Abbi Jacobson Interviews Sam
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To commemorate his 30th birthday, Abbi Jacobson interviews Sam!
They talk about Sam's early days in journalism (8:00 ), his Almost Famous-like experience as a teenage film critic (10:30 ), making Talk Easy and how the show evolved post-pandemic (13:15 ), and the email from the late Roger Ebert that changed his life (22:30 ).
On the back-end, they discuss Abbi’s annual birthday questions (28:00 ), why Sam’s episode with filmmaker Werner Herzog has stayed with her (31:57 ), and how he approaches asking hard questions on Talk Easy (36:43 ). To close, a passage from Sam's debut episode with Don Cheadle (45:28 ) and a philosophy captured in his short film Sebastian (53:20 ).
Listen to our first conversation with Abbi Jacobson from 2022.
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