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Mon, 28 Apr 2025

Body modifiers like Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have gotten attention for how skinny they ca...

Fri, 25 Apr 2025

Have you seen ADHD content pop up in your feeds? Are you getting a lot of it? In the past few years,...

Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Have you heard of Bryan Johnson – tech centimillionaire turned longevity evangelist? He made headl...

Mon, 21 Apr 2025

Have you or someone you love been confused by the push to 'Make America Healthy Again'? Then you, my...

Fri, 18 Apr 2025

Have you turned on ESPN recently? You might be surprised to find that the sports bros are abandoning...

Wed, 16 Apr 2025

Can the shape of your skull or the look of your face say something deeper about you? Like – if you...

Mon, 14 Apr 2025

Have you or someone you love been confused by the push to 'Make America Healthy Again'? Then you, my...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025

Global markets got a case of the jitters this week in the wake of President Trump's global tariff po...

Wed, 09 Apr 2025

Andrea Long Chu was once one of Brittany's favorite Sex and the City bloggers, and she's now a Pulit...

Mon, 07 Apr 2025

Have you or someone you love been confused by the push to 'Make America Healthy Again'?Side effects ...

Fri, 04 Apr 2025

Baby names tell a story - about a family's unique history, about a specific moment in time, and even...

Wed, 02 Apr 2025

At the beginning of the year, Brittany spoke to ELLE Fashion Features Director and author, Véroniqu...

Mon, 31 Mar 2025

America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But –...

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

It's hard out there for single women who date men. You've maybe heard friends complaining about the ...

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

There are a lot of big subjects that our culture has trouble talking about: wealth, death, addiction...

Mon, 24 Mar 2025

America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But –...

Fri, 21 Mar 2025

Poppers, a party substance long popular with gay men, were thrust into the national spotlight last w...

Wed, 19 Mar 2025

After the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in higher education, there was legitimate worry th...

Mon, 17 Mar 2025

America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But –...

Fri, 14 Mar 2025

Last weekend, former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by federal immigration ...

Wed, 12 Mar 2025

What does it even mean to be trans? That's the first question Torrey Peters asks readers in her new ...

Mon, 10 Mar 2025

When twitch streamers can sway elections and viral videos can turn fifteen seconds of fame into hund...

Fri, 07 Mar 2025

Last weekend, the Academy Award for Best Documentary went to a film that still lacks a U.S. distribu...

Wed, 05 Mar 2025

Over the past few years, Brittany has noticed the resurgence of the R-word - a word that otherwise l...

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

We're back with a bonus episode of "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness...

Fri, 28 Feb 2025

President Trump is calling for the end of the U.S. Department of Education, but so have other Republ...

Wed, 26 Feb 2025

What do The Substance, Nosferatu, and Babygirl have in common? They externalize the characters' inne...

Mon, 24 Feb 2025

We're back with "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our li...

Fri, 21 Feb 2025

Several entertainers and artists have severed ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performin...

Wed, 19 Feb 2025

Keke Palmer and SZA play two down on their luck friends who run into a series of hilarious unfortuna...

Mon, 17 Feb 2025

We're back with "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our li...

Fri, 14 Feb 2025

The price of eggs is skyrocketing due to avian flu, with no clear signs of slowing down. This week, ...

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

How do you adapt an "unadaptable" book? Today, host Brittany Luse finds out with RaMell Ross, direct...

Mon, 10 Feb 2025

We're launching a series called "All the Lonely People," diving deep into how loneliness shows up in...

Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Have you been dodging the news lately? Feeling a familiar sense of info fatigue creeping in? You're ...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025

President Trump has signed numerous executive orders surrounding immigration, but one in particular ...

Mon, 03 Feb 2025

Data from Gallup and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Americans are reading fewer books and ...

Fri, 31 Jan 2025

The new Trump administration is using the language of civil rights but flipping it on its head. If '...

Wed, 29 Jan 2025

How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys?Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento's cont...

Mon, 27 Jan 2025

What good is a Humanities degree? According to two intellectuals, Dr. Ally Louks and Jason Stanley, ...

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

President Trump is no stranger to buddying up with the ultra rich, and that was on full display at h...

Wed, 22 Jan 2025

Donald Trump has been re-sworn in as President of the United States. And for this re-ascendency, he ...

Mon, 20 Jan 2025

Is beef tallow a good skincare moisturizer?According to Pew Research Center, 79% of New Year's resol...

Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will end their third-party fact checking program, loose...

Wed, 15 Jan 2025

Bad Bunny's new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, has struck a chord with fans worldwide. He's always e...

Mon, 13 Jan 2025

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter-themed NFL halftime show performance showcased Black Americana, and drew in...

Fri, 10 Jan 2025

How much protein do you really need to consume?According to Pew Research Center, 79% of New Year's r...

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

Five years ago progressive Democrats seemed to be on the rise. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had just ous...

Mon, 06 Jan 2025

Why is sobriety more popular than ever?According to Pew – 79% of New Year's resolutions are about ...

Fri, 03 Jan 2025

Brittany has some predictions for the big trends to watch for in 2025. First, social media is OUT. N...

Wed, 01 Jan 2025

Happy New Year! Pop champagne, kiss a loved one, and turn on the rom-com that made New Year's Eve a ...

Mon, 30 Dec 2024

From HBO's Industry to FX's The Bear, 2024 was full of TV characters working out their "daddy issues...

Fri, 27 Dec 2024

To close out 2024, Brittany and friends are running through the best and worst pop culture moments o...

Tue, 24 Dec 2024

PEOPLE Magazine has done it again. Last month they revealed this year's "Sexiest Man Alive"...John K...

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

From the drones over New Jersey, to the surveillance cameras that captured Luigi Mangione, to even T...

Tue, 17 Dec 2024

It's the holiday season. The time of year when many of us go back home to see our families. But this...

Fri, 13 Dec 2024

Luigi Mangione is alleged to have shot and killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and even bef...

Tue, 10 Dec 2024

It's cuffing season: the time of year where the weather cools down and folks look for a warm body to...

Fri, 06 Dec 2024

When TikTok user, Slim Kim, posted a video expressing how much she loves 'being skinny,' she set off...

Tue, 03 Dec 2024

It's cuffing season: the time of year where the weather cools down and folks look for a warm body to...

Fri, 29 Nov 2024

It's cuffing season: the time of year where the weather cools down and folks look for a warm body to...

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

Our culture loves to celebrate adoption stories - and a lot of state governments put millions into p...

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

Are UFOs real? Maybe, but that's not the point. From Congressional hearings on UFOs to the claims of...

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The boys are not alright. They are falling behind in education and employment, and many have respond...

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Baby fever just isn't spreading like it used to. The United States fertility rate hit an all-time lo...

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

From Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to your favorite homemaking TikTok influencers, the wom...

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

What's surprising about Trump returning to the White House? For Brittany Luse, Pop Culture Happy Hou...

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter ...

Fri, 01 Nov 2024

The 2024 presidential candidates are making their closing arguments. While VP Harris is focused on t...

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

For the third and final installment of our Trilogy of Terror series, host Brittany Luse turns her at...

Fri, 25 Oct 2024

The same songs are sitting at the top of the music charts longer than ever, and that has Brittany Lu...

Wed, 23 Oct 2024

Kylie Minogue is having a capital-M moment, and Brittany sits down in studio with the pop star to ta...

Fri, 18 Oct 2024

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent. Now some towns that were touted as "safe" are seeing hurr...

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Sasha Colby is your favorite drag queen's favorite drag queen. That's because she's one of the most ...

Fri, 11 Oct 2024

In anticipation of more pro-Palestinian protests, many college administrators rolled out new rules t...

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

Who will win today's cage match?For the past two months Brittany has been hosting debates in cities ...

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Tuesday night, JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first debate. Host Brittany Luse is joined b...

Wed, 02 Oct 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the last few weeks Brittany has been ...

Fri, 27 Sep 2024

Following the false allegations against the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, the city receiv...

Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Fri, 20 Sep 2024

On Monday, the embattled rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking ...

Tue, 17 Sep 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Fri, 13 Sep 2024

Podcast and social media influencers have become important campaign stops for political hopefuls. Bu...

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Fri, 06 Sep 2024

It's September, which means millions of young learners across the country are dusting off their back...

Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Fri, 30 Aug 2024

After Chappell Roan posted about how some fans have been making her feel unsafe, there's been specul...

Wed, 28 Aug 2024

It's been 21 years since Starbucks debuted the first pumpkin spice latte in 2003. Since then, it's b...

Fri, 23 Aug 2024

As the dust settles on the DNC, host Brittany Luse takes a look at the challenges facing a group of ...

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Fri, 16 Aug 2024

Who will win today's cage match?Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hos...

Tue, 13 Aug 2024

Ever since Minnesota governor and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz called Republicans "...

Fri, 09 Aug 2024

Now that we're in the dog days of summer, host Brittany Luse wants to know - do we have a song of th...

Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race, things changed. Her campaign ...

Fri, 02 Aug 2024

From the attempted assassination of former President Trump, to President Biden dropping out of the e...

Tue, 30 Jul 2024

It seems like there are countless streamers these days – there's Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, ...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024

This is the first year the Olympics have gender parity between men's and women's teams - but does it...

Tue, 23 Jul 2024

In the latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, there are no singing cats. The actors have basi...

Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Last Saturday, former president Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania when a gunman s...

Tue, 16 Jul 2024

We're at the peak of summer, which means sunny days on the grass with a good book! Bestselling autho...

Fri, 12 Jul 2024

What did the raunchy joke say to the podcast host? That we might need to pay attention to the "zynte...

Tue, 09 Jul 2024

This week, the legendary singer and civil rights figure Mavis Staples is turning 85 and there's no s...

Fri, 05 Jul 2024

It is the first week of July, which means we are officially halfway through the year. And what a yea...

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

Too often, our attempts at nailing the family recipes end up in disaster and disappointment. This we...

Fri, 28 Jun 2024

The internet freaked out when Charli XCX and Lorde revealed - and put to rest - their pop girl rival...

Tue, 25 Jun 2024

It's Black Music month! This week, Host Brittany Luse invites Howard University professor and trombo...

Fri, 21 Jun 2024

First up, there has been a media frenzy around the fouls made against rising basketball star and Ind...

Tue, 18 Jun 2024

In his new memoir, Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace lays out his journey to find self-acceptan...

Fri, 14 Jun 2024

Flags have been making a lot of headlines lately, and it's not because today is National Flag Day. T...

Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Cole Escola is the star and creator of Oh Mary!, an upcoming Broadway play about Mary Todd Lincoln, ...

Fri, 07 Jun 2024

What is our justice system for? Many Republicans over the past week have suggested it's for revenge,...

Tue, 04 Jun 2024

Cheerleaders are canonical when it comes to teen media - but is it time we expand our idea of who c...

Fri, 31 May 2024

Summer is supposed to be for vacation and more relaxation, right? Well, for climate watchers, this s...

Tue, 28 May 2024

When a daughter or sister disappears how does a family move on without closure? Host Brittany Luse i...

Fri, 24 May 2024

Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett exchanged heated words on the House floo...

Tue, 21 May 2024

This week, Brittany Luse sits down with playwright Jocelyn Bioh, whose new play, Jaja's African Hair...

Fri, 17 May 2024

This week, the dating app Bumble could not stay out of the news. First, the company launched an anti...

Tue, 14 May 2024

Our culture is full of stories about what it's like to be young: to find yourself, to fall in love, ...

Fri, 10 May 2024

Drake and Kendrick have been trading diss tracks for weeks, and it's gotten darker and darker with e...

Thu, 09 May 2024

NPR's Rachel Martin is the host of a new weekly podcast called Wild Card. It's part-interview, part-...

Tue, 07 May 2024

Brittany sits down with Jane Schoenbrun, the director of A24's coming of age horror film, I Saw The ...

Fri, 03 May 2024

Pro-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities around the world, and in the last few ...

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Host Brittany Luse sits down with Arionne Nettles, author of We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Inf...

