meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

A Talk Easy Holiday Special

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

With the year coming to a close, Sam (literally) calls on past guests of the show to deliver some hope. Including: Janicza Bravo talking Kahlil Joseph’s Shadow Play at the New Museum; Jon Daly wishing to be friends with the Obamas; Lena Waithe getting engaged; Anna Sale adoring Search Party; Martin Starr being proud of his “Big Sick” friends; Noel Wells falling in love with Lady Bird; AO Scott delivering a Paul Thomas Anderson symposium; Jelani Cobb unable to get Jordan Peele out of his mind. Oh, and Mom makes a reappearance. Happy holidays everyone. 

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Pushkin. This is talk easy.

0:14.0

I'm San for go so. Welcome to the show. Oh, Today on our final episode of the year we present our annual holiday special.

0:52.1

We've been doing these since the podcast began back in 2016 but if you're new here let me explain in

0:59.5

2021 we release 52 episodes featuring dozens and dozens of people.

1:05.8

To close out our year, I've invited a handful of those people to sit and reflect on the past

1:11.9

12 months.

1:13.0

George Saunders, Julie Delpy,

1:14.8

Glynne Bea Nema, Nick Offerman,

1:18.4

and many, many others.

1:20.8

To everyone, I presented a few central questions.

1:25.0

What piece of art spoke to you in 2021?

1:28.0

Did you have a moment where life felt like life again,

1:32.0

a dinner, a concert, a wedding.

1:34.4

And then, lastly, what do you hope the next year looks and feels like?

1:40.4

These are questions answered by many you're about to hear from, but I'd also love to hear your answers.

1:47.0

Whether you want to share them with us on Instagram or Twitter at Talk Easy Podcast, or over email

1:54.0

email at talk easy pod at gmail

1:57.0

I'm curious to hear your responses

2:00.0

there's also one more question which which is, how are you spending your holidays?

2:05.0

I think most of us, if you're lucky, are going to spend this time with our family,

2:11.0

our friends, our loved ones.

2:14.4

In doing so, many of you listening, perhaps even right now, are going home or already at home

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Higher Ground, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Higher Ground and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.