The Sam Sanders Show
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.
Latest Episode
Does Pop Culture Give a F*#% about Friendship? (22.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Bob the Drag Queen: What is Freedom? 15.08.2025
- Big Freedia: Is Twerking Next to Godliness? 08.08.2025
- Did Beyoncé Change Country Music Forever? 01.08.2025
- Are We Living in a Feminist Dystopia? 25.07.2025
- Checking in from the public media dumpster fire 25.07.2025
- What’s Worth Watching (and Skipping) in 2025 So Far? 18.07.2025
- Can Atsuko Okatsuka Turn Family Trauma Into Comedy Gold? 11.07.2025
- Woodstock '99: Mosh Pit at the Apocalypse with Sam Sanders and Lindy West (From The Big Flop) 04.07.2025
- Is Allison Williams Afraid of Her Own Movies? 27.06.2025
- A United Nations of Red Flags (From Normal Gossip) 20.06.2025
- Jeff Hiller: Can Faith And Queerness Coexist? 13.06.2025
- Who’s On Your Queer Hollywood Mount Rushmore? 06.06.2025
- What happened to Britney Spears and the Millennial Dream? 30.05.2025
- Zainab Johnson: Is It Still Radical Just to Exist? 23.05.2025
- Can Hollywood Learn from Its Biggest Bombs? 16.05.2025
- Is Pop Culture in a Recession? Hot Takes Round 2 09.05.2025
- Has Marvel Lost Its Magic? 02.05.2025
- Are Spoilers Actually Bad? And More Pop Culture Hot Takes 25.04.2025
- Is Entertainment Moving to the Right? 18.04.2025
- How Did Marsai Martin Conquer Child Stardom? 11.04.2025
