From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.

We have a very special episode for you today.

Two guests on stage in front of a live audience.

This is a good one.

Earlier this month, I got to hang out with John Cho, the actor, and Anish Chaganty, the

director.

You know John, from Harold and Kumar, and the Star Trek films, a bunch of other stuff.

You may not know Anish yet, but you will.

Anish is a first-time filmmaker getting some major acclaim for his first feature film.

In this film, he directed John Cho, the movie's a psychological thriller called Searching,

and it's a real twist on the genre.

It makes you ask these really big questions about the role of technology in our lives.

The movie hits theaters later this month.

We talk about that movie and how they made it and how it kind of twists the genre.

But we also talk about whether this movie, which is directed by an Asian American person,

has a majority Asian American cast, I ask, does that make it an Asian American film?

John and Anish, they do not agree on the answer, which I liked.

We talk more about that in the chat.

There's a ton of other good stuff in here too.

With that said, let's get into it.

Me, Anish, and John, and a few hundred friends at the Line Hotel in Los Angeles.

Enjoy.

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