispatch from Dr. Seema Jilani. She’s provided critical aid in... more

In celebration of Dune’s 40th anniversary, we have a damn fine cup of coffee with actor (and now podcaster) Kyle... more

Actor Lily Gladstone made history last month when she netted a Best Actress nomination for her work in Martin Scorsese’s... more

Today, we return to our conversation with “Abbott Elementary” creator and star, Quinta Brunson! On the heels of her historic... more

Following the success of her autobiographical 2019 film, The Farewell, Lulu Wang has emerged as one of the most exciting... more

Wesley Morris has served as critic at large at The New York Times since 2015, covering film, politics, and pop... more

Over the past 15 years, filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma, Queen Sugar) has become something of an institution in Hollywood. As... more

As we begin the new year, we're returning to our conversation with brilliant actor Michelle Williams. We walk through the... more

As we say goodbye to 2023, a collection of passages from some of our favorite episodes of the year. Featuring... more

This holiday weekend, we're presenting a special conversation between actor and director Bradley Cooper and David Remnick of The New... more

David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. He joins... more