Fri, 26 Apr 2024

This week, President Biden signed a law that could ban TikTok nationwide unless its Chinese parent c...

Tue, 23 Apr 2024

One of Brittany's latest TV obsessions has been Netflix's Love on the Spectrum. It's a reality serie...

Fri, 19 Apr 2024

Earlier this week, pro-Palestinian protestors blocked traffic on highways and bridges in San Francis...

Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Some of us whistle while we work, but what happens when your work is whistling? This week, host Brit...

Fri, 12 Apr 2024

President Biden has been pushing new regulations to promote electric vehicle production to combat th...

Tue, 09 Apr 2024

Grab your cowboy hat, and saddle up that horse, because Beyoncé's highly anticipated album, Cowboy ...

Fri, 05 Apr 2024

Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week, the city's 39 year ol...

Wed, 03 Apr 2024

This week, we're revisiting an exploration of hair braiding gone wrong. Online, women looking to get...

Fri, 29 Mar 2024

TikTok has come under fire for its addictive algorithm and for being a place where misinformation sp...

Tue, 26 Mar 2024

Erotic thrillers are meant to be sexy, bloody, and fun. The best of them also deal with shifts in cu...

Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Dune: Part Two is a marvel of cinematic wonder. Amongst all the chatter around the cinematography an...

Tue, 19 Mar 2024

Awards season is finally over and even though Oppenheimer took home the top prize for best picture a...

Fri, 15 Mar 2024

The 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President...

Tue, 12 Mar 2024

It's basically spring - which means wedding season is starting to rev up. And no one does weddings q...

Sat, 09 Mar 2024

This weekend's Oscars ceremony will mark the close of awards season. But what has been an exciting y...

Tue, 05 Mar 2024

It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse and producer Liam McBain took a little field trip to the Metro...

Fri, 01 Mar 2024

The American journalism industry is in crisis - layoffs, strikes, and site shutdowns have some peopl...

Tue, 27 Feb 2024

Da'Vine Joy Randolph just keeps winning — she's won best supporting actress for her role in The Ho...

Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Brittany feels like we've entered a new phase of celebrity oligarchy; new celebrity business enterpr...

Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Jada Pinkett Smith is the kind of celebrity that makes headlines just by breathing. But looking at t...

Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Choreographer Fatima Robinson has had an incredibly prolific career: she gave us the iconic King Tut...

Wed, 14 Feb 2024

This week, we're asking: do the fantasies we read in romance novels say anything about what we want ...

Sat, 10 Feb 2024

This weekend, Vegas hit the jackpot. For the first time ever, Sin City will host the Super Bowl; and...

Tue, 06 Feb 2024

It seems like there are countless streamers these days – there's Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, ...

Fri, 02 Feb 2024

Charlamagne tha God has been dominating hip-hop radio for years, and lately, his influence has exten...

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

We're taking it way back — all the way to college. This episode is a mini-reunion: host Brittany L...

Fri, 26 Jan 2024

This morning, the International Court of Justice shared a decision on South Africa's genocide case a...

Tue, 23 Jan 2024

Director and actor Benny Safdie is probably best known for co-directing the film Uncut Gems, but he'...

Fri, 19 Jan 2024

For decades, Evangelicals have propped up Republican presidents. And while church attendance has fal...

Tue, 16 Jan 2024

Anna Deavere Smith is an acclaimed actress, journalist, and playwright. She's a pioneer of what's kn...

Fri, 12 Jan 2024

Fantasia Barrino-Taylor is picking up awards buzz for her portrayal of Celie in The Color Purple, an...

Tue, 09 Jan 2024

American Fiction is a movie you can spend hours discussing. Based on Percival Everett's novel Erasur...

Fri, 05 Jan 2024

This week, host Brittany Luse is starting with the biggest story of the year - the upcoming presiden...

Tue, 02 Jan 2024

Looking for joy? Then it might be worth exploring your sorrow. In his collection of essays, Inciting...

Fri, 29 Dec 2023

To close out the year, Brittany is sitting down with Lonnie Holley. He's a painter, sculptor, and mu...

Tue, 26 Dec 2023

On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born at a house party in the Bronx. 50 years later the genre has bee...

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

Flying can be a frustrating experience, but holiday travel tends to shift our stress levels into ove...

Tue, 19 Dec 2023

2023 has been huge for the celebrity memoir game: Britney Spears, Prince Harry and Jada Pinkett Smit...

Fri, 15 Dec 2023

Welcome to the first ever IBAMmys, the It's Been A Minute 2023 culture awards show! It's been a minu...

Tue, 12 Dec 2023

It's been an eventful year for music; we saw the rise of Mexican Regional music on the charts, the e...

Fri, 08 Dec 2023

Nicki Minaj just released her first album in half a decade, Pink Friday 2. The self-proclaimed 'Quee...

Tue, 05 Dec 2023

In the credits for 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé' the Queen Bee makes it clear who is in charge. ...

Fri, 01 Dec 2023

This week, Brittany chats with New Yorker television critic Inkoo Kang about Showtime's historical r...

Tue, 28 Nov 2023

This week we're bringing you a special episode from the Embedded series 'All the Only Ones.' The ser...

Fri, 24 Nov 2023

Disney recently celebrated its 100th birthday, so we're exploring a fandom that's kept the magic ali...

Tue, 21 Nov 2023

For the millions of Americans that celebrate Thanksgiving, it's a time when a lot of us reflect on t...

Fri, 17 Nov 2023

As many male rappers seem to become more depressed or vindictive in their lyrics, the women of rap a...

Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is everything an Oscar contender might be - long, epic,...

Fri, 10 Nov 2023

The season of the celebrity memoir is upon us. In just the past few months Britney Spears, Jada Pink...

Tue, 07 Nov 2023

The restaurant industry has been making headlines lately. Fine dining heavyweights are shuttering: N...

Fri, 03 Nov 2023

The Gilded Age delighted audiences with its lavish sets, decadent costumes and social sniping when i...

Tue, 31 Oct 2023

It's a big week for fans of reality TV - it's Bravocon 2023. This year it's in Las Vegas – and whi...

Fri, 27 Oct 2023

Britney Spears just released one of the most hotly anticipated celebrity memoirs of the year, The Wo...

Tue, 24 Oct 2023

Halloween is upon us — and it's the season for horror movies. Host Brittany Luse is a HUGE horror...

Fri, 20 Oct 2023

A warning: This episode contains explicit language and mentions of rape.For the past two weeks, soci...

Tue, 17 Oct 2023

From our friends at Code Switch, we present a story about one group of student activists in Baltimor...

Fri, 13 Oct 2023

Taylor Swift and her maybe boyfriend, Kansas Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, have been inescapable th...

Tue, 10 Oct 2023

We can all think of a bad movie accent. There's Lady Gaga in House of Gucci, Brad Pitt in Meet Joe B...

Fri, 06 Oct 2023

Every year, the Katmai National Park in Alaska puts on a March Madness-style bracket of all the fatt...

Tue, 03 Oct 2023

This week, host Brittany Luse kicks off spooky season by sitting down with the current champion of B...

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

A recent New Yorker piece on Hasan Minhaj found that some crucial bits of his stand-up act didn't st...

Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Bethann Hardison is the fashion icon behind so many fashion icons: she worked as a modeling agent in...

Fri, 22 Sep 2023

This year, the WNBA had its most-watched regular season in 21 years, but what went into creating thi...

Tue, 19 Sep 2023

Every couple of weeks there's a new story of a fan at a concert misbehaving. One fan threw ashes at ...

Fri, 15 Sep 2023

In 2017, Today, Explained co-host Noel King says she started getting a vibe: young people were discu...

Tue, 12 Sep 2023

When you think of rockstar royalty, a queer, Southern Black man normally doesn't come to mind. But d...

Fri, 08 Sep 2023

When former President Donald Trump's mugshot was released, pundits immediately searched for meaning....

Tue, 05 Sep 2023

It's been 20 years since Starbucks debuted the first pumpkin spice latte in 2003. Since then, it's b...

Sat, 02 Sep 2023

Music is all about pushing the envelope, and no one knew that more than Luther Vandross. His renditi...

Tue, 29 Aug 2023

In September 2002, the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. released their smash single "All The Things She Said...

Fri, 25 Aug 2023

In this conversation from November 2022, host Brittany Luse chats with beauty reporter Jessica Defin...

Tue, 22 Aug 2023

This week is all about beauty and diet trends. In this first interview from March, host Brittany Lus...

Sat, 19 Aug 2023

This week, we're looking at some of the best TV of the year. Brittany Luse revisits her November 202...

Tue, 15 Aug 2023

In this conversation from March, Brittany Luse is joined by Chicago Tribune TV and film critic Nina ...

Fri, 11 Aug 2023

On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born at a house party in the Bronx. 50 years later the genre has bee...

Tue, 08 Aug 2023

The crack epidemic has had seismic impact on American culture, from music to TV and film. This week,...

Fri, 04 Aug 2023

Over the past few years, tipping expectations have changed: we're asked to tip in restaurants and co...

Tue, 01 Aug 2023

The top three songs in America right now are country tracks, and the top two hits are by artists fac...

Fri, 28 Jul 2023

Screenshots of dating apps are making the rounds online and what feels like mundane exchanges are ge...

Tue, 25 Jul 2023

Think of the top women rappers of our time: Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj. They all show...

Fri, 21 Jul 2023

The Barbie movie has arrived and we seem to be reaching peak Barbie-mania. But, Barbie's brand of hy...

Wed, 19 Jul 2023

In the wake of user dissatisfaction with Twitter, a crop of hungry new apps have sprung up to replac...

Fri, 14 Jul 2023

It's been 20 years since Beyoncé's single Crazy in Love poured out of every radio, car speaker and ...

Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Joy Ride, the ensemble R-rated comedy of the summer, has burst onto the scene with raunchiness, hear...

Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Years before their appointments to the highest court in the land, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotom...

Tue, 04 Jul 2023

Bravo's hit reality show Vanderpump Rules has become infamous due to a much-discussed affair between...

Sat, 01 Jul 2023

HBO's 'The Idol' has been riddled with controversy, and with the show coming to an end, host Brittan...

Tue, 27 Jun 2023

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan has big dreams. The 21-year-old gained full celebrity status with her breakout...

Fri, 23 Jun 2023

Today, we consider the himbo — sweet hotties who are maybe a little naive about the world, but ar...

Tue, 20 Jun 2023

Dominique Fishback is starring in one of the biggest summer movies, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts...

Fri, 16 Jun 2023

There's been a common theme swirling throughout the culture wars: from gun policy, to drag bans, to ...

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Virginia Sole-Smith is an author, writer and host of the podcast Burnt Toast — and her work focuse...

Fri, 09 Jun 2023

Grammy-nominated singer Emily King is a master architect of love songs: her dreamy pop-infused music...

Tue, 06 Jun 2023

The prince of pranks, Eric André, changed the comedy landscape with his long running series on Adul...

Fri, 02 Jun 2023

It's finally summer! And what better way to celebrate than to pick up a juicy book on a nice day? Ro...

Tue, 30 May 2023

This week, host Brittany Luse chats with author and culture critic Brandon Taylor about his latest n...

Sat, 27 May 2023

This week, the world went into mourning after losing the Goddess of Rock n' Roll: Tina Turner. Veter...

Fri, 26 May 2023

We're in a motorsports moment: Fast X just dropped, Rosalía is popularizing the motomami aesthetic ...

Tue, 23 May 2023

Author and one of NPR's beloved hosts, Elise Hu, joins Brittany Luse to talk about her new book: Fla...

Fri, 19 May 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could approve certain psychedelic drugs for treatment of PTSD ...

Tue, 16 May 2023

It has been one year since a white supremacist drove to a predominantly Black neighborhood with an A...

Fri, 12 May 2023

Since releasing one of the most critically acclaimed albums in 2022, pop titan Beyoncé has withheld...

Tue, 09 May 2023

Host Brittany Luse revisits her 2022 conversation with the legendary DJ Honey Dijon. As one of the o...

