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The Sam Sanders Show from KCRW is your guide to entertainment. Find out what makes your favorite artists tick, dissect the trends that shape our culture, or just make sense of that random meme you can’t stop thinking about.
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Kerry Washington Has a Podcast?! (opens the original)
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Sam is feeling sooo nostalgic this episode. Flashback to 2012. Monoculture is omnipresent. ‘Scandal’ is on every Thursday night. Twitter is ablaze with reactions to the iconic Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington. Sam never misses an episode. Flash forward to today, and Kerry now has a lot in common with Sam. She just launched a new podcast called Street You Grew Up On . The show revolves around one simple question — Can you tell me about the street you grew up on? Kerry explores the people,
John Cho Just Wants To Connect (opens the original)
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John Cho has portrayed plenty of lovable characters in Hollywood, but never a villain. In the new action thriller ‘ Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother , ’ John finally steps into that role as a violent evangelical pastor. His character is equipped with a cowboy hat, gold grills and huge guns. John spoke with Sam about preparing for the role, the importance of connection and how becoming a father changed the way he approaches his craft. Plus, a decade after the viral #StarringJohnCho online mome
Introducing: Reaching Out (opens the original)
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Today we’re excited to share a special episode of Reaching Out , a new podcast from Futuro and KCRW. Hailed by Ira Glass as the “best new show I’ve heard in years,” Reaching Out is a story about fathers, sons, and the distance between. The story begins on the eve of twin brothers’ Sayre and Connor’s 30th birthday, when they set out to find the biological father who abandoned them before they were born. Their search pulls them through desert raves, drunken nightclubs, and across borders of time a
It’s Time To Have Better Fights w/ Priya Parker (opens the original)
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From The Real Housewives to The Jerry Springer Show , today’s episode is all about conflict through the lens of pop culture. Author and conflict facilitator Priya Parker joins Sam to explain why conflict is so vital to building healthy communities and relationships. She also breaks down the tactics we often see in the media, and how they can teach us to fight in healthier ways. Priya even encourages something we do on this show a lot…Sharing and defending Hot Takes! Priya’s new book The Art of F
Orville Peck: How Do You Hide Rock Bottom in Plain Sight? (opens the original)
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Orville Peck bares his soul in his music, but chances are you wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a crowd. For the entirety of his country music career he has been wearing a literal mask, on and off the stage. For Orville, the mask gives him the strength to be vulnerable. In his new album, Mule , he opens up even more while singing songs about his darkest moments with addiction, his time in rehab, and his path to sobriety. Orville tells Sam about hitting rock bottom, how he stays authentic even
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