TV or Radio? (with Christa Miller)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.3 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Actor Christa Miller joins Sam to talk about the new season of Shrinking and her other role where she serves as music supervisor. Christa talks about how she loves giving new artists their big break on TV and how TV really is the new radio. They talk about the never-ending seasons of 90s sitcoms, choosing spending time with her kids over certain jobs and why it’s always risky to turn something down. She talks about her real life therapist being the inspiration for Shrinking and how she used to have a hard time making decisions until he helped her learn that the act of making the decision is the important part, not the outcome. Sam and Christa agree you really are only ever as happy as your unhappiest child, and they do some shared mom-gushing over Christa’s daughter, musician Charlotte Lawrence. Christa amazes Sam by talking about being Susan Saint James’ niece, growing up in NYC the daughter of a super model, and how in high school she would DJ at clubs after the real DJ was done for the night. Keep up with Samantha Bee @realsambee on Instagram and X. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hiya, Julia Louis Dreyfus here from the Wiser Than Me podcast, among other things.
0:05.7	And I've got a bit of a hot take.
0:08.0	Our relationship to our food can feel disconnected.
0:13.5	We don't always know how or where our food is grown.
0:18.5	And if we throw food scraps in the garbage, we don't think about
0:21.8	where it's going, or at least we try not to. One way that I get back a little of that connection
0:28.0	is by using my Mill food recycler. Sure, Mill has totally changed my home life in a lot of
0:34.7	practical ways. It works automatically. You can fill it for weeks.
0:39.2	It never, ever smells. But this is also really important. When I use mill, I'm participating in a
0:46.6	circular system. All the food I don't eat is helping to grow the food that I do. It makes me feel
0:53.3	like I'm part of something bigger, and that
0:55.6	feels really, really good. And it's all so ridiculously easy. I just drop my scraps in my mill,
1:02.6	and it transforms them into nutrient-rich grounds overnight. I have mine sent to a small farm,
1:08.6	but if I wanted to, I could use them in my garden or for my
1:11.4	backyard chickens, if I wanted backyard chickens. And I don't know, maybe I do now. Maybe I don't.
1:18.1	Anyway, maybe Mill is transforming me, too, just a little. If you want to feel more connected or you
1:24.2	just want your kitchen to feel less gross, try Mills risk-free trial and just
1:29.2	live with it for a while. Go to mill.com slash wiser for an exclusive offer.
1:38.7	Hey there, it's Julia Louis Dreyfus. I'm back with a new season of Wiser Than Me, the show where I sit down with
1:46.1	remarkable older women and soak up their stories, their humor, and their hard-earned wisdom.
1:53.7	Every conversation leaves me a little smarter and definitely more inspired. And yes, I'm still
1:59.8	calling my 91-year-old mom, Judy, to get her take on it all.
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