In this special podcast interview, Jon Schneider & James Stephens catch up with Saturday Night Live's James Austin Johnson to discuss SNL Season 49. Topics include his evaluation of the season, playing Donald Trump in the 2024 election cycle, his new character Snake Eyes, & more! The video version of our interview is available here: https://youtu.be/rWsrDA9pKUQ ------- Welcome to the official Saturday Night Network podcast feed, where you will hear audio from our weekly roundtables discussing all things SNL. Podcast hosts, journalists, and superfans will look back at the entire history of Saturday Night Live and talk about how the legacy of Season 49 compares to all eras of the show. Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thesnlnetwork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and subscribe on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thesnlnetwork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to never miss an episode! Catch up on other interviews: SNL Stories: Bobby Moynihan Returns (Mar 25, 2024) ⁠SNL Stories: Christine Ebersole (Mar 20, 2024)⁠ ⁠⁠Andrew Dismukes Season 49 Interview (Jan 23, 2024)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Punkie Johnson Season 49 Interview (Oct 17, 2023)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Oz Rodriguez (August 16, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Connie Crawford (June 19, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Heidi Gardner Season 48 Interview (June 12, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Aristotle Athari (May 22, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mikey Day Season 48 Interview (Apr 13, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Darrell Hammond (Mar 20, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Denny Dillon (Feb 15, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Neil Levy (Jan 19, 2023)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Bobby Moynihan (Dec 16, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Michael Streeter (Dec 9, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Paul Shaffer (Nov 23, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Jeffrey Gurian (Sept 1, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Tom "Bones" Malone (Aug 17, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris Redd on Season 47 (June 24, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Mitchell Kriegman (June 15, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Keith Raywood (April 1, 2022)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Dean Edwards (Dec 1, 2021)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stories: Judy Belushi Pisano (Nov 5, 2021)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Aug 10, 2021)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Director Don Roy King (May 4, 2021)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL Stats Roundtable with Gary Kroeger (Apr 6, 2021)