# Jesse Williams Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-nightstand-7695764/jesse-williams Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-nightstand-7695764/jesse-williams.md Podcast: [One Nightstand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-nightstand-7695764) Published: 2025-10-03T14:00:01+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bustle1/episodes/Jesse-Williams-e391eo7 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1904065398.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/one-nightstand-7695764/episodes/jesse-williams Duration seconds: 2505 ## Resource In ⁠One Nightstand⁠ , celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Samantha Leach goes deep with Jesse Williams on the titles that shaped his life, what attracted him to his most recent project, Hotel Costiera , and how reading A Confederacy of Dunces feels almost more relevant now. Special thanks to Tory Burch. Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison Of Water and the Spirit – Malidoma Patrice Some A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand All episodes of Jesse’s hit new show, Hotel Costiera, are streaming on Amazon now. Credits Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif Assistant Camera: Jasmin Velez Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo Editor: Jeff Striker / James Koroni Producer: Aubree Lennon ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/one-nightstand-7695764/episodes/jesse-williams/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-nightstand-7695764/jesse-williams.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.