#329: Sam Wasson // New York Times Best Selling Author of "Fosse" // Part One
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Sam Wasson, the New York Times best-selling author behind Fosse; Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art ...and more visits The Hamilcast to talk about his early college connections with Hamilton creatives—and how it helped lead to Tommy Kail, Alex Lacamoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and Lin-Manuel Miranda teaming back up to adapt his book Fosse into the award winning FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.
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| 0:00.0 | i guess even if you're comfortable in front of people you're still vulnerable yeah i guess that's true you know because you put your ideas out there you put your heart out there and so who could be so confident that they would have absolutely no anxiety around being phone i wouldn't trust that person |
| 0:15.3 | yeah i get nervous before every recording i'm scared that i won't have any things right i mean yeah you should be nervous and also then you then i go i go i go i'm nervous and then i go i go oh fuck them right i |
| 0:27.5 | vacillate between that that those polarities there's absolutely no in between which is not the most healthy but but right now due to you i feel good well that's really nice it's due to you what a nice way to start this thing i |
| 0:41.0 | appreciate that thanks Sam thank you yeah you you you can you you can yes and and you're you're good audience and what have you heard what did you listen to i hung out with you |
| 0:50.7 | and i hung out with you i saw you in person i know well that's yep yeah you were there hi i'm stage in stages linman while Miranda and you're listening to the hamil cast |
| 1:03.1 | boots and cuts and busts and cuts. |
| 1:17.1 | Hello everyone, welcome back to the Hamelcast. |
| 1:19.7 | My name is Jillian. |
| 1:20.6 | Today I am here with the fantastic Sam Wasin. |
| 1:24.0 | Hi Sam. |
| 1:24.8 | Hi. |
| 1:25.3 | Before we get started, can you just tell me |
| 1:27.3 | and the listeners your pronouns please? |
| 1:29.0 | Oh, he, him. |
| 1:30.2 | Perfect. |
| 1:31.0 | You are New York Times bestselling author. |
| 1:33.5 | You've written many books. |
| 1:35.6 | You wrote Fossi, which is the basis for Fossi |
| 1:38.0 | Verdun on FX, which was directed by Juan Tomas-Kale. |
| 1:40.5 | I'm produced by Lynn Manuel Miranda. |
| 1:42.2 | You also wrote, you know, Fifth Avenue 5 AM in Provination, |
| 1:45.0 | The Big Good Buy, which is about Chinatown |
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