Zoe Lister-Jones on 'Band Aid'

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🗓️ 25 July 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The first-time director and star of the CBS sitcom 'Life in Pieces' shot her new movie using an all-female crew. She talks to Sam about that, and about diversity in hiring, her favorite karaoke song, Jamie Foxx, her film's co-stars Adam Pally and Fred Armisen, growing up in New York as the daughter of struggling artists, success and failure in art, performing the music in 'Band Aid', how directing is like journalism editing, relationships, and working with her husband. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, everybody, it's Stretch Armstrong.
0:02.4	My name is BobitoCaK, cool Bob Love.
0:04.9	If you love this podcast you were listening to,
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0:11.1	This is not your average interview show.
0:12.6	We're gonna be telling stories that you're not gonna hear anywhere else.
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0:20.7	It's What's Good.
0:23.0	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here. It's been a minute.
0:31.2	Every Tuesday on the show we bring you a deep dive interview.
0:34.5	Today, actress and writer and director Zoe Lister Jones.
0:38.7	She stars on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces.
0:41.8	She's also done theater on Broadway.
0:44.1	And this summer she put out a really, really good movie.
0:47.5	It's her first movie as director. It is called Band-Aid.
0:51.3	I liked it a lot. She stars in it.
0:53.6	Also Adam Paley stars in the movie as her husband.
0:57.0	You probably know him from one of my favorite sitcoms of all time.
0:59.5	Happy Endings and also The Mindy Project.
1:03.0	Another big name in this film, Fred Armason.
1:05.4	He plays there weird and hilarious neighbor in the movie.
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