Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee

Booking Overview

This weekly interview show explores consequential life and career choices through candid conversations with prominent entertainers, authors, academics, entrepreneurs, and media figures. Suitable pitches include established experts or public figures with distinctive decision-making stories, major career achievements, or timely books and projects; booking is likely high difficulty because the guest roster is nationally recognizable and the host is a major media personality.

Metrics

Episodes: 262

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 7.3k subscribers

Instagram: 456.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

hey@lemonadamedia.com

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Host

Samantha Bee - Comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, and television host known for her work as a correspondent on The Daily Show and as the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Nationally recognized entertainers, authors, academics, entrepreneurs, and media or political figures with substantial career achievements and a compelling personal story about consequential choices. Current books, shows, performances, companies, or other notable projects are common booking hooks.

Required Achievements:

Major television, film, theater, or comedy credits, Nationally published books, Founding or leading a notable company, Distinguished academic or media careers, Current high-profile creative or professional projects

Recent Guest Discussions

Patton Oswalt - Political Engagement, Outrage-driven Media, Social Media, Comedy, And His New Special Black Coffee And Ice Water.

Bobbi Brown - Her Career In Beauty, Founding And Selling A Cosmetics Company, Entrepreneurship, Personal Identity, And Her Book Still Bobbi.

Kate Bowler - The Distinction Between Joy And Happiness, The Prosperity Gospel, Religion, And Her Book Joyful Anyway.

Gina Gershon - Career Choices, Writing Opportunities For Women, Creative Independence, Resilience, And Her Book Alphapussy.

Aasif Mandvi - Returning To Broadway, His Television Work, Journalism, Politics, Artificial Intelligence And Acting, And Career Choices.

Recent Topics

Decision Making, Career, Comedy, Politics, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Choices We Made: Outraged or Engaged? (with Patton Oswalt)

August 27, 2026

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 discuss how there’s money in outrage and how it drives engagement, and how news channels take advantage of your cortisol levels to keep you engaged with constant alerts of BREAKING NEWS. Patton explains why he no longer interacts with people on X but still can’t leave his followers behind, and why they both ...

Choices We Made: Magazine Makeup Artist or Cosmetics CEO? (with Bobbi Brown)

August 20, 2026

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 two-time cosmetic company CEO. Bobbi talks about how some of her most important choices were choosing men—both her husband, who she knew within weeks was “the one” and Leonard Lauder, who she decided to sell her eponymous makeup brand to when it wasn’t even for sale. They talk about the importance...

Choices We Made: Joy or Happiness? (with Kate Bowler)

August 13, 2026

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 circumstantial but joy is big and bright and hits your reward system. They talk about the Prosperity Gospel, Christian amusement parks, and what on earth the Pope must be feeling right now. They talk about taking wisdom from Taylor Swift, an aversion to gardening, and the need to sometimes take a walk ...

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