June 28, 2021

·50 min·5 clips

Sam shares Warren Buffett's rule of 25/5 for narrowing your focus to achieve what matters most.

The episode begins with Sam and Jen casually chatting about the upcoming July 4th holiday and travel concerns. They quickly pivot to the COVID Delta variant, expressing frustration over renewed mask recommendations. The conversation shifts to personal finance, with Sam comparing housing costs in Los Angeles to cheaper areas like Houston and Florida. Jen mentions the 'rule of 25/5', a productivity tip attributed to Warren Buffett, about focusing on five key goals. Guest Brian Laws calls in from Oklahoma City to discuss his short film 'Lost Kings', a proof-of-concept for a feature about a boy stealing food to survive. Brian explains the film's themes of socioeconomic disparity and moral ambiguity, and his process of adapting a feature script into a short. After the interview, Sam and Jen reflect on homelessness and hunger, leading into a story about an autistic man with Parkinson's who got lost after traveling from Florida to New York. They discuss Parkinson's-related hallucinations and family support. The show then covers lighter topics, including a segment on James Corden's 'Spill Your Guts' game with Steven Tyler, concert experiences, and Kylie Jenner's lip kit empire. They critique plastic surgery trends and the potential long-term effects. Finally, they briefly mention a study on COVID vaccine protection lasting years, but express skepticism due to changing information. The episode closes with Sam humorously dismissing the rest of the news as 'shit'.

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A loose morning show that moves from summer anxiety into a filmmaker's process.

Sam in the Morning opens on summer timing, with June almost over, July close at hand, Fourth of July travel in view, and pandemic anxiety still shaping the conversation.

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Summer panic, mask talk, and a filmmaker breaking down the short-form rewrite.

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