Fri, 05 May 2023

Brittany Luse talks to Padma Lakshmi about the second season of her series Taste The Nation. They ge...

Wed, 03 May 2023

Yesterday was the first Monday in May, which meant we were inundated with pics of the Met Gala. The ...

Fri, 28 Apr 2023

A big strike might be coming to Hollywood. That's because the Writer's Guild of America - the union ...

Tue, 25 Apr 2023

New York Congressman George Santos has been embroiled in controversy since the day he stepped into o...

Fri, 21 Apr 2023

While hip hop has a history of anti-establishment and progressive politics, hip hop media is taking ...

Tue, 18 Apr 2023

From our friends at Louder Than a Riot, a look back at the origins of Miami's wildest rap icon, Trin...

Fri, 14 Apr 2023

This week, host Brittany Luse is joined by UC Berkeley Law professor Khiara Bridges to connect the d...

Tue, 11 Apr 2023

Tracee Ellis Ross is an icon. From playing the premiere Black bachelorette, Joan Carol Clayton, on G...

Fri, 07 Apr 2023

In reality TV, bringing the drama used to mean making it big. But these days, it doesn't seem to pay...

Tue, 04 Apr 2023

The AI revolution has come for our love lives. Millions around the world are now in relationships wi...

Fri, 31 Mar 2023

It's not just you – the constant texts, calls, emails and DMs from scammers are invading so many o...

Tue, 28 Mar 2023

If you're more than a casual observer on the interwebs, you've probably heard the term, "chronically...

Fri, 24 Mar 2023

It's basically spring - which means wedding season is starting to rev up. And no one does weddings q...

Tue, 21 Mar 2023

It's been three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. And a...

Fri, 17 Mar 2023

Even after Silicon Valley Bank crumbled and tech workers have been laid off in the thousands, Silico...

Tue, 14 Mar 2023

John Legend has permeated the culture for over two decades. His music has racked up billions of play...

Fri, 10 Mar 2023

In nearly 100 years, the Oscar award for Best Director has only gone to three women. The film indust...

Wed, 08 Mar 2023

In the six decades since Marilyn Monroe passed away, Hollywood has not let her go. Actresses have po...

Fri, 03 Mar 2023

What makes The Real Housewives peak culture – as in the #1 topic in the group chat – for so many...

Tue, 28 Feb 2023

Keyla Monterroso Mejia is a dramedy star on the rise. She made audiences cringe with laughter in Cur...

Fri, 24 Feb 2023

How should U.S history be told, and who gets to tell it? Debate over these questions has raged for y...

Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Looking for joy? Then it might be worth exploring your sorrow, complications and mess. In his latest...

Fri, 17 Feb 2023

If you haven't stepped into an underground club in the last decade, you might be forgiven if you don...

Tue, 14 Feb 2023

This week, we're asking: do the fantasies we read in romance novels say anything about what we want ...

Fri, 10 Feb 2023

The scintillating strip sensation is back! 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' hits theaters this weekend – ...

Tue, 07 Feb 2023

This weekend Rihanna will perform on the world's biggest stage as the halftime headliner at the Supe...

Fri, 03 Feb 2023

From "A House Is Not A Home" to "The Glow of Love," Luther Vandross' music has become a staple for w...

Tue, 31 Jan 2023

New York Congressman George Santos has been embroiled in controversy since the day he stepped into o...

Fri, 27 Jan 2023

It's the end of an era. After more than 25 years, The Pokémon Company is closing the book on the ad...

Wed, 25 Jan 2023

Everything Everywhere All at Once is the critical darling of the 2023 awards season. The film is up ...

Fri, 20 Jan 2023

It's in our homes and in our pockets, and now artificial intelligence is in our art. The runaway ris...

Wed, 18 Jan 2023

At first blush, M3GAN seems like your standard murder doll horror film. Uncanny appearance, eerily c...

Fri, 13 Jan 2023

For Black women, hair is about so much more than beauty. It can affect how they're treated and what ...

Tue, 10 Jan 2023

For women who date men, bad sex might feel like a personal problem, but Nona Willis Aronowitz says i...

Fri, 06 Jan 2023

It's a new year, and with it comes a new Congress. This week, Brittany Luse sits down with the first...

Tue, 03 Jan 2023

In this episode from June 2022, guest host B.A. Parker and Vox entertainment critic Emily St. James ...

Fri, 30 Dec 2022

2022 was a banner year for Honey Dijon. She co-produced two of the fiercest tracks on Beyoncé's la...

Tue, 27 Dec 2022

In this conversation from April 2022, former guest host Juana Summers sits down with author Danyel S...

Sat, 24 Dec 2022

For the last two weeks, rapper Tory Lanez has been on trial for allegedly shooting Grammy winner Meg...

Tue, 20 Dec 2022

It's been almost two decades since the star-studded romantic comedy premiered, but Love Actually is ...

Fri, 16 Dec 2022

Donna Tartt's The Secret History turned 30 this year. Since the book's release, the novel has sold m...

Tue, 13 Dec 2022

#BlackLivesMatter. #OscarsSoWhite. #Zola. These huge cultural moments come from one of the most chao...

Fri, 09 Dec 2022

When the world never stops questioning you, do you refuse to answer... or do you play along to get w...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022

Think of the top women rappers of our time: Cardi B. Megan Thee Stallion. Nicki Minaj. They all show...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022

Recently, host Brittany Luse has found herself curious about motherhood. As she's thought about the ...

Tue, 29 Nov 2022

From our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, a deep dive on The Godfather – and why the classic fil...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022

There's nothing like the holidays for family drama. And in today's episode, Brittany Luse sits down ...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022

According to the CDC, out of all the American adults who have had COVID — and that's a lot of us —...

Fri, 18 Nov 2022

They call him a 21st-century god of soccer. One of the all time greats. A king. But Lionel Messi's c...

Tue, 15 Nov 2022

Brittany Luse watches a lot of TV, but there's one show she's always caught up on — Abbott Element...

Sat, 12 Nov 2022

It's a big week in Black cinema as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hit theaters Friday. But on the sa...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022

It's Election Day, and Brittany's focusing on those long lines at the polls. For years there's been ...

Fri, 04 Nov 2022

The Kardashians. Whether you're into them or not, one thing is true: You can't avoid them. When they...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022

If you ask people to describe Christine Baranski, one word rises to the top: sophisticated. That's n...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022

Spooky season is upon us, so we decided to sink our teeth into the world of vampires. Host Brittany ...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022

Every fall, with the same regularity as birds flying south, Spirit Halloween materializes in locatio...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022

The It's Been a Minute team gives you a sneak peek at the event of the season: BravoCon, where our p...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan has big dreams. The 20-year-old gained full celebrity status with her breakout...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022

The saga around Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter has been just that: a months-long soap opera involvi...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022

When our host Brittany Luse first heard of The Woman King – a film about an all-women warrior unit...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022

Stacey Abrams wants to make history again. After losing the Georgia governor's race to Brian Kemp ba...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022

NPR is proud to present Brittany Luse as the new host for It's Been A Minute. Whether you're a long ...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022

Today we have a special drop from our friends at NPR's Alt.Latino! The show just welcomed Anamaria S...

Fri, 30 Sep 2022

When folks think about where to get the latest in hip-hop, NPR doesn't usually come to mind. But tha...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022

Julissa Arce used to think that the secret to fitting in was to "sound white" — to speak English p...

Fri, 23 Sep 2022

We talk TV REBOOTS. Guest host Elise Hu chats with Judy Greer about her role in the new Hulu series ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022

HBO gave us some of the most iconic television shows of our time: Sex and the City. The Sopranos. Ga...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022

King Charles III doesn't enjoy the same popularity as his mother. In the face of mixed feelings towa...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022

To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the K-pop group Girls' Generation put out their newest album, '...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022

Serena Williams just played her last U.S. Open. In the historic two-plus decades of her tennis caree...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022

The Russian pop duo t.A.T.u released their smash single "All The Things She Said" 20 years ago this ...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022

For a long time, Dungeons & Dragons was stereotyped as a game for nerdy young white guys in their pa...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022

What is culture, where does it come from and why does it change? W. David Marx, author of the new bo...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022

BeReal may be the hottest new social media app on the market, but can it live up to its promise to b...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022

The Starz hit series P-Valley takes audiences to a strip club in a fictional town in the Mississippi...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022

Bad Bunny is the biggest pop star in the world, so what does he believe in? Guest host Tracie Hunte ...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022

In FX's Reservation Dogs, Dallas Goldtooth plays the character "Spirit" — a Native American warrio...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022

What does Brittney Griner's hypervisibility as a tall, queer, Black woman have to do with her 9-year...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022

In HBO's Industry, Myha'la Herrold plays Harper, a ruthless young trading floor analyst working for ...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022

What do we expect from women rappers? Guest host Tracie Hunte and music and culture journalist Naima...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022

After years of covering HIV and AIDS, journalist Steven Thrasher knew that the hardest hit communiti...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022

Beyoncé's new album is here! Guest host Anna Sale chats with Dan Runcie, founder of the hip hop sit...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022

In this episode from our friends at The Limits with Jay Williams, host Jay Williams speaks with Colm...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022

These days, following the news can be utterly demoralizing. How do we deal? Guest host Anna Sale tal...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022

From guest host Anna Sale's other podcast Death, Sex & Money, we bring you this story about Mary Gun...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022

Starting July 16, anyone in the US experiencing emotional distress or a mental health crisis can cal...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022

In 2017, author Erika L. Sánchez was making her dreams come true, her young adult novel I'm Not You...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022

They're short, sexy and on-trend: Hoochie daddy shorts are all the rage for cisgender straight men t...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022

How do freedom and rights intersect with sex, pleasure and the self? It's a question the U.S. is fac...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022

The Supreme Court gutted abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade. For those who have been in the ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022

Family conflict is a cinema staple. But recently Hollywood has come out with a slew of stories about...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022

In a matter of days Beyoncé and Drake both released music that draws deeply on 90s era house music....

Tue, 21 Jun 2022

Fangirls often don't get taken seriously in pop culture. But in her new book, Everything I Need, I G...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022

When singer-songwriter Kate Bush released "Running Up That Hill" in 1985, it peaked at number 30 on ...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022

We don't often think of Hawaii and the Korean peninsula as having any kind of shared history. But au...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022

These days, it seems everyone wants to be an influencer. But as content creators realize that it's a...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022

The first time Joel Kim Booster vacationed on New York's Fire Island with his friend, comedian Bowen...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Once again, Americans are asking how to end mass shootings. With consensus on gun laws unlikely, som...

Tue, 31 May 2022

Name a Black musician from the 1970s and chances are Bruce Talamon has photographed them. The Jackso...

Fri, 27 May 2022

In this episode from our friends at Life Kit, guest host Elise Hu teaches us how to make the most of...

Tue, 24 May 2022

Singer Phoebe Bridgers had a huge year in 2020. She was nominated for four Grammys for her work on h...

Fri, 20 May 2022

In this special episode from our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, guest host Aisha Harris talks wi...

Tue, 17 May 2022

In this encore episode from 2018, former host Sam Sanders speaks with singer-songwriter Syd about he...

Fri, 13 May 2022

With the anticipated repeal of Roe v. Wade, it's unclear how Americans will access abortion and othe...

Tue, 10 May 2022

Yebba had a huge year in 2016. The singer and songwriter's career was taking off. But 2016 was also ...

Fri, 06 May 2022

Protests erupted across the nation this week in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court brief suggesting ...

Mon, 02 May 2022

Attention to all the music lovers out there! All month, we're revisiting our best music episodes fro...

Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Legislation targeting transgender Americans and trans children has increased sharply in the last yea...

Tue, 26 Apr 2022

Guest host Juana Summers speaks with co-authors Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy about their new b...

