Comedian Sam Jay is truly an original and ‘PAUSE with Sam Jay’ on HBO is fully redefining what a late-night show can do. Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott spoke with Sam about the show, how she comes up with the ideas she’ll focus on, and how she deals with the sometimes very personal topics she tackles on the show.

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