The 2 Best Full Release with Samantha Bee Podcast Episodes
1) Ed Helms
Samantha Bee sits down with actor Ed Helms to discuss their formative years on The Daily Show, his new show True Story, the importance of diverse writing rooms, and why it's important to laugh at your...Show More
2) Patton Oswalt
Samantha Bee talks to comedian Patton Oswalt about engaging with Trump supporters on Twitter, making breakfast, and his forever-career as a DJ. They agree that you should always listen to Dolly Parton...Show More
3) Moscow or ‘Merica? (with David Remnick)
The New Yorker editor David Remnick joins Sam to talk about if The New Yorker is the “slow food movement” of news and how today’s current events remind him of living in Moscow at the...Show More
4) Carrots or Grapes? (with Emily Oster)
Economist and author Emily Oster joins Sam to ring in the New Year and talk about why so many people try to reset in January and if they believe in New Year’s resolutions. They unpack why some i...Show More
5) Choices We Made: City or Country? (with Leslie Bibb)
Choices We Made: Actress Leslie Bibb joins Sam while Mercury is fully in retrograde and they quickly agree that their shoulders only fully relax when they’re in the country despite both living i...Show More
6) Choices We Made: Magazine Makeup Artist or Cosmetics CEO? (with Bobbi Brown)
Bobbi Brown, Founder of Jones Road Beauty, joins Sam fresh off the plane from Paris to discuss her new book, Still Bobbi, and to explore her career trajectory from behind-the-scenes makeup artist to t...Show More
Choices We Made: Magazine Makeup Artist or Cosmetics CEO? (with Bobbi Brown)
44:41 | Dec 25th, 2025
7) Choices We Made: Bread Baskets or Bougie Butter? (with Tony Shalhoub)
Actor Tony Shalhoub joins Sam to discuss living out both their dreams while traveling the world eating bread for his new CNN show Breaking Bread. He talks about how bread is the “OG social media...Show More
8) Choices We Made: Wealthy or Wise? (with Michael Lewis)
Author Michael Lewis joins Sam to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Big Short and talk about if we’ve learned any lessons since its publication—like why we so often conflate wealth and...Show More
9) Act or Direct? (with Michael Showalter)
Comedy legend turned director extraordinaire Michael Showalter joins Sam to talk about how he made this career shift and how he now realizes he hates acting. Michael tells Sam that he’d ultimate...Show More
10) Outraged or Engaged? (with Patton Oswalt)
Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt joins Sam to catch up where they left off during the first Trump administration and how they simply can’t believe we’re doing round two of this shit. They ...Show More