

The Treatment
KCRW
The Treatment is a compelling listen to the vital conversations about the catalysts of creative inspiration. Following some of the most interesting, influential, and crossover creators in the world of entertainment, fashion, sports, and the arts, we hear from tastemakers who are the very fabric that forms popular culture.
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Jan 7, 2015 • 30min
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski: Big Eyes
Meet the screenwriting team behind The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood, and now, Tim Burton's Big Eyes.

Dec 31, 2014 • 30min
Lawrence Grobel: I Want You in My Movie!
Lawrence Grobel writes about the role of a lifetime: playing Al Pacino's biographer, consultant, and sometimes alter-ego in Salome.

Dec 24, 2014 • 30min
Will Gluck: Annie
Writer/director Will Gluck talks about breathing new life into the beloved comic strip turned musical, Annie.

Dec 17, 2014 • 30min
Don Was
As Blue Note Records celebrates its 75th anniversary, label President Don Was reflects on his own 35 years in the music business.

Dec 10, 2014 • 30min
Bennett Miller: Foxcatcher
"Movies are like people. You trust them, or you don't. And I hate it when a movie lies to me." Bennett Miller discusses his latest film, Foxcatcher.

Dec 3, 2014 • 30min
Patricia Arquette: Boyhood
Actress Patricia Arquette on her 12-year evolution as a mother, both on-screen and off, while shooting her latest film, Boyhood.

Nov 26, 2014 • 30min
Christoph Waltz: Big Eyes
As an actor, Christoph Waltz says his most important job is to "get out of the way."

Nov 19, 2014 • 30min
Gina Prince-Bythewood: Beyond the Lights
Writer/director of Beyond the Lights Gina Prince-Bytheywood on how being an athlete shaped her filmmaking, and on creating female characters who swagger.

Nov 12, 2014 • 30min
Christopher Nolan: Interstellar
Christopher Nolan discusses his latest film, Interstellar, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and John Lithgow.

Nov 5, 2014 • 30min
Donald Fagen: Eminent Hipsters
Steely Dan's Donald Fagen talks about his favorite films and his book Eminent Hipsters.