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KCRW & Sam Sanders · Entertainment

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. Sign up for Sam’s Newsletter to get behind the scenes stuff from every interview each week. 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.

Episodes

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How Did K-Pop Make Hollywood History?

17 Mar 2026
23m
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The Oscar-winning song "Golden" from K-Pop Demon Hunters serves as a masterclass in narrative-driven songwriting, functioning as an "I Want" song that defines the protagonist's journey. Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick explains how the track’s extreme vocal range and complex structure were intentionally crafted to mirror th...

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What If You Could Change Your Race? w/ Amy Wang

13 Mar 2026
47m
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Bruce Vilanch: What Makes an Oscars Host Funny?

10 Mar 2026
23m
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Can The Oscars Be Fixed?

06 Mar 2026
54m
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Who is Clavicular?

03 Mar 2026
24m
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Kate Hudson: Who Gets to Be Taken Seriously?

27 Feb 2026
44m
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Would K-Pop Exist Without Black Culture?

24 Feb 2026
30m
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Help! My dad is dating a scammer! (From This Is Uncomfortable)

22 Feb 2026
33m
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Ms. Pat: Can Laughter Save Democracy?

20 Feb 2026
38m
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How Did Mormon Moms Take Over Pop Culture?

17 Feb 2026
27m
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Nia DaCosta: Why is Real Life Scarier Than Horror Films?

13 Feb 2026
49m
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Why Are Movie Wigs Still So Bad?!

10 Feb 2026
16m
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How Did Therapy Change Sherry Cola’s Comedy?

06 Feb 2026
45m
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Can Bad Bunny Save America?

03 Feb 2026
28m
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The Millennial Internet, from Buzzfeed Quizzes to Filming ICE

01 Feb 2026
27m
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Millennials are experiencing a wave of nostalgia for 2016, a year now viewed as a simpler, pre-pandemic era of internet culture. This trend reflects a broader generational tension between the earnestness of Millennials and the jaded, often nihilistic, outlook of Gen Z. The shift from chronological, social-based platfor...

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George Civeris: Is this Gay Millennial Middle Age?

30 Jan 2026
38m
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How 'Heated Rivalry' Even Seduced Russia

27 Jan 2026
25m
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TikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure (From Question Everything)

25 Jan 2026
39m
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What’s Raphael Saadiq’s Golden Rule for Making Music?

23 Jan 2026
48m
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WTF is up with Spotify?

20 Jan 2026
27m
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