The Los Angeles Times Emmy Contender Chats have begun! The first interviews of the series featured the cast of Outlander. TV reporter Yvonne Villarreal (<a href="https://twitter.com/villarrealy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">@villarrealy</a>) spoke with with Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser) and Caitriona Balfe (Claire Fraser) about portraying their characters' grief, gaining inspiration from the novels and more on the latest season.Listen to clips from the interviews as Mark Olsen of Indie Focus (<a href="https://twitter.com/IndieFocus?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">@IndieFocus</a>) talks to Yvonne about Emmys season and Outlander's cult status.To see the full interviews with Claire, Sam and other Emmy contenders, go to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-emmy-contender-series-2018-videos-sg-storygallery.html" target="_blank">latimes.com</a>.

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The Envelope podcast pulls back the curtain to reveal intimates stories from this award season’s top contenders. A-list actors, directors and showrunners join Los Angeles Times entertainment reporters Yvonne Villarreal and Mark Olsen for conversations about their personal lives and creative processes — and how it all fuels their art.