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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly series of intimate conversations with artists, authors, and politicians. Where people sound like people. Hosted by Sam Fragoso. New episodes every Sunday.
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Signup to Generate a PitchTalk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly series of intimate conversations with artists, authors, and politicians. Where people sound like people. Hosted by Sam Fragoso. New episodes every Sunday.
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is hosted by Higher Ground. The show has published 566 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "You Can Know Everything (About the Economy) with Kyla Scanlon" (1 November 2026, 75 minutes), "Novelist Min Jin Lee (‘Pachinko’) Has Something to Teach Us" (25 October 2026, 89 minutes), and "Jason Sudeikis (‘Ted Lasso’) Still Believes" (18 October 2026, 96 minutes).
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 82 minutes across 566 episodes.
Booking probability for Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso's contact route on record: verified email.
Higher Ground hosts Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, a society podcast with 566 episodes published.
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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
The way Americans talk about money is changing. Economic commentator Kyla Scanlon has emerged as a fresh, influential voice in that conversation. Recently named one of TIME’s 100 Creators, her New York Times bestseller...
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“The rules of engagement have changed already.” Novelist Min Jin Lee ( Pachinko ) is a beacon of wit and wisdom. She returns to the show this week with American Hagwon , the long-awaited third installment in her Korean...
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Jason Sudeikis became a household name during his decade-long run on Saturday Night Live . Then, came his Emmy-winning turn in Ted Lasso . On the heels of the beloved series’ Season 4 finale, we discuss this latest...
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“The Trump administration was betting that if they broke the law fast enough,” writes Michael Lewis, “the law would never catch up to them.” On the heels of his new book, Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State , the...
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Isabel Allende ( The House of the Spirits , Paula ) is one of the most widely-read authors in the world, alternating gracefully between the political and personal on the page for over forty years. We sat with...
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Christiane Amanpour is the host of CNN's award-winning flagship global program “Amanpour,” where she’s been one of the network's most trusted voices on foreign affairs since 1983. She joins us this week from New York...
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For eight years, Ben Rhodes worked as a speechwriter and Deputy National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama. A decade after leaving the White House, Rhodes has become increasingly critical of the foreign policy...
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“I get calls from people inside of some of the AI labs,” says technology ethicist Tristan Harris. “And it feels like getting a call from Robert Oppenheimer before the atomic bomb.” Harris (a former Google insider...
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These days Nick Offerman appears to be one of the few remaining men who enjoys “making things rather than destroying things.” Career-best performances, best-selling books, a wooden, cedar-strip canoe built out of his...
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Fall movie season is upon us, and who better to sit with than The Big Picture co-hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins? We begin with a post-vacation check-in, then discuss the recent accusations of horniness on...
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From The Good Place and Barry to A League of Their Own and The Five-Star Weekend , D’Arcy Carden has become one of the most recognizable and beloved performers on television. We walk through her Bay Area upbringing...
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Novelist Colson Whitehead is one of only a handful of writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice—first for The Underground Railroad in 2017, and again for The Nickel Boys in 2020. He joins us on the heels of...
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What if it’s true that good things come to those who wait? For Greta Lee, the success of Past Lives came after twenty years of working and finding her way as an actor. Fittingly, her latest turn is in a film called Late...
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Nine years ago, cook and writer Samin Nosrat created a kitchen staple with Salt Fat Acid Heat : a New York Times bestseller that later became a hit Netflix series. Last fall, Nosrat returned with Good Things , a...
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Two years ago Mary Beth Barone considered quitting stand-up comedy. Thankfully (for us) these were always “empty threats.” The kinds you make when you’re working and waiting for your break, or, in her case, a Netflix...
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Timothy Olyphant has made a career out of masking the effort behind his effortless performances. He joins us on the heels of his recent turns in Lucky and The Five-Star Weekend . We talk about performing opposite Anya...
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All that glitters is not gold. Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent for The New York Times who’s been covering Donald Trump for nearly three decades. Her extraordinary level of access in and around the...
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
From Kenny Powers (“Eastbound & Down”) to Jesse Gemstone (“The Righteous Gemstones”), Danny McBride has created some of the most vain, quintessentially American portraits of male dysfunction in recent memory. His debut...
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Councilmember Nithya Raman says she’s running for mayor “to make LA affordable for everyone.” She joins us this week in her first extended sit-down since edging out Spencer Pratt in the recent mayoral primary. We begin...
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Tom Hanks is one of the defining actors of the last half-century. Today, we return to one of our favorite conversations with the beloved performer and writer. We begin by discussing his debut novel, The Making of...
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