Episode 525: Sam Fragoso

Published: March 8, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Sam Fragoso is a writer, filmmaker, and the host of the podcast\xa0Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.\n\u201cWe have an hour together. We may not have another. We're here for a brief moment and then, you know, we die. And I want this thing to be as good as it can be. If if it's anything less than that, I'm just not interested. \u2026 And that, to me, is why you keep doing it: because that feeling when you really feel like you've put someone's life on the record in a way that is beautiful and painful and idiosyncratic and triumphant \u2026 when it goes well, it's like I lost 20 pounds. I am never a nicer or happier person than immediately after a taping. I'm kind of goofy and silly and delirious and grateful to be doing this. Like, so fucking grateful.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@SamFragoso\n\nsamfragoso.com\n\n00:00\xa0Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso\n\n\n08:00\xa0"#1: Matthieu Aikins"\xa0(Longform Podcast \u2022 Aug 2012)\n\n09:00\xa0"#156: Renata Adler"\xa0(Longform Podcast \u2022 Sep 2015)\n\n09:00\xa0"#187: Elizabeth Gilbert"\xa0(Longform Podcast \u2022 Apr 2016)\n\n16:00\xa0"Dr. Ashish Jha"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Mar 2020)\n\n17:00\xa0"Noam Chomsky"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Apr 2020)\n\n21:00\xa0"Margaret Atwood"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Mar 2022)\n\n21:00\xa0"David Byrne"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Mar 2022)\n\n21:00\xa0"Questlove"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Feb 2022)\n\n22:00\xa0"Anna Sale"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Apr 2017)\n\n27:00\xa0"David Sedaris"\xa0(Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso \u2022 Jun 2022)\n\n52:00\xa0WTF with Marc Maron\n\n\n54:00\xa0"Live Taping: Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso"\xa0(On Air Fest \u2022 Feb 2023)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices