Sam Fragoso is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and NPR. He's currently the host of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, a weekly podcast of long-form interviews with varying artists. He was formerly the EIC of Movie Mezzanine and the Creative Director at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Sam Fragoso is also movie maker and his short film, Sebastian appears at Roger Ebert’s Film Festival this year.