Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions

Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions

There's way more behind the biggest and most beloved personalities from sports, music, comedy and more... all it takes is longtime host and reporter Dan Le Batard revealing more about himself than ever before too. South Beach Sessions is the critically acclaimed flagship podcast in the LeBatard and Friends Podcast Network. These one-on-one conversations aren't the same old, boring sitdowns - there's no success story without some struggle, no laughs without a few tears, and no questions left unanswered by Dan who gets past what you've already heard and into more with Dan Le Batard.

Episodes

The Best of SBS: 2025 (ft. Patton Oswalt, Tony Reali, Hasan Piker, Josh Johnson, & William Shatner)

December 25, 2025 • 53 mins
The best moments of South Beach Sessions this year from Dan Le Batard's conversations with Patton Oswalt, Tony Reali, Hasan Piker, Josh Johnson, & William Shatner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Kumail Nanjiani

December 18, 2025 • 72 mins
Kumail Nanjiani is returning to his roots. After reaching heights most actors can only dream of (like being a Marvel superhero!), he’s come back to the world of stand-up, where he made his start. Kumail opens up about his journey through self-acceptance: from being bullied as a kid, to dealing with typecasting, to achieving ground-breaking success and not knowing how to process it. He and Dan also get into masculinity culture, lear...
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Larry Wilmore

December 11, 2025 • 78 mins
Comedy is lucky to have Larry Wilmore... From his beloved Los Angeles, the Emmy Award—winning producer, writer, actor, and comedian explains to Dan how it all began with him writing for the iconic "In Living Color", taking the "high road" after getting fired as executive producer from "The Bernie Mac Show", and how "The Daily Show" led to the dream of hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner for President Barack Obama (no...
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Chuck Todd

December 4, 2025 • 75 mins
For 20 years, Chuck Todd has been a ubiquitous face of politics in the United States, most visibly as the host of Meet the Press through the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. Now, as traditional media struggles to keep up with the digital age, he's left it behind. On South Beach Sessions, Chuck unwraps the influence of his father on his career - that's where his love of politics (and sports) came from - and explains why, gr...
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The Best of SBS: Pod Save America's Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor

November 27, 2025 • 89 mins
Nothing says Thanksgiving like that awkward political conversation with the family... Let us be thankful we have Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor's "Pod Save America" for all those other times!    Dan welcomed the co-founders of Crooked Media for a conversation about the never-ending challenges of having careers in politics and what they've learned from starting media companies with their friends... and everything they still haven't fi...
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Max Greenfield

November 20, 2025 • 66 mins
It's hard not to love Max Greenfield. Max talks to Dan Le Batard about going from being a struggling student in school to more than a decade of "slumming around the gutters of Hollywood" trying to make it as an actor... and nearly calling it quits after becoming a father before his big break on the beloved show, "New Girl". The star of "The Neighborhood" also shares how fatherhood changed his approach to life and acting, the import...
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Sebastian Maniscalco

November 13, 2025 • 74 mins
"Whatever happens that's traumatic in my life, whether it be whatever, a disagreement with your wife, a death, an illness, I try to make humor out of it." If Sebastian Maniscalco isn't doing comedy, he isn't in a good mood... The reigning king of physical comedy shares with Dan how he went from waiting tables at The Four Seasons to setting four records with five consecutive sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden on his recent,...
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The Best of SBS: Roy Wood Jr.

November 6, 2025 • 112 mins
Late night shows may come and go, but for Roy Wood Jr. the hustle-and-grind never stops. Roy visited Dan in Miami back on July 25, 2023 for a South Beach Sessions unlike any other, reflecting on how far he's come from his scary, early days as a comedian and why he wanted to be the next Stuart Scott at ESPN. Amidst strikes and layoffs in a shaky entertainment landscape, Roy also shares what The Daily Show was like under Trevor Noah,...
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Vince Wilfork

October 30, 2025 • 72 mins
Vince Wilfork is a natural born leader. The five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, two-time Super Bowl champion, and BCS national champion never faced an opponent he couldn't handle on the field - a credit to his parents and the challenges his family had to overcome. Vince takes Dan through telling his parents he was gonna be an NFL player at an early age, to losing them in college, and what it was like to realize they'd never be...
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The Best of SBS: NBA Coaching Legends

