

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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Nov 16, 2011 • 29min
Alan Alda: Radiance-The Passion of Marie Curie
Elvis Mitchell talks to actor, director, and playwright Alan Alda about his new play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, now at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Nov 9, 2011 • 29min
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins: The Other F Word
Is punk rock conducive to fatherhood? Andrea Blaugrund Nevins discusses punk's industrialization, its violent romanticism and its continually regenerating audience.

Nov 2, 2011 • 29min
Sean Durkin: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Sean Durkin talks about growing up in Hampstead Heath, what movies really scare him, and how he came up with one of the most tongue-twisting movie titles of the year...

Oct 26, 2011 • 29min
J.C. Chandor: Margin Call
Writer and director J.C. Chandor's first film, Margin Call, was a hit at Sundance....

Oct 19, 2011 • 30min
Josh Radnor: How I Met Your Mother
Josh Radnor talks with Elvis Mitchell about his hit TV show, How I Met Your Mother. He also wrote and directed Happythankyoumoreplease.

Oct 12, 2011 • 29min
Margaret Whitton: A Bird of the Air
Margaret Whitton's first film as a director is A Bird of the Air. She talks with Elvis Mitchell about being behind the camera and working with a parrot.

Oct 6, 2011 • 31min
Jason Statham: Killer Elite
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jason Statham talks with Elvis Mitchell about his new film, Killer Elite, co-starring Robert De Niro.

Oct 5, 2011 • 29min
Jake Kasdan: New Girl
New Girl executive producer/director Jake Kasdan talks with Elvis Mitchell about working on a sit-com versus directing a feature film.

Sep 28, 2011 • 29min
Mark Landsman: Thunder Soul
Elvis Mitchell talks with Mark Landsman who directed Thunder Soul, about the Kashmere High School Stage Band from Houston.

Sep 21, 2011 • 29min
Nicholas Winding Refn: Drive
Director Nicolas Winding Refn talks with host Elvis Mitchell about his new film, Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.