Fri, 22 Apr 2022

With travel mask mandates dropping, increasing cases, and more COVID variants, precaution exhaustion...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022

Guest host Juana Summers talks with Danyel Smith about her new memoir, Shine Bright: A Personal Hist...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022

From homemade candles to jewelry, leather goods to cloth masks, online marketplace Etsy has been a h...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022

In this special episode from our friends at the Broken Record podcast, we will hear producer Rick Ru...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022

Guest host Jasmine Garsd talks to Kristen Warner, an associate professor at the University of Alabam...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022

In this special new episode of It's Been a Minute, we share a conversation Sam Sanders recorded abou...

Fri, 01 Apr 2022

You may see it in the news or on social media. You may be feeling different in your relationships or...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022

Elise Hu chats with Soo Hugh, writer and showrunner of the much anticipated series Pachinko, based o...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022

A trimmed telecast? A crowd-sourced award? DJ Khaled as a presenter? The Oscars are back like you've...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022

A school crush once told Julissa Arce that she sounded "like a white girl." At the time, Arce believ...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022

It's been one year since the Atlanta-area spa shootings that claimed eight lives, six of whom were A...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022

Our friends at Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! have a new show out with host Emma Choi. It's called Eve...

Fri, 11 Mar 2022

It's Been A Minute is sticking around, but before our beloved Sam Sanders takes flight we've got new...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022

With more extreme antisemitic attacks on the rise and more antisemitic rhetoric in the mainstream, a...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, global powers have put the pressure on with sanctions u...

Tue, 01 Mar 2022

It's our 500th episode and what better way to celebrate than with Johnny Knoxville's first appearanc...

Fri, 25 Feb 2022

Before George Floyd and Michael Brown, there was Trayvon Martin. And this weekend marks ten years si...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022

In this episode from our friends at NPR's newest podcast The Limits, host Jay Williams chats with Ga...

Fri, 18 Feb 2022

What is the metaverse? How do you get to it? Why does it seem to dominate headlines every week? Is i...

Tue, 15 Feb 2022

Streaming has totally changed the face of TV, but in all its abundance, who gets to make a show, and...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022

Victoria Walker, former The Points Guy senior travel reporter, didn't think much about tweeting her ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022

China has held a soft power over Hollywood for the last few decades. Examples range from the cosmeti...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022

It's hard to believe the Winter Olympics have begun in Beijing, our second COVID Games. Sam talks to...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022

There were two big music festivals happening in the summer of 1969. While one defined an entire gene...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022

Sam sits down to chat, sing, improv and of course play Who Said That with actors Ben Schwartz and Sa...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022

Sam chats with author Wajahat Ali about his new book, Go Back To Where You Came From: And Other Help...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022

André Leon Talley became a major part of the global fashion zeitgeist while navigating being one of...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022

Sam revisits his 2021 conversation with Sarah Schulman about ACT UP. The organization united a diver...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022

A group of elite colleges and universities this week found themselves at the center of a lawsuit all...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022

Former President Donald Trump is still one of the most influential members of the Republican party e...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022

It's been a full year since the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, perhaps the most s...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022

In this special episode from our friends at Throughline, co-hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablou...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021

Happy New Year's Eve, y'all! Before we officially end 2021, we're revisiting on one of our favorite ...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021

Sam chats with Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan, the two co-hosts of the podcast Switched on Pop, abou...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021

Do holiday movies actually make money for networks like Hallmark and Netflix? How many Vanessa Hudge...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021

In an era when social media and streaming reign supreme, how has a daytime talk show on network tele...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021

We take a look back on the year in news and pop culture... in quotes. For this special episode of It...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021

In this special episode from our friends at Alt. Latino, host Felix Contreras talks to Elvis Costell...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021

Now that we're nearly a year into Joe Biden's presidency (and out of Donald Trump's)... what has Bid...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021

Has working from home during the pandemic been frustrating for you? You're not alone. Charlie Warzel...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021

Was 2021 the labor movement's year? It certainly felt like it — thousands of workers went on stri...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021

In this special episode from our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, guest host Ayesha Rascoe joins c...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021

Guest host Ayesha Rascoe is joined by NPR senior editor Barrie Hardymon and Traci Thomas, host of Th...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021

What better gift to give this holiday season than the gift of... advice? And solicited advice at tha...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021

A lot of consumers are worried about supply chain delays this holiday season — but there are also ...

Tue, 16 Nov 2021

Why do we feel shame for sincerely enjoying something that others don't like? That's one of the big ...

Fri, 12 Nov 2021

Now that more people are getting comfortable flying again, it's about time to remind ourselves that,...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021

The global pandemic has spawned a different type of epidemic, one of an entirely different nature: a...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021

Sam talks to Slate staff writer Mark Joseph Stern about the Supreme Court hearing challenges to the ...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021

In this episode from our friends at NPR's Code Switch podcast, Kat Chow chats with former host Shere...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021

Ahead of the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow this weekend, Sam chats with climate experts Ayana Elizab...

Thu, 28 Oct 2021

In this special bonus episode, Sam joins Switched On Pop co-host Charlie Harding to talk Cyndi Laupe...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021

Author and host of the No Skips podcast Shea Serrano gets obsessive about things — movies, basketb...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021

Sam chats with NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson about why dysfunction in the Democr...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021

Jermain Charlo was an Indigenous mother who went missing in Montana in the summer of 2018. Relisha R...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021

Sam revisits his 2020 conversation with comedian and Nailed It! host Nicole Byer on her coffee table...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Latino artists like Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez an...

Fri, 08 Oct 2021

Sam interviews women's work and economic justice writer Meg Conley about the documentary series LuLa...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021

On the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, we look back at Contro...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021

How much has really changed in U.S. immigration policy since President Biden came into office? After...

Tue, 28 Sep 2021

When Soul Train was first nationally syndicated in October 1971, there was nothing else like it on T...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021

Ever since the pandemic hit, life has been split into two timelines: before the pandemic and after t...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021

Author Brandon Taylor used to spend most of his hours studying nematodes under a microscope as a gra...

Fri, 17 Sep 2021

Sam is joined by NPR's The Indicator host Stacey Vanek Smith to talk about her new book, Machiavelli...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021

It was 2016, and Yebba's career was beginning to take off. But 2016 was also the year that somethin...

Fri, 10 Sep 2021

Sam talks to Washington Post security and terrorism reporter Souad Mekhennet about what the war on t...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021

Writer and actor Michaela Coel wrote, created and starred in HBO series I May Destroy You, which is ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2021

Sam talks to Novena Carmél and Anthony Valadez, hosts of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, about the...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021

In this special episode from our friends at the Code Switch podcast, we feature author Ashley C. For...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021

For the last 20 years, the U.S. has been wrapped up in a costly war in Afghanistan, initially in res...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021

Jonathan Van Ness stepped into the spotlight in 2018 as a walking, talking bundle of energy, optimis...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021

Maya Rudolph has had a successful career, spanning decades as a Saturday Night Live cast member and ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021

Kathryn Hahn dazzled audiences in one of the biggest streaming hits of the year, WandaVision— and ...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021

#ShowerGate. Sam talks to Carl Zimring, professor of sustainability studies at Pratt Institute and a...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021

Tracee Ellis Ross won a Golden Globe in 2017 for her role on ABC's Black-ish. She's also been nomina...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021

Sam is joined by LA Times television editor Matt Brennan to understand why ratings for this year's O...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021

Prince's posthumous album, Welcome 2 America, came out last weekend. In honor of the release, Sam re...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021

Disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines abounds on social media, but there's more to it than meets th...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021

The "Mother of Dragons" is out with a new comic book, Mother of Madness. Actress Emilia Clarke talks...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021

The Black Hair Experience is a pop-up visual exhibit dedicated to the beauty, history and nostalgia ...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021

Actress Sonequa Martin-Green has made a career of otherworldly roles. She survived a zombie apocalyp...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021

Americans are quitting their jobs in record numbers. Guest host Ayesha Rascoe brings on CBS MoneyWat...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021

The Cruelty Is The Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America, is journalist Adam Serwe...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021

With Sha'Carri Richardson's recent disqualification, and the controversy surrounding the banning of ...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021

Tiffany Haddish has had a busy year. From starring in prank film Bad Trip, to hosting Kids Say the D...

Sun, 04 Jul 2021

Sam sits in the guest seat at Pop Culture Happy Hour to discuss the glue that holds this nation toge...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021

This week, the Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer were charged with fraud and tax re...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021

Sam interviews Riley Keough, one of the stars of Zola— a new movie adapted from a viral 148-tweet ...

Fri, 25 Jun 2021

The furor over critical race theory fits into a longer history of culture wars in schools. Sam talks...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021

Where do you come from? It's a question that immigrant communities of color get asked constantly. Bu...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021

Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with HIV/AIDS in the United States for the ...

Tue, 15 Jun 2021

Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to talk to actor John Boyega. Since finishing his star-making r...

Fri, 11 Jun 2021

We've witnessed plenty of historic moments with Joe Biden as president: widespread COVID-19 vaccinat...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021

Zakiya Dalila Harris was working as an editorial assistant at a New York publisher when she ran into...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021

When Pride comes around every June, the same arguments start up again— should there be kink, cops ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Sam revisits his chat with best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell about his book, Talking to Strangers...

Fri, 28 May 2021

It's almost summer, and whether you're at a beach, at a park, or at home, it's a great time to get l...

Tue, 25 May 2021

Sam previews this summer's Supreme Court rulings with Slate's Mark Joseph Stern and why some of thos...

Fri, 21 May 2021

The U.S. unemployment rate is still high... so why are we in a labor shortage? Sam chats with Stacey...

Tue, 18 May 2021

How do you bring up something that might be easier left unsaid? Anna Sale, host and creator of WNYC'...

Fri, 14 May 2021

What does defunding the police really look like? Sam talks to Austin City Council Member Greg Casar ...

Tue, 11 May 2021

How transformative are President Biden's economic and infrastructure proposals? Depends on what gets...

Fri, 07 May 2021

The housing market is booming— but who actually benefits? Sam talks to Jerusalem Demsas, politics...

Tue, 04 May 2021

As the groundbreaking series Pose comes to a close in its third and final season, Sam talks to Mj Ro...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021

Even as vaccine access expands in the the US, the pandemic is far from over globally. Sam talks to A...

Tue, 27 Apr 2021

Patti Harrison is known for bringing her absurd, caustic, yet charming comedy to supporting roles on...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021

Sam chats with NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans about constant images of Black pain in news and in enter...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021

Sam talks to actor and comedian Eric André about the evolution of the prank genre with his Netflix ...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021

What's it like to cover the Derek Chauvin trial against the backdrop of continued police violence? G...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021

Bowen Yang often plays delightfully weird characters on SNL. But recently he appeared as himself on ...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021

Corporations have spoken out against the new restrictive voting law in Georgia, but to what end? Sam...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021

It's been a few years now since President Trump adopted (and then later reversed) his administration...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Sam talks to Kim Tran, an anti-racist author and consultant, about her article in Harper's Bazaar on...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib's latest book is A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance. I...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021

It might have seemed like mass shootings were down last year, but 2020 was actually one of the deadl...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021

There are few paths to freedom for people serving life sentences in prison on federal drug charges. ...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021

In the wake of Tuesday's mass shooting in Atlanta, guest host Ayesha Rascoe talks to critical race t...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021

A special episode from our friends at NPR's Planet Money: A show all about the things we're obsessed...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021

We take stock of a year that challenged us emotionally, culturally and politically. Sam talks to Hir...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021

Sohla El-Waylly called out her previous employer, Bon Appétit, during the magazine's racial reckoni...

Mon, 08 Mar 2021

Sam joins the Pop Culture Happy Hour team to talk about the French Netflix series Lupin with culture...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021

A new case before the U.S. Supreme Court could jeopardize the power of the Voting Rights Act. Sam ta...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021

Torrey Peters' new book Detransition, Baby, is about navigating identity, commitment, parenthood and...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021

What's an awards season when many theaters are still closed and it's harder to track which movies an...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021

A special episode from our friends at NPR's history podcast Throughline: Octavia Butler's alternate ...