October 23, 2025 • 51 mins
The NBA season tips-off this week - we look back at the unforgettable conversations with NBA coaching legends Pat Riley and Stan Van Gundy. Stan gets into his relationship with his younger brother, Jeff Van Gundy, what it was like facing off against each other as coaches time and time again, the depth of the love they share as they've gotten older, and what he expects next for Jeff in the NBA. Stan and Dan also talk about how they...
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The Best of SBS: MLB Legends

October 16, 2025 • 57 mins
The World Series is nearly set as the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS and the Seattle Mariners take on the Toronto Blue Jays - we look back at the legends of baseball that have hit South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard. The Mariners legend Alex Rodriguez takes Dan through the highlights of his career and the truth about his relationship with Derek Jeter. Then, Frank Thomas looks back on his legacy - a f...
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The Best of SBS: Napheesa Collier & Nancy Lieberman

October 9, 2025 • 58 mins
The world of sports has been forever changed by trailblazers like Napheesa Collier and Nancy Lieberman. Last week, Collier's comments criticizing WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the league's lack of accountability set the sports world ablaze and just the latest in her ever-growing list of accomplishments leading the game forward. "Queen Phee", the NCAA champion, four-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, and co-...
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Andrés Cantor

October 2, 2025 • 75 mins
"Even though I am an Argentinian American, Argentina is my blood, and it transported me back to Argentina... I felt part of the team winning, I felt I was representing all Argentinians." Andrés Cantor has been the voice of the beautiful game to millions for decades. Andrés takes Dan through his prolific career, detailing his journey from a young fan in Argentina to working as a student journalist at USC to bringing his signatur...
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Eric Musselman

September 25, 2025 • 75 mins
Basketball is more than just a love of the game for Eric Musselman... it's a deep family legacy and a driving force in everything he does - it's life. The USC men's basketball coach shares with Dan how his father, the legendary longtime basketball coach Bill Musselman, "was the most competitive person I've ever seen in my life" and how that led to Eric having no choice but to follow in his footsteps, becoming the first father-s...
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Viet Thanh Nguyen

September 18, 2025 • 70 mins
"The power of storytelling is to save us.... and to destroy us." Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, is deeply shaped by his identity as a refugee. Viet describes his upbringing, one without many books, one that dealt with violence and isolation, and one that made him incredibly interested in the Vietnam War. The two bond over the shared burdens that family takes on to start a new life and Viet talks about what it...
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O'Shea Jackson Jr.

September 11, 2025 • 79 mins
"I got our name in places it hasn't been before, and I want to continue to do that." O'Shea Jackson Jr. is absolutely his father's son, and he's not shy about it. Instead, he's on a mission to match that passion and legacy. O’Shea talks with Dan about his father’s career and what it means to follow in those giant footsteps… including playing him in 'Straight Outta Compton'. And, of course, O’Shea shares the stories only a star-stud...
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Margaret Cho

September 4, 2025 • 66 mins
Margaret Cho is a comedy legend. She’s worn her heart on her sleeve since the start of her career, and now she’s bearing it on South Beach Sessions. Together, Dan and Margaret explore her past: her unusual upbringing, her record and boundary-breaking impact on comedy, and her personal struggles with deep depression and anxiety. Margaret tells Dan about her childhood in the Bay Area, including her early start in comedy and performan...
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Jon Cryer

August 28, 2025 • 65 mins
"You're always sure that another shoe's gonna drop and this is all gonna go away..."  A teenage icon turned struggling actor to Emmy Award-winning sitcom star, Jon Cryer has seen every side of Hollywood and made an impact most couldn't even dream of. Jon tells Dan what it was like growing up in a showbiz family and how he experienced fame early in his career with "Pretty in Pink", being associated with the Brat Pack, and perform...
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Jo Koy

August 21, 2025 • 78 mins
Jo Koy makes moves and always brings the laughs. He has sold-out tours, sets new records with the upcoming first comedy event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (with Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias), and even has holidays named after him... but what he really wants to do is make people laugh. From a hilarious story about betting on himself and producing his own special despite being told (repeatedly) no one wants it... to now multiple N...
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Deon Cole

August 14, 2025 • 66 mins
From being the face of Old Spice, to Black-ish, to Conan, to touring around the country... Deon Cole is everywhere. Deon tracks his career, from not even knowing he was funny... to performing on Conan and immediately earning himself a job there... to the "awkward" through-line of all his characters. He also memorializes his mother, recounting her love and support of him and why he named his special, "Charleen's Boy," after her. Wi...
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