# Episode 235 - The Sessions (with Sam Meltzer)

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Podcast: [The Lone Acting Nominees](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lone-acting-nominees-6469838)
Published: 2026-02-05T15:00:53+00:00
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## Resource

In this week's episode, we're talking about Helen Hunt's performance as a professional sex surrogate who's hired by a paralyzed poet and journalist who wants to lose his virginity before he dies in Ben Lewin's THE SESSIONS!

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