Fri, 19 Feb 2021

Will the vaccine make me feel sick? Is it OK if I see grandma if she's vaccinated but I'm not? And w...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021

Sam talks to filmmaker and activist Abigail Disney, daughter of Roy E. Disney, about her views on in...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021

An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, has become ground zero in a battle that could cha...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero went from calling up "anyone in their phone book" in the early days of t...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021

What would you do if a truck full of money flung its doors open right in front of you? Our friends a...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021

Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? Sam chats ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021

Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to chat with actor Angela Bassett. She talks about her most rec...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021

What does immigration look like under President Biden? Sam talks to Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer ...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021

Hello, sweatpants. With scaled-down Fashion Weeks, department stores hurting, and more and more peop...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021

How will the response to far-right extremism compare to the response after 9/11? Sam talks to Hannah...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021

What will happen to Fox News after President Trump leaves office? Fox News is facing Trump's anger f...

Fri, 15 Jan 2021

A lot of the pro-Trump extremism behind the attack on the Capitol flourished online. Sam talks to Bo...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021

History has a way of repeating itself. Last week's storming of the U.S. Capitol has parallels to an ...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021

With the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week, at the same time that Congress was se...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Sam revisits his conversation from 2020 with actress Pamela Adlon. Adlon is the writer, star, direct...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021

After a year that offered many moments of reflection—from the coronavirus pandemic, to protests fo...

Tue, 29 Dec 2020

Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to talk with writer and director Aaron Sorkin. His latest film ...

Fri, 25 Dec 2020

Sam shares holiday recommendations with Audie Cornish, co-host of All Things Considered and Consider...

Tue, 22 Dec 2020

This year has been hard for pretty much everyone, but that still hasn't stopped people from getting ...

Fri, 18 Dec 2020

Without movies or TV shows to shoot or music to record, celebrities were restless in 2020 and eager ...

Tue, 15 Dec 2020

Songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has had a big year, but it's also been bittersweet. With four Grammy nomi...

Fri, 11 Dec 2020

Coronavirus has transformed pop culture and placed its creation in the hands of anyone who has socia...

Tue, 08 Dec 2020

Are you sick of the friends and family you've been stuck with? Sam teams up with Anna Sale, host of ...

Fri, 04 Dec 2020

"What has this pandemic been like for you?"When we put that question to people, the answers we got d...

Tue, 01 Dec 2020

Cathy Park Hong talks with Sam about her book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. She discu...

Fri, 27 Nov 2020

For the holiday, Sam revisits his conversation with award-winning author James McBride. McBride's la...

Tue, 24 Nov 2020

With the holidays coming, we're all trying to figure out how to celebrate with loved ones from a dis...

Fri, 20 Nov 2020

Georgia's Senate runoffs have become national races as control of the Senate depends on who wins. Sa...

Tue, 17 Nov 2020

What's next for President Trump once he leaves the White House? And what's next for his business? An...

Mon, 16 Nov 2020

The rapper Bobby Shmurda had a big viral hit in 2014, and it looked like he was going to be a star. ...

Fri, 13 Nov 2020

What could a new president mean for the coronavirus pandemic? Sam talks to Ed Yong, staff writer at ...

Tue, 10 Nov 2020

Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that wou...

Fri, 06 Nov 2020

Joe Biden appears to be inching closer to a victory, but there wasn't a blowout for Democrats this e...

Wed, 04 Nov 2020

With the election still too close to call, The Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins joins Sam with the la...

Tue, 03 Nov 2020

It's Election Day, but instead of the latest politics news, we're giving you some therapy. Sam share...

Fri, 30 Oct 2020

With 2020 progressing the way it has, comedian Sarah Cooper wants you to know that Everything's Fine...

Tue, 27 Oct 2020

Election Night 2020 is a week away. It's hard to know whether we'll have results that night, in a we...

Mon, 26 Oct 2020

On this bonus drop, we feature an episode from the NPR podcast Rough Translation. A Chinese idol had...

Fri, 23 Oct 2020

Voter outreach took on an unconventional form Tuesday night when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strea...

Tue, 20 Oct 2020

Latinos are the second largest group of eligible voters by race or ethnicity in the United States, b...

Fri, 16 Oct 2020

From fights over early voting applications to ballot drop-off sites, voting in Texas has drawn natio...

Tue, 13 Oct 2020

Writer and thinker James Baldwin used the power of his words to confront in order to connect, someth...

Fri, 09 Oct 2020

In honor of Coming Out Day this weekend, Sam talks to comedian and actor Joel Kim Booster about his ...

Tue, 06 Oct 2020

Sam revisits his 2017 chat with author and Radio Ambulante host, Daniel Alarcón. They discuss Alarc...

Fri, 02 Oct 2020

When President Trump told white supremacists to "stand back and stand by," the country responded wit...

Tue, 29 Sep 2020

Sam chats with comedian Bowen Yang about becoming the first Chinese American cast member on Saturday...

Fri, 25 Sep 2020

When the biggest news stories happen all at once, it's easy to miss what each of them really means. ...

Thu, 24 Sep 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last week at the age of 87. The conversation h...

Tue, 22 Sep 2020

This school year is proving to be unlike any other. Teaching might be a nightmare in schools doing h...

Fri, 18 Sep 2020

The movie industry is hurting. Most theaters in the U.S. are still shut down, and who knows when—o...

Tue, 15 Sep 2020

Larry Wilmore has a resume that could rival pretty much anyone's in Hollywood. Name a show and he pr...

Fri, 11 Sep 2020

The smoke, the flames, the creepy orange and red skies. It's fire season out west and it's already o...

Tue, 08 Sep 2020

Poet Claudia Rankine is back with a new book called Just Us: An American Conversation. Much like her...

Fri, 04 Sep 2020

Guest host Elise Hu looks at how the pandemic has exacerbated existing problems when it comes to the...

Tue, 01 Sep 2020

Sam revisits his 2017 chat with Bill Nye the Science Guy. They discuss climate change (and climate c...

Mon, 31 Aug 2020

A special bonus feed drop from the KQED podcast Truth Be Told, hosted by Tonya Mosley. A conversatio...

Fri, 28 Aug 2020

This week we're talking protests, both old and new. On Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks players refused to...

Tue, 25 Aug 2020

Billy Porter is a force to be reckoned with. A Tony Award-winning Broadway performer. A fashion icon...

Fri, 21 Aug 2020

Everyone's talking about obstacles to voting this year, from the post office to the pandemic. Sam ta...

Tue, 18 Aug 2020

We're in the homestretch of the 2020 presidential election campaign. Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala...

Fri, 14 Aug 2020

Home sales are up, but the number of people facing evictions is also up. Sam talks to The Indicator'...

Tue, 11 Aug 2020

One of the few companies doing well during this pandemic is Netflix. In the last few months, the str...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020

Sam revisits his chat with Regina King from 2019 after the actress' recent Emmy nomination for her p...

Tue, 04 Aug 2020

"Karen" is not just a name. It's also a persona, an attitude, a label for a certain type of white wo...

Mon, 03 Aug 2020

A special bonus feed drop from The Los Angeles Times podcast Asian Enough: A conversation with Top C...

Fri, 31 Jul 2020

Should I wear a mask while running? How often should I wipe down my phone? Can I say hello to other ...

Tue, 28 Jul 2020

All relationships have a backstory, even friendships. Best friends Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, ho...

Fri, 24 Jul 2020

We're in a recession, and it's hitting women especially hard. So how does it compare to the last rec...

Tue, 21 Jul 2020

Sam revisits his 2019 conversation with actress and writer Michaela Coel, who is the star and creato...

Fri, 17 Jul 2020

Colleges and universities are getting ready for a new year, but like everything else, coronavirus i...

Tue, 14 Jul 2020

The newsrooms that covered the protests for racial justice are now being forced to confront racism a...

Fri, 10 Jul 2020

Four months into the pandemic, it seems like we're no better off in dealing with the coronavirus. Th...

Tue, 07 Jul 2020

Last year, comedian Chelsea Handler made a documentary on Netflix called, Hello Privilege. It's Me, ...

Fri, 03 Jul 2020

It's summer without a lot of the usual summer fun because, you know, pandemic. But we've got music a...

Tue, 30 Jun 2020

Ever wonder what it would be like to take hundreds of photos of yourself for a giant coffee table bo...

Fri, 26 Jun 2020

How much has Big Tech changed since the 2016 election? Sam is joined by Washington Post tech reporte...

Tue, 23 Jun 2020

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross has been acting for years — from the early 2000s sitcom 'Girlfriends' ...

Fri, 19 Jun 2020

What does it all mean when so much change happens at the same time? This week, the Supreme Court pro...

Tue, 16 Jun 2020

James McBride is the National Award-winning author of The Good Lord Bird and the best-selling memoir...

Fri, 12 Jun 2020

The killing of George Floyd has inspired global protests against police brutality, and it seems like...

Tue, 09 Jun 2020

2020 is '68 all over again. But not the '68 you think. Yes, 1968 also saw protests, racial divisions...

Fri, 05 Jun 2020

There is so much to unpack in this current moment. Sam has a candid conversation with Aunt Betty abo...

Tue, 02 Jun 2020

Comedian Hasan Minhaj is not afraid of talking about his faith, even when it gets him in trouble. He...

Fri, 29 May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has us worrying not only about our health, but also about money. Sam talks ...

Tue, 26 May 2020

Yvonne Orji plays the part of best friend Molly Carter on the HBO series Insecure, but Orji will soo...

Fri, 22 May 2020

Maya Erskine has come a long way from the NYU experimental theater department where she met her PEN1...

Tue, 19 May 2020

Sam revisits his 2019 conversation with poet and writer Saeed Jones. Saeed discusses his memoir, How...

Fri, 15 May 2020

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, we've become more accustomed to life closing down than op...

Tue, 12 May 2020

The music of the band Chicano Batman has long defied genre. Funk, psychedelic, soul, indie — it's ...

Fri, 08 May 2020

Politics may not be the first thing on minds right now, but it's still happening. With the Senate re...

Tue, 05 May 2020

Sam hears listener stories and expert tips on virtual dating and maintaining relationships in the co...

Fri, 01 May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all parts of the entertainment industry. Sam talks to writer a...

Tue, 28 Apr 2020

The United States government has changed its definition of who counts as black throughout the years ...

Fri, 24 Apr 2020

Depending on where you live, your race, and your income, the coronavirus pandemic can look dramatica...

Tue, 21 Apr 2020

Sopan Deb lived under the same roof with both of his parents for most of his childhood, but never kn...

Fri, 17 Apr 2020

The coronavirus has completely reshaped the world of sports. Sam talks to ESPN senior writer and ESP...

Tue, 14 Apr 2020

Where is drag culture right now? It's certainly continuing to have a moment: from RuPaul's Drag Race...

Fri, 10 Apr 2020

The census comes but once a decade, and this time it's in the midst of a pandemic. Code Switch co-ho...

Tue, 07 Apr 2020

Jonathan Van Ness wears many hats: He's one of the Fab Five on the popular Netflix show Queer Eye, a...

Fri, 03 Apr 2020

The coronavirus is taking a toll on jobs and the economy. Sam talks to NPR's Cardiff Garcia and Stac...

Tue, 31 Mar 2020

Right now a lot of parents have taken on a new responsibility: homeschool teacher. Many feel like th...

Fri, 27 Mar 2020

The last few weeks have meant adjusting to new ways of life. Sam talks to two NPR colleagues about h...

Tue, 24 Mar 2020

Audie Cornish sits down with Sam Sanders to discuss her She's Funny series: conversations with femal...

Fri, 20 Mar 2020

It's hard being isolated from jobs, friends and family. So Sam is changing up this week's show with ...

Tue, 17 Mar 2020

Twelve years ago this week, presidential candidate Barack Obama gave what became a historic speech a...

Fri, 13 Mar 2020

The coronavirus may force you to stay at home for the next few weeks, but here's how to successfully...

Tue, 10 Mar 2020

Daniel Mallory Ortberg is the writer behind Slate's Dear Prudence advice column. But now in his new ...

