Episode 40 - Kate Berlant
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with stand-up comedian, actress, and writer Kate Berlant. The New York Times profiled her as a "magnetic improvisational comic" and this could not be more true. Kate and Sam discuss art's place in the world of Trump, her upbringing as an only child, her new show "555," and the intricacies of improv. ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.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, Welcome. Welcome to the show, this is Talk Easy. I'm Sam Fregoso and thank you for being here. |
| 1:30.0 | This week on the podcast we have writer, actress, and comedian Cape Berland. |
| 1:35.1 | Born in Los Angeles, 1987, |
| 1:37.8 | Berlant is one of the more emerging comedic forces working in Hollywood today. |
| 1:45.7 | Just last year she contributed bit parts and voice work to shows like transparent, comedy bang bang, search party, bojack |
| 1:50.7 | horsemen, animals, the list literally goes on. The point is, she's in high demand right now. |
| 1:57.0 | This is in part because her strain of comedy is something both familiar and completely out of left field. |
| 2:04.2 | She manages to pull off a kind of straight face silliness interact. |
| 2:08.6 | Incredible self-awareness blended with impactful physical comedy. |
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