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.
Episodes
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Oct 23, 2013 • 30min
Jenji Kohan: Orange is the New Black
'The most contemporary thing on television,' according to Matthew Weiner, isn't actually on television. Creator Jenji Kohan talks Orange is the New Black.
Oct 16, 2013 • 30min
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele: Key & Peele
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele talk about the intersection of code-switching and comedy, and how the internet is changing their definition of success.
Oct 9, 2013 • 30min
Jeff Probst: Survivor
Emmy winning reality show host Jeff Probst talks strategy, storytelling, and Survivor.
Oct 9, 2013 • 15min
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun: Grigris
Chadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun talks about what he calls 'film de quartier,' films of the neighborhood.
Oct 2, 2013 • 30min
Kyle Patrick Alvarez: C.O.G.
Writer/director Kyle Patrick Alvarez on finding source material, most recently David Sedaris' short story C.O.G., and making it into a film that is distinctly his own.
Sep 25, 2013 • 30min
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Don Jon
Actor and first time writer/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt explains why "Don Jon" is not a movie about porn addiction.
Sep 18, 2013 • 30min
Michael C. Hall: Dexter, Kill Your Darlings
With the series finale of "Dexter" looming, award-winning actor Michael C. Hall reflects on the particular challenge of getting an audience to warm up to a lonely serial killer.
Sep 11, 2013 • 30min
Edgar Wright: The World's End
Director Edgar Wright confesses he originally pitched "Shaun of the Dead" as Mike Leigh's "Love is Sweet," but with zombies. Mike Leigh's take? "Well it certainly had zombies."
Sep 4, 2013 • 30min
Olivia Wilde: Drinking Buddies
Growing up in a family of talkers, actress Olivia Wilde quickly learned that there was nothing worse than being called boring.
Aug 28, 2013 • 30min
Wong Kar-wai: The Grandmaster
Wong Kar-wai, director of "Chungking Express" and "In the Mood for Love," on why "The Grandmaster" is his first true kung fu film.