Fri, 06 Mar 2020

It's an all-NPR show! Sam talks with two fellow correspondents about big stories in the news this we...

Tue, 03 Mar 2020

Pamela Adlon is the writer, star, director and co-creator of Better Things on FX. The television com...

Fri, 28 Feb 2020

The fast-moving coronavirus has turned up in more than 40 countries, and now it's affecting the glob...

Tue, 25 Feb 2020

Nick Kroll is the co-creator of the raunchy animated Netflix hit Big Mouth. The show (and Kroll) are...

Fri, 21 Feb 2020

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has been rising in the polls. He's spent more than $450 million on ads...

Tue, 18 Feb 2020

R. Eric Thomas writes a column that is part news, part culture and part celebrity shade for Elle.com...

Fri, 14 Feb 2020

The nation's first caucus and primary are in the rear-view mirror, and states around the country are...

Tue, 11 Feb 2020

Listen up music composition nerds and music lovers! In this episode Sam is joined by Nate Sloan and ...

Fri, 07 Feb 2020

The Oscars are Sunday and once again this year's nominees reflect an Academy that's still older, whi...

Tue, 04 Feb 2020

Roy Wood Jr. has been a comedian since he was 19. He's a correspondent for 'The Daily Show with Tre...

Fri, 31 Jan 2020

It's been a busy week in news. Australia's capital Canberra is menaced by wildfires and has declared...

Tue, 28 Jan 2020

Randee St. Nicholas met Prince for the first time in 1991, when she was hired to do their first shoo...

Fri, 24 Jan 2020

As President Trump's impeachment trial starts in the Senate, we look to some ongoing stories to reca...

Tue, 21 Jan 2020

NPR Code Switch correspondent Karen Grigsby Bates steps in for Sam. She is joined by best-selling au...

Fri, 17 Jan 2020

Guest host Elise Hu steps in again for Sam this week, this time from member station KQED in San Fran...

Tue, 14 Jan 2020

One of Broadway's hottest tickets last year was a play with no big-name actors by a 30-year-old blac...

Fri, 10 Jan 2020

Elise Hu steps in for Sam this week, from member station WBEZ in Chicago. She's joined by NPR's Pet...

Tue, 07 Jan 2020

You may know Jad Abumrad as the host of WNYC's 'Radiolab.' He tells Sam why he created another podca...

Mon, 06 Jan 2020

Wondering how to get a solid start on your New Year's resolution? Whether you're hoping to get your ...

Tue, 31 Dec 2019

'Silicon Valley' and 'Crazy Rich Asians' star Jimmy O. Yang spoke to Sam in 2018 about his book 'How...

Fri, 27 Dec 2019

On this special episode, Sam Sanders revisits his 2019 conversations with two writers whose books he...

Tue, 24 Dec 2019

Last Christmas PJ Morton released 'Christmas With PJ.' He and Sam spoke about putting new twists on ...

Fri, 20 Dec 2019

There were large-scale protests in countries across the globe the year. What do they signify about o...

Tue, 17 Dec 2019

The NBC sitcom 'Friends' has been around for 25 years, and its popularity endures. Netflix says 'Fri...

Fri, 13 Dec 2019

Cities across the United States are struggling to figure out how to best respond to rising populatio...

Tue, 10 Dec 2019

In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, writer Lyz Lenz watched a discussion unfold abou...

Fri, 06 Dec 2019

International climate talks began this week in Madrid. The U.S. sent representatives even though Pre...

Tue, 03 Dec 2019

Writer Liz Plank is worried about men. She's not just concerned about toxic masculinity — though s...

Fri, 29 Nov 2019

In this special episode, Sam Sanders and Dan Pashman of 'The Sporkful' question food media's never-e...

Tue, 26 Nov 2019

We're sharing 'All Things Considered' host Audie Cornish's conversation with comedian Nicole Byer, w...

Fri, 22 Nov 2019

Guest host Elise Hu steps in for Sam this week. She is joined by panelists Jacob Margolis, science r...

Tue, 19 Nov 2019

Journalist Alicia Menendez has noticed a problem: in the workplace, and in many aspects of their liv...

Fri, 15 Nov 2019

Disney launched its highly anticipated streaming service, Disney+, this week and added a message to ...

Tue, 12 Nov 2019

English composer, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier first gained attention on...

Fri, 08 Nov 2019

The Supreme Court is set to consider the termination of the DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood A...

Tue, 05 Nov 2019

Amanda Seales is perhaps best known for her role as Tiffany in HBO's 'Insecure,' but the actress and...

Fri, 01 Nov 2019

The House of Representatives voted on guidelines this week for a formal impeachment inquiry into Pre...

Tue, 29 Oct 2019

Comedian and actor Pete Holmes played a fictional version of himself in the HBO show 'Crashing,' whe...

Fri, 25 Oct 2019

Senate Republicans have introduced a bill that would expand online and other surveillance of America...

Tue, 22 Oct 2019

Actress Regina King has been on-screen for more than three decades, working in films and TV shows su...

Fri, 18 Oct 2019

After President Trump ordered US troops removed from northern Syria, tensions in the region remain h...

Tue, 15 Oct 2019

You might have seen Cristela Alonzo in her Netflix stand-up special or on her ABC sitcom, 'Cristela....

Fri, 11 Oct 2019

New sexual assault allegations came out this week against prominent news, political and entertainmen...

Tue, 08 Oct 2019

In his memoir, 'How We Fight For Our Lives,' poet and writer Saeed Jones gets vulnerable as he detai...

Fri, 04 Oct 2019

As President Trump faces an impeachment inquiry his rhetoric is becoming more extreme, using words l...

Tue, 01 Oct 2019

John Legend seems to be one of the busiest people in the entertainment business. Apart from making m...

Fri, 27 Sep 2019

The debate over climate change continues to simmer after this week's climate strike demonstrations a...

Tue, 24 Sep 2019

Jonathan Van Ness stepped into the spotlight in 2018 as a walking, talking bundle of energy, optimis...

Fri, 20 Sep 2019

Union workers at General Motors went on strike this week for the first time in more than a decade. ...

Tue, 17 Sep 2019

Journalist Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling books have explored a wide range of topics from decision ...

Fri, 13 Sep 2019

Congress is back in session, but what are lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives prior...

Tue, 10 Sep 2019

Social media influencers have changed the marketing industry. Brands now pour billions of dollars in...

Fri, 06 Sep 2019

Democratic Presidential candidates talked climate in a town hall this week. How does transportation ...

Tue, 03 Sep 2019

Actress Danielle Brooks caught the eye of many Netflix viewers as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson in the s...

Fri, 30 Aug 2019

We're taking a break from the news this week to revisit conversations with stars from two shows nomi...

Tue, 27 Aug 2019

Writer Jia Tolentino has a keen eye for processing bits of internet absurdity and telling readers wh...

Fri, 23 Aug 2019

President Trump wanted to buy Greenland but Denmark said no. Meanwhile, American fast food chains ar...

Tue, 20 Aug 2019

In a new cover story for The Atlantic, Vann R. Newkirk II tells the story of how the government syst...

Fri, 16 Aug 2019

Markets had a roller coaster week as talks of an oncoming recession roiled the global economy. The W...

Tue, 13 Aug 2019

X Ambassadors landed their first big hit with 2015's "Renegades," which made an appearance in a Jeep...

Fri, 09 Aug 2019

Americans continue to wrap their heads around last week's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayt...

Tue, 06 Aug 2019

Stand-up comedian Ana Fabrega is the co-writer, co-show runner and one of the stars of HBO's breakou...

Fri, 02 Aug 2019

Coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, camped out on train tracks this week to protest lack of paym...

Tue, 30 Jul 2019

As the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination heats up, New York Times White House cor...

Fri, 26 Jul 2019

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testified in front of Congress this week on his investigation'...

Tue, 23 Jul 2019

Erin Lee Carr's documentaries have probed some dark true crime stories. She's made films about the s...

Fri, 19 Jul 2019

The U.S. announced new asylum rules this week, making asylum seekers who have passed through another...

Tue, 16 Jul 2019

Sam recently teamed up with reporter Allison Aubrey and NPR's Life Kit — a series of audio guides ...

Fri, 12 Jul 2019

With the year more than halfway over, Sam and his guests are taking a look at some of 2019's driving...

Tue, 09 Jul 2019

Financial journalist Hannah Seligson and Aminatou Sow from the podcast 'Call Your Girlfriend' join S...

Fri, 05 Jul 2019

In this special episode, Sam presents a collection of interviews with musicians, featuring songs tha...

Tue, 02 Jul 2019

Her debut novel is one of this summer's most buzzed-about books. It's about race and dating, men and...

Fri, 28 Jun 2019

It's been 50 years since a group of LGBT people faced off against police at the Stonewall Inn in New...

Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Drag is having a moment ⁠— from RuPaul's Drag Race, to DragCon, to drag queens appearing on the...

Fri, 21 Jun 2019

Capitol Hill's interest in aliens grows, tensions rise between Iran and the U.S. and Facebook has bi...

Tue, 18 Jun 2019

Maya Erskine has come a long way from the NYU experimental theater department where she met her 'PEN...

Fri, 14 Jun 2019

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart went to Capitol Hill this week to ask Congress for a permanent 9/...

Tue, 11 Jun 2019

Coming out as gay was easy for Ryan O'Connell. Coming out as disabled — admitting the cause of his...

Fri, 07 Jun 2019

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are taking early steps into investigating...

Tue, 04 Jun 2019

Shelby Lorman has long been taking note of society's low standards for men on her popular Instagram ...

Fri, 31 May 2019

Netflix, Disney, NBCUniversal and other Hollywood production companies say they may stop filming in ...

Tue, 28 May 2019

Before she was the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, before her Showtime series '...

Fri, 24 May 2019

A series of severe storms battered states across the country this week, but have communities drawn a...

Tue, 21 May 2019

NPR's Elise Hu steps in for Sam and sits down with Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist for Goog...

Fri, 17 May 2019

The U.S. this week expanded its tariffs on products from China to include items such as toys and sne...

Tue, 14 May 2019

'SNL' season 42 started before the 2016 election and ended months after Donald Trump's inauguration....

Fri, 10 May 2019

For this special live edition of the show, Sam is joined by NPR national correspondent Sarah McCammo...

Tue, 07 May 2019

The social media app Instagram is plastered with artwork, ranging from selfies inside Yayoi Kusama's...

Fri, 03 May 2019

Cases of measles have cropped up in almost two dozen states, and health experts are working to conta...

Tue, 30 Apr 2019

Shane's career caught fire when he famously defended Guy Fieri (and his shirt flames) in a bit on 'C...

Fri, 26 Apr 2019

The Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving openly in the military is in effect, bu...

Tue, 23 Apr 2019

Kathy Griffin isn't ashamed of being a comic who spills the tea. That's what she tells Sam she does ...

Fri, 19 Apr 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice released a redacted version of Robert Mueller's report on Russian int...

Tue, 16 Apr 2019

The Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer explains how racism and white nationalism were deeply embedded...

Fri, 12 Apr 2019

The deadline to file your taxes is right around the corner. We ask a tax preparer how things have ch...

Tue, 09 Apr 2019

A few years after he was told he should quit acting, Anthony Carrigan shines as NoHo Hank on HBO's '...

Fri, 05 Apr 2019

Al Gore is still leading the fight against climate change, but the topic is now also becoming an iss...

Tue, 02 Apr 2019

Fab Fiver Karamo Brown takes Sam to church, so to speak, in this episode recorded in front of a live...

Fri, 29 Mar 2019

Apple's announcement that it would enter the competitive world of video streaming services has Sam w...

Tue, 26 Mar 2019

Mo Amer joins Sam to talk about his experience emigrating from Kuwait to Houston and the almost-cons...

Fri, 22 Mar 2019

With March Madness in full swing, the debate over whether the NCAA should compensate athletes resurf...

Tue, 19 Mar 2019

"Sweet birthday baby!" Greta Lee talks about her role in the critically acclaimed Netflix show 'Russ...

