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Talkhouse

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

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Andy Samberg Talks with Asa Taccone (Electric Guest) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Sara Zandieh is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles. Her latest film, <a href="https://doinitmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doin’ It</a>, starring Lilly Singh, premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival and is out now in theaters. She also directed The Other Zoey, featuring Andie MacDowell and Heather Graham, which topped Amazon Prime’s charts for over 10 months. Zandieh made her debut feature with A Simple Wedding, starring Rita Wilson and Shohreh Aghdashloo, and she has directed episodes of NBC’s Good Girls and Grosse Pointe Garden Society. Her acclaimed short films include The Pool Party and Reza Hassani Goes to the Mall and she is a Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a MacDowell Colony residency. Zandieh was also selected for the La Fémis Director’s Workshop in Paris and holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University.

Sara Zandieh

Film

The Screwball Cure

Hamilton Leithauser lives with his wife and two baby girls in New York City. He was the singer for rock band the Walkmen from 2000-2014. He recently got social on the internet and now has<a href="https://twitter.com/HLeithauser" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Twitter</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and a <a href="http://www.hamiltonleithauser.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.

Hamilton Leithauser

James Austin Johnson (SNL) Talks with Hamilton Leithauser on the Talkhouse Podcast

Hannibal Buress Talks with Kristian Mercado on the Talkhouse Podcast

John Gourley is a founding member of the band Portugal. The Man. The band is a staple on the festival circuit, performing at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and more. The band&#8217;s website is <a href="http://www.portugaltheman.com/">here</a> and you can follow them on Twitter and Instagram <a href="http://twitter.com/portugaltheman">here</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/portugaltheman">here</a>.

John Gourley

Portugal. The Man Talks with Fred Armisen and Chris Redd for the Talkhouse Podcast

Amelia Meath writes songs and sings in Sylvan Esso and Mountain Man. When she is not on tour she is usually playing video games while talking about feelings with all the boys she lives with in Durham, North Carolina. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/arandallm" target="_blank">here</a>.

Amelia Meath

Sylvan Esso Talk with Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live) for the Talkhouse Podcast

Lisa D’Apolito is a documentary and commercial director. She is the director of the Gilda Radner documentary, Love, Gilda, which was selected as the opening night film of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and is in select theaters from September 20 through Magnolia Pictures. Lisa started out as an actress in film, theater and television including a part in Goodfellas. She went on to producing and directing, making her way to SVP/EP of Production for FCB, an advertising agency and then to starting her own branded content production company 3 Faces Films. Her short narrative film, The Gynotician, starring Amber Tamblyn and David Cross, won several festival awards. Lisa was named one of Variety’s 10 Documentarians to Watch in 2018.

Lisa D’Apolito

How I Learned More About Gilda Radner Than I Will Ever Know About Myself

Sasheer Zamata is an actor and comedian living in New York City. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 2014 and 2017 and currently serves as a celebrity ambassador for women&#8217;s rights for the ACLU. She is currently the host of the Spotify original podcast <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3iYwphRGrIjQiF3dLxChUg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The United States of Music</a>.

Sasheer Zamata

Noël Wells is a director/writer/actor living in Los Angeles, currently best known for her appearance on Master of None and her feature film Mr. Roosevelt. She likes making things and is passionately not a comedian. (Picture by Garrett Charboneau.)

Noël Wells

Sasheer Zamata Talks with Noël Wells (Mr. Roosevelt) for the Talkhouse Podcast

Kyle Mooney is the co-writer and star of Brigsby Bear, in theaters from July 28, and has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live since 2013. In his debut year on SNL, he quickly gained recognition via the digital shorts Miley Sex Tape with Miley Cyrus and 420 with Seth Rogen, and has also stood out with his signature man-on-the-street interviews. In addition to co-founding the Good Neighbor sketch comedy group, Mooney has been a regular writer and performer at Upright Citizens Brigade since 2007. He starred in the HBO series Hello Ladies and the movie adaptation Hello Ladies: The Movie opposite Stephen Merchant. He has also appeared on NBC&#8217;s Parks and Recreation and in the feature films Zoolander 2, directed by Ben Stiller, and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Originally from San Diego, Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California and currently lives in New York City.

Kyle Mooney

Over the course of his career, Taran Killam has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. Perhaps best-known for his scene-stealing work on Saturday Night Live for six seasons, Killam has in 2017 further shown the extent of his talents, making his Broadway debut as King George III in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning Broadway smash Hamilton, and writing, directing and starring in the action-comedy Killing Gunther opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cobie Smulders and Bobby Moynihan, to be released on October 20. Killam’s previous feature film credits include 12 Years A Slave, The Heat, and Brother Nature, which he co-wrote with Mikey Day. On TV, Killam has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother, Community, Scrubs, New Girl, Drunk History, MADtv and the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. He also voices the title character in the PBS series Nature Cat. (Picture by Danny Christensen.)

Taran Killam

Taran Killam Talks with Kyle Mooney for the Talkhouse Podcast

Craig Finn is a songwriter and music fan. He is the frontman for the Hold Steady and used to sing for Lifter Puller. Craig is from Minneapolis but has lived in Brooklyn since 2000. He mostly likes talking about Kiss but also digs sports and late-&#8217;80s hardcore. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/steadycraig" target="_blank">here</a>.

Craig Finn

Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks with Seth Meyers for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Vanessa Bayer is a member of the Saturday Night Live cast. She&#8217;s also appeared in several films, including Trainwreck and Office Christmas Party.
Jonah Bayer is the guitarist in United Nations, host of the podcast Going off Track and co-creator of the Web series Sound Advice. He is also a regular contributor to Playboy, Noisey, The AV Club, Inked and Revolver.
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Vanessa and Jonah Bayer

Jonah Bayer is the guitarist for the screamo act United Nations. He is also a writer, producer and podcaster with two decades of experience in the music industry. He has written for Rolling Stone, Travel + Leisure, and Stereogum and worked on podcasts for clients such as HBO Max, iHeartMedia &amp; Sonos. He is currently an adjunct professor in the English &amp; Communications department at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts as well as a graduate student in Antioch University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

Saturday Night Live