Episode 37 - Reggie Watts
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2016
⏱️ 67 minutes
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On this week's show, comedian Reggie Watts joins Sam to talk about finding comedy and music in improvisation, keeping those creative juices flowing, and finding the space to be creative at all. Plus, Reggie shares his thoughts on racism in America today, and considers the election of Donald Trump. All that, and a whole lot more. ------------------------------------------------- Talk Easy is sponsored by MUBI. Get your 30-day free trial at http://www.mubi.com/TalkEasy. For more information about Baden Baden, MUBI’s exciting first theatrical release, check out the website and trailer. ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: http://www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at http://www.talkeasypod.com
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| 1:53.0 | I'm San Forgoso and thank you for being here. |
| 1:55.2 | Today on the program we have Reggie Watts. |
| 1:58.0 | And if you're listening you probably know who Reggie Watts is. |
| 2:02.1 | He's someone who doesn't really need an introduction and yet also |
| 2:06.4 | does because he has for over 20 plus years been doing so much creatively. |
| 2:13.0 | Did you know that he was born in West Germany? |
| 2:15.0 | Or that he's been playing violin and piano since age five? |
| 2:18.0 | Or that he was the lead in this Seattle bass group called MacTub? |
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