About this episode

Sam Sanders chats with Fred Armisen about the sketch comedy show 'Portlandia' and their new rewatch podcast 'Podlandia: A-O Rewatch'.

This episode, we’re going back in time for one of Sam’s favorite shows… ‘Portlandia!’ For eight seasons, the sketch comedy show famously poked fun at the hipster culture, all while set in a fictionalized version of Portland. Creators and co-stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein played many of the show’s central characters. Now, they’re revisiting the episodes with a weekly rewatch podcast called ‘Podlandia: A-O Rewatch with Fred and Carrie.’ Sam got to chat with Fred about the show, their favorite sketches, and why hipsters were always ripe for spoofing.  “Podlandia: A-O Rewatch” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard. New episodes air every Thursday. Sign up for Sam’s Newsletter to get behind the scenes stuff from every interview each week. The Sam Sanders Show is a production of KCRW and Sam Sanders Productions.  

People in this episode

Host: Sam Sanders

Guest: Fred Armisen

Topics covered

• comedy
• television
• rewatch
• hipster culture
• Portlandia

Keywords

• Portlandia
• Fred Armisen
• Carrie Brownstein
• sketch comedy
• hipsters
• rewatch podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts, KCRW, Sam Sanders Productions

Books & works: Portlandia, Podlandia: A-O Rewatch

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