Respond With Your Ability with Richard Pimentel

Richard Pimentel is one of the most incredible and inspiring humans we have ever met. It is no surprise there is a movie based on his life. He was abandoned at birth, raised in poverty, a volunteer for a suicide mission in Vietnam, blown up during the celebration for him surviving the suicide mission, and then comes home and starts helping other disabled vets get employment and eventually helps co-write the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Be Free Of That Bullshit with Duncan Trussell

Back from his recent descent into the unmedicated underworld, Sam finally releases his conversation with the legendary Purple Pope, comedian, and podcaster, Duncan Trussell. Sam has been a Fan of Duncan for many years, so naturally, the conversation covers a wide range of topics about being human that Sam had always wanted to ask him. The conversation also features Duncan's famous mindbending rants, that can only come from the unique, psychedelic, far-out mind, of the one and only Duncan Trussell.

The "official Interview" starts at 28:00, but we thought we'd leave the conversation as it was recorded.

Square One Is Sacred Ground with Jacob Nordby

Sam and Jacob discuss starting from scratch, finding your creativity, and finding the courage to try. It's really late when I write this so I'm going to do a proper bio tomorrow when I have slept.

Jacob Nordby is the author of The Devine Arsonist and Blessed Are The Weird, and is also the founder of the Creative Unbootcamp.

Keep Going, Your Art Is Valid with Julia Cameron

Every artist—no, every human—needs to listen to this episode. Sam sits down with Julia Cameron, author, playwright, filmmaker, composer, and teacher. Julia’s book The Artist’s Way has changed countless people’s lives. Julia teaches us all to give ourselves the permission to create. If you’ve ever doubted your work or doubted its value, please listen to this conversation.

Come As You Are with Aparna Nancherla

You may have seen her on the HBO comedy Crashing, Comedy Central’s new hit Corporate, or her Netflix special on The Standups, but Aparna Nancherla is also a master of addressing depression and mental health in her comedy. I sat down with her in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York to talk about how she got to where she is now.