Episode 23 - Lauren Lapkus
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2016
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week's guest, comedian Lauren Lapkus is known to most people from her roles in 'Orange is the New Black' and 'Jurassic World', but she made her name as an outstanding impressionist and improviser, gaining attention on 'Comedy Bang Bang' and her own podcast, 'With Special Guest, Lauren Lapkus'. She's most recently featured in Netflix's sketch comedy series, 'Characters'. Lauren joins Sam for a discussion of her career, staying sane online, and just how she's able to embody so many hilarious characters in her comedy. Music for the by @Vanilla. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: http://krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at http://talkeasypod.com
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, this is Sam. |
| 0:10.0 | If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy, then I'd recommend checking |
| 0:14.8 | out the podcast Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann Patrick, |
| 0:21.5 | Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book world today |
| 0:26.4 | with the help of special guests like New York Times Best-Selling author Jody Pekle |
| 0:31.3 | and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet. |
| 0:33.8 | Produced by the people at the Podglamaret, |
| 0:36.1 | Missing Pages explores everything from the insta frame of Colleen Hoover |
| 0:40.3 | to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction ghost writing. |
| 0:46.0 | As both the Washington Post and the Guardian praise, |
| 0:49.0 | missing pages is a must listen. |
| 0:52.0 | So if you'd like to check it out, you can follow missing pages on |
| 0:55.0 | Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Hello everyone. |
| 1:19.4 | Welcome to Talk Easy. |
| 1:21.0 | A weekly podcast of long-form conversations with the people shaping our culture today. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm San Francisco. Thank you for being here. |
| 1:30.5 | This week on the show we have Ace Improver and the always funny actress |
| 1:35.4 | Lauren Lapchus |
| 1:37.6 | Now before recording the intro to today's episode I looked through our small but growing archive of past interviews. |
| 1:46.1 | It's strange, but I noticed that a fair number of folks who've come on are from Chicago. |
| 1:51.0 | I don't know if that's a regional coincidence or if we quasi midwesterners like to flock to each other |
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