Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

English Comedy Explicit
Episodes 251
Avg. Duration 53m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.3 (1,769)
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
99%
Hosting
feeds.megaphone.fm

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About This Podcast

We make a lot of choices, every single day. Some explode, some implode, most we barely remember. Each week on Choice Words, Samantha Bee sits down with people she admires to examine the biggest choices they’ve made in their lives and the ripple effects those decisions have had. What’s a story a journalist took a chance on that changed history? A vote that a politician never should have cast? A song lyric a musician came up with in the shower that made them instantly famous? Sam’s made a lot of choices, too. She may have to interview herself about starting this podcast.

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Recent Episodes

Choices We Made: Moscow or ‘Merica? (with David Remnick)

Jun 11, 2026 56m

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 end of the…

Choices We Made: Earth or Space? (with Kal Penn)

Jun 04, 2026 54m

Actor and former Obama White House staffer Kal Penn joins Sam to talk about how he doesn’t make calculated decisions and hates when people suggest he makes a decision tree. They unpack the hope of…

North South or East West? (with Senator Murphy)

May 28, 2026 35m

Senator Chris Murphy joins Sam to talk about keeping plants alive and why he’s been walking across the state of Connecticut for ten years, now with titanium screws in his knees!They discuss his new…

Joy or Happiness? (with Kate Bowler)

May 21, 2026 58m

Professor, author, and podcast host Kate Bowler joins Sam to talk about her new book Joyful Anyway, and what the difference between joy and happiness really is. They talk about why happiness is…

House or Home? (with Lisa Ann Walter)

May 14, 2026 42m

Actress and comedian Lisa Ann Walter joins Sam to talk about becoming the “man of the house” when she was ten and what it means to finally have a “Nancy Meyers kitchen” of her own. They talk about…

Choices We Made: TV or Radio? (with Christa Miller)

May 07, 2026 50m

Actor Christa Miller joins Sam to talk about the new season of Shrinking and her other role where she serves as music supervisor. Christa talks about how she loves giving new artists their big break…

DC or Everywhere Else? (with Ana Navarro)

Apr 30, 2026 49m

Ana Navarro, co-host of The View and host of the new podcast Bleep!, joins Sam to talk about how she’s been boycotting DC for almost two years and what might finally bring her back there. They bond…

Lawyer or Journalist? (with Jodi Kantor)

Apr 23, 2026 51m

Journalist Jodi Kantor joins Sam to talk about her new book, How To Start, and how, much to the chagrin of her parents, she dropped out of Harvard Law to go into a career in Journalism. They talk…

S3 Scarcity or Abundance? (with Jennie Garth)

Apr 16, 2026 54m

Actress Jennie Garth joins Sam to talk about her new book I Choose Me, and how to balance scarcity and abundance mindsets. They talk about the concept of choosing yourself and how Jennie first…

S3E35 Bruce Springsteen or Kid Rock? (with Aasif Mandvi)

Apr 09, 2026 56m

Aasif Mandvi joins Sam for a major Daily Show catch up, and to talk about juggling his return to Broadway in Fallen Angels with his new TV show The Miniature Wife. They bond over the perfection of…

S3E34 Gina or Gheena? (with Gina Gershon)

Apr 02, 2026 54m

Actress and author Gina Gershon joins Sam to talk about her new book AlphaPussy which leads to discussing their shared love of audiobooks, allowing cats to choose their owners, and the wild women who…

Check Out: Hell yeah it's No Kings 3 — here's how to make it massive

Mar 26, 2026 1h 3m

March 28th. 3000+ protests. No Kings 3. Leah breaks down the strategic logic — why Trump fears mass protest, what we can actually accomplish, and what comes next. Ezra shares a dead-simple 'tripling'…

S3 Choices We Made: 1929 or 2026? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)

Mar 19, 2026 55m

Financial journalist and author of the new book 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin, joins Sam to talk about the parallels between 1929 and now and, and how while history does repeat itself, there are some…

S3E33 Shamed or Shameless? (with Jennifer Welch)

Mar 12, 2026 59m

Jennifer Welch, host of the podcast “I’ve Had It”  joins Sam to talk about taking a midlife gap year in Manhattan and how the country is led by people with no shame, and you just can’t shame the…

S3E32 Cookbook Author or Restaurant Chef? (with Padma Lakshmi)

Mar 05, 2026 57m

Television host and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi joins Sam to talk about her new show, America’s Culinary Cup and how she’s a triple threat on it serving as creator, executive producer, and host.…

S3E31 Real Wife or TV Wife? (with Sarah Chalke)

Feb 26, 2026 59m

Actress Sarah Chalke joins Sam and they revel in having both been married to Jason Jones—Sam in real life and Sarah on How I Met Your Mother (which people still yell at her in airports for). They…

S3E30 Controlled Burns or Fires of the Future? (with Jacob Soboroff)

Feb 19, 2026 58m

Reporter and author Jacob Soboroff joins Sam to talk about his new book Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster and the debate between the native communities’…

S3E29 TV or Radio? (with Christa Miller)

Feb 12, 2026 50m

Actor Christa Miller joins Sam to talk about the new season of Shrinking and her other role where she serves as music supervisor. Christa talks about how she loves giving new artists their big break…

S3E28 Secular Saint or Church Guitarist? (with George Saunders)

Feb 05, 2026 1h 2m

Author George Saunders joins Sam to talk about his new book Vigil and why people are so obsessed with turning him into a secular saint (and his childhood role of church guitarist). George explains…

S3E27 Bea or Twila? (with Emilia Clarke)

Jan 29, 2026 48m

Actress Emilia Clarke joins Sam to talk about her new show PONIES and how for the first time ever she was given the choice of which main character to be, Bea or Twila. They compare stories of…

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