15 Years in LA Pod

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15 Years in LA Pod

Sam Adler

8 episodes

56 minutes ago

Send us a text In this episode of 15 Years in LA, Sam Adler (@_sadl3r) welcomes writer, actor, and comedian Sean Leviashvili (@seanslostit) for an open and heartfelt conversation about identity, confidence, and connection. Sean shares his experience living between Los Angeles and New York, navigating dating on both coasts, and embracing life with cerebral palsy while celebrating self-acceptance and authenticity. They explore how community and creativity sustained LA through the pandemic and t...

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Episodes (8/8)

15 Years in LA Pod

Bicoastal Love, Gaga Energy, and the Art of Confidence: A conversation with Sean Leviashvili

1 month ago

1 hour 42 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

BONUS EPISODE: Getting Real About Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar & Eating Disorders

Send us a text ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions around mental health, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and eating disorders. Please take care of yourself and listen only if and when you feel ready. In this bonus episode, I open up about my personal journey with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and my eating disorder: what it’s looked like, how it’s evolved, and how it still impacts me today. This is one of the most vulnerable conversations I’ve had on...

1 month ago

45 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

A Conversation with Jon Zuber: The Art of Longevity (40+ Years in Entertainment)

Send us a text I sit down with writer and producer Jon Zuber, who I first met on my debut feature film Killer Holiday. Jon shares stories from his 40+ year career in film & TV, his time living and working in Santa Barbara, and the making of his Emmy-winning documentary Stories in Time: Santa Barbara. Now based in Palo Alto, Jon reflects on balancing family life with creative work, the evolving entertainment landscape, and how to keep finding inspiration over the long haul. Highlights: How...

2 months ago

1 hour 57 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

The Weight of Not Showing Up

Send us a text In this deep and raw mini episode, I open up about the heavy days—the ones where depression keeps me from showing up, where being absent feels easier than facing the world. I talk about what it’s like to try and pick myself back up when I’m very much down, and the small steps I take to find purpose and self-motivation in uncertain times. From discovering that tarot is something I’m genuinely good at, to making changes in my diet and lifestyle, this episode is about the ongoing ...

3 months ago

36 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

Calm Wasn’t an Option — It Was the Only Option

Send us a text What do you do when you’re halfway through Griffith Park, alone with your dogs, and two coyotes appear on the trail ahead of you? In this solo episode of 15 Years in LA, I share the story of one of the most nerve-racking hikes of my life and how it became a reminder of something bigger. Because whether it’s wildlife on a hike or a challenge in your own head, LA will put you in situations where you have no choice but to face your fears. We’ll talk about what it feels like in the...

3 months ago

35 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

Edgar Momplaisir: 15 Years from Ventura to Hollywood — Friendship, UCB, and the City That Raised Us

Send us a text In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant and hilarious Edgar Momplaisir to talk about 15 years in LA. The chaos, the grind, the gigs, the wins, the weird parties, and the city that raised us, reinvented us, and almost broke us (more than once). We get into: – how we met and what we remember about each other back then – the realities of moving to LA and making it home – the moments that shaped us creatively – what’s changed over the years: in the city...

4 months ago

1 hour 52 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

Episode 1 – From Haddonfield to Hollywood

Send us a text In the premiere episode of 15 Years in LA, host Sam Adler shares her journey from a small town in South Jersey to the edge of Los Angeles — landing in Ventura in 2010 with big dreams, no roadmap, and a whole lot of Jersey girl energy. Sam reflects on the pop culture that shaped her (think The Hills, Kristin Cavallari, Paris Hilton), her early days as a child actor, and the unexpected film school detour that changed everything. Plus: her favorite LA spots for brunch, hoagies, su...

4 months ago

45 minutes

15 Years in LA Pod

15 Years in LA Podcast - Intro

Send us a text Welcome to 15 Years in LA! A storytelling podcast about the people, places, and moments that shaped the last fifteen years of my life in and around Los Angeles. I’m your host, Sam Adler. Each episode, I’ll be sitting down with friends, family, collaborators, and fellow transplants (the people I met along the way), to look back on where we were when we met, how LA shaped us, and what’s happened since. Sometimes it’ll be conversations, and sometimes it’ll just be me, sharing my o...

4 months ago