Fri, 15 Mar 2019

After a second fatal crash involving the Boeing 737 MAX airplane, countries around the world grounde...

Tue, 12 Mar 2019

Andrew Rannells has come a long way from Omaha, which he left in the late '90s to follow his dream o...

Fri, 08 Mar 2019

This week an HIV-positive person was declared in remission. That increased hopes for a cure, but wha...

Tue, 05 Mar 2019

It's Tuesday. Phoebe Robinson is doing a lot. There's her acting and her second book, 'Everything's ...

Fri, 01 Mar 2019

It's Friday. Sam's "got money in the bank" with NPR correspondents Elise Hu and Eyder Peralta. Presi...

Tue, 26 Feb 2019

It's Tuesday. Michaela Coel first got the idea for her hit British sitcom 'Chewing Gum' while at dra...

Fri, 22 Feb 2019

It's Friday. Sam is losing himself with HuffPost news editor Saba Hamedy and editor-in-chief of The ...

Tue, 19 Feb 2019

It's Tuesday. Sam talks to musician Emily King about her new album, 'Scenery,' hailed by our NPR Mus...

Fri, 15 Feb 2019

It's Friday. Sam will be seeing NPR's Susan Davis and Lulu Garcia-Navarro in the studio as they bid ...

Tue, 12 Feb 2019

It's Tuesday. Sam talks with three Oakland teenagers about the gun violence they regularly encounter...

Fri, 08 Feb 2019

It's Friday. Sam is putting on his best falsetto to sing along with NPR reporters Sarah Gonzalez and...

Tue, 05 Feb 2019

It's Tuesday. Sam chats with Angie Thomas, author of the best-selling young adult novel 'The Hate U ...

Fri, 01 Feb 2019

It's Friday. Sam's got one hand in his pocket, and the other one is welcoming LA Times reporter Amy ...

Tue, 29 Jan 2019

It's Tuesday. Burgess is one of the stars of the hit Netflix show 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.' He ge...

Fri, 25 Jan 2019

It's Friday. Uh-oh, another episode with Sam, this time with NPR Reporter Vanessa Romo (@vanromo) an...

Tue, 22 Jan 2019

It's Tuesday. Sam talks to 'Hamilton' star Brandon Victor Dixon and Broadway director Michael Greif ...

Fri, 18 Jan 2019

It's Friday. Sam ooga-chakas this week with NPR National Desk correspondent Leila Fadel (@LeilaFadel...

Tue, 15 Jan 2019

It's Tuesday. Sam talks to Dan Levy about the comedy series he co-created with his father, actor Eug...

Fri, 11 Jan 2019

It's Friday. Sam is swimming through the latest in shutdown and border wall news with help from NBC ...

Tue, 08 Jan 2019

It's Tuesday: Sam talks with Kathryn Hahn — best known for her work in "Transparent" and "I Love D...

Fri, 04 Jan 2019

It's Friday. Sam is talking to everyone here, specifically NPR Congressional correspondent Susan Dav...

Tue, 01 Jan 2019

It's Tuesday: In her memoir, "The Mother of Black Hollywood," Jenifer Lewis chronicles a career tha...

Fri, 28 Dec 2018

It's Friday. Sam rings like a bell wrapping up the year in news with NPR reporter Elise Hu and The W...

Tue, 25 Dec 2018

It's Tuesday (and Christmas). Sam is in the kitchen with Samin Nosrat, author of the James Beard Awa...

Fri, 21 Dec 2018

It's Friday. Sam is on an island in the sun with 'Los Angeles Times' education reporter Sonali Kohli...

Tue, 18 Dec 2018

It's Tuesday. Jennifer Lopez dishes to Sam on life lessons from her "Jenny from the Block" days to h...

Fri, 14 Dec 2018

It's Friday. Sam is joined by NPR political editor and correspondent Ron Elving and NPR breaking new...

Tue, 11 Dec 2018

It's Tuesday. The Grammy-nominated solo artist and Maroon 5 keyboardist joins Sam to talk about his ...

Fri, 07 Dec 2018

It's Friday. Sam is counting the ways he could make this last forever with NPR's Nathan Rott and KPC...

Tue, 04 Dec 2018

It's Tuesday: 'All Things Considered' host Audie Cornish joins Sam to share her conversation with Ac...

Fri, 30 Nov 2018

It's Friday. Sam wishes he "had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six-four Impala." Instead he's jo...

Tue, 27 Nov 2018

It's Tuesday. Sam is live with comedian and writer Guy Branum at the Crawford Family Forum at KPCC i...

Fri, 23 Nov 2018

It's Friday. Sam is revisiting some of our favorite moments and funniest guests: D'Arcy Carden from ...

Tue, 20 Nov 2018

Sam and Dan Pashman, host of "The Sporkful," swap Thanksgiving horror stories with listeners — and...

Fri, 16 Nov 2018

It's Friday. Guest host Elise Hu tries to "work this whole" news thing out with Los Angeles Times he...

Tue, 13 Nov 2018

It's Tuesday. Elise Hu steps in the hosting chair for Sam and gets deep with Yeun on why he's sick o...

Fri, 09 Nov 2018

It's Friday. Sam is getting in the zone with Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon of NPR's podcast "Pop Cult...

Tue, 06 Nov 2018

It's Tuesday. 'Broad City' co-star Abbi Jacobson's new book, 'I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings,...

Fri, 02 Nov 2018

It's Friday. Sam is clapping along because he's happy to be in the studio with NPR "Morning Edition"...

Tue, 30 Oct 2018

It's Tuesday: Sam talks with photographer Bruce Talamon on capturing famous black musicians in their...

Fri, 26 Oct 2018

It's Friday. Sam's loneliness is killing him, so he's joined by podcast maker and journalist Julia F...

Tue, 23 Oct 2018

Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Elizabeth Heng talk to Sam about running as women in 2018, and...

Fri, 19 Oct 2018

Sam is joined by NPR's Kelly McEvers, host of Embedded, and Code Switch correspondent Karen Grigsby ...

Tue, 16 Oct 2018

It's Tuesday: Cindy Shank was living a comfortable life at home with her three little girls and husb...

Fri, 12 Oct 2018

It's Friday: Sam has waited hours for this weekly wrap with hosts of the WNYC podcast "Nancy," Tobin...

Tue, 09 Oct 2018

To mark National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, Sam examines the history, meaning and future of coming o...

Fri, 05 Oct 2018

It's Friday: Sam is up on his feet with Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner), legal editor at Buzzfeed News...

Tue, 02 Oct 2018

It's Tuesday: Sam talks to actor Ike Barinholtz about his new film 'The Oath,' which he wrote, direc...

Fri, 28 Sep 2018

It's Friday: Sam is getting through the week with Juana Summers (@jmsummers), national political rep...

Tue, 25 Sep 2018

It's Tuesday: Sam talks with Rothwell, who plays Kelli on the HBO show Insecure. Kelli is loud, prou...

Fri, 21 Sep 2018

It's Friday: Sam is LIVING this week with NPR Weekend Edition Senior Editor Barrie Hardymon (@bhardy...

Tue, 18 Sep 2018

It's Tuesday: Sam talks to speed skater Bridie Farrell. Her mentor, former Olympian Andy Gabel, sexu...

Fri, 14 Sep 2018

It's Friday: Sam is chatting this week with NPR Morning Edition editor Ashley Brown (@hey_hashbrown)...

Tue, 11 Sep 2018

It's Tuesday: writer and director Lauren Miller Rogen talks to Sam about her new Netflix film, "Like...

Fri, 07 Sep 2018

It's Friday: Sam is dreaming about the news with NPR tech reporter Jasmine Garsd (@JasGarsd) and re...

Tue, 04 Sep 2018

It's Tuesday: two White House reporters join Sam to talk about life behind the scenes covering the T...

Fri, 31 Aug 2018

It's Friday: Sam's taking a break from the news and revisiting two conversations from this year. Fir...

Tue, 28 Aug 2018

It's Tuesday: Sam talks to Syd, a breakout star of the hip-hop collective Odd Future, about her new ...

Fri, 24 Aug 2018

It's Friday: Sam's feeling like a rockstar with New York Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson (@itscaitl...

Tue, 21 Aug 2018

It's Tuesday: Skogland is the only woman nominated for best directing (drama) at next month's Emmy A...

Fri, 17 Aug 2018

It's Friday: Sam's in a material world with NPR correspondent Elise Hu (@elisewho) and Morning Editi...

Tue, 14 Aug 2018

It's Tuesday: recorded live at The Line Hotel in LA, actor John Cho and director Aneesh Chaganty tal...

Fri, 10 Aug 2018

It's Friday: Sam is kicking it with Texas Public Radio reporter Joey Palacios (@Joeycules) and NPR p...

Tue, 07 Aug 2018

It's Tuesday: actress Aisha Dee and showrunner Amanda Lasher join Sam to talk about their Freeform s...

Fri, 03 Aug 2018

It's Friday: Sam slows it down just a little this week with NPR Code Switch correspondent Karen Grig...

Tue, 31 Jul 2018

'And Other Advice From White People.' That's his new book. D.L. also talks to Sam about infidelity, ...

Fri, 27 Jul 2018

It's Friday: Sam is young, scrappy, and hungry in our latest weekly wrap with NPR reporter Vanessa R...

Tue, 24 Jul 2018

It's Tuesday: Aduba is best known for her role as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren on Netflix's 'Orange i...

Thu, 19 Jul 2018

It's Friday: NPR Political Reporter Ayesha Rascoe (@ayesharascoe) and Stephen Thompson (@idislikeste...

Tue, 17 Jul 2018

It's Tuesday: longtime NBC weatherman Al Roker has a new book about the most catastrophic flood in U...

Fri, 13 Jul 2018

It's Friday: Sam's shuffling through the street with NPR correspondents Ina Jaffe and Kirk Siegler t...

Tue, 10 Jul 2018

It's Tuesday: Wilson's latest film, 'Permanent,' is about embracing the weirdness of your own family...

Fri, 06 Jul 2018

It's Friday: NPR's Sarah McCammon hops in the stu' for Sam this fourth of July weekend with NPR Poli...

Tue, 03 Jul 2018

It's Tuesday: Actress Amber Tamblyn grew up in Los Angeles and is known for roles in Joan of Arcadia...

Fri, 29 Jun 2018

It's Friday: Sam is up on his feet this week with sports and entertainment journalist Audrey Cleo Ya...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018

It's Tuesday: Joe Morton is now starring in the title role of the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles ...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018

Sam can't believe we made it this week with Haley Byrd (@byrdinator), congressional reporter for The...

Tue, 19 Jun 2018

Best known for comedic roles in Reno 911, The Mindy Project, and HBO's Getting On, Niecy Nash stars ...

Wed, 13 Jun 2018

Sam esta bailando with Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) and NPR Politics Podc...

Tue, 12 Jun 2018

Sam chats with the two leads of the STARZ show 'Vida,' Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada. They play t...

Fri, 08 Jun 2018

We gon' be alright with Sam and these two guests this week: Morning Edition and Up First host Steve ...

Tue, 05 Jun 2018

Roseanne's tweet. NFL players kneeling. The President blocking people on Twitter. These stories are ...

Fri, 01 Jun 2018

Here's a break from the news: Comedian and author Samantha Irby joins Sam live on stage at Chicago's...

Tue, 29 May 2018

The comedian talks to Sam about running his own show, lampooing fringe news, and why the nicest part...

Fri, 25 May 2018

Sam is struck by two guests this week: Los Angeles Times reporter Laura Nelson, and senior writer at...

Tue, 22 May 2018

Sam talks to singer Garrett Clark Borns in his Los Angeles studio on going from small town Michigan ...

Fri, 18 May 2018

Sam's right over here with NPR reporters Vanessa Romo and Brakkton Booker wrapping up the week in ne...

Tue, 15 May 2018

In 'RBG,' filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West chronicle the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth B...

