Ryan Tedder on BTS, Beyoncé, Rosalía, and OneRepublic’s New Music

Sarah Sherman has quickly become one of the most distinctive voices in comedy. Best known as a cast member on 'Saturday Night Live,' where her surreal characters, oddball sketches, and ongoing torment of Colin Jost have made her a fan favorite, Sherman has spent years building a devoted following on and off screen. With last year’s comedy special 'Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh' — produced by Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, and Eli Bush — the 33-year-old is letting her freak flag truly fly. The special is theatrical, confrontational, and profane, full of gory gags and visceral visuals. Think Phyllis Diller meets Pee-wee Herman partying with John Waters (who happens to intro the show). Sarah joins us to talk about building an hour of comedy from scratch, learning from her ‘SNL’ castmates, bombing in front of thousands while opening for Adam Sandler, and why roasting is sometimes easier than writing a joke from nothing. We also get into her Jewish Long Island upbringing, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, the influence of Phyllis Diller, her relationship with Colin Jost, the grind of producing dozens of sketches every season, and what it takes to keep pushing comedy into unexpected places. We kick things off by talking about her former college radio show… and how a particular avid caller wound up as her cohost, plus so much more.With Apple Creator Studio, it’s all yours for the making. Try Apple Creator Studio free at apple.com/apple-creator-studioSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Last time Teddy Swims sat down with us was back in 2022, pre-”Lose Control,” before the record smashing accolades and awards, before becoming a father. So it’s a big time catch up to see what he’s been up to since then and what life looks like on the other side of that success, the pressure and privilege of creating a song that people may sing for the next 40 years, and why all the awards, records, and milestones still pale in comparison to the power music has to connect people across generations. We also get into his new single "Mr. Know It All," and where things stand with his forthcoming album.As per usual the conversation goes much deeper too. Teddy opens up about learning how to become a father while living on a tour bus, the advice he's picked up from artists like Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton, and why therapy — both individual and couples therapy — has become such an important part of his life. We discuss break-ups, self-love, staring himself in the mirror, stretching his gauges, gardening, and upcoming music with Giveon. Plus bringing Vanessa Carlton onstage at Coachella and why being kind to yourself might be the hardest lesson of all.Steam "Mr. Know It All" ►►https://tinyurl.com/mp5jhs5cWith Apple Creator Studio, it’s all yours for the making. Try Apple Creator Studio free at apple.com/apple-creator-studioSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rico Nasty is joins us in the studio to discuss her forthcoming fourth album, and her role in Apple TV+'s ‘Margo's Got Money Troubles,’ starring alongside Elle Fanning (who she learned a lot from), Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman, as an OnlyFans model and rapper called KC. The DMV-born rapper talks rap, rock, parenting, fame, and dealing with other people's opinions.Elsewhere, we get into iCarly, Pinterest rabbit holes, dogs, Shrek, dinosaur conspiracy theories and whether monetizing poop pictures on OnlyFans is actually a viable business model. As you'd expect from Rico, the conversation goes everywhere.Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For more than four decades, Tommy Lee has been one of rock music's most recognizable drummers and personalities. As a founding member of Mötley Crüe, he helped define the excess, spectacle, and sound of the Sunset Strip era, earning a reputation as one of hard rock's ultimate hellraisers. Now, 45 years into the band's career, Tommy joins us to talk about the band getting back on the road, their evolving dynamic, and his newly reimagined Atmos-certified release ‘Tommyland Rides Again.’The conversation also revisits some of the wildest chapters of Tommy's life, from touring with Ozzy Osbourne (and getting into serious trouble with Sharon) to the reality behind rock's most infamous stories and the band's journey with sobriety after Dr. Feelgood. Plus, we discuss his new song with Chad Tepper, "Stupid World," the infamous rotating drum kit setup, the loss of rock mystique, and much more. Tommy also reveals an unexpected part of his upbringing — tap dancing and ballet lessons as a kid — so there's that too!Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.With Apple Creator Studio, it’s all yours for the making. Try Apple Creator Studio free atapple.com/apple-creator-studioSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ryan Tedder — frontman of OneRepublic and songwriter of countless hits for others — returns to the couch for the first time since 2020. New OneRepublic music is incoming, but we spend most of the interview discussing the state and evolution of the industry, plus we get the inside track on the artists he’s written songs with and for recently — BTS, Rosalía, Tate McRae — and some of the more historical hits he’s had a hand in (Beyoncé, U2, Lil Nas X, to name a few). Names are dropped, anecdotes are shared and if you’re fan of any of the above, plus Diplo, Avicii, Sombr, Christian music, and Timabland, you won’t wanna miss this. Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6LACK has always made emotionally intelligent music, and ‘Love Is The New Gangster’ is the latest installment in the evolution of Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr. The Atlanta-raised, multi-Grammy-nominated artist pops into the studio for the first time to discuss his fourth album and the vibe is thoughtful and reflective. The 33-year-old opens up about numerology, purpose, shadow work, and the idea that simply writing about your pain isn’t the same as actually healing it. Deeply inspired by his two children (who grace the album’s artwork), 6lack discusses gentle parenting, understanding your own parents more deeply once you become one yourself, the shift that occurred when he cut off his locs (and the history hair holds), and why he feels like he’s on a very intentional path. We also talk Atlanta’s musical DNA, battle rapping with Young Thug as a teen, and then collaborating with him properly later on (and on this record), working with his partner QUIN (also the mother of his second daughter) on the track “Out of Body,” writing with your partner about your partner, working with Kehlani, Lil Tjay, Leon Thomas, Timbaland, Gorillaz and Elton John (on “The Pink Phantom”) — and why ‘Love Is The New Gangster’ reframes love not as softness, but as strength.Stream "Love Is The New Gangsta" ►►https://tinyurl.com/4vdyeywdSponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Maisie Peters is back with her third album ‘Florescence’ and wow is she in a different headspace / life-space from when we talked to her last in 2023 circa ‘The Good Witch.’ Happily in love and cohabiting with her boyfriend and her sister (the co-host of their podcast Twinhood) and her sister’s boyfriend (more on that later), between this record and the last the 25-year-old took stock, dealt with vocal polyps, fell in love with her childhood sweetheart, and wrote a banging album. ‘Florescence’ features collabs with everyone from Julia Michaels to Marcus Mumford (do you think he’s the Internet’s boyfriend too?!), plus single “My Regards” boasts a video directed by Amelia ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Dimoldenberg and stars Benito Skinner. Her work is full of Easter eggs. Like the nod to her fave teen film ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging,’ in her album trailer, which also stars the lead actor Georgia Groome.Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The winner of the inaugural Grammy for Best Traditional Country Album for his third album, ‘Ain’t In It for My Health,’ Zach Top didn’t come up through the usual Nashville machine. Born in Sunnyside, Washington, he was fronting his family’s bluegrass band at seven, dropped out of college in Colorado, posted covers of country legends on Facebook, faced label rejection, and somehow wound up opening for his hero George Strait. We talk about keeping traditional country alive in a modern industry, the tension between career ambition and settling down, heartbreak, touring, virality, and whether success changes your relationship with the art itself. Plus: cold plunging, getting home schooled, building houses, making swords, ‘Lord of the Rings,’ and so much more.Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s not every day a sitting governor stops by the couch. Gretchen Whitmer— the two-term Governor of Michigan, political lightning rod, and the politician affectionately nicknamed “Big Gretch” by the internet — joins us for a wide-ranging conversation that gets into both policy and personhood.We talk about the realities of leadership: her eight-year legacy, the philosophy of underpromising and overdelivering, making the business case for equity, and why understanding people’s motivations matters more than simply talking at them. She reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her — from early ESPN commentator aspirations to unexpectedly finding her way into public service, plus the intensely difficult period where her mother became seriously ill while she was newly married, moving house, and starting life as a state representative.We also get into healthcare battles, medical debt, aging parents, the Flint water crisis, abortion rights, tariffs, the kidnapping plot, parenting through political chaos, working with Donald Trump, and why she believes the antidote to apathy is action. Plus: what law she’d enact if she could wave a wand, what comes after public office, what she’s most proud of — and whether Zach thinks she should run for president (resounding yes!).Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s been a minute since Joshua was last on the couch. The last time in 2024 (https://tinyurl.com/muuvbhct) ,and then that time in 2021 (https://tinyurl.com/4e5kurcj), and every time he stops in, things get deep, fast. This interview is no different. The 25-year-old is back in the hot seat to discuss his memoir ‘Rookie: My Public, Private, and Secret Life,’ and much like his book, we cover everything: his early, formative years in Hollywood, the imposter syndrome, the public turning on him because of that song and his very serious brush with death. We also discuss his battles with body dysmorphia, substances and — trigger warning — sexual abuse and suicidal ideation. It’s been a journey (one that’s included an Ayahuasca journey in fact) and it’s ongoing. Faith, routine, therapy, they’re all helping. We also talk ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,’ his run off Broadway on ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ getting inspired by Sombr and so much more.Get "Rookie" ►►https://tinyurl.com/2nknrwk2Sponsored by Ross — find your nearest store at RossStores.com.SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.