The Sam Sanders Show
By KCRW & Sam Sanders
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The Sam Sanders Show from KCRW is your guide to entertainment. Find out what makes your favorite artists tick, dissect the trends that shape our culture, or just make sense of that random meme you can’t stop thinking about. Join us every week to unpack the pop culture we love.
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Sam Sanders is an award-winning podcast and radio host. He’s been named best podcast host by both The Ambies and the iHeart Podcast Awards. He was one of the founding hosts of The NPR Politics Podcast and the host who launched both It’s Been A Minute from NPR and Into It from Vulture. He currently co-hosts Vibe Check.
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Can Atsuko Okatsuka Turn Family Trauma Into Comedy Gold?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Woodstock '99: Mosh Pit at the Apocalypse with Sam Sanders and Lindy West (From The Big Flop)
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Is Allison Williams Afraid of Her Own Movies?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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A United Nations of Red Flags (From Normal Gossip)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Jeff Hiller: Can Faith And Queerness Coexist?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Who’s On Your Queer Hollywood Mount Rushmore?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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What happened to Britney Spears and the Millennial Dream?
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May 30, 2025 |
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Zainab Johnson: Is It Still Radical Just to Exist?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Can Hollywood Learn from Its Biggest Bombs?
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May 16, 2025 |
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Is Pop Culture in a Recession? Hot Takes Round 2
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May 09, 2025 |
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Has Marvel Lost Its Magic?
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May 02, 2025 |
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Are Spoilers Actually Bad? And More Pop Culture Hot Takes
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Is Entertainment Moving to the Right?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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How Did Marsai Martin Conquer Child Stardom?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Dark Side Of The Perfect Playlist
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Why Do We Love Bad TV?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Is Gender Just a Story?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Are Movie Stars Dead?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Is Reality TV Falling Apart?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Why Are Movie Wigs So Bad?!
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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The Hipster Grifter Speaks: Kari Ferrell on Scamming & Redemption
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Escaping Heartbreak with Musician Caroline Rose
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Who Belongs on Black Hollywood’s Mount Rushmore?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Should the Oscars Even Exist? with The Big Picture Hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Sam Sings! with Celebrity Vocal Coach Doug Peck
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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TikTok's Rise, Fall & Messy Future
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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2025’s Pop Culture Forecast
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Checking in from Los Angeles
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Rachel Bloom Confronts Grief with a Heckler Named Death
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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How To Talk To Yourself When Things Suck (from 10% Happier with Dan Harris)
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Jessica Williams Talks Therapy and Life Lessons
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The Evolution of Pop Music with Diallo and LUXXURY
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Kendrick vs. Drake to Wicked: 2024 Unpacked
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Be Your Own Best Life Partner with Meghan Keane
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Matt Rogers, Prince of Christmas
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Why Ronny Chieng Believes in America
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Inside 2024’s Tech Revolution with journalists Taylor Lorenz & Elise Hu
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Brian Jordan Alvarez and Stephanie Koenig Break Through Hollywood
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Roy Wood Jr Says Comedy is Journalism
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Climate Change Needs Hollywood and Hope
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Monét X Change: Drag, Politics, and Opera
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Sasheer Zamata on Disney Parks to Disney+
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Joel Kim Booster: Sex, Wealth, and Comedy
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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The Sam Sanders Show is out now
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Sep 27, 2024 |