Fri, 11 May 2018

Sam's voice takes you there this week, with NPR Editor Arezou Rezvani and Los Angeles Times national...

Tue, 08 May 2018

The comedian and actor talks to Sam about his immigrant experience and making it in Hollywood, which...

Fri, 04 May 2018

Sam lets the sunshine in with NPR Code Switch correspondent Karen Grigsby Bates (@karenbates) and NP...

Tue, 01 May 2018

Political strategists Mark McKinnon and Mike Murphy join Sam to talk about the 2018 midterms and Mar...

Fri, 27 Apr 2018

Kanye's tweets, Emmanuel Macron's state visit, and Bill Cosby's guilty verdict, plus latest on Faceb...

Tue, 24 Apr 2018

Wolitzer's new novel is about women, misogyny, ambition, death, and the disillusionment of growing o...

Fri, 20 Apr 2018

That Philadelphia Starbucks, Bey-chella, Nikki Haley, and a spotlight on Cuba and its new president....

Tue, 17 Apr 2018

Actress and comedian D'Arcy Carden plays Janet - the AI personal assistant - on NBC's 'The Good Plac...

Fri, 13 Apr 2018

Facebook, Syria, Michael Cohen, and voters. NPR's Sarah McCammon (@sarahmccammon) is in for Sam, and...

Tue, 10 Apr 2018

Chrissy Metz currently plays Kate on the hit NBC show 'This Is Us.' But for years, she was an agent ...

Fri, 06 Apr 2018

A migrant caravan, Scott Pruitt, James Brown, edible glitter, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' NPR 'Emb...

Tue, 03 Apr 2018

The Oscar-winning actor stars in a new HBO drama that follows one multicultural family's struggle to...

Fri, 30 Mar 2018

Hacking for bitcoin, Stormy Daniels, privacy on Facebook, and sliceable ketchup. NPR Business Report...

Tue, 27 Mar 2018

Zach Braff's character in the new ABC sitcom 'Alex, Inc.' is based on Alex Blumberg, who founded the...

Fri, 23 Mar 2018

Cambridge Analytica, sanctuary cities, Blockbuster, and the Backstreet Boys. New York Times immigrat...

Tue, 20 Mar 2018

Hillary Clinton's former Communications Director dishes about the 2016 campaign and its aftermath in...

Fri, 16 Mar 2018

The revolving door at the White House, an irritated Chinese reporter, "norms- engineering," and an u...

Tue, 13 Mar 2018

Fried butterball potatoes. Tapioca lo mein. Crispy pork belly. Those are just a few of the items on ...

Fri, 09 Mar 2018

Tariffs, day-cares, and laughing Alexas. Senior early childhood reporter for KPCC Priska Neely (@pri...

Tue, 06 Mar 2018

He plays Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles on FX's Atlanta. He's also starred in the original Broadway cast o...

Fri, 02 Mar 2018

It's Sam's first show in LA, and it's Oscar weekend. Variety/Access Live contributor Audrey Cleo (@a...

Tue, 27 Feb 2018

Sam talks about the success of Black Panther and where Hollywood goes next with writer Glen Weldon (...

Fri, 23 Feb 2018

The Parkland shooting, a wrap on the 2018 Olympic Games, and the mood at the Conservative Political ...

Tue, 20 Feb 2018

Ann Curry, journalist and former host of Today on NBC, hosts a new PBS series called We'll Meet Agai...

Fri, 16 Feb 2018

Music from Black Panther, the Pyeongchang Olympics, and a new champion show-dog. Sam looks back at t...

Tue, 13 Feb 2018

In honor of Valentine's Day this week, a look at what happens AFTER you get married. Sam talks to PB...

Fri, 09 Feb 2018

Space Jam, another government shutdown, military parades, and stock shock. Sam looks back at the wee...

Tue, 06 Feb 2018

Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) is a rising star in the Democratic party hoping to unseat Republican Se...

Fri, 02 Feb 2018

Grammys Gonna Grammy, the State of the Union, and the state of pro football on Super Bowl weekend. S...

Tue, 30 Jan 2018

Carrie Brownstein was a member of indie rock band Sleater-Kinney for years before starring in and co...

Fri, 26 Jan 2018

Laurel Wamsley (@laurelwamsley), reporter for NPR's breaking news blog The Two-Way, and NPR Business...

Tue, 23 Jan 2018

Sam talks with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and PBS White House Correspondent Yami...

Fri, 19 Jan 2018

Recode Senior Editor Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) and CNN Politics Senior Writer Juana Summers (@jmsummers)...

Tue, 16 Jan 2018

Young, poetry editor of The New Yorker, has written a book about 'fake news' before President Trump ...

Fri, 12 Jan 2018

Washington Post reporter Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) and New York Times White House correspondent Katie Roge...

Tue, 09 Jan 2018

"You're Not That Great" is a self-up send-up by Gale, Executive Producer of The Bachelor and The Bac...

Fri, 05 Jan 2018

NPR's All Things Considered and Embedded host Kelly McEvers (@kellymcevers) and Codeswitch reporter ...

Tue, 02 Jan 2018

Texas Republican Will Hurd represents the 23rd district — a sprawling, diverse district bigger tha...

Fri, 29 Dec 2017

Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee), NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davi...

Tue, 26 Dec 2017

The indie band Belle and Sebastian is out with a trio of EPs called "How To Solve Our Human Problems...

Fri, 22 Dec 2017

NPR reporter Camila Domonoske (@camilareads) and Lauren Ober (@OberandOut), host of WAMU's The Big L...

Tue, 19 Dec 2017

You might know actress Rachel Brosnahan from her supporting role on Netflix's House of Cards a few y...

Fri, 15 Dec 2017

Bloomberg retail reporter Sarah Halzack (@sarahhalzack) and Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), writer and se...

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Professional pessimist Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) launched a comedy career doing viral videos f...

Fri, 08 Dec 2017

Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff), Vox senior policy correspondent and host of the Vox podcast 'The Impact,'...

Tue, 05 Dec 2017

Veteran journalist Dan Rather thinks the U.S. is facing an 'existential crisis,' but one the country...

Fri, 01 Dec 2017

Sam is joined by Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) from 538 Politics and ESPN's '30 for 30' podcast series...

Tue, 28 Nov 2017

In her new memoir, "The Mother of Black Hollywood," Jenifer Lewis chronicles a career that has spann...

Thu, 23 Nov 2017

Dan Pashman, host of the Sporkful (@TheSporkful), and a surprise special guest join the show — and...

Tue, 21 Nov 2017

The one and only Bill Nye the Science Guy (@BillNye) is the subject of a new documentary all about h...

Fri, 17 Nov 2017

Guest host Sarah McCammon (@sarahmccammon) talks with NPR newscaster Korva Coleman (@KorvaColemanNPR...

Tue, 14 Nov 2017

Iliza Shlesinger's (@iliza) new book, "Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity," is her take on how...

Sat, 11 Nov 2017

Public radio reporter and Marketplace contributor Sally Herships (@sherships) and WNYC Reporter Sean...

Tue, 07 Nov 2017

Washington Post reporter Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) and Michael D'Antonio, author of the biography "Th...

Fri, 03 Nov 2017

NPR Asia Correspondent Elise Hu (@elisewho) and Weekend Edition Editor Barrie Hardymon (@bhardymon) ...

Tue, 31 Oct 2017

Daniel Alarcón's (@DanielGAlarcon) new book of short stories, "The King Is Always Above The People,...

Fri, 27 Oct 2017

NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) and All Things Considered host Ari Shap...

Tue, 24 Oct 2017

Ashley Nicole Black (@ashleyn1cole) gave up pursuing a PHD to make it in comedy. This year she won a...

Fri, 20 Oct 2017

New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) and The Atlantic's McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) joi...

Tue, 17 Oct 2017

SNL alum Taran Killam talks to Sam about his new action-comedy mockumentary Killing Gunther, which h...

Fri, 13 Oct 2017

Washington Post blogger and columnist Alexandra Petri and Mike Pesca from Slate's The Gist podcast j...

Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Sam talks to journalist Max Read about his recent New York Magazine cover story, "Does Mark Zuckerbe...

Fri, 06 Oct 2017

New York Times reporter Katie Rogers and Stephen Thompson from NPR Music and Pop Culture Happy Hour ...

Tue, 03 Oct 2017

Google him. You know his face. John Carroll Lynch is one of the most recognizable character actors i...

Fri, 29 Sep 2017

NPR newscaster Korva Coleman and NPR sports correspondent Tom "Yes, we do sports" Goldman join Sam t...

Tue, 26 Sep 2017

Prentice Penny, showrunner for 'Insecure', joins Sam to talk about the HBO comedy series, which just...

Fri, 22 Sep 2017

NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis and Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes join Sam to...

Tue, 19 Sep 2017

David Litt was writing speeches for President Barack Obama when he was 24. His new book about the ex...

Sat, 16 Sep 2017

NPR National Desk reporter Nate Rott and University of Montana journalism professor Jule Banville jo...

Tue, 12 Sep 2017

New Yorker writer Adam Davidson and NPR national security correspondent Mary Louise Kelly join Sam t...

Fri, 08 Sep 2017

NPR Science Desk producer Madeline Sofia and education reporter Claudio Sanchez join Sam to talk thr...

Tue, 05 Sep 2017

Sam talks to novelist Danzy Senna about her new book, 'New People,' and about race in America, why L...

Fri, 01 Sep 2017

New York Times reporter Katie Rogers and NPR film critic Bob Mondello join Sam to talk through the w...

Tue, 29 Aug 2017

Anonymous wealth leveraged in court represents a new threat to journalism in Brian Knappenberger's N...

Fri, 25 Aug 2017

Planet Money correspondent Stacey Vanek Smith and "Rough Translation" host Gregory Warner join Sam t...

Tue, 22 Aug 2017

Sam visits the Chicago offices of the satirical news publication for a headline pitch meeting and co...

Fri, 18 Aug 2017

NPR reporter Kirk Siegler and Southern California Public Radio reporter Priska Neely join Sam to tal...

Tue, 15 Aug 2017

Sam talks to white people — and only white people — about Charlottesville. This episode: UVA his...

Fri, 11 Aug 2017

From WWNO in New Orleans, NPR Code Switch correspondent Gene Demby and Planet Money correspondent No...

Tue, 08 Aug 2017

Sam talks to comedian and former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member Sasheer Zamata about leaving the ...

Fri, 04 Aug 2017

Morning Edition host Rachel Martin and Stephen Thompson of NPR Music and Pop Culture Happy Hour join...

Tue, 01 Aug 2017

Sam talks to actor Lakeith Stanfield about fidget spinning, meditating, loneliness, his character Da...

Fri, 28 Jul 2017

All Things Considered host Audie Cornish and Planet Money correspondent Ailsa Chang join Sam to talk...

Tue, 25 Jul 2017

The first-time director and star of the CBS sitcom 'Life in Pieces' shot her new movie using an all-...

Fri, 21 Jul 2017

NPR reporter Camila Domonoske and NPR editor Barrie Hardymon join Sam to talk through the week that ...

Tue, 18 Jul 2017

Sam talks to musician and record producer Jeff Bhakser about having a kid, settling down, working wi...

Fri, 14 Jul 2017

NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis and VICE News correspondent Evan McMorris-Santoro join S...

Tue, 11 Jul 2017

Sam talks to writer Anne Helen Petersen about her new book, "Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise...

Fri, 07 Jul 2017

'This American Life' reporter Zoe Chace and 'Reply All' host PJ Vogt join Sam to talk through the we...

Tue, 04 Jul 2017

Sam talks to writer and actor Timothy Simons about hustling, playing such contemptible character, th...

Fri, 30 Jun 2017

Washington Post writer Alexandra Petri and Gene Demby from NPR's Code Switch team join Sam to talk t...

Tue, 27 Jun 2017

Sam talks to producer, writer, and actor Lena Waithe about microwavable pork rinds, growing up in fr...

Fri, 23 Jun 2017

All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro and New York Times reporter Katie Rogers join Sam